Pretoria, South Africa - Five-time world champions Brazil cruised to a 3-0 victory over the United States to all but qualify for the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup on Thursday.

Felipe Melo in the seventh minute, Robinho in the 20th and Maicon in the 62nd gave Brazil a second successive win in Group B, which will be enough for a place in the last four if Italy defeat Egypt later in the day.

As in the 3-1 defeat to Italy, the US had a man sent off when Sacha Kljestan was shown the red card in the 57th minute for slicing down Ramirez. (dpa)