Maybe if Besler picks up the ball and throws a 60-yard bomb to Dwyer.
2017 Gold Cup aka Copa Oro
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Jordan Morris is getting ready now. 4 forwards! Arena's going with the Moyes approach! 
That looked a foul though the player may have been looking for the contact and may have went down easily.
Update: Bedoya was definitely anticipating and went down quite easily.
Update: Bedoya was definitely anticipating and went down quite easily.
Yeah, as soon as they get the ball they hoof it forward.
Dive.
Alejandro Bedoya's going off, which means that the U.S. is playing a 4-2-4 now!
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Gerard won numerous penalties with less contact in fairness.
What a cross!
Looks like Barcenas twisted his knee there.
3 minutes added on.
The USA is only attacking down the left.
Panama happy with the draw now.
Indeed. Martinique and Nicaragua aren't good sides, so a draw against the U.S. should pretty much guarantee qualification for them to the next round barring any surprises.
1-1 FT. Fair result. Panama was the better team technically though.
Yep.
Goal differential will likely determine group winner.
And another ref blows up despite half the added time with the ball not in play.
And another ref blows up despite half the added time with the ball not in play.
It isn't a starting 3 in defence. Its just a group of 11 players. The coach will pick CBs now who he'll use.
Agreed. As an American, that was tough to watch.
Then what the hell was that whole announcement for? Fans vote their XI but the coach makes his picks? Bizarre.
Fans get to pick 11 players and then the coach picks the remaining ones to fill out the team and I think Garber might pick two or something. The coach then picks the team he wants to play. Its just a way for fans to pick players to be in the team, not an actual starting XI who will play in that set up.
The sooner MLS is ran by actual football people versus NFL, NBA, and NHL types the better off the league will be.
Which won't happen for 100 years. The sports system is set up such that the MLS and football as a whole won't grow in the country in order to maintain the status quo.
Have you ever heard of MLB, NFL, and the networks conspired to bring down the NASL back the late 70s?
I can't locate the article I read many years back but it was a good read.
Hoilett has a decent first touch, and we're so low on those that I think he'll keep playing. If we have to defend deep and play on the counter I could see throwing him up top and hoping he can get in behind. Cavallini did okay to draw fouls, but that allowed Guiana to kill our counters too easily.
Arfield is a level ahead of most of the team. A good low-Prem, high Champo level attacking CM. Would be nice if we had a younger, quicker player than Bernier who could still pass the ball as the 8. I thought Piette did okay. De Jong was good but crossed poorly.
Considering how poor Guiana were, I'm not that optimistic, apart from Davies, who obviously I now think will be the finest player in Canadian history. We got done with some simple 1-2s, benefitted from a shocking goalkeeping performance from the opponent and had a bizarrely poor stretch where we conceded 2 quickly with only Davies' pace (and Jackson-Hamel's handy dribbling and passing, is he always that composed?) ensuring the win.
I'm not aware of that, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case. I bet that the only reason the MLS is surviving is because the owners know that there's lots of interest in football in the U.S. and Canada, and that's easy money for them.
Osorio could have been that type of player, but Aron Winter misused him and ruined his development.
He always surprises me whenever I watch him. He has good movement, but I never expect him to be a solid dribbler. However, whenever, I've see him, he's always been a good dribbler. He can actually be a better forward up front for the Impact than Mancosu, but thankfully, Biello continues to use that donkey.
Is anyone going to watch the Martinique-Nicaragua match? I feel like this game might be quite entertaining as both teams would look to play some attacking football.
Found an old discussion forum on NASL's demise and reasons for. The NFL/MLB conspiracy is shot down by most.
http://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/was-nasl-sabbatoged-by-nfl-mlb.607772/
He looked good and has unreal pace but he has a heck of a way to go before being as good as Atiba Hutchinson.
Great start to the match so far. Both Martinique and Nicaragua have had good chances in the first 5 minutes.
For two teams of poor quality, this match has been quite exciting so far. It's been end-to-end football from the start.
The NASL killed itself. The very thing that got it publicity (the big signings by the Cosmos) made it impossible for most of the other teams to compete or if they tried to stay fiscally in good shape. Franchises that saved the league in its early days (Rochester Lancers) were pushed aside.
The other major sports had little to fear from the NASL. TV money was not the because the fan base was not there yet.
Some blame FIFA for not rewarding the 1986 World Cup to the US and site some absurd plan by the Cosmos owner to have 26 of the worlds best players in the NASL in the season leading up to the World Cup(never would have happened the league could never afford it). Plus the US team would have been awful and it might have put fans off the game.
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After a dominant performance by Martinique, they beat Nicaragua 2-0 and go to the top of Group B.
The Martinique goals came from Kévin Parsemain and Steeven Langil (some might be familiar with Langil).
The Martinique goals came from Kévin Parsemain and Steeven Langil (some might be familiar with Langil).
Didn't expect Martinique to win, tbh
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To watch Martinique vs. Nicaragua is just great lol!
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Nicaragua is trash and the only reason they are there is because Guatemala is banned. Central America conveniently has 6 spots for the cup available, just to get rid of the two useless teams (Nicaragua and Belize).Didn't expect Martinique to win, tbh
2-1 Mexico.
Pretty decent game this so far with both teams getting chances.
Pretty decent game this so far with both teams getting chances.
Why is Guatemala banned?
This ES v Mexico match is entertaining, end-to-end stuff. Shame the ES player didn't get his chip down just enough to beat the keeper.
This ES v Mexico match is entertaining, end-to-end stuff. Shame the ES player didn't get his chip down just enough to beat the keeper.
Believe they are suspended by Fifa since October of last year because of allegations of corruption.
Martinique is not gonna qualify though. Panama is stronger.