The Ocho

many, many yellow cards pls.

 

I know, but it functions in a complimentary way. If you can go into these notoriously difficult environments and put the home team in such a position to be on the business end of the "Oles", you know you've done a great job. Central American fans don't do that lightly.

 

Points in the October WCQs.

Mexico — 7 points (as it stands)
USA – 6 points
Canada – 5 points
Costa Rica – 4 points
Jamaica – 4 points
El Salvador — 3 points (as it stands)
Panama – 3 points
Honduras – 1 point

 

Ok I stand corrected. For some reason I thought I had read that this week but I guess I was wrong.

 

Damn context is everything. Here we were(and I) digging our own graves 3 hours ago, here I am looking at Canadas result tonight and thinking "Wow they look so much better than us!" yet in the end we got the second most points this window, in front of Canada.

 

Ever watch the World Cup past the group stage?

 

Canada was losing for awhile and even at like the 66th minute. After they went ahead the goals poured in. It’s like our match vs Honduras…

better team won both games, but at about 60 in the matches were in the balance.

 

I'd still say that Canada had the better window, but US probably had the 3rd best.

 

Yeah point at Azteca is pretty good.

 

This El Salvador team is feisty, but beatable, even away. I expect three when we play them away.

Mexico should really be up 2-0 after that Pineda miss

 

Likewise

 

Nestor Araújo sent off!

 

marvelous

 

and a very deserved yellow for Hector Moreno, who delivers a Canuck level body check

 

And the yellow cards are RAINING in El Salvador, now one to Raul Jiminez

 

Whose the ref? Nice to see one actually applying the laws of the game.

 

Canada’s Drew Fischer

 

Canadian ref, obviously.

 

There has been a lot of impoliteness in this game and not very many sorrys

 

Mexico looks exactly like the USMNT at El Salvador, only difference is they converted their set piece

 

and thats a penal to Mexico in injury time. Stupid challenge, easy call.

 

Perfect results.

USA win.
Mexico Win.
Canada Rout of Panama
Jamaica upset over Honduras.

Irrespective of other results, a one goal win had usa back to 96% direct qual, but preliminary runs with these results have us at 99%. Now, reality it's not thaaaaaaat high, but the Elo is not lying. We are in veeerrrrry good shape.

In fact it's like 1-2-3 are done and it's a crap shoot for 4th. But the spreadsheets don't play the games of course.

 

Clear penalty too

 

El Salvador fans doing their best Mexico fan impression after that conversion. all the liquids on the field. All the lasers. All of them. And the lasers in the eyes. Its like they never left Mexico

 

El Salvador fans are something...