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    U.S. team taught a painful lesson by Brazil

    By Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet

    Thursday, June 18, 2009

    It has been said that a bad rehearsal leads to a good performance. The U.S. men's national team can only hope that is the case, as its 3-0 loss to Brazil all but eliminated it from the Confederations Cup and raised even more doubts about the team's chances at the World Cup next summer. Certainly, there is no disgrace in losing to the Brazilians. They remain one of the premier national teams in the world, with top-class players all over the field. But the self-inflicted nature of the defeat mak ...

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