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USA vs. Brasil
   - This will be the toughest test for the American's, facing a Brasil squad whose youthful talent is bloom.



USA


Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) 

Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)

Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Jose Torres (Pachuca)

Forwards: Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)


Possible Starting Line-up


              (4-3-2-1)


GK - Howard
DEF - Cherundolo, Onyewu, Bocanegra, Johnson
MID - Bradley, Edu, Jones, Donovan, Torres
FWD - Boyd




Out- Dempsey, Altidore  




Brasil




Goalkeepers:  Jefferson (Botafogo), Neto (Fiorentina), Rafael (Santos) 


Defenders:  Danilo (Porto), Juan (Inter Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Alex Sandro (Porto), Thiago Silva (Milan), Bruno Uvini (Spurs), Rafael (Manchester United)


Midfielders:  Casemiro (Sao Paulo), Giuliano (Dnipro), Lucas (Sao Paulo), Wellington Nem (Fluminense), Oscar (Internacional), Romulo (Vasco de Gama), Sandro (Spurs)


Forwards:  Leandro Damiao (Internacional), Hulk (Porto), Neymar (Santos), Alexandre Pato (Milan)




Possible Starting Line-up


        (4-3-3)


GK - Jefferson
DEF - Rafael, Juan, Silva, Danilo
MID - Sandro, Romulo, Lucas, 
FWD - Hulk, Neymar, Damiao






Keys To Win-USA

   - Keeping a close mark on Hulk


   - Donovan adding to his goal scoring run


   - USA ability to slow down team speed of Brasil


History 


   - USA is 1-15-0 vs. Brasil 


   -  55,000 tickets sold for the match


   -  Kick off is at 8:00 p.m. ET, on ESPN




Prediction



Brasil over USA 

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