2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

[UNHWildCats]

U.S. wins 1-0 and advances to the Gold Cup final. btw. what does CONCACAF stand for?

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football

[EPJr]

The Throw-In: Who cares how US do it? Just win, baby

Bradley & Co. may not get style points, but they're getting job done

We’ve got crotchety old Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis to thank for that cliché. But a stone’s throw from where the Raiders once played during their 12 years in Los Angeles, the US national team can do something on Saturday that will shut up all the Bob Bradley haters — at least for a little while.

Win. That’s all it takes. Never mind the slow starts, the all-too-frequent uninspiring play from the US and the skin-of-their-teeth results that have come to define the Bradley Era. In one game, anything can happen. And a victory is all the US need against Mexico to win back their CONCACAF crown.

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Gold Cup: Chicharito, de Nigris lead Mexico past Honduras

El Tri need ET, but win 2-0 to book third straight US-Mexico final

HOUSTON — Mexico needed goals from Aldo de Nigris and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández in the first half of extra time to defeat a very tough Honduras squad 2-0 on Wednesday night at a sold-out Reliant Stadium. The victory moves Mexico into the Gold Cup final, where they will face archrivals United States on Saturday.

It may have taken 93 minutes, but El Tri finally found a way to defeat a Catrachos team that all night proved a worthy, and at times a superior, opponent.

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[ODUalum11]

GO USA!!! BEAT THOSE MEXICANS!!!

[slycat]

Fun game. 80% of crowd were Mexico fans. Stradium was maybe 1/3 filled when USA played. Nearly full for Mexico. I'll try to post pics later showing the difference.

[ODUalum11]

not a big fan of soccer but I actually might stay in tonight and watch this game.

[Grizalltheway]

not a big fan of soccer but I actually might stay in tonight and watch this game.

Uh, didn't you start a thread on the women's world cup?

[BlueHen86]

I'm going to watch. Even if aren't a big soccer fan the game may be worth watching because the two teams hate each other.

Unlike many sports where free agents can switch teams from one rival to the other, switching form one side to the other doesn't happen international soccer very often.

While it might be cliche to say that the Yankees and Red Sox hate each other, I think the hatred is real in this rivalry.

[Grizalltheway]

Very entertaining match so far, but we REALLY need to stop giving the goddamn ball away.

[89Hen]

OK, maybe I missed it, but what channel was the game on last night? I couldn't find it.

[93henfan]

OK, maybe I missed it, but what channel was the game on last night? I couldn't find it.

Yeah I skimmed the ESPN listings and didn't see it. That's about as much effort as I'll put into a soccer game.

[Rob Iola]

OK, maybe I missed it, but what channel was the game on last night? I couldn't find it.

Yeah I skimmed the ESPN listings and didn't see it. That's about as much effort as I'll put into a soccer game.

Game was on Unabomber, er, vision, and on Fox, er, Fox Soccer Network.

Very entertaining game - even for this Mexico hater it was fun watching them play and actually not disgrace the field with their diving (heck we were just as bad if not worse in going down as easy as a cheap whore). Great start with the 2 early goals (and the emphatic return of Adu as a world-class and now mature player), but aside from disorganization on Mexico's back line you could tell that they had firm control of the game. Once Cherundulo had to be subbed out it was just a matter of time before our back line got carved up. Add in Tim Howard making an absolute mess of things back there, and 4-2 was the right outcome...

When played right soccer can really be a beautiful game to watch (unlike the boredom created by baseball's 30 seconds between pitches or football's extended TV timeouts)...