This is the official Thread for news on the cuban national team and the players The new Cuba NT coach is German http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol/?rkey=00000000000003406100
Re: Cuba National team news and players Here are some results for Cuba Friendly games last month http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4104
Re: Cuba National team news and players Cuba's Olympic squad ties 1-1 with the U.S. who had their top young players, Great result for Cuba http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=618492
Re: Cuba National team news and players Excellent result, a very compact team, solid defence, excellent team work and efficacy in attack, so sad that then lost Linares for the next game
Re: Cuba National team news and players Linares and Duarte were huge threats last night. The goalie really kept his composure throughout the night. Cuba gots a good amount of solid players for the future.Cant wait to see yall beat Honduras. The way they played against Panama las night was like watchin paint dry.
Re: Cuba National team news and players ESPN Deportes is reporting that 5 Cuban players defected last night. If this keeps up I wonder if they will have enough players to keep playing.
Re: Cuba National team news and players They only brought over 18 players to begin with so this leaves them with 13.
very bad look against Honduras with 13 players. better hope the goalie has a great game because Honduras is gonna most likely take advantage. and Honduras is ready so........good luck
Re: Cuba National team news and players Yeah here is the article in spanish and they say that Fifa is considering leaving cuba out bcuz they dont have enough playesrs http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=657199&s=fut&type=story another article in english http://www.goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=619652
Re: Cuba National team news and players This doesn't suprise Me. I wonder if Fidel is going to withdraw his Soccer Team from future International Competitions....
Miranda , Baru , Bermudez and Alvarez played from start against USA . Prieto came in as a sub. Down to 12 men because Linares was sent off against USA.
After signing Lester More last week, the Charleston Battery now have Osvaldo Alonso in camp. he played for 45 min in a scrimage last night against the College of Charleston. He looked very good and I would be surprised if he didnt get offered a contract. Lester More picked up a slight knock during training, so didnt play in the scrimage but its nothing major and should be ready to go for the Battery's tournament. I understand that the 5 who defected called Lester yesterday. Not sure what the conversation was about but im sure they had some questions about MLS and USL soccer in the US. mikey
Player Yendry Diaz told ESPN in an interview that he and forward Eder Roldan also had left the team, bringing the total to seven. http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-missingcubans&prov=ap&type=lgns
the first 5 players who left say they will look to play in the MLS Los desertados quieren jugar en la MLS EUA. Los cinco futbolistas cubanos de la selección Sub-23 que abandonaron la concentración del equipo en Tampa, en pleno Preolímpico de la Concacaf, declararon ayer a un canal de televisión local que lo hicieron para buscar suerte en la MLS. " Felices Los cubanos saltaron de la felicidad después de haber empatado con EUA el martes. Di este paso porque yo quería probarme también a nivel internacional y por eso todos dimos el pasos", dijo el defensa Erlys García al canal 41 América TV de Miami. El también zaguero Loanni Cartaya aseguró que "eso de la libertad no me gustaría hablarlo aquí. Mi objetivo no es político, sino jugar fútbol y desarrollar mis habilidades y superar mis condiciones". "Esto fue una decisión algo difícil", apuntó por su parte el volante Yordany Alvarez. "Antes de venir tuvimos dos partidos de preparación en Guyana y cuando terminamos el entrenador de un equipo profesional en Trinidad y Tobago me dijo que fuera a jugar con su equipo", agregó. En tanto, el arquero José Manuel Miranda, de buen desempeño ante Estados Unidos el martes en el debut de la isla, consideró que "el partido frente a Estados Unidos podría ser la visa para nosotros en la MLS. Que varios clubes se interesen en nosotros".
there is something that i do not uderstand, why is it that Osvaldo Sanchez has had so little attention from any clubs in the US. I mean, he gave a hell of a showing in the Gold Cup against Mexico and Panama, hes one of the best cuban players nowadays, so why the hell cant hget anyone interested in him, hes better than the kids coming out of the college draft. Second, how realistic do you guys think are our chances to actually qualify for S Africa '10. I mean , youll have Mexico and the US in, but after that there is a wide open race. For once, you have teams like Guatemala and Panama, etc who have the talent to make it but always choke. Then Cuba has proven that they can play with Costa Rica, and the rest of central america and the Caribbean. I dont want to get too far ahead of myself, but i think that we may have a real chance to go somewhere in the world cup qualifier.
yes, osvaldo alonso, i was typing this out while in class and got distracted. It is Osvaldo Alonso whom i mean, i find it strange that someone who looked so good in such a tournament would get no recognition from MLS or USL clubs?
Alonso played for Charleston Battery couple nights ago, and I heard that he played very good. I also have the same question, why the MLS teams don't pay attention to players like him, may be because he is cuban and every body think that we only can play baseball .
Can someone clue me in as to why Cuban defectors are immediately removed from the national team? I mean, did the gov't over there make the rule that they can't play for Cuba anymore, or is it the players' choice? Seems to me some pro's in the squad would only help their cause.
The goverment if the one that don't let them play anymore for the national team, them are consider bad cuban, trairos. like every one than leave. I don't know what is the relationship between want progress in live and be a bad cuban, because cubans like a good live like every body. I just another stupid idea from the comunists, them love keep control over every body, Welcome to the bigest jail in the world CUBA
Alonso played in a exhibition match against the Battery today. You can watch the archive of the match here http://usl.playonsports.tv/ its the Red bulls v. Charleston Battery match. He looked good to day and very useful. I presonally would like to see him end up on the Battery.