Mean Green Matt

At this point I think we just have to hope we keep winning games and not get caught up in the scoreline. Yes, we should have beaten Guadaloupe by a lot, but at least for the purposes of the Gold Cup a 1-0 win got us the same thing as a 5-0 win. With Jamaica, El Salvador, and Panama (Revenge???) being the other teams on our half of the bracket, I have to believe we will find some way to make it to Pasadena. Beating Mexico will be another animal though, as they seem to be in pretty good form, although I think they had an easier group... Jamaica has unbelievable speed though, and if they manage to control the pace, we are in big trouble.

USA 1-0 Guadaloupe Underwhelming, but I guess it will do... Here is the knockout bracket: Honduras Costa Rica Mexico Guatemala USA Jamaica Panama El Salvador

Final: Canada 1-1 Panama Panama scored in stoppage time to clinch the group. So...win or tie, the USA will face Jamaica in the quarterfinals, lose and we are out.

GOAL CANADA! Canada up 1-0 on Panama. If this scoreline stands, the USA wins the group with a win vs. Guadaloupe. 30 minutes left.

Although....on the list of reasons to fire a soccer coach mid-tournament, a loss to Guadaloupe has to be near the top.

If we lose to Guadaloupe and don't make the knockout round, I don't think the USSF will have a choice but to get rid of Bradley. Although, there is a chance we could lose to them and still make the knockout round, and I don't see them making the firing mid tourney. Losing to Panama was unnacceptable enough...just the thought of losing to Guadaloupe, when we are the USA, makes me want to throw up. EDIT: I want to add that if we lose to Guadaloupe, we don't in any way deserve to be in the knockout round, but it is mathematically possible and reasonable.

Final from Game 2 tonight: Jamaica 1-0 Honduras There is a good chance we will end up playing Jamaica and that worries me a bit. They are not as skilled as the USA, but their speed is unbelieveable. Anyways, here is the bracket going into the last day. The teams in red have clinched those spots, the others can more around a bit. I have put in parantheses the teams that COULD take those places. I am making no assumptions for the results tomorrow, and leaving all mathematical possibilities: A2 - Costa Rica B2 - Honduras A1 - Mexico B3/C3 - Guatemala (USA/Canada/Panama/Guadaloupe) B1 - Jamaica C2 - USA (Panama/Canada/Guadaloupe) C1 - Panama A3/B3 - El Salvador (Guatemala)

My gf told me what the name of the video game was, and I googled it to find the trailer. The best I can tell it is national, but of course I could be wrong...

My girlfriend saw this on twitter...I kind of don't believe my eyes, but this is awesome! EDIT: It starts to show NT at about 54 seconds...and I still wish GMG.com would let people use all caps in the topic title for acronyms...darn OCD.

Final from Game 1 tonight: Guatemala 4-0 Grenada That eliminates Grenada officially, and guarantees Guatemala a spot in the quarterfinals, we just don't know which one yet. It depends on which other 3rd place team advances (either group A, which is El Salvador, or Group C, which could be any team in the group still technically). The Guatemala win also forces Canada to BEAT Panama tomorrow to stay alive...a draw will do nothing for Canada because of their goal differential. The USA could technically lose tomorrow and stil make the quarterfinals, as long as Canada ALSO loses, and the USA loss was by less than 3 goals.

As long as the paint is environmentally friendly....

Unless I am missing something big, we only have one left. These players will be on scholarship next year: 1. Jordan Williams 2. Alzee Williams 3. Chris Jones 4. Trey Norris 5. Forrest Robinson 6. Tony Mitchell 7. Jacob Holmen 8. Kedrick Hogans 9. Alonzo Edwards 10. Nikola Stojilikovic 11. Brandan Walton 12. Roger Franklin

That's not really true...most of the prospects are just a few years away from being mature/prepared enough for the full national team.

I know JJ didn't sign him out of high school, but George Odufuwa was also a 3* recruit.

Well, the Mavericks win last night helped me get over that loss to Panama, so now that my anger is gone I guess I'll post an update. Scores from last night: El Salvador 6-1 Cuba Mexico 4-1 Costa Rica Cuba gets bounced from the Tournament with a -15 goal differential (apparently communism isn't good for soccer). Mexico wins the group, with Costa Rica in second. Both of those teams move to the knockout round. El Salvador has a great chance to move on sitting on 4 points, but won't know for sure until Tuesday night. Here is the bracket if the tourney started right now. The teams in Red are locked in their position. Keep in mind this has a good chance of changing, but also could stay the same. A2 - Costa Rica B2 - Honduras A1 - Mexico B3/C3 - Canada B1 - Jamaica C2 - USA C1 - Panama A3/B3 - El Salvador Jamaica and Honduras play tonight to decide the B1/B2 spots. They only flip if Honduras gets the win. Guatemala and Grenada play to stay alive in the tournament. The loser is eliminated, and the winner will have to wait until Tuesdays results to know if they make the knockout round. If they tie, both are eliminated.

Guadaloupe got a red card in the third minute and is playing down a man, but has still managed to keep Canada scoreless. 0-0 at the half.

USA vs. Panama kicks off at 7pm on Fox Soccer Channel. Canada vs. Guadaloupe is immediately before the USA game. Not sure on TV for that one.

My pronunciation guesses would be RYE-COKE or RYE-CO-ECK.

Final: Honduras 7-1 Grenada Honduras just took out all of their frustrations on Grenada. Grenada joins Cuba in the "teams eliminated from tournament" club. Honduras all but clinches a spot in the knockout round. Tomorrows games: USA vs. Panama!!!!! Canada vs. Guadaloupe After tomorrow we should have a pretty good idea how things are going to shake out.

I was thinking that stands looked really close to the field as well, but the football sidelines are well inside of the soccer sidelines. I never thought of FIU stadium that way, but now that you mention it, it really does seem like a soccer specific stadium...

Final from game 1 tonight (Group B from FIU Stadium): Jamaica 2-0 Guatemala With that win, the "Raggae Boyz" join Mexico as the two teams to have clinched a spot in the knockout round. Grenada and Honduras are playing right now. Grenada took an early lead (with I think their first goal in Gold Cup history...I'm watching in spanish so I'm not real sure), but Honduras responded within minutes with two quick goals and is leading 2-1. EDIT: 3-1 Honduras. They have responded to the Grenada goal with 3 goals in 18 minutes.

I think its about 22' X 16'.

It is going to be great, and it is not too far off from what we were expecting.