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Originally Posted by troutman
Are all the "A" teams at the Gold Cup? I think MEX and USA don't really send their best sides.
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They will be sending the squads they want actually playing at the World Cup in 2010 this time, especially after the previous World Cup debacle.
Too many of these teams juggle their rosters all through qualifying just trying to make it because they know that once they qualify all their #1 guys that are based in Europe will come and play in the actual tournament.
Brazil is notorious at this strategy, they used over 60 different players to qualify for the World cup in 2002 and barely made it, then all their top guys played in the tournament and went on to win.
Brazil can get away with this, most teams cant. England used to do this alot too, and now they're in trouble and what do they do? Call their big names in early to bail them out.
Locke.