2009-07-01T09:24:57-04:00 2009-06-29T11:50:38-04:00 1 2009-06-29T11:50:38-04:00 1 1 10 2009-07-01T09:24:57-04:00 4 TX MD - Houston Cypress 623914 1 The US will eventually win the World Cup, and when it does, the US will dominate the sport. That is the big fear of the Europeans and Brazilians. It is just a matter of time. 5937858 1 <table class="cnnDP_inlineL" style="width: 350px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div><img class="photo" title="Landon Donovan" src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/37681/tx_landon_donovan.jpg" alt="Landon Donovan" width="350" /><br />Landon Donovan sits on the field after the U.S. lost to Brazil on Sunday.</div> <div>AP</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:CNN_DPAudio('http://ht.cdn.turner.com/si/danpatrick/audio/2009/06/29/DP-Landon_Donovan-06-29-09_Interview.mp3')"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/sect/danpatrick/listen_segment_148x16.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="148" height="16" /> </a></p> <p>Soccer star <strong>Landon Donovan</strong> joined the show from South Africa after the U.S. lost 3-2 to Brazil in the finals of the Confederations Cup.</p> <p>-- Donovan was upset after the game, and is still a little bummed that the U.S. didn't hold on to its 2-0 lead.</p> <p>-- Donovan said that now the U.S. team realizes these are games they can win and they'll have more confidence entering next year's World Cup.</p> <p>-- Donovan said that for a team like Brazil, losing to the U.S. would have been a disaster in the media for them.</p> <p>-- Donovan credited goalkeeper Tim Howard for keeping the U.S. in it for a big part of the tournament.</p> <p>-- Donovan told Dan that you don't know sports fans until you go to an international soccer event.</p> <p>"When people tell me how crazy the black hole is or how passionate Boston Celtics fans are ...&nbsp;until you go to a game like these, you realize what real sports fans are. It's pretty incredible," Donovan said.</p> 69081 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/397/2/thumb/Perloff.jpg 538 NY Andrew Perloff New York 3992