The 9 years is between 2006 and 2015. It took them 10 years to reach a 3rd place game again, it's extremely hard to get to this stage, that's why the manager prioritized it over the league Final. It's not just a tourney of 3 games, it's a 2 year process to arrive at this stage, that's why it's so critical to win and why they played their best available. The pundits are saying this was a disaster, and I agree with them. Sad day for America, tough to see them go out like this.
Wut, Liga MX Final > CWC Third Place. Disaster? They came back from being 2 goals down, lost on penalties, against a good side, while they were probably more worried about the final in 4 days.
I'm not sure in what universe finishing 4th instead of 3rd because of penalties qualifies as a "disaster."
Kashima is the real deal. These guys are playing Real straight up. That is what I had expected out of America but no stupid ass LaVolpe