PBP: 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship: USA vs. Puerto Rico 11/1 5:00 ET (TIME CORRECTION!)

Sam Rogers gets stripped reading to a one on one that Real stops and is then cleaned up.

Pomykal starts the counter. Finds Mendez who bounces outside to Lindsey who centers to Akinola for the goal. 4-1 USA

Gloster goes down and off the field for a moment.

Real yellow carded for a foul on the right touchline.

 

Servania plays a diagonal to Pomykal who carries the ball into the box and is fouled.

Rennicks converts the PK.

5-1 USA 57th minute.

 

Angking for Torres in the 64th minute

 

I watched for about ten minutes but turned it off. Just nothing to learn from this match. US not even trying not do I think they should.

 

Llanez for Rennicks in the 67th minute.

 

Llanez with a great outside of the foot pass to Akinola who heads into an empty net.

6-1 USA 68th minute

 

Servania booked for pulling back on the arm of a Puerto Rican player who had side stepped Real.

 

How do yellow cards work in this tourney? If you get two is that a game suspension

 

Griffin Dorsey on for Lindsey in the 74th minute. Third US sub.

 

According to page 34 of the regulations correctly 2 yellow cards lead to a suspension. Single yellow cards are wiped out after the group stage (the current stage).

Pomykal is played in on goal and draws a last man red card on a Puerto Rican defender in the 83rd minute.

 

Dorsey crosses to Llanez for the 7th

7-1 85th minute

 

I have only been half watching, but I feel like Llanez is better than the kid he replaced.

 

7-1 US Full time

Dominant second half performance

 

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So the USA essentially defeated itself?

 

US Virgin Islands next up Saturday at 6 eastern. Back to back derbies to start off qualifying!

 

USVI's gonna get mauled.

 

On paper it certainly looks that way after getting shellacked by Suriname, 13-2. BTW, does anyone know why Suriname (and Guyana) play in Concacaf rather than in Conmebol?

 

Community of Caribbean Nations, I would think.

 

Suriname and Guyana are located on the continent of South America, but have always been more culturally oriented towards the Caribbean since colonial times.

Like with Trinidad & Tobago, people of South Asian descent make up the largest ethnic group in Suriname and Guyana. Suriname also has a sizable group of people of Javanese descent.

Other South American countries have a lot of Hispanics who are of Amerindian descent or European descent or mestizo. Obviously, Suriname and Guyana aren't Spanish speaking and they don't have many people of Euro or Amerindian descent either.

 

There ought to be a mercy rule enacted by Concacaf when some of these small Caribbean countries play. If they are losing by 10 or more goals in any of their matches at any point during the match, the referee ends the match. The winning team is awarded a goal differential of +3 for the match in question only.

Quite honestly, these small countries are wasting their time as well as that of the serious teams'. They should not be allowed to participate if they are not going to field a competitive team.

Moreover, the USA should not be in the same group as any of its territories. The USA is essentially playing against itself.

 

So a 9-0 win is worth three times as much as a 10-0 win? That's a terrible idea, man.

It's professional sports, teams get smacked around sometimes. Part of the game.

 

No, the USA should not be wasting its time against non-competitive countries like these. If the USA wants to get better, playing these irrelevant islands with a population of 6 people is not the way to do it.

 

You're acting like the USSF determined the format of this tournament.