USA Vs BRAZIL MATCH : The Michael Jackson Connection

Sincerely which team did you think was going to win yesterday's match? Were you among those who said the United States' team was going to win? I can remember, when that guy scored the second goal for the US and the commentator said something like "The United States' players are really on the verge of proving to the world that indeed football has changed". The guys at the salon where I was barbing my hair were all saying all sorts of things but I just said silently (so that the guy with the clipper wouldn't cut my skin off) "this is only the first half. This game can still change and infact it would still change. Just watch". I can still hear the voice of one of the guys when he said "are we even sure this guy is not Brazilian?" Hilarious!.
I was sooo confident when I said the game was still going to change in favor of Brazil andI had my reasons. Firstly, it was a game of football. A game of ninety minutes where, more than once, we have seen teams turning around to win even when it was seconds left to the end of a match. Football, where we say things like 'it's not over until it's over' (just take Chelsea-Barcelona UEFA Champions League Semi Final Match as an example).
Notwithstanding all the points I have mentioned above as my reasons for been so confident in my assertion on yesterday's match, I noticed one thing that a lot of people missed (and I can understand if you missed it too), talking about eyes on details, Micheal Jackson was an American citizen wasn't he? and if I can boast confidently about knowing a lot about football, then I can rightly say that when an important person dies in a country and that country has an important football match to play, they observe a minute silence in honour of the person and then they wear a black hand band in respect for the soul. So, was it just me, or did the american players actually forgot or ignored to observe this age-long tradition in the history of football?
All over the world, Micheal Jackson is been celebrated even in death. So why would his own people, the people for whom he changed his color to satisfy, fail to honour him so?
Correct me if I'm wrong but immediately I noted this observation, I was sure that the team was going to lose and thank God! They did lose.