Daniel Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 FT Guatemala 1-0 El Salvador (Contreras) 64' USA 2-0 T&T (Ching, Johnson) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagum Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 It looks that if Canada reaches the first place in group A , they will face Guatemala in the second round. Guatemala is beateable... so go Canada ! your time is coming! good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 HT Mexico 1-0 Honduras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadasBest Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Mexico loses to Honduras 2-1. This was a great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpopulistfutebol Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 The Mexico and Honduras was a fantastic game. Been an above average tournament so far in terms of entertainment value. If only the host broadcasters were not so cheesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splatypus Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Gold Cup - Mexico vs Honduras June 10th xvid 448x336 900 kbps xvid Capped from GolTV. Starts off in Spanish, then to stadium noise with faint English comm for the first half. Second half is all English. Full match: here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalroaster Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 this panama-cuba game has been pretty entertaining too. i'd say panama look the better team, but cuba are getting their chances as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadiankick97 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 This Gold Cup is retarded...so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 With the score tied 2-2, Cuban goalkeeper Molina fouls a Panamanian player in the box and the ref calls a PK in EXTRA TIME. And the Panama player shoots it high. 2-2 final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Not good results from a best-third place team to go through perspective for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Loss to Honduras exposes Mexico's weaknesses http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/luis_bueno/06/10/mexico.honduras/index.html Mexico's 2010 World Cup campaign is in trouble. After two CONCACAF Gold Cup games, Mexico has shown little to back up coach Hugo Sanchez's goal of winning a World Cup. In fact, games against Cuba and Honduras have shown that Mexico's days of handling regional rivals with ease are long gone. On Sunday, a 10-man Mexico squad lost to Honduras 2-1 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The loss was significant for several reasons. It was the first time in Gold Cup history that Mexico lost a group match to a CONCACAF rival. In 2005, Mexico lost to South Africa by the same score in their first tournament match, but never before had a regional rival toppled Mexico this early. Perhaps more troubling, though, was the way Mexico lost. Even when both sides were at 11 apiece, Honduras' athleticism and aggressiveness gave the Mexicans problems. Carlos Pavon was a load to handle as was Carlos Costly, who scored both goals. In the back, Samuel Caballero was a beast and seemingly got to every ball that went his way. Mexico, however, is supposed to be the side that dictates the pace and rhythm of matches. Polished on European pitches, Tri defenders are supposed to be the ones clearing balls out of the penalty area. Instead, the Mexican defense was sieve-like in its ability to thwart the Hondurans. Honduras played with the motivation, desire and winning mentality that Sanchez promised Mexico would show with him at the helm. Honduras went after the three points while Mexico tried for a result. Worse, Mexico fielded a strong lineup -- perhaps its strongest -- to face Honduras. El Tri had its biggest guns on the field to start the game: Clausura 2007 leading scorer Omar Bravo, Tri hero Cuauhtémoc Blanco and rising star Andres Guardado all led the attack while Stuttgart duo Ricardo Osorio and Pavel Pardo as well as PSV defender Carlos Salcido added veteran experience to the side. The latter trio finished as champions with their respective European clubs. Missing was defender Rafael Marquez, who was on the bench for Barcelona's 2-2 draw against Espanyol on Saturday. Though Mexico is better with Marquez in the lineup than without, surely the defense could have performed better with their Spanish ace manning the backline. With Salcido, Osorio and Chivas duo Jonny Magallon and Ramon Morales on the back and the experienced Gerardo Torrado in the defensive midfield, Mexico seemed primed for a strong defensive effort on Sunday. Even with Blanco on the field, Mexico struggled. Blanco, who scored Mexico's only goal on a first-half penalty kick, was sent off four minutes into the second half when he took offense to Caballero's taunt -- a mock kiss to Blanco's ear -- and elbowed the Honduran defender in the stomach. Honduras exposed what has been Mexico's biggest weakness under Sanchez. In eight games under El Pentapichichi, Mexico has exactly one shutout -- a 4-0 drubbing over an undermanned Iranian squad on June 2. Since Sanchez's first game against the United States on Feb. 7, Mexico has been scored on 10 times. World Cup veterans such as Americans Landon Donovan and Jimmy Conrad, Ecuadorian Edison Mendez and Paraguayan Roque Santa Cruz have taken turns beating either Oswaldo Sanchez or Guillermo "Memo" Ochoa. Additionally, relative unknowns have also scored against Mexico such as Venezuela's Daniel Arismendi, Cuba's Reyner Alcantara and Honduras' Costly, whose goals Sunday were both skillful displays of talent on his part. The worst goal of all that Mexico has given up under Sanchez, though, was Oscar Cardozo's strike against El Tri on June 5 in Estadio Azteca, a goal that sunk Mexico to defeat at Azteca for just the second time since 1981. That loss could have been written off as a fluke, perhaps even a reminder that Mexico need not merely show up to get a result but rather put effort and play with guile and picardia in order to win games and strike fear in rivals. But this Mexican team has so far sleepwalked through both matches, still waiting for an alarm clock to go off and wake the supposed sleeping giant. Instead, that loss is a fairly accurate reflection of the state of El Tricolor, and not coincidentally mirrors Mexico's other failed Azteca effort of the past 25 years. In 2001, Mexico lost a World Cup qualifier to Costa Rica in Azteca. The squad was led by Enrique Meza, who is considered by many Mexican pundits as El Tri's worst coach of the last decade. Meza's Mexican teams were trademarked by a lack of intensity and did not play with any sense of urgency. Four days after losing to Costa Rica, Mexico lost to Honduras 3-1 in San Pedro Sula in what was Meza's last game in charge. Soon after, Javier "Vasco" Aguirre arrived from Pachuca to save El Tri from sinking into the CONCACAF abyss. In his first game in charge, Mexico beat the U.S. 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier. His second match was a 1-0 win over Brazil in Copa America, and El Tri went on to reach the tournament final against Colombia and qualify for the 2002 World Cup. This time around, though, there is no knight in shining armor waiting for Mexico. Sanchez is it. This is the man who promised so much and has yet to deliver much of anything. This is Mexico's supposedly strongest team led by a man who is supposed to be unequivocally the best Mexican coach at the moment. And this is rather worrisome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Gian-Luca Not good results from a best-third place team to go through perspective for Canada. Not only that, but it looks like the 2nd-place team in Canada's group could play Mexico instead of Panama (as it was looking after the first matches). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 quote:Originally posted by amacpher Not only that, but it looks like the 2nd-place team in Canada's group could play Mexico instead of Panama (as it was looking after the first matches). Shades of Gold Cup 2000, where Canada's reward for getting though the first round was to face Mexico. (And you know what happened.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 OK, Ticos and Guadeloupe coming on in 5 mins. so i figured i'd bump this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splatypus Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Guadeloupe under a bit of early pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Ticos up 1-0 after about 15 minutes on a bouncy free kick. Also according to the announcer Canada's attack was too "schematic" whatever that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpopulistfutebol Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Yea, these announcers sound like they are from public access television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadasBest Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I hated these announcers for the first few days, now I just love their stupid comments... "I'm really worried about the physical condition... of the stretcher bearers..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Third guy stretchered off, a red card should be coming soon. Guadeloupe playing more attacking then they did against Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpopulistfutebol Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I have never seen as much fake diving in my life in this game. I could be wrong. I hope Canada rips Haiti to schreds (doubt it) just so Canada can upset the CONCACAF head honchos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 quote:Originally posted by ken Ticos up 1-0 after about 15 minutes on a bouncy free kick. Also according to the announcer Canada's attack was too "schematic" whatever that means. As if drawn out on a blackboard, as if with lines indicating movement, and then followed by the players. Rigidly adherent to the game plan, unable to improvise or vary when needed. Could get to be mannered (exagerrated application of a theory of style). They use that in Spanish, maybe they are half translating into English. I am watching Chinese signal Guandong, through www.myp2p.eu, excellent really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 RE: Too schematic I felt that when we played Costa Rica, we played free and creative--carefree, really--like we had nothing to lose. Against Guadaloupe we played tight and predictable--mostly--as if we had too much to lose. Tonight, where we certainly need a result, what sort of team will we see? I hope a hungry, desperate and raw team, one that is agressive going forward and punishing in all aspects of the game. We must force Haitian errors, and we must punish them for making them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalroaster Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 USA 0 - 0 el salvador. 15 min. as i watch el salvador come close to a goal i think, if el salvador wins, we play USA in the quarters, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalroaster Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 USA just rattles the cage approx. 25 min. (maybe donovan? hard to tell, i'm watching in chinese). USA carrying the play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Beasley scored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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