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    U.S. shows passion and heart to rout Egypt

    By Ives Galarcep, Special to ESPN Soccernet

    Sunday, June 21, 2009

    Bob Bradley could have looked at the scenarios the United States needed to advance in the Confederations Cup and decided that Sunday's game against Egypt would be a game to rest veterans and give youngsters a look. He could have decided, as most might have in his position, that beating Egypt 3-0 and having Italy lose 3-0 was such an improbability that even planning for that possibility would be crazy. Bradley ignored all that and instead showed confidence in his team when there were plenty of ...

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