Spain was shocked by USA with 2 goals. Despite the excellent performance in Group Stage, that took all 9 points against New Zealand, Iraq, and South Africa, Spain could not defeated the defence of the Uncle Sam's team. Tim Howard was in great shape to keep the goal clean from the threat of Villa and Torres. USA made the first goal in 26' by Joey Altidore and the second was from Clint Dempsey in 74th minute. Unfortunately, Michael Bradley of USA was red-carded because of his two-foot tackle to Xabi Alonso, and that will not let him play in the Final. Here is the highlight, line up and stats
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Spain: Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevilla, Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Xavi Hernandez, Xabi Alonso, Cesc Fabregas (Santi Cazorla 67), Albert Riera (Juan Mata 77), Fernando Torres, David Villa.
USA: Tim Howard, Oguchi Onyewu, Jonathan Spector, Carlos Bocanegra, Jay DeMerit, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey (Jonathan Bornstein 88), Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Jozy Altidore (Conor Casey 84), Charlie Davis (Bennie Feilhaber 67).
 | Statistics |  |
| 29 | Shots | 9 |
| 17 | Corner kicks | 3 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 56% | Possession (%) | 44% |
With this result, USA deserve one place in Final Match and has ended Spain's 15 matches unbeatable record since Euro Cup.
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