USA squeaked by Honduras tonight 2-1 to advance to the finals of the Gold Cup (http://www.goldcup.org) to face the winner of Panama v. Columbia. Columbia stunned Mexico in the quarters. Anyway this was like the World Cup for Honduras and they came out guns blazing. Thanks to 2 goals nullified for the US in the first half (well one and a clear penalty - "penal claro" from the Telefutura analysts) from the slipshod referee, this game was fucking scary.
Honduras up 1-0 in the 85th minute, then the US drops the hammer and gets 2 goals in 7 minutes, and the final whistle blows.
The Gold Cup is the Norht American version of the Euro 200x. The regional championship for CONCACAF (our version of UEFA). We invite 2 non-region teams to round out the field (Columbia and South Africa this year). The US has its only win ever v. Brazil in the Gold Cup, when they were a non-region invitee a couple years back. Anyway, CONCACAF (north American region) is an easy as shit region to get to the World Cup in, but some days - like today - i wish the US could play in a region like Europe, simply so we wouldn't get such fucking totally anti-US officiating. Some days i think i'd rather play Germany in Munich with at least Colina officiating than Honduras in Washington DC with some clown from Belize officiating.
THat is all.
We are going to fuck some shit up in 2006 bitches!!! Hau veg de schiese!!