Prior to the party, I journeyed to Livonia to watch the US play Spain in the semi-finals of the Confederations cup. It's back to business as usual for Spain: until last summer's European Championships, Spain was notorious for under-performing in major tournaments. They would be predicted winners & then stumble & it happened over & over & over... until last year when they won Europe & became the #1 ranked team in the world. People claimed they'd overcome some sort of "curse." Until yesterday, of course, when they fell 2-0 to the Americans in the Semi-finals. Spain played well & controlled the match but the US defense was unbreakable. The whole team put in great performances so picking 1 standout has been tough. I even considered Landon Donovan as he was fantastic. However, after much deliberation, I realized 1 person did stand out. Your Visions of Ypsi Confederations Cup Semi-Final Player of the Day: Tim Howard. The Spanish attack peppered his goal w/ 29 shots, but he stayed strong. Nice work!
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Jeez! Was it really 29 shots? That's more than a peppering. That's an all out blitzkrieg! Half those were probably in the last 5 minutes too. I nominate Jay Demerit for an honorable mention. He played some stellar defense.
Well, that includes the off-target shots and the shots blocked by the defense. I couldn't find a number of saves. Porbably 10 or so.
Demerit was great and so were Specter and Onyewu. The defense was definitely solid throughout the whole game.
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