What a week of exciting football action, MLS, Superliga, Recopa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores, Asian Champions League, and of course FIFA Confederations Cup. You know summertime is just as busy as the fall, spring, and winter in football. Thankfully for us football lovers, its a year round sport. It was hard to choose a TOW because of the amount of action going around but we chose a worthy side. Remember that the Mad About Fútbol Team Of The Week played matches and/or made headlines during the calendar week of June 22-28:

The winner is:

UNITED STATES NATIONAL TEAM

The United States national team made huge strides with their play in the 2009 Confederations Cup. On the 24th, the Americans stunned the world with their 2-0 semifinal win against Spain. Goals by Jozy Altidore & Clint Dempsey ended Spain's record unbeaten & winning streak. It was the greatest win in US Soccer history. In the final against Brazil, the US seemed to have repeated the Spain result when they were ahead of Brazil, 2-0 at halftime. However a brilliant 2nd half Brazil comeback ended US hopes of their 1st FIFA non-CONCACAF title with a 3-2 loss. The fact that the US held their own against the best two teams in the world is enough to give the United States National Team the award as Mad About Fútbol Team Of The Week.

2nd Place = Corporación Deportiva Once Caldas (COL)

The team from Manizales won their 3rd ever domestic title when they captured the 2009 Copa Mustang I title. Once Caldas crushed Junior 5-2 on aggregate in the final. Once Caldas barely qualified for the quadrangular round of the tournament but scraped through to the final where they finished Junior. Peruvian forward Johan Fano scored 13 goals to lead Once's attack and Jhon Viáfara returned to give leadership drawing from his experience as a key member of Once's 2004 Libertadores championship.

3rd Place = Brazilian National Team

How often does the best team in the world get placed 3rd? Well, The Brazilians were expected to reach the final and they are always favored to win. Brazil deserves massive credit for their fantastic comeback against the US in the Confederations Cup final but it wasn't as big a story as the US Confederations Cup performance.