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    U.S. team takes positives from the Confederations Cup

    By Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet

    Monday, June 29, 2009

    With apologies to Charles Dickens, the Confederations Cup performance of the U.S. men's national team can be neatly described as "A Tale of Two Teams," because without question, the Americans' South African sojourn saw them experience the best of times and the worst of times. The question now is, which team will show up during the rest of World Cup qualifying, as well as in South Africa next summer? Will it be the side that struggled early during the tournament or the one that finished with a fl ...

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