*** Gold Cup Tourney thread ***

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DeangeloVickers
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Sudden death
birdman
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Time for one of the keepers to win the game.
birdman
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Memo did it. Good save to win it.

The shot was decent but telegraphed.
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That was ugly

Ochoa MVP
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birdman
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Mexico looked extremely vulnerable to speed.
oragator
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Both of the Costa rica kickers that missed showed it in their body language before the strike. The third guy I was 100 percent sure would miss, the last guy about 75 percent.
The number one thing in PKs is wanting to be there,those guys would have given anything to be anywhere else. Feel bad for CR.
jeffk
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Never feel bad for the Ticos.
Aston94
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NEVER feel bad for the Ticos.
Dre_00
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I just realized that I'm going to be in Mexico on the day of the finals.
oragator
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Good heavens these two teams suck out loud.

How in the name of all that's holy did we lose to this Jamaican team?
oragator
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And...a ball bounces off of a head and into an arm 17.5 yards from goal, Jamaica gifted the win in all likelihood.

I don't know what the answer is, but the hand ball rule is terrible. The penalty is a dozen times worse than the infraction in cases like this, and it happens over and over again.
Rudyjax
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oragator said:

And...a ball bounces off of a head and into an arm 17.5 yards from goal, Jamaica gifted the win in all likelihood.

I don't know what the answer is, but the hand ball rule is terrible. The penalty is a dozen times worse than the infraction in cases like this, and it happens over and over again.

That's the new handball law.
oragator
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That match might have set concacaf back a decade or more, except no one was there to see it.

Good news for us is that Lowe got a second yellow, so he is out in the semi.
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This tournament just needs to go away or at least move it to every 4 years. It's a farce. The level of competition sucks, most of the big players don't care for playing in it and now without the Confederations Cup tie in, just get rid of it.
AgGrad99
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I enjoy the tournament

It's also beneficial in between WC cycles for talent development
AustinScubaAg
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Unfortunately it is needed to provide competitive matches for fifa rankings. Wins in the gold cup count more than friendlies.
TheMasterplan
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AgGrad99 said:

I enjoy the tournament

It's also beneficial in between WC cycles for talent development
Same. It really means a lot to the island countries - you can tell based on the interviews.

The games have been pretty entertaining.
Brian Earl Spilner
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Did Mexico send their B or C team?
jeffk
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Haiti-Mexico off to a fun start.
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I said it in the US v Curacao thread. This ref is the "palms down, calm down" guy from Qatar we had against Panama. He's in for a long night.
jeffk
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Oh, it's already well on it's way.
Rudyjax
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Mexico is going to have their way with our lumbering slow back line.
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In other news, Arizona border patrol has already deported half the fans at this game.
Mathguy64
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Two. I have two fingers. Please count my fingers.
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If I were that Haitian I would seriously have thrown the ball right at the upraised arm of #20. See if the ref would card him for intentionally handling.
Rudyjax
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Nm
birdman
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I guess the Haitian's cleat clipped the Mexican player down on the pitch. Hard to see how he got hurt. But that is a bunch of blood pouring out of his head.
Mathguy64
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Pretty sure that was a back pass that got ignored.

Edit. No, off a chest.
DeangeloVickers
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It's like Haiti picked up a USFL football team and taught em soccer.

These guys are athletic! Fun to watch!
birdman
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Haiti wins the award for "Team with Longest Legs".
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Now THAT was a back pass.
PatAg
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impressive amount of rolls he got
PatAg
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birdman said:

I guess the Haitian's cleat clipped the Mexican player down on the pitch. Hard to see how he got hurt. But that is a bunch of blood pouring out of his head.
took a sharp knee
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People will gripe about that no call, but that's a great play from Haiti keeper.
 
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