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    U.S. team fires back at its critics with win over Egypt

    By Luke Cyphers

    Sunday, June 21, 2009

    RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- Bob Bradley rarely smiles. If he makes jokes, it's in private. His sideline demeanor is an audition tape for Mount Rushmore. And there are gigabytes of fan posts on soccer message boards ripping him for that, and for his U.S. national team's recent run of inconsistency. But on Sunday, while his squad pulled off one of the most unlikely comebacks in its history and qualified for the semifinals of the Confederations Cup, Bradley could be seen pumping clenched fists afte ...

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