2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Trip to the CONFED CUP
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I retract my Jones comment.
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Yeah, they were both at their respective sister's weddings but it wasn't supposed to interfere with today's game. Donovan looked much more dangerous in his 30ish minutes today than he has at any other time this tournament, so all's well that ends well.
Zeno
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Just got back from RFK, I only saw the first half of the Panama/El Sal game as I have to work tonight.
I thought the US came out with a lot more energy today than I had seen in a long time. They still have a problem in the attacking third but they controlled the game for the most part. Also it looks like we finally have a left back in Lichaj. I thought Bedoya played good too.
There were a TON of El Salvadoran's at the game, I had no idea there were so many in the DC area. They all seemed to be cheering on the US in the first game but absolutely went nuts in the second game.
I thought the US came out with a lot more energy today than I had seen in a long time. They still have a problem in the attacking third but they controlled the game for the most part. Also it looks like we finally have a left back in Lichaj. I thought Bedoya played good too.
There were a TON of El Salvadoran's at the game, I had no idea there were so many in the DC area. They all seemed to be cheering on the US in the first game but absolutely went nuts in the second game.
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Yeah, I heard on the Highlight Express show that Donovan didn't get back until 7am today. That would explain it. I was initially fuming at Bradley, but he was right on this one.
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It was a sea of blue for that second game. El Salvador was in full force. I am still recovering from an awesome day in DC.
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Is our Gold Cup game on Wednesday even going to be televised? I'm starting to panic. Fox Soccer Channel only has Gold Cup Soccer Semifinal: Teams to be announced, but that's at 9:30pm. Our game is at 7pm.
Seriously, if we can't get our own EFFING tourney's semifinal on TV, I'm going to throttle Gulati.
Seriously, if we can't get our own EFFING tourney's semifinal on TV, I'm going to throttle Gulati.
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The game is supposed to be televised, this is from the US Soccer website...
I can't believe that they couldn't find a way to show the other matches in English. Just because the US isn't playing doesn't mean they shouldn't be shown.
I can't believe that they couldn't find a way to show the other matches in English. Just because the US isn't playing doesn't mean they shouldn't be shown.
Stout
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Yes, I know, I went there after it wasn't listed on my DirecTV menu. It doesn't have the U.S. game on there. It just has a GC Semifinal on at 9:30pm, which means it is the Mexico game (1/2 hour pre-game show). They had DAMNED well better just have a schedule screw-up, or just have not updated it by now.
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Stout
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I sent this message to the Fox Soccer Channel website:
I assumed that semifinal would be the US game. Didn't think it'd be the Mexico match bc Univision bought the "exclusive rights" to all Mexico matches in the US up until 2014 not too long ago.
The last US game on Sunday didn't show up on my Dish Network guide at first. I'm not sure how Directs guide works, but I forced my guide to update and it appeared.
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It's there now. DirecTV is updated.
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It's supposedly there now, although I haven't had time to check. I think they may be airing the Mexico match, as it had a GC Semi-final match at 9:30, and the Mexico game is at 10. Also, are you saying that if it is a US/Mexico final, it would then only be on Univision? That would be a crime.
Edit: They must have just had the time wrong. They now list the U.S. game properly, and the Mexico game is just not on there.
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Such an agreement would not include tournaments like the Gold Cup, whose rights are packaged separately.
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I am pretty sure the Mexico/Univision deal was on friendlies.
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If we win, I think I'll try to catch the Mexico game on the CONCACAF website.
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When did ESPN/ABC stop being the official broadcaster of the USMNT? I agree, it would be a crime if you didn't have an option to watch the USMNT game vs Mexico in English in your own country.
It makes sense when you think about how much $ Mexico brings in to the concacaf though. IIRC, I believe Mexico was only behind Brazil in the amount of $ the federations made in the previous WC. They have a ton of sponsors, mainly American, too. The previous info was brought up in a bar with one of my buddies whos a fan of the USMNT, we were both drunk. Don't quote me on anything. lol.
It makes sense when you think about how much $ Mexico brings in to the concacaf though. IIRC, I believe Mexico was only behind Brazil in the amount of $ the federations made in the previous WC. They have a ton of sponsors, mainly American, too. The previous info was brought up in a bar with one of my buddies whos a fan of the USMNT, we were both drunk. Don't quote me on anything. lol.
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Yeah, I figured Altidore would be out for the duration. That really stinks, because he was really starting to play well so far.
