[Mick]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=17658.msg205720#msg205720 date=1507735929]

The problem wasn't the loss to T&T as in soccer any one game can have an unfavorable result.  T&T, at home, had done OK in the Hex as all of the home games were close.  The problem was the USA team was in a position to need a result in game #10.  Should not have happened, but I must confess as I watched the US vs CONCACAF in games this year I always had the impression that the team probably would not do well in Russia.

No, it was worse than it appears.  Trinidad/Tobago had won one match.  They were already eliminated and had nothing to play for.  They were already on their third coach.  They moved the match 45 minutes outside of Port-au-Prince so nobody would see it (and nobody came).  Their best player was suspended.  They weren't playing a single veteran over 29; they were trying to get their younger players experience for the next World Cup.

BC
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That is truly pathetic.

[Mick]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=17658.msg205720#msg205720 date=1507735929]

The problem wasn't the loss to T&T as in soccer any one game can have an unfavorable result.  T&T, at home, had done OK in the Hex as all of the home games were close.  The problem was the USA team was in a position to need a result in game #10.  Should not have happened, but I must confess as I watched the US vs CONCACAF in games this year I always had the impression that the team probably would not do well in Russia.

No, it was worse than it appears.  Trinidad/Tobago had won one match.  They were already eliminated and had nothing to play for.  They were already on their third coach.  They moved the match 45 minutes outside of Port-au-Prince so nobody would see it (and nobody came).  Their best player was suspended.  They weren't playing a single veteran over 29; they were trying to get their younger players experience for the next World Cup.

BC
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That is truly pathetic.