I'd heard that Pope was still nursing his injury but would probably play with RSL today. Then I saw this: http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562135683
Pope played in Oklahoma against KC... Straight from the Man! When asked in a post game autograph session, he answered that he would not be in Mexico!
Pope left the match in the 83rd minute. I presumed it was because he was going to the airport to get on a plane to meet up with the team for Mexico... but I guess not.
Is this part of some mind games by BA? I wonder if the thought was that Pope wasn't healthy enough to play but that's changed.