Montry Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 An inspired and spirited Haitian National Team surprised the U.S. Men's National Team with a 1-1 draw in an international match at The Orange Bowl in Miami on Saturday evening. Haiti lead the game for most of the second half on a 69th minute strike from Alexander Boucicaut, who beat U.S. keeper Kevin Hartman from 16 yards out to the lower left corner, but a 94th minute chested goal from defender Dan Califf salvaged the tie for the U.S. http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=55239&itype=113&iCategoryID=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 A very good article about the challenges to and the spirit of the Haitian team: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=haitiunrestftr&prov=st&type=lgns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Right. I'm off to read the panicking on bigsoccer.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Sigma Kind of like when we lost to Malta.... [V] I don't recall much panicking on bigsoccer when we lost to Malta. On a slightly (but not much) more serious note, it would be interesting to make a study of the two different boards to see which fans are more prone to panicking. I think they have quantity over us (there's about 3 or 4 "Fire Bruce Arena's ass!" threads on bigsoccer due to this one game, remarkable considering that he was largely considered the holy messiah after the 2002 World Cup, which we couldn't possibly manage for volume) but I think quality is up for debate. [)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABuffalo786 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 The USA board on BS is simply intolerable right now. God, as a collective fan base, we've been so goddam spoiled from the last WC it's sickening. It's like these people expect us to beat every single team in every single game we play. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABuffalo786 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 The USA board on BS is simply intolerable right now. God, as a collective fan base, we've been so goddam spoiled from the last WC it's sickening. It's like these people expect us to beat every single team in every single game we play. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 The US fans on BS.com are exactly like Saskatchewan Roughrider fans. It's uncanny. Every win they're going to the cup. A loss and everyone needs to get fired. No perspective at all. Sure tying Haiti sucks, but when a game means something to one team and not the other, should it be a shock that the team who cares plays inspired? If Haiti were that inferior that they could have rolled over, not tried or cared and still won, why on earth would you play them in the first place? cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 The US fans on BS.com are exactly like Saskatchewan Roughrider fans. It's uncanny. Every win they're going to the cup. A loss and everyone needs to get fired. No perspective at all. Sure tying Haiti sucks, but when a game means something to one team and not the other, should it be a shock that the team who cares plays inspired? If Haiti were that inferior that they could have rolled over, not tried or cared and still won, why on earth would you play them in the first place? cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 Now they got a "Fire Bruce Arena" thread on BS. Just lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 quote:Originally posted by DoyleG Now they got a "Fire Bruce Arena" thread on BS. Just lovely I'd love to go to BS and check-it-out for a good laugh, but I'm afraid I'll end-up in one of those "MLS is the 5th best league in the World" threads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABuffalo786 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 quote:Originally posted by amacpher "MLS is the 5th best league in the World" threads! That's old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 The full report is up..http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=55239&itype=113&iCategoryID=0 Small crowd for the game at The Orange Bowl – Miami, Fla at 8,714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I watched the game and it was not what i expected. Haiti had a striker who was by far the fastest on the field. Beasely played crappy, Tony Sanneh played crappy to, though it was his first competitve game in 12 months or something. John Wolyniec sucks he looked prety crappy out there Steve ralston didnt play good at all. Haiti's goalie was not strong at all, he was weak in there air. Haiti fouled the states alot 18 first half fouls, Haiti also had a player from the french league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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