06-06-2007, 07:00 PM
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2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Great result for the men's national side in the gold cup opener against Costa Rica, coming up with a 2-1 win over the world #52 who appeared in the world cup finals in germany. they are the third ranked team in CONCACAF, canada is currently #11. nice start.
Last edited by ricoFlame; 06-06-2007 at 07:03 PM.
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06-06-2007, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
Great result for the men's national side in the gold cup opener against Costa Rica, coming up with a 2-1 win over the world #52 who appeared in the world cup finals in germany. they are the third ranked team in CONCACAF, canada is currently #11. nice start.
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Well, I was just about to go watch that game...
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06-06-2007, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Addick
Well, I was just about to go watch that game...
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huh? i just watched it on sportsnet...my bad, sorry. really good game though, worth watching.
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06-07-2007, 10:39 AM
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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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06-07-2007, 10:51 AM
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http://www.concacaf.com/competitions...le.asp?id=3805
Here are the rosters, USA and Mexico look to have brought most of their A guys. Raphael Marquez being the most notable Mexican along with Salcido and the USA brought Bocanegra, Beasley, Donovan, Johnson.....lineups look pretty legit to me.
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06-07-2007, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
huh? i just watched it on sportsnet...my bad, sorry. really good game though, worth watching.
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No worries, it's all good. It took away my excuse to not study. The result was mighty interesting; it even found its way onto Soccernet!
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06-07-2007, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
http://www.concacaf.com/competitions...le.asp?id=3805
Here are the rosters, USA and Mexico look to have brought most of their A guys. Raphael Marquez being the most notable Mexican along with Salcido and the USA brought Bocanegra, Beasley, Donovan, Johnson.....lineups look pretty legit to me.
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jared borgetti is a very notible mexican player as well.
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06-07-2007, 03:54 PM
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CD Guadalajara must be a real good team. 6 players on the national roster.
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06-07-2007, 04:32 PM
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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.
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06-08-2007, 12:07 AM
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hopefully guzman continues to play for Canada in the near future, he's got some talent and he will only get better.
No more of this Canadian players playing for other countries cough Hargreaves cough
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06-08-2007, 11:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ricoFlame
jared borgetti is a very notible mexican player as well.
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Borgetti retired from international play. But yeah, he was very good, I still remember his goal from the 02 world cup quite vividly.....Long cross come in, it doesn't look like he is going to get to it, but he jumps, contorts his body in mid air to head it over the goalie and in......beautiful goal. Against Italy or Ecuador if memory serves me right, I know Croatia was the other team in that group, but it wasnt against them.
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06-08-2007, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by KTown
hopefully guzman continues to play for Canada in the near future, he's got some talent and he will only get better.
No more of this Canadian players playing for other countries cough Hargreaves cough
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Yeah, I mean what kind of a jerk wouldn't want to play for a team that cut him 3 times?
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06-08-2007, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
Borgetti retired from international play. But yeah, he was very good, I still remember his goal from the 02 world cup quite vividly.....Long cross come in, it doesn't look like he is going to get to it, but he jumps, contorts his body in mid air to head it over the goalie and in......beautiful goal. Against Italy or Ecuador if memory serves me right, I know Croatia was the other team in that group, but it wasnt against them.
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he's listed on that final roster list, oh yeah, and that beauty goal was vs. the azzuri
Last edited by ricoFlame; 06-08-2007 at 05:11 PM.
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06-08-2007, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
Borgetti retired from international play. But yeah, he was very good, I still remember his goal from the 02 world cup quite vividly.....Long cross come in, it doesn't look like he is going to get to it, but he jumps, contorts his body in mid air to head it over the goalie and in......beautiful goal. Against Italy or Ecuador if memory serves me right, I know Croatia was the other team in that group, but it wasnt against them.
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dude, borgetti scored for mexico tonight in their 2-1 win over cuba, i don't think he's retired from international play.
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06-09-2007, 02:08 PM
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tonight @ 5:00 MST: Canada Vs. Guadaloupe on sportsnet.
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06-09-2007, 06:10 PM
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oh man, 2-1 Guadaloupe at the half. jeesh.
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06-09-2007, 07:12 PM
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now a 2-1 final...unacceptable.
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06-09-2007, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
now a 2-1 final...unacceptable.
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Don't look too surprised. Canada is not a good team... at all.
They surprised a sleeping and lousy looking Costa Rica, and when faced by even a marginal challenge, looked poor.
Its too bad... there are a few players on the team (like De Guzman) who are pretty good players with a lot of potential that can never be realized internationally when they wear the red and white.
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06-10-2007, 08:45 AM
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I'm not sure Guadeloupe is even a country. My atlas says it is a French Overseas Department. Only 2,880 square miles. Along with Martinique, the combined population is only 823,000.
No wonder CAN is so low in the FIFA rankings. To be fair, CAN had most of the ball in the second half, and should have scored a couple of times. GPE was accused of disgusting embellishment and time wasting by Forrest. GPE had about 4 serious "injuries" in the 2nd half, and the ref could have added 10+ minutes of injury time, instead of the 6 he gave. This is the part of soccer that drives me crazy, and I wish FIFA and CONCACAF could clean it up.
The atmosphere was electric, only because the Orange Bowl was filling up with fans for the Costa Rica- Haiti match.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/200...248582-cp.html
Last edited by troutman; 06-10-2007 at 08:48 AM.
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06-10-2007, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
I'm not sure Guadeloupe is even a country. My atlas says it is a French Overseas Department. Only 2,880 square miles. Along with Martinique, the combined population is only 823,000.
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they're not a country, they can't compete in FIFA competitions and thus have no FIFA world ranking. the compete in CONCACAF tourneys only.
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