<div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:14px;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#222222;margin:1em 0px;border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);border-collapse:collapse;font-family:sans-serif;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th width="190" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;">Team</th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Played" style="border-bottom:0px;">Pld</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Won" style="border-bottom:0px;">W</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Drawn" style="border-bottom:0px;">D</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Lost" style="border-bottom:0px;">L</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Goals for" style="border-bottom:0px;">GF</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Goals against" style="border-bottom:0px;">GA</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Goal difference" style="border-bottom:0px;">GD</abbr><br></th> <th width="28" style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center;"><abbr title="Points" style="border-bottom:0px;">Pts</abbr><br></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#ccffcc;"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Brazil</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">0</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">0</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">10</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">+7</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;"><b>9</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#ccffcc;"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">United States</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">1</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">0</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">2</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">4</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">6</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">−2</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;"><b>3</b></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Italy</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">1</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">0</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">2</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">5</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">−2</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;"><b>3</b></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Egypt</a></td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">1</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">0</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">2</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">4</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">7</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;">−3</td> <td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:.2em .4em;"><b>3</b></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellspacing="1" style="font-size:14px;color:#222222;font-family:sans-serif;"><tbody><tr><th width="25%"></th> <th width="10%"></th> <th></th></tr><tr><td>15 June 2009</td></tr><tr style="font-size:12.6px;"><td align="right"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Brazil</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Group_B#Brazil_vs_Egypt" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">4–3</a></b></td> <td><b><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Egypt</a></span></b></td></tr><tr style="font-size:12.6px;"><td align="right"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">United States</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Group_B#United_States_vs_Italy" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">1–3</a></b></td> <td><b><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Italy</a></span></b></td></tr><tr><td>18 June 2009</td></tr><tr style="font-size:12.6px;"><td align="right"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">United States</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Group_B#United_States_vs_Brazil" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">0–3</a></b></td> <td><b><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Brazil</a></span></b></td></tr><tr style="font-size:12.6px;"><td align="right"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Egypt</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Group_B#Egypt_vs_Italy" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">1–0</a></b></td> <td><b><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Italy</a></span></b></td></tr><tr><td>21 June 2009</td></tr><tr style="font-size:12.6px;"><td align="right"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Italy</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Group_B#Italy_vs_Brazil" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">0–3</a></b></td> <td><b><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Brazil</a></span></b></td></tr><tr style="font-size:12.6px;"><td align="right"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">Egypt</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Group_B#Egypt_vs_United_States" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">0–3</a></b></td> <td><b><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team" style="color:#0b0080;background:none;" target="_blank">United States</a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div><br></div> <div>2009년 콘페데레이션 컵 B조</div> <div>이때 미국이 먼저 2패를 당하고 마지막 이집트전을 앞두고 <span style="font-size:9pt;">득실이 -5였음. 미국에게</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 유일한 경우의 수는 1승 1패, </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">득실 +1의 이탈리아가 브라질에게 3점차 이상의 패를 당하고 미국이 이집트에게 3점차 이상으</span><span style="font-size:9pt;">로 이기는 것이였음. 이미 조별예선 통과가 확정적인 브라질이</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 굳이 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">수비적인 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">이탈리아에게</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 3점차 승을 할 필요가 없었고 앞서 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">브라질과 이탈리아에게 동등한 경기를 보여준 이집트가 미국에게 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">3점차로 무너질 거라고는 아무도 예측하지 않았음.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:9pt;"><br></span></div> <div>하지만 미국은 이 불가능해 보였던<span style="font-size:9pt;"> 일을 현실로 해내고 4강전에서 35경기 무패 타이 기록을</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 달리던 (만약 여기서 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">스페인이 지지 않았다면 1997년 브라질의 무패행진 기록을 깰수 있었음) 스페인을 2-0으로 꺾고, 결승전 브라질과의 리매치에서도 2-0으로 이기다 2-3으로 패배해 준우승을 함.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:9pt;"><br></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:9pt;">이외에도 2010년 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">B조에서 당시</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 나이지리아가</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 한국을 이겼다면 동시간 그리스의 0-2 패배와 함께 한국, 그리스, 나이지리아가 1승 2패로 동률로</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 나이지리아가 골득실로</span><span style="font-size:9pt;"> 한국대신 16강에 갈수 있었음.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:9pt;"><br></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:9pt;">물론 지금의 한국이 독일을 이기는게 미국이 이집트를 3-0으로 이기는게 어렵겠지</span><span style="font-size:9pt;">만, 이후 미국이 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">스페인의 기록을 깬것이나 브라질에게 선전한 만큼 1%의 가능성도 가능성이기에 나올 결과보다는 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">선수들이 끝까지 </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">포기하지 않기를 바람</span><span style="font-size:9pt;">.</span></div>