The USA concluded Group F Second Round of the 2004 FIFA
Futsal World Championship with an 8:5 loss to Brazil at the
National Taiwan University Gymnasium in Taipei City, Chinese
Taipei on Wednesday.
Brazil (3-0-0, 9 Points) jumped out to a 3:0 lead with goals
from Falcao (5th), Fininho (9th) and Manoel Tobias (11th),
but Steve Butcher got the USA (0-3-0, 0 Points) on the board
in the 12th minute of the first half.
In the second half, the samba kings increased their
advantage to 5:1 with tallies from Falcao (25th) and Pablo
(26th), but the stars & stripes answered with goals
by John Ball and Pat White in the 32nd and 34th minutes,
respectively.
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