Each day during the Gold Cup I will be providing a round-up of all that is noteworthy and interesting in our wacky little confederation championship.
Below the jump, day 2
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The Results:
Jamaica 4-0 Grenada
Honduras 0-0 Guatemala
Grenada was exactly what was expected. And that’s not a great thing (although on a logical level we understand the need to expose these teams to a higher level in order to bring them up).
Guatemala, on the other hand, was not at all what we expected and that was a really good thing. They were likely the unlucky side t the end of a hard fought and exciting 0-0. There had been three Gold Cup games prior to the match-up, but the tournament didn’t really start until that game.
Performance of the day
Carlos Ruiz – he looked dangerous and involved throughout. No, he didn’t score, but he and his team served notice that they aren’t to be overlooked.
Thanks for the condescending attention! (Mainstream media article of the day)
It’s not as mainstream as it can be, but CONCACAF.org gets some credit for pointing out how terrible a call it was in 2007.
The claim is that Canada doesn’t care about avenging that game.
Yeah, right.
What about the Canucks? (Canadian news of the day)
(this is so confusing)
What’s on tap for today?
Only the biggest game in the history of international football!
I’m talking, of course, about Guadeloupe and Panama.