We don't know yet if the U.S. will come out victorious on Sunday and take home the gold at the Confederations Cup. Hopefully, they will put together another great performance and beat mighty Brazil in the Final.But, for sure, we know this....the U.S. will have played Brazil (South American champs), Italy (World Cup champs), Egypt (African champs), Spain (European champs) and Brazil again in a span of two weeks....WOW!
What a fantastic way to test yourself...you want to be the best, you should play against the best. The players on the U.S team will know first hand what it takes to be an elite player...and perform with your teammates at the highest level.
You want to be a great defender???
Imagine if you are a player such as U.S. center back Jay Demerit. You have now gone up against Kaka, Robinho, Torres, Fabregas, Villa, Gilardino, Toni and more! You can find out what you need to improve on and, just as improtantly, you can gain confidence with your successes...
Here at Utah, we take the same approach...we test ourselves each season against the very best. We feel it gives us a chance to see what we need improve upon....it also toughens us up for the late season conference games as well as the NCAA tournament...over the years we have played great schools like UCLA, Stanford, Portland, Santa Clara, Wake Forest, Florida, Michigan, Purdue, Illinois, Colorado, Texas A&M and more...We have won our share of those battles and it has helped us to become a strong program.
2009 will be no different as we have Santa Clara, William & Mary, Colorado, Princeton, UCLA, Loyola Marymount, Oklahoma State among our games...We love it!
So, here's to the U.S. and the Utes challenging themselves with the best competition available...and, hopefully, both can be holding up trophies to show for their hard work!
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