Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Monday, July 20, 2009

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Gold CUpdates, Quarterfinals, Day 2: Mexico vs. Haiti, Costa Rica vs. Guadeloupe. Not Even Close

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 06:27 PM PDT

Two blowouts today. Anybody else as surprised as I am? I think I expected the end results, but NOT the scorelines in either case.

Costa Rica 5-1 Guadeloupe



Guadeloupe were the little engine that could in 2007. The tiny French island with a population of around 400,000 people made it all the way to the semis two years ago before finally being taken down by Mexico.

They were hoping for a similar miracle this year, but the storyline didn’t quite work out as hoped. Guadeloupe’s coach, Roger Salnot, was quoted going into the tournament as saying that they’d be disappointed with anything less than a return to the semis. Right about now, they’ve got to be pretty disappointed.

Costa had goals from Celso Borges (great bicycle goal!), Andy Herron, Pablo Herrera Barrantes, and two by Alvaro Saborio. Haiti’s Guadeloupe’s lone goal came from Alexandre Alphonse.


Mexico 4-0 Haiti

Mexico has to be one of the most maddeningly inconsistent teams in the world right now. They go through stretches of medicre-to-suck play, then they come through in a hugeway. This game was one of those “come through huge” games.

Must say, I expected a bit more fight out of Haiti, who looked strong in the group stages even while losing to Honduras, then gave the US a scare. But today, Mexico was definitely the better team, with two goals by Miguel Sabah and one each from Giovani Dos Santos and Pablo Barrera.

I’m thinking Haiti may want to use the next couple of years to work on set pieces.

First goal, a penalty rebound by Miguel Sabah

Second goal, Giovani Dos Santos

Third goal, Pablo Herrera

Fourth goal, Sabah

Semifinal matchups:

Thursday, July 23, Chicago

(Times revised. Pretty sure these are the right ones now!)

6:00 p.m. Central time, USA vs. Honduras

9:00 p.m. Central, Costa Rica vs. Mexico

As deadline approaches, MLB teams look to heat up, get healthy

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

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Gold CUpdates: Honduras Ousts Canada on Iffy Penalty, US Waits Till Extra Time over Panama

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:40 PM PDT

Couple of games Saturday in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Honduras 1-0 Canada

First, Honduras ousted Canada, 1-0. Anybody as shocked as I am? Anybody else have questions about the penalty? (About the 2:45 mark.)

Canada tonight is feeling hard done by the referees. I do not blame them.


USA 2-1 Panama

(No video available at posting time, but keep checking back — I’ll add it when I find it.)

The US left it till late (till extra time, to be exact) to take out Panama, but in the end they got the job done to advance to the semis.

Keep in mind here that this is technically the USA “B” squad. With the departure of Charlie Davies to his new club, Sochaux, isn’t everybody from the USA Confederations Cup A squad now gone? I think so.

Panama got the first strike in first half injury time thanks to Blas Perez. But USA’s Kyle Beckerman struck back early in the second half. The game stood at 1-1 through regular time, but in the end, USA’s Kenny Cooper won a penalty in the second period of extra time. He converted, and a tired Panama couldn’t come back.

USA now face Honduras yet again in the semis, on July 23. They beat them 2-0 in the group stages, but that was largely on the energy of second-half subs Benny Feilhaber and Charlie Davies. Will they have the same spark now that Feilhaber and Davies have gone home?

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Sporting News Today: Three college football teams that still must learn to deal with the spotlight

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Friday, July 17, 2009

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Sepp Blatter is a Diver

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 07:07 AM PDT

YouTube video of an elderly Swiss man falling over isn’t necessarily funny. But when that man is Sepp Blatter, we are legally obligated to post it on World Cup Blog.

[Guardian via 101GG]