Somewhere there is a webiste called bigcricket and some Caribean lads wondering why such a large country as the USA does not have a good cricket team
Somewhere there is a webiste called bigcricket and some Caribean lads wondering why such a large country as the USA does not have a good cricket team
It's not that hard to understand, actually. USACA, the governing body for Cricket in the USA, is hopelessly corrupt, inept, and incompetent. They even managed to get themselves banned from Cricket competition once because of some power struggle over how to elect their president. Moreover, the Cricket ex-pats in America are genuinely uninterested in growing the sport here, which is a bit of shame, since it's such a stragetic sport, like its cousin baseball. That's the impression I get from reading cricinfo.com's USA page. The USACA makes Washington DC look efficient in comparison.
Just to add on to some of my earlier posts about the teams we haven't played. Nicaragua made the Gold Cup in 2009, but were not in our group. They didn't make it past group. Suriname and the USA both qualified for the 1985 CONCACAF Championship, but were in different groups and neither advanced to the final group. I think it is only a matter of time before we get a game vs. Suriname, Guyana, or Nicaragua, whether it be Gold Cup or a semifinal round of WCQ. For the others, it may take a while, unless they change the WCQ format again to a knockout round early on.
I'd add teams like Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Both have potential to improve at least to the level where they can make the odd Gold Cup or Semifinal round, both have come relatively close and are currently comparable to Suriname, Guyana and Nicaragua. Some of the smaller islands, such as St. Kitts and Nevis, are also capable of making the Semifinal round or Gold Cup on occasion. Also, given the history, there is a good probability that CONCACAF will change the format of both the Gold Cup and Qualifying. It's certainly unknown whether any future change will make it more or less likely to play various teams.
But how's that considering the Dutch are bonkers for football and those places only have recently been semi-independent from the homeland?
Playing Puerto Rico would be funny. I think a Puerto Rican who has never stepped foot on any US state could be selected to play for the USMNT methinks. They do carry US passports.
Bert Blyleven, man... Seriously, Dutch baseball in on the rise - been a the last few World Baseball Championships as I recall...
Chris Armas played for Puerto Rico early in his career.I cant remember the circumstance-either an Olympic or Gold Cup qualifier.There was talk at the height of his career that he wouldnt be able to play for the USA due to this.Somehow it was resolved, so many beers ago I cant remember all the details.
Re:Chris Armas Puerto Rico per wikipedia he played in the 1993 Caribean Cup, which was not FIFA sanctioned but classified as a friendly.I think Puerto Rico vainly tried to dispute it by saying the top two teams went to the Gold Cup (of which PR was niether)
No idea why, but Aruba has produced four MLB players in recent memory, which is pretty impressive for an island its size. Curacao has produced even more players thanAruba, most notably Andruw Jones, and teams from there always show well at the Little League World Series. Baseball has some level of popularity in the Netherlands as there have been a few MLB players that were born and raised there.
As posted in another topic, that will happen in May, although it isn't listed at http://www.ussoccer.com/schedule-tickets
I tried to figure out what you were trying to convey in your initial post so forgive me for not really seeing where you were going with that.