With the USA facing Brazil on Friday for the 19th time, we throw it back to the one U.S. win over the Selecao. It came in the semifinals of the 1998 Gold Cup, the defending World Cup champion havingbeen invited as a guest team. Goalkeeper Kasey Keller saved spectacularly and Preki scored the decider for the Steve Sampson-coached USA.

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