The world will surely take notice of this.

The U.S. soccer team is in the final of the Confederations Cup, beating mighty Spain 2-0!

South Africa Spain US Confed Cup Soccer, originally uploaded by katnguyen2.

"Even more stunning, the Americans were on the verge of elimination and ready to head
home last weekend before a reversal of fortune. On Wednesday, goals by Jozy Altidore
and Clint Dempsey led to an upset of the planet's top-ranked team. Spain, the European
champion, had set an international record with 15 straight victories and had tied
Brazil's record unbeaten streak of 35 games from December 1993 to January 1996.

The United States had been 1-7-1 against No. 1 teams, beating Brazil in the 1998 CONCACAF
Gold Cup and tying Argentina last summer in an exhibition at Giants Stadium. Still,
American players had much to celebrate, given how slim the chances of such a U.S.
victory seemed just a few days ago. Or any victory, for that matter. The 14th-ranked
Americans were soundly defeated in their first two games in this event. The U.S.
opened the tournament with a 3-1 loss to world champion Italy, then was outclassed
by South American champ Brazil in a 3-0 defeat. The Americans advanced over the
Italians on the second tiebreaker -- total goals -- only by beating Egypt 3-0 on
Sunday as Brazil defeated the Azzurri by the same score.

By winning, the United States advanced to its first men's FIFA final since starting play in 1916."

The United States awaits the winner of Thursday's Brasil v. South Africa match to see who
they will play in the Confederation Cup final, which will be played this Sunday at 2pm ET.

UPDATE: The United States will get a shot at redemption against Brasil, who beat South Africa 1-0
in the other semi-final match. It sounded like Brasil put in a pretty lackluster performance.