Yes, I think they are safely through; it's theirs to lose. Was great watching the game in the morning sun! I've never seen a sober crowd before ...
So: FCD: 6 points, no home games yet TFC: 3 points Pumas: 1 point Tauro: 1 point Still like Pumans, but at this point its purely on reputation rather than form. If they have an issue in a TFC game, they could be done. Dallas has to be loving it, 3/4 at home and wins @TFC and Pumas.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsB3SmMHBg"]Tauro Vs. Pumas (0-0) CONCACAF Liga de Campeones 2011 - 2012[/ame]
Pumas can still advance if the coach plays more starters. Not beating a 10 man Tauro is bad for them.
I don't think they will, they only have 6 first team guys in the 25 man list anyways, No Palencia, Bravo is the only international player on the list. Pumas is 6 and out, they only want to give minutes to the kids, cna't blame them, they do a great job developing talent, so they know what they are doing. http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/TeamRelatedLink/0,,12856~1473~1,00.html Looks like Toronto and Dallas from this group.
look at the concacaf link, maybe more than 6, but no veron, only the CB pikolin, I do not remember cortes.
Pumas will continue playing the kids: http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/m...mas-seguira-con-jovenes-advierte-memo-vazquez They really don't seem to care about the CCL...
Well first team to lose to an MLS team in Mexico, first Mexican team to not make it out of the CCL group. Can't really blame them, they have to play their young guys, that is the life line of their club.
Pumas brings out their Big Gun. That Martin Bravo has been carring Pumas for 3 years now. 4 - 0 over Toronto Dallas can't beat Tauro at Home. 1 - 1. Dallas....7 UNAM....4 Toronto..3 Tauro.....2 This group is going to come down to the last matchday IMO.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1slz9WXzGtc"]Pumas vs Toronto FC 4-0 CONCACAF Liga de Campeones 2011-2012 - Goles[/ame]
Cool seeing International players like Torsten Frings and Danny Koevermans get their ass kicked by a bunch of kids.... Of course those kids got the bronze medal at the last U-20 World Cup so not that bad When Pumas plays starters or at least mostly starters they are ther best team in this group
They may well be ... but whenever Toronto has played a 4-3-3 with Harden and Iro at the centre of defence, any team with any ability to attack has cut through them like a hot knife through butter. Note that late in the first half, they switched to a 3-4-3 with Frings (who had been in mid) in the centre ... and Pumas didn't score again after that. We saw the 3-4-3 again for the victories over Colorado and Tauro since. And hopefully we'll see it again next week for the rematch against Pumas.
1 K. Hartman 3 U. Ihemelu 25 J. Stewart 20 B. Shea 6 Jackson Gonçalves 14 G. John 16 B. Warshaw 2 D. Hernández 7 D. Cruz 11 Ricardo 17 J. Hall Coach: S. Hyndman 13 V. Patiño 4 D. Verón 2 E. Velarde 14 L. Fuentes 38 J. Ramírez 8 D. Cabrera 62 N. Teja 5 D. De Buen 17 J. Palencia 7 J. Cortes 10 M. Bravo Coach: G. Vázquez Can anyone tell me if it's the big starters for both teams?
For Pumas, it is a pretty much the same line up that played its last league game The exceptions being the keeper and Teja, who came in as a sub