A Mexican cruise? CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Anyone know why Curacao's three letter code is CUW? Only there isn't a CUR on the list. It's a CURiosity that.

[Diable Rouge]

For Willemstad, presumably?

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Might be. We'll get the chance to muse further about it in the quarter-finals, because Curacao grabbed an added-time equaliser against Jamaica to move up to second place in their group. That meant that, in the second match of the double header, El Salvador needed a point (or even a 2-1 defeat) against already eliminated Honduras to put Curacao out ... however their old friends beat them 4-0 instead to send them home too.

Playing the final games in each group as double headers maximises the West Germany - Austria possibility mentioned on the U21 thread, doesn't it?

[Amor de Cosmos]

Boy, the CMNT certainly screwed the pooch against Haiti tonight. 2-0 up and cruising at HT, they gifted one goal from a massive mis-communication between keeper and defender. Then the same player gave away so blatant a penalty that even if the penalty kick didn't exist they'd have invented it on the spot. After that pure panic set in and you knew it was just a matter of time, and so it was. Haiti scored their deserved winner with about ten minutes to go. So effing typical.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Fantastic game and I still can't see how Canada's late "equalizer" was offside...goal highlights here

https://youtu.be/wIUGrLcccUY

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

The other quarter final was far from a cruise for Mexico either but they scaped through. GOOOOOOOLLLL!!! highlights here

https://youtu.be/ELMdiSIgxs0

[Amor de Cosmos]

Fantastic game and I still can't see how Canada's late "equalizer" was offside...goal highlights here

https://youtu.be/wIUGrLcccUY

It was, by a couple of feet. Had to be really, just to rub things in a bit more. Herdman's getting (metaphorically) hung from a lamp-post this morning, but it wasn't entirely his fault. It's a very young team but it contains a handful of experienced pros who should have shown more leadership on the pitch, Hoilett, Arfield, Hutchinson particularly.

[jason voorhees]

Haiti looked great against Mexico, who needed a very late penVARlty to win 1-0.

Gregg "Same-Aged Jersey Boy I Played Against" Berhalter gets the 3-1 win against Jamaica for....get this....a USA-Mexico Final in the Gold Cup.

[Jah Womble]

I woke up at stupid o'clock this morning and ended up watching the delayed denouement to that match. Which included three of the goals.

Jamaica looked decent and were a shade unlucky, I thought.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

The MLS played virtually a full round of fixtures last night while this match was going on. Was that them metaphorically flipping CONCACAF the bird about their tournament, or were there contractual things neither party could get out of around scheduling?

[ursus arctos]

MLS has always put two fingers up to any international tournament. They just don't care.

[Amor de Cosmos]

There was a lot of moaning by TSN's play-by-play guys about that during the Canada/Haiti match and the Whitecaps/Sounders game which followed. It was unusual given how much they're usually up MLS's rear end.

[Jah Womble]

As we speak, there are four major international tournaments occurring simultaneously.

Therefore I'd propose that football's 'bird-flipping' is pretty much across the board.

[Hot Pepsi]

Oh well.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Didn't stay up for it but the highlights suggest it was one of those games that was all USA, but Mexico just managed to get the goal.

https://youtu.be/sG0D4CRvFjs

The American commentators pronounce yer man's name "Pulisick", as well (not Pulisitch as I'd assumed). Is that right?

[ursus arctos]

It isn't what a Yugoslav would say, but it is how the player and his family pronounce their name.

The US started strong, but Mexico were the better team (as they usually are) even without Lozano, Herrera and a few of their other European-based players (the US had more in the starting elevens).

[Satchmo Distel]

Are clubs allowed to withhold players for Confederation championships?

[ursus arctos]

Each of the Mexicans reached an agreement with the Federation in that regard.

Lozano is recovering from an injury and Herrera wanted to settle with Atleti.