Scores, Scores, Scores, No Time For Highlights
Alright, today was too footcer saturated to even begin to cover all of what happened in the world. But since I never follow up on the stories I start, here are the finals on every match I mentioned in the past three or four weeks to hype: Mexico 1, Jamaica 0; Liverpool 3, TNS 0; Shelbourne 2, Glentoran 1; Violence in Northern Ireland due to Shelbourne v. Glentoran 0 (thank goodness)!
Here's another interesting score: Cuba is minus one player and potentially one citizen. If nothing else comes out of this Gold Cup, Maikel Galindo, is seeking asylum in the United States.
Were I in immigration, I would make him a deal. I would give him citizenship so long as he agreed to play in the MLS and not just use his United States passport as a ticket to play in Europe. We've got enough free Caribbean players using MLS as a jumping point (*ahem Damani ahem*) so this one gets no breaks. :)
Speaking of Cuba, they lost to Canada yesterday. Canada, however, was the worst third place team on goal diffential and, as such, two of our three nearest neighbors are going back to the drawing board.
Mexico, however, with their victory over Jamaica tonight draw...COLOMBIA!
Judging by the smack talk over on bigsoccer.com between the Mexicans and Colombians already, this match promises to be the marquee matchup of the quarters on the 17th. The other three quarterfinal matches are (all times are United States central):
7/16 12:00 Honduras v. Costa Rica
7/16 3:00 USA v. Jamaica
7/17 2:00 Mexico v. Colombia
7/17 5:00 South Africa v. Panama
As much as it saddens me that again the United States will be the one to crush the Reggae Boyz's dream (just like in WCQ), what has to be done has to be done.
There was actually a risk of the United States drawing Mexico in the quarters which is a matchup no one wanted to see that early. Had Jamaica beaten Mexico, the potential finals matchup would have happened in a few days. With the United States' recent "luck of the draw" it wouldn't have surprised me one bit.
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With all those scores, scores, scores, I didn't even mention the U.S. Open Cup matches that took place today. But if you're a Real Salt Lake fan, I'm really sorry. Minnesota is a good team. Honestly. Six goals is perfectly normal for them and you were missing Eddie Pope. :)
Here's another interesting score: Cuba is minus one player and potentially one citizen. If nothing else comes out of this Gold Cup, Maikel Galindo, is seeking asylum in the United States.
Were I in immigration, I would make him a deal. I would give him citizenship so long as he agreed to play in the MLS and not just use his United States passport as a ticket to play in Europe. We've got enough free Caribbean players using MLS as a jumping point (*ahem Damani ahem*) so this one gets no breaks. :)
Speaking of Cuba, they lost to Canada yesterday. Canada, however, was the worst third place team on goal diffential and, as such, two of our three nearest neighbors are going back to the drawing board.
Mexico, however, with their victory over Jamaica tonight draw...COLOMBIA!
Judging by the smack talk over on bigsoccer.com between the Mexicans and Colombians already, this match promises to be the marquee matchup of the quarters on the 17th. The other three quarterfinal matches are (all times are United States central):
7/16 12:00 Honduras v. Costa Rica
7/16 3:00 USA v. Jamaica
7/17 2:00 Mexico v. Colombia
7/17 5:00 South Africa v. Panama
As much as it saddens me that again the United States will be the one to crush the Reggae Boyz's dream (just like in WCQ), what has to be done has to be done.
There was actually a risk of the United States drawing Mexico in the quarters which is a matchup no one wanted to see that early. Had Jamaica beaten Mexico, the potential finals matchup would have happened in a few days. With the United States' recent "luck of the draw" it wouldn't have surprised me one bit.
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With all those scores, scores, scores, I didn't even mention the U.S. Open Cup matches that took place today. But if you're a Real Salt Lake fan, I'm really sorry. Minnesota is a good team. Honestly. Six goals is perfectly normal for them and you were missing Eddie Pope. :)
posted by incendiarymind at 9:08 PM
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