Notes from South Africa: Final Thoughts

- The U.S. upset of Spain in the semifinal delighted everybody in South Africa. In addition to giving Bafana Bafana hope of an equally improbable victory against Brazil, the win by the U.S. erased the sour taste left by the previous crowd favorite, Egypt.

The game was in Bloemfontein, on a bitterly cold night, and it started off slow.

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