Main Entry: hope Function: noun Date: before 12th century 1 : archaic : TRUST, RELIANCE 2 a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment <came in hopes of seeing you>; also : expectation of fulfillment or success <no hope of a cure> b : someone or something on which hopes are centered <our only hope for victory> c : something hoped for Main Entry: despair Function: noun Date: 14th century 1 : utter loss of hope 2 : a cause of hopelessness <an incorrigible child is the despair of his parents> I'm living in despair, hoping that DC can pull out a win. That, and I have to be in Sh!tcago for a wedding this weekend makes it all the more despairing. Thx, Jay!
Onefineesq. You may think it is hilarious to have 6 WCQs in 87 days but it is a bad schedule for us because it conflicts with the most critical part of the MLS season, the USCOC and the Olympics. In terms of venues, you are right, that is up to us and if the USSF continues to put games in the same places with hostile crowds we have only ourselves to blame. But we have no control over this ridiculous compressed schedule. The first game of the semifinals is August 18,2004-right in the middle of the Olympics.