CCL Group B [R]

[Nerroth]

The last group is up:

Group/Grupo B

Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E +/- PTS
Houston Dynamo (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0
CD Luis Angel Firpo (SLV) 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Francisco FC (PAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pumas UNAM (MEX) 0 0 0 0 0 0


16.9.2008 San Francisco FC - Pumas UNAM TBD Ciudad de Panama, PAN 17.9.2008

Houston Dynamo - CD Luis Angel Firpo TBD Houston, Texas USA

23.9.2008 San Francisco FC - Houston Dynamo TBD Ciudad de Panama, PAN

24.9.2008 Pumas UNAM - CD Luis Angel Firpo TBD Ciudad de Mexico, MEX

30.9.2008 Pumas UNAM - Houston Dynamo TBD Ciudad de Mexico, MEX

2.10.2008 CD Luis Angel Firpo - San Francisco FC TBD TBD, SLV

8.10.2008 Houston Dynamo - San Francisco FC TBD Houston, Texas USA

9.10.2008 CD Luis Angel Firpo - Pumas UNAM TBD TBD, SLV

22.10.2008 Houston Dynamo - Pumas UNAM TBD Houston, Texas USA

22.10.2008 San Francisco FC - CD Luis Angel Firpo TBD Ciudad de Panama, PAN

28.10.2008 CD Luis Angel Firpo - Houston Dynamo TBD TBD, SLV

29.10.2008 Pumas UNAM - San Francisco FC TBD Ciudad de Mexico, MEX
And you know the drill.

[jared9999]

pumas and san fran.

[Naui_Ocelotl]

UNAM will likely take the 1st spot but 2nd place should be up for grabs. In the end I think Houston will take it.

[jared9999]

ONLY watched the last 10 minutes of the unam/san fran game. seemed like a good match. was pumas playing with only mexicans? didn't see a an extranjero

[theleftside]

Houston will scrape by.

[Chiquitibum]

ONLY watched the last 10 minutes of the unam/san fran game. seemed like a good match. was pumas playing with only mexicans? didn't see a an extranjero

Pumas was playing with 9 men and still showed chances toward the end.

Martin Bravo failed in his debut as he threw an elbow.

The suplente gk, failed and was also ejected.

Bad game from a bunch of bench riders

Palencia was the only starter to play.

[DonJuego]

SF - UNAM draw is good result for Houston. I can make an argument that a SF loss would be even better.

Prior posts indicates that UNAM may not be committed to this competition. Or may be dealing with fixture congestion. A road draw while resting the first team is not a bad result.

The result also supports my thought that the road games in Panama and El Salvador are going to be tough.

[MoRado]

I am watching the game on ESPNDeportes right now, i hope SF scores soon:D

great game

[DonJuego]

Re-scheduling of the LA Firpo @ Houston game just got more difficult with the cancellation of Houston's league game this weekend. That game, versus San Jose, has been reset for the only opening the Dynamo had to host Firpo (Oct. 15).

I imagine the Firpo game will have to go into November which is during the all important MLS cup tournament.

[The Marquis]

Why can't Houston play at PHP? Is it in bad shape too?

[DonJuego]

The timing was just to quick to move that game to another city like Frisco, is my guess. Plus, the Dynamo dont want to give up on their home game (both competitively and revenue wise). I agree with their thinking.

[el_cuscatleco]

Houston v Firpo game that was postponed due to Hurricane Ike has been rescheduled and will now be played on November 26.

[MannieG]

Houston v Firpo game that was postponed due to Hurricane Ike has been rescheduled and will now be played on November 26.
Damn! That sucks ass!

[el_cuscatleco]

Damn! That sucks ass!

Why's that?

How does that fit into Houston's schedule?

[MannieG]

Why's that?

How does that fit into Houston's schedule?
Well, if all goes according to plan...it'll be 3 days after the MLS cup.

[el_cuscatleco]

UNAM 3-0 Firpo at HT

[el_cuscatleco]

UNAM 3-0 Firpo at FT

[jared9999]

Pumas cruised, no challenge

[el_cuscatleco]

Pumas cruised, no challenge

Agreed.

Firpo played horrible. They came looking for the draw and practicaly only played one attacking player the whole game. We were lucky to get out of there with only 3 goals against, as UNAM hit the post twice and missed atleast two more shots straight in front of the goal. Our left backs (both of them) played horrible and all three goals came from that side.

It has to be said though, that we have just got a new coach and our team, although pretty much the same as last year, is nowhere as good, and is even struggling to get wins in the league.

Congrats to UNAM.

[DonJuego]

I've not seen it reported but I'm sure we all know that SF - Houston in Panama was 0-0.

Both teams had chances and could have taken the points. The Monks came closest with a header off the cross bar. I think Houston created the most quality chances.

Houston played a bench heavy team. Ching, De Rosario, Davis and Mullan did not start in favor of the 2nd string players of Kamara, Holden, Ashe, and Cameron. Mullan came in at 60', Ching at 70' and DeRosario at 75'.

The last 30 minutes was all Dynamo pressing for the win while SF hung on by their nails.

A Panama player slap/punched Dynamo keeper Onstadt right in front of the referree. The ref moved to reach into his back pocket. The Monk however was rolling around on the ground like he'd been shot and somehow the ref forgot about the card.

The referreeing was bewildering as usual in Central America.