Can you believe the tournament starts today already? 7 pm (ET) at the Orange Bowl in Miami; TV = Galavision. No word on the refs for individual games.
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Great match, i'm really looking forward to this one. I think Canada has improved but Costa Rica is still, according to the records, the favourite. I think it will be a tight game with Costa Rica edging out Canada by a 1 goal aggregate. CRC 3-2 CAN
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) It might be a closed game with both teams respecting eachother since it is the first game of the group and both are favorites on paper to advance. I say Costa Rica 1 Canada 0
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) I think the game is going to be close, but Costa Rica will pull it out. Costa Rica wins it 2-1.
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Canada has a terrific midfield, but their backline is awful. CR 2-0.
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Costa Rica has been strong, but I don't know much about Canada. I'll go with you guys and say CR will take it by one... 2-1.
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Costa Rica will win this one. (sorry North Montreal).
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Lol touppouyo, ou vle pale de Montréal Nord. You would be surprised, many haitians in montreal are not going for canada. You pa vle pays blanc genyen lol
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Le CANADA!!! however its said I have a feeling they do it here and now. a newly matured international side waiting to prove the rest of concacaf
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) I'll go contrarian on this one. With Costa Rica's issues at forward, I think this becomes a conservative midfield battle. Set piece goal for Canada. Goal on the counter for CR... 1-1 FT
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) 3-1 win for us this is from nacion.com, interview with Mr Stephen Hart 1 ¿Cómo analiza a su equipo? Mis jugadores son bastante jóvenes, apenas tienen unos 10 partidos internacionales, por eso torneos como estos son tan importantes para que ellos comiencen a tener la experiencia que necesitan para competir a este nivel. 2 ¿Y Costa Rica...? Es un equipo con calidad, tiene excelentes delanteros y muy sólidos jugadores en el mediocampo. Es un equipo muy bueno. 3 ¿Cómo se imagina el partido? Ellos deberían jugar con solo siete jugadores (risas) y en cuanto a nosotros le pedimos a la FIFA que nos dejara jugar con 13. 4 ¿Tan favorita es Costa Rica? Sí, claro, viene de una Copa del Mundo, algo que ninguno de los otros equipos del grupo tiene. 5 ¿Qué piensa de Hernán Medford? ¡Me alegra que ya no juegue!
Re: Match #1 - Costa Rica vs Canada (pbp/discussion) Hafta go with the Costa Ricans, sorry Canucks 3:2
********ing Comcast, no Galavision here. All this money they steal from me too, don't offer GolTV either, wake up call to switch to satellite
Minutes away from kickoff. Gold Cup site lists these lineups (and yet no word on the ref): 12 - Leonardo Gonzalez 17 - Gabriel Badilla 11 - Michael Barrantes 18 - Jose Francisco Porras 8 - Rodolfo Rodriguez 10 - Walter Centeno 19 - Alvaro Saborio 3 - Victor Cordero 2 - Jervis Drummond 15 - Harold Wallace 7 - Rolando Fonseca Coach: Hernán Medford Canada 15 - Patrice Bernier 13 - Atiba Hutchinson 3 - Ante Jazic 6 - Julian DeGuzman 14 - Dwayne DeRosario 9 - Robert Friend 16 - Martin Nash 5 - Andrew Hainault 7 - Paul Stalteri 11 - Richard Hastings 22 - Patrick Onstad Coach: Stephen Hart
Fonseca's still going strong, I see. I was doing some research on the USMNT, and I realized that he's scored 5 times against the USA. That may be a record. I know a guy from Norway scored 5 times against the USA in 1948, but I don't know if anyone else has 5 total goals against us.
Glad to see Costa Rica switched from one of the two ugliest jersey makers to the other. Nice turn out from the Tico supporters.
Two sure things about the Ticos over the past four years or so: the fans are terrific and travel well, and the uniforms are ugly. They sell the WC ones for about $25 on various web sites (here, too), and I while sales happen frequently, this is about as low a price as any jersey I have ever seen. Yet I still won't fork over the money!
Canada's really pressuring them, you would've thought the high tempo would be in CR's favor. De Rosario, Hutchinson, Guzman all going right at CR and making some good looking chances. Can Canada keep it up for all 90?
