Someone on the Inferno board brought this article to attention which says Solano will be playing for Peru in a friendly vs Australia in Dallas...Kevin you know anything about this? http://www.24horas.com.pe/noticia.php?id=20060317023
Logically it seems weird. Why would Australia fly 24 hours to play a meaningless friendly in a nuetral country only weeks before the World Cup? Unless this in August... Odd.
Completely logical and exactly what The Hut complex should be. It's one planet, and the Roos are in the same soccer boat as the Nats inre: the ability to schedule "quality" Mundial warmups. Oz needs some Latin opposition as a tuneup. I've always believed that DFW (the metro area and the airport) are uniquely positioned (along with the rest of Texas), as, on average, based on economic factors and geographic factors, we are "most equidistant" if the considered locations include Latin America, the Pac Rim, and Europe. Oz must have decided that travelling northwest through Singapore or Mumbai to get to Germany wasn't as enticing as a gig in the States, vis-a-vis as a launching point to Germany. DFW is one of a very small number of airports that Peruvians can fly to nonstop in the US. Easy for them. It also is more efficient for the Aussies to not bring their euros all the way home for their first camp. LHR-SYD-FRA = 67000km. LGW-DFW-FRA = 31840km. In fact, if HSG were to be able to pull off hosting the Aussies' tune-up camp for Germany, that would be something of a small coup in the International Football Economy. Completely off the radar on the local sporting landscape, but noticed elsewhere. -bs
hey guys--we were discussing this in the peru forum recently but for now it looks like it's just a rumor.... there was an article (can't find the link) where hiddink -- who in the past spoke of his admiration for peruvian players like DMB's teammate jeff farfan on his PSV team -- was attempting to tie this match up.... looks like it was unsuccessful... peru's already got a friendly for may 10 at trinidad....
Okay, I don't agree with your argument that DFW is a good tune-up spot before the World Cup but I can see that you think you have a point Answer me this then: why is Australia interested in playing in a city with 100 degree heat before the World Cup? It was 100 degrees here yesterday and supposedly getting to 100+ again today. In May/August it certainly is much, much warmer than Germany in June, no? I don't know for sure - never been to Germany - but I have to believe that the DFW weather is not really a positive thing when you weigh in the "We'll have to fly 24 hours to get there!" argument. Why not HDC? Why Dallas? It's an extra three hour flight to get to Dallas instead of Australia. For Peru, it's an extra 2 hours on an 8 hour flight but for the Aussies, it's an extran 3 hours on a 21 hour flight. I may not have the exact flight times down but I'm sure that's pretty close. It just doesn't make sense to me.