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2011 in Review: 5 Best Gold Cup Matches
This year’s Gold Cup, the golden goose showpiece event for our region, was the most bizarre tournament I have ever seen. The opening two matchdays featured three blowouts, followed by a scoreless draw; then, the Mexican federation pulled five players for testing positive for Clembuterol, a black eye for Mexico’s …
Al grito de guerra, Mexico overturned an early 2-0 deficit to win tonight’s Gold Cup final 4-2 at “home” in the Rose Bowl. The aztecas had cooled off after scoring goals at will in the group stage, with Guatemala and Honduras forcing them to sweat out wins in the knockout …
With sites like mediotiempo and MLSSoccer abuzz with previews for tomorrow’s match, I will just add a few words here on the Regional Review. First, in case you have somehow miraculously avoided the information until now, here is the schedule for tomorrow (all times EST). Saturday, June 25, 9:00 p.m.: …
Gold Cup 2011 Semifinals Review
There are two ways to look at the games that took place this evening in Houston. One is to concede that the Final ended up being the match that just about everyone saw coming, with the United States and Mexico taking center stage for the third time in a row. …
If there were any doubt about which team is the greatest “draw” in the Gold Cup, CONCACAF’s decision to switch the order of the games in Houston cleared it up. At least said move will not greatly impact the action on the field…unless enough Mexican fans arrive early to harass …
Gold Cup 2011 Quarterfinals Review
If you do not mind, I will start with a bit of tub-thumping: after messing up on a couple of my group-stage predictions, I wiped the egg off of my face (Dempsey-style) by getting all four quarterfinal picks right. And that’s with two of the matches going to penalties, no …
Just like with the World Cup finals, after the group stage of the Gold Cup we realize that the majority of the games have already been played. The end of the current competition is particularly abrupt: as of tomorrow, there will only be one week of Gold Cup action left, …
Gold Cup 2011 Matchday 3 Review
As I stated in my recap of the second matchday, the high expectations that Mexico and the United States carried heading into this tournament diminished their chances of getting a “Team of the Round” nod early on. But this week, I find myself short on candidates. I mean, El Salvador …
At this point, we know that Mexico, Jamaica and Panama have all secured their places in the knockout stage with a perfect 6-0 record amongst the trio so far. Thanks to the United States’ impotence in front of goal tonight, we still have yet to eliminate anyone; but over the …
Gold Cup 2011 Matchday 2 Review
A couple of hours ago I made it back home from Tampa, where I got to see Gold Cup history take place. From an American perspective: that was horrible. But this result is what the tournament needed and what the region needed, that is, proof positive that the United States …
