matthew Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I know statistics are pretty useless, but I was thinking about something this morning: when was the last time we came back to win a game after conceeding the first goal? I got thinking it because I was optmisitic we could still win after going behind early Wednesday and was now wondering why. The only recent game I could think of was Martinique and we won that on kicks, which I don't count. Before that the Mexico QF with the golden goal. So I checked. We beat South Korea 2-1 in 02 Gold Cup third-place. Then there's the Mexico QF from 2000 (won in extra time, thank you Richard) and after that there's the 3-1 win over Jamaica in the Caribana Cup in 1994 when Onandi Lowe scored at 33 minutes and Tom Kouzmanis opened his international account with two goals — at 34 and 35 — to immediately erase the lead. There you go: three comeback wins in the last 10 years and only two of them done in 90 minutes. I would say scoring first is pretty important for us. cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Gate Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Getting the first goal against Honduras will be important. All the anxiety over Guatemala will be set aside, however Canada will need to score at least twice to beat Honduras, I can't see us shutting them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I realised this when we went down against Germany: "Well, it's over now!", even though we had been able to score a goal. And you want it REALLY scary? When was the last time in WCQ? Talk about no clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilloco Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Ashton Gate Getting the first goal against Honduras will be important. All the anxiety over Guatemala will be set aside, however Canada will need to score at least twice to beat Honduras, I can't see us shutting them out. Funny thing about this generation of the Honduras national team, they play better if they are coming from behind. There best games have been when they have allowed the first goal, it's like they love coming from behind. They just did it again last wed against Costa Rica. Actually, what they do the worst is trying to maintain a lead, it seems that in close games when they are wining, they always let the other team tie and then the game is over..like I've said before, the defense is the weak spoy of this team, specially without Caballero.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 quote:Originally posted by matthew ...We beat South Korea 2-1 in 02 Gold Cup third-place... Just a question regarding this match up, was that a Korean B-Team they sent to the Gold Cup or was that their regular World Cup Team? Koreans are football crazy so I'd like to clear this up before I decide wether rubbing it in is worth a beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Soju Just a question regarding this match up, was that a Korean B-Team they sent to the Gold Cup or was that their regular World Cup Team? Koreans are football crazy so I'd like to clear this up before I decide wether rubbing it in is worth a beating. During the last world Cup when Korea advanced to the Semis, I decided ( at that time ) to go back and compare their squad to the one that faced Canada. I discovered that many of their WC starting players had also played in the game versus Canada. It was roughly 50% of their WC team that had started against canada. If you include the players on the bench in that gold cup game, I would say that that their sqaud was roughly 60-75% similar to their WC team. The difference, they had rested a few of their starters for that game versus Canada. But by and large yes, it was mostly an A-team. You could call it an "A minus" team but not a B-team. With that in mind, I believed ( and still do) that their WC run was not for real considering that the mixture for first team/ second players that Korea used was roughly similar to the mixture that Germany used in their friendly versus Canada. Yet look at difference in how both sides fared against Canada. Note that for comparative purposes, I am using the the Euro 2004 germany squad and not the 2002 WC squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Korea were VERY lucky in the last World Cup. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't get past the first-round, round-robin stage of 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reza Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 yeah, coming from behind has been a big challenge. In regards to Honduras-CR match, was that game played on fieldturf? Did that impact the game one way or another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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