Mexico - USA exhibition (Wednesday, 8/15) pre/in/postgame thread [R]

Isn't this on ESPN3 too?

 

Meh, our guys aren't going to play (or even make the 18), and we're going to get slaughtered. But other than that WOOHOO!

 

No one getting together in SF to watch?
Lee

 

Yes it is. Coverage starts at the same time (4:30 pdt)

 

Good, then they'll still be fresh for the game this weekend.

 

It doesn't.

It's on free TV on 14.1 and 66.2. Picture is better too, no compression.
Long live free TV!


BTW Argentina v Germany is on the sister channels right before. 14.2 and 66.1.

 

If Beita doesn't play at all does this still bind him to the USMNT as opposed to the Iranian Nation team?

 

He has to be capped in a Qualifier or a official match like in the Gold Cup... Friendlies don't count... (and he has to play, I don't think making the 18 for an official match even counts)

Probably pointless writing this since I'm on you ignore list, but maybe someone else has the same question...

 

Do Olympic qualifiers count by chance?

 

Gordon is still suspended for the Montreal game, so I hope he gets some minutes -- hopefully the ones right at the end, so he can score the game-winner in stoppage time. Goonies!

 

It would be fun to Goonie Mexico since almost all the pundits have this written in stone as a loss already.

 

Not hard to do so. When the US has never won at Azteca in 24? meetings it's hard to see them pulling out the W this time either.

 

It would be fun to Goonie Mexico since almost all the pundits have this written in stone as a loss already.


Beta to Flash at the 97th minute when game resumes after the big brawl?

 

Olympic qualifiers, or any other official youth competition, provisionally tie a player to a country's national team. A player who is provisionally tied but has not appeared in an official senior competition can make a one-time switch to another country, but only if he was eligible to play for the new country at the time he was provisionally tied to the first country. The switch cannot be reversed, nor could he ever switch again to a third country.

 

So will there be unlimited subs or will this game be bound to 3?

 

Gawd -- I sure wish we'd get something better than those "Where's Waldo" kits...

 

Let's go back to this era of US jersey.

 

Usually 6. Not always, but usually.

Lee

 

Agreed. With out B team starting we're going to get smoked.