Olympic Qualifying U24 Tournament - Guadalajara Mexico - March 18 to 30 2021

[nfitz]

9 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Corbeanu should be with our Olympic team. We are missing players in form with pace and he won't be significant against these WC rivals. 

Don't they want to cap him, because he's got another nationality that he was looking at playing for?

[Dominic94]

3 minutes ago, nfitz said:

Don't they want to cap him, because he's got another nationality that he was looking at playing for?

He’s capped by virtue of filing his one time switch to Canada.

[nfitz]

Just now, Dominic94 said:

He’s capped by virtue of filing his one time switch to Canada.

No consummation necessary?

[Dominic94]

17 minutes ago, nfitz said:

No consummation necessary?

None, he’s filed his one time switch and it’s been approved, I didn’t look up the whole thing but when he filed the switch he became ineligible for both until the approval, at which point he voided his eligibility with Romania and became eligible for us.

[lamptern]

If I were American, I would use a whole B-squad for tomorrow's game against Mexico. Then full throttle for the semis.

[narduch]

Group A gets settled today. Both games on One Soccer

 

[Aird25]

6 hours ago, lamptern said:

If I were American, I would use a whole B-squad for tomorrow's game against Mexico. Then full throttle for the semis.

Why, I haven’t watched either team yet but is Mexico really that much stronger? 

[red card]

7 hours ago, Aird25 said:

Why, I haven’t watched either team yet but is Mexico really that much stronger? 

Yes, both on paper and on the pitch.

Mexico has a A- team on paper. US is a B-. Pre tournament Mexican fans were discussing what medal they'll win at Tokyo - will it be another gold as in London 2012?

So far, US has laboured on the pitch. GK won them the match v CR and only took apart DR after they ran out of gas. Mexico looked very complacent v DR but won easily and looked quite good v CR and scored the goal of the tournament so far.

 

[narduch]

The meaningless DR v Costa Rica game is starting shortly.

[Club Linesman]

2-0 Costa Rica after 44

[Gian-Luca]

Now 5-0 Costa Rica with 15 minutes to go. Not that scoring more goals is going to help them at all

[narduch]

 

[Gian-Luca]

Anyone know who the moron doing the colour commentary on the CRC-DR match is or what his credentials to be a colour commentator are?

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

47 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said:

Now 5-0 Costa Rica with 15 minutes to go. Not that scoring more goals is going to help them at all

I feel bad for them. Truly the group of death. They beat the DR by a bigger margin than the others.

They had an equal number of shots on target when they played Mexico.

They had 4 times the number of shots on target when they played the USA and better stats for everything else...except that they lost by a goal.

Edited March 25, 2021 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Free kick]

21 minutes into the Mex-US game;  not a very well played game.  Might also say that it’s quite boring.  Very little sustained possession,  buildup is non existent, poor passing,  lots of 50-50 balls... etc

 

Edited March 25, 2021 by Free kick

[sebdeserio]

Mexico is relentless. Based on our first 2 games we'd need Pantemis to have the performance of a lifetime to have a chance.

[narduch]

3 minutes ago, Free kick said:

21 minutes into the Mex-US game;  not a very well played game.  Might also say that it’s quite boring.  Very little sustained possession,  buildup is non existent, poor passing,  lots of 50-50 balls... etc

 

Neither team really cares which opponent they get in the other group 

[Gian-Luca]

I think the US looks better at the back with Justin Glad being on the bench 

[BearcatSA]

El Tri have lost their starting keeper

 

[VinceA]

Aw man Mexico's starting GK Malagon was subbed off. Looks like he may have broken his arm.

[BearcatSA]

Bad giveaway and then it's one nil in stoppage time for the Mexicans

 

[Free kick]

21 minutes ago, narduch said:

Neither team really cares which opponent they get in the other group 

Perhaps.  But these are two sides that really hate losing to each other.   So i would think that even a meaningless match should bring out the best efforts.

Edited March 25, 2021 by Free kick

[gator]

Just now, Free kick said:

Perhaps.  But these are two sides that really hate losing to each other.  

Chances are they play again in the final, no one will care about a group stage loss if they win the rematch!

[Tyson M]

Scouting impressions... both these teams can beat us badly... BOTH... BADLY... like 3-0... Mexico maybe 4 or 5

atleast watching the Cayman Islands squad made me feel better

[Gian-Luca]

The new Mexican keeper looks a bit like a Mexican version of Tony "Psycho" Perkins