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Gold Cup Final: U.S. versus Mexico

posted at 9:20 pm on June 24, 2007 by Allahpundit
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It wasn’t just national pride at stake here. A certain someone’s honor had to be avenged — and avenged it was. Your quote of the day, per midfielder DaMarcus Beasley: “They don’t like us. We don’t like them.”

Compare the cheering after Mexico scored to the cheering after the U.S. scored. Sounds like they’re in Mexico City. They aren’t.

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Wow, could the announcers of this sport be any stupider? “Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol!”

“Penal… Penal… Penal……Penal… Penal… Penal……Penal… Penal… Penal…… Penalty!”

I’ll make fun of Jerry Remy again, he’s a genius compared to these idiots.

RightWinged on June 24, 2007 at 9:27 PM

Sweet.
Hate soccer, but still sweet.
Now if they could put 3 goals in a 3 1/2 minute span for real…that would be a game worth watching.

CBarker on June 24, 2007 at 9:28 PM

I am a big soccer and rugby fan and I always love it when we do well in either sport.

This is excellent, our record versus the Mexicans is in their favor, but hopefully we’ll catch up. After our dismal perfomrance in the World Cup the US needs to redeem herself onthe world stage. Beating the Mexicans was a start, they’re pretty good.

On another note, that shows how committed these people are to being a US citizen doesn’t it. If it came down to it, you can’t count on alliegance from these people. If we somehow went to war with Mexico, they would already have about a million people already here.

bentman78 on June 24, 2007 at 9:33 PM

3 minutes of soccer is about 10 minutes too long.

lorien1973 on June 24, 2007 at 9:37 PM

The U.S. is 9-2-1 against Mexico since 2000.

No fence we put up on the southern border can piss them off more than that.

RMSpuhler on June 24, 2007 at 9:40 PM

that second goal was a bloody sweet bullet out of mid-air. What a shot.

Spassvogel on June 24, 2007 at 9:42 PM

Miss USA is avenged.

- The Cat

MirCat on June 24, 2007 at 9:42 PM

Mexico can’t beat the US and that must just PISSSSS them off

good

Defector01 on June 24, 2007 at 9:44 PM

The U.S. is 9-2-1 against Mexico since 2000.

No fence we put up on the southern border can piss them off more than that.

RMSpuhler on June 24, 2007 at 9:40 PM

HaHa! That’s funny, considering that we have so many things to be proud of so we don’t care about soccer, and the only thing they have for national pride is soccer. . .and we’re still better than they are.

januarius on June 24, 2007 at 9:46 PM

The U.S. is 9-2-1 against Mexico since 2000.

No fence we put up on the southern border can piss them off more than that.

TOO FUNNY!!!! ROFL

danarchy on June 24, 2007 at 9:47 PM

I’m going to buy the biggest US Soccer Team Flag I can find and fly it from my truck. This Win puts in contention for a tounament in Africa with a million dollar purse to the winner. Americans doing the JOB that others CAN’T do!

sonnyspats1 on June 24, 2007 at 9:47 PM

Sweet.

You’d think the US would at least have home field advantage in Chicago though, that’s crazy. Now if we really were serious about enforcement the parking lot would have been full of law enforcement and ICE agents.

reaganaut on June 24, 2007 at 9:48 PM

Revenge is SWEET! And good on our Miss USA for doing her homework! She is a TRUE champion..boy do we have a LOT to be proud of today! USA!USA!USA!

labwrs on June 24, 2007 at 9:52 PM

I’ll make fun of Jerry Remy again, he’s a genius compared to these idiots.

RightWinged on June 24, 2007 at 9:27 PM

That should have read “I’ll *NEVER* make fun of…”

RightWinged on June 24, 2007 at 9:53 PM

On another note, that shows how committed these people are to being a US citizen doesn’t it. If it came down to it, you can’t count on alliegance from these people. If we somehow went to war with Mexico, they would already have about a million people already here.

bentman78 on June 24, 2007 at 9:33 PM

Yup thats why we need to deport illegal alien criminals. It would be an overwhelming task to do this. But if they enforced the laws in place we could stop this .

Well at least the Mexicans didn’t cheer for Osama

Drtuddle on June 24, 2007 at 9:53 PM

What’s soccer?

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 24, 2007 at 9:54 PM

You’d think the US would at least have home field advantage in Chicago though, that’s crazy. Now if we really were serious about enforcement the parking lot would have been full of law enforcement and ICE agents.

Chicago, LA, etc.

Mexican ex-pats fund the US Soccer Federation through buying tickets for these games. But when it comes to the World Cup qualifiers, we take the games to Columbus.

RMSpuhler on June 24, 2007 at 9:55 PM

Wow. That 3 minute clip took 15 minutes to load. That host is horrible.

USA! USA! USA!

Hoodlumman on June 24, 2007 at 10:03 PM

Loved that free kick. The keeper twiches right but the ball goes to his left. At a hockey game somebody would have thrown a jock-strap on the ice. Also how the goalie was yelling that the guy standing near him–yeah it was HIS fault–even though the shot came from like 50 feet away from the other side of the field. Putz.

smellthecoffee on June 24, 2007 at 10:27 PM

So much to say:

- RightWinged on June 24, 2007 at 9:27 PM: dude, the announcer is one of the most popular in the world. That “gol-gol-gooooooooooOOOOOLLL!” thing is legendary. He’s great; I listen to him and don’t know five words in Spanish.

- There you go, Miss USA. Your honor is avenged, and don’t anyone think that wasn’t on the lads’ minds.

- bentman78: 10-2-1 means we do good.

- Should have been 4 - 1; we had two dingalings hit the woodwork in the last 15 minutes with open goals. Stupid.

- 12 million illegal aliens are crying right now, along with the 247 nitwits left in Mexico — ROFLMAO.

- I was in the trucking business in Chicago during the World Cup in Korea, when we beat these pricks 2 - 0. They were absolutely out of their minds (Mexicans) with grief. Me, because I am who/how I am, went around to several loading docks in the area — all staffed by illegal alien Mexicans — carrying a sign that said “Dos - Zero”.

I cry even now in remembrance of the joy this brought to me…

Jaibones on June 24, 2007 at 10:28 PM

Soccer is the most boring sport there is. That being said, I enjoy seeing the US win at it. It gets tiring hearing people say that it is the world’s sport and that it is better than football or baseball. Meanwhile, we take a championship we have minimal interest in. What does that say for them?

That being said, that last goal was pretty impressive. If they could get that sort of action for ninety minutes out of the game (rather than just ninety seconds), soccer might be more entertaining.

CR UVa on June 24, 2007 at 10:30 PM

Soccer is way more fun to play than to watch. Great workout too, especially when played daily, for hours. As kids, boys and girls, we spent, it seems, a third of our free time on it. The most fun was to occasionally beat the boys’ team. It felt like today :)

Entelechy on June 24, 2007 at 10:30 PM

But Bush and Trent Lott (D-Sonora) assure us once they are legal, these fans will be law biding, church going republicans. Spit

pat on June 24, 2007 at 10:31 PM

Two more:

- for both US goals, the camera pans to the same group in the front row, apparently the only US fans at the game. 60,000 Mexicans @ $80/seat. Maybe this is how we can fund the fence?

- the second goal, by Benny Feilhaber, was tremendous.

Jaibones on June 24, 2007 at 10:33 PM

Remember when USA beat Mexico a few years ago in a World Cup Qualifier and there was a bunch of vandelism and rioting in Los Angeles?

Spassvogel on June 24, 2007 at 10:33 PM

Amazing how so many of you seem to be more willing to watch 18 guys adjust themselves and spit than to watch 22 top-level athletes… ;)

RMSpuhler on June 24, 2007 at 10:34 PM

This was played in Chicago - I thought it was Mexico City based on the Mexico cheering section. In your face Mexico. We beat you at your own game. Next stop - a sealed border. Better start learning how to play football.

warriorlawyer on June 24, 2007 at 10:35 PM

This was a thrilling come from behind victory, and huge for U.S. soccer as not only was it to win the tournament but puts us in the Confederations Cup in 09 against the best of the best, which is a great tune-up for the World Cup in 2010. And of course, beating Mexico always feels goooooood, especially when it silences the pro-Mexican crowd in Chicago.

And the rest of the world is absolutely mortified that U.S. soccer is improving and becoming elite. It’s the one thing they could always fall back on for mockery and being better than us, and I can’t wait for the day (read: Africa 2010) when we stick it to everyone and dominate one of the last few things yet to be U.S. dominated. USA USA USA!

Patriot33 on June 24, 2007 at 10:39 PM

HAHAHAHAAAA! Eat that, Mexico! We stomped you in a sport we don’t even care about! Teach you to treat Miss USA that way.

Bad Candy on June 24, 2007 at 10:40 PM

Amazing how so many of you seem to be more willing to watch 18 guys adjust themselves and spit than to watch 22 top-level athletes… ;)

RMSpuhler on June 24, 2007 at 10:34 PM

So true. Incredible how people can love baseball and call a sport that has 90 minutes of straight action boring. Me, I’m a basketball guy first, and golf and soccer are right behind. Baseball in 985th.

Patriot33 on June 24, 2007 at 10:42 PM

Ditto Patriot, I hope we stomp everyone in the World Cup. That will rule so much, particularly because it’ll piss everyone else off in the world that cares about soccer, and the fact that we are so indifferent to it will probably set them off even more. I like soccer alright, but I can’t stand it on TV. I can’t stand most sports on TV, but soccer is the worst of the field sports to watch on TV.

Bad Candy on June 24, 2007 at 10:51 PM

I’ll admit, baseball is unbearable on TV, but I like to actually go to the games.

Bad Candy on June 24, 2007 at 10:53 PM

HAHAHA! Poor little muchachos are crying in their cervesa tonight. One word for the Mexican goalie: Pendejo!

infidel4life on June 24, 2007 at 10:56 PM

So was the Mexican contingent in the audience the result of illegal Mexicans who reside in the US, or did Mexicans simply travel from residences in Mexico to watch the final in Chicago? If the latter, it’s not particularly disturbing; obviously, the sport’s more popular in Mexico than here, so it doesn’t strike me as all that surprised to find a large contingent of legitimate Mexican “tourists” at a high-profile away game.

In other words, the dearth of cheering for the US could theoretically just be a sign of the sport’s lack of popularity in the US. (Not to deny there’s an illegal Mexican invasion going on, only to question if this particular bit is a symptom of it.)

Blacklake on June 24, 2007 at 10:56 PM

Blacklake on June 24, 2007 at 10:56 PM

I wonder. I suppose we’d know if the Chicago area hotels were booked solid this weekend.

I expect this in LA or Texas, but to see the fans that one-sided in Chicago is a bit troubling. Then again, the size of the Chicago May Day protests was an eye opener for me.

Soccer isn’t as popular, but it’s popular enough to fill a stadium.

Maybe we should start having home matches in Canada?

reaganaut on June 24, 2007 at 11:05 PM

What’s soccer?

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 24, 2007 at 9:54 PM

Precisely.

BUT…GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL *lol* GO USA!

labwrs on June 24, 2007 at 11:07 PM

Instead of world wars, most countries duke it out on the soccer field. It is all they can do anymore, so it is deadly serious to some.

Sweet and savory victory for the US.

Stormy70 on June 24, 2007 at 11:08 PM

I don’t care about soccer, but I’m always happy to cheer for fellow Americans. Especially against countries that hate us. Suck on that, Mexico!

ReubenJCogburn on June 24, 2007 at 11:12 PM

I had a choice between watching soccer and havin a rabid marmot attack my torso while I was soaking my teeth in gasoline and lighting them afire.

Pass the match ..

Dr. Gecko on June 24, 2007 at 11:16 PM

Ah, soccer (of futbol, if you prefer) is a game libs adore. I play golf, like a good conservative.

Mallard T. Drake on June 24, 2007 at 11:39 PM

Hopefully, they’ll be so mad about losing that they’ll go home with the team….

Tim Burton on June 24, 2007 at 11:48 PM

In other words, the dearth of cheering for the US could theoretically just be a sign of the sport’s lack of popularity in the US. (Not to deny there’s an illegal Mexican invasion going on, only to question if this particular bit is a symptom of it.)

Blacklake on June 24, 2007 at 10:56 PM

Or most likely a good helping of both. ;)

Seixon on June 25, 2007 at 12:13 AM

I LOVE listening to the Spanish announcers when a goal is scored! No jaded-ness there!

During the World Cup, I listen to ESPN so I can understand what’s going on, and then when someone scores a goal, I quickly turn it to Univision or Telemundo (or whoever the heck has the rights) so I can hear the announcers screaming GOL!! for 5 minutes!

I guess it just wouldn’t work here in America in any of our favorite sports, but I love it!

asc85 on June 25, 2007 at 12:22 AM

Jaibones on June 24, 2007 at 10:28 PM
haha, tears of joy!

Patriot33 on June 24, 2007 at 10:39 PM
we’ve been losing basketball for a while now
mark cuban said it’s because NBA rules are tailored for showmanship, not for winning international tournaments.

ReubenJCogburn on June 24, 2007 at 11:12 PM
agreed.

brewt on June 25, 2007 at 12:52 AM

Soccer will never be popular here because it’s low scoring, drawn out and boring. We have baseball for that here.

Benaiah on June 25, 2007 at 1:00 AM

- RightWinged on June 24, 2007 at 9:27 PM: dude, the announcer is one of the most popular in the world. That “gol-gol-gooooooooooOOOOOLLL!” thing is legendary. He’s great; I listen to him and don’t know five words in Spanish.

Jaibones on June 24, 2007 at 10:28 PM

Popularity and fame don’t make it any less stupid.

RightWinged on June 25, 2007 at 1:31 AM

Que bombazo el segundo! Por Dio’ No por nada el futbol es el deporte mas visto y practicado en todo el mundo.

Here you have a goal the way it should be shouted, not like those Mexi-amateurs.

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:51 AM

NOTE: for the above post, crank the volume all the way up!

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:52 AM

GOAL!! GOAL!! GOAL!! GOAL!! GOAL!! GOAL!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!

Bwahaha!

Good Lt on June 25, 2007 at 2:11 AM

Amazing how so many of you seem to be more willing to watch 18 guys adjust themselves and spit than to watch 22 top-level athletes… ;)

RMSpuhler on June 24, 2007 at 10:34 PM

Played soccer for 7 years, still bores me to tears. Can’t watch it on TV at all. Baseball is uninteresting to a disinterested mind, no argument there. Once a person really understands the game, there’s nothing dull about it.

Freelancer on June 25, 2007 at 3:43 AM

Freelancer on June 25, 2007 at 3:43 AM

Uninterest this! (See June 19 - “Crisp’s diving catch”)

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/multimedia/tp_archive.jsp?c_id=bos

RightWinged on June 25, 2007 at 4:32 AM

Compare the cheering after Mexico scored to the cheering after the U.S. scored. Sounds like they’re in Mexico City.

Uhhh, it’s nice to see our boys win a game, but find me a dozen red-blooded Americans who love soccer, and I’ll gladly eat my 1971 California Angels Cooperstown Classic baseball cap.

Sean M. on June 25, 2007 at 5:57 AM

Yes, since 2000 our record has been better, but our liftime record is 12-29-10. You just can’t put statistics in since a certain time because it makes you feel better about yourself. People are going to look at the whole record.

bentman78 on June 25, 2007 at 6:30 AM

futball - no
football - Si!!!!
baseball….. only if I’m at the game
that being said, I am so glad that our team spanked Mexico’s HA! HA! HA!

mrfixit on June 25, 2007 at 6:41 AM

It’s embarrassing that an American would even play a game as asinine as futball.

csdeven on June 25, 2007 at 8:00 AM

Eh.

Give me hockey vs Canada any day.

matd on June 25, 2007 at 8:29 AM

Soccer is the sport for guys whose moms were too overprotective to let them play football when they were kids.

packsoldier on June 25, 2007 at 9:23 AM

Hey, I don’t care how fruity is it to play Metric Football - we’re still the USA, so we ought to be the BEST. It doesn’t matter if Americans don’t care about soccer - the rest of the world does, and when we lose to Mexico or Portugal, they start cracking wise about our mommas. I say enough of that. We need to treat Metric Football like the Olympics - America plays to WIN.

Beo on June 25, 2007 at 9:31 AM

The real question is:
Which team was W rooting for?

dandy on June 25, 2007 at 9:35 AM

Heh

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 9:51 AM

csdeven on June 25, 2007 at 8:00 AM

Dude, don’t go there. It’s a great game.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 9:52 AM

I should not make fun of a people that look to a game for little girls in skirts and Euro-trash to bolster their sense of self worth. So I wont. However the massive cheers for Mexico and the lack of cheers for the U.S. “playing at home” say allot about their true national allegiance. Does it not?

TheSitRep on June 25, 2007 at 9:53 AM

bentman78 on June 25, 2007 at 6:30 AM

You also can’t take one piece of history out of context. Soccer didn’t exist in this country in any meaningful way until the 1970s, and is still developing an infrastructure.

Every soccer power in the world has dreaded the inevitable establishment of a serious U.S. program, given our dominance in all sorts of sports. It’s here, and our players will continue to assimilate into the great leagues and teams around the world, even if professional soccer doesn’t become popular as a spectator sport here.

Trend, bentman. It means something.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 9:56 AM

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:51 AM

Hilarious. Who is that?

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 9:58 AM

RightWinged on June 25, 2007 at 4:32 AM

The Bosox: one of the legendary teams of failure and futility. Whatever. Get a ballpark.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 9:59 AM

Jaibones: That was the Uruguayan Victor Hugo Morales (on the radio) when the nowadays human waste Maradona scored against England at the 1986 World Cup.

Someone put Morales’ audio along with the video in You Tube, enjoy!

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 10:11 AM

Doesn’t surprise me. Most of the Mexicans with any athletic ability have already crossed over.

Its Tommy on June 25, 2007 at 10:26 AM

Either shoot the announcer or me!

The first five seconds of him were the best.

freebird on June 25, 2007 at 10:33 AM

Ropera,

I don’t remember seeing a more impressive goal. It was a breathtaking run.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 10:43 AM

Soccer is boring…it may have great athletes…but it is boring. It will never catch on in Los estados unidos

tomas on June 25, 2007 at 10:55 AM

The Mexican team can win if the goalie just lets all the balls through.

captivated_dem on June 25, 2007 at 10:58 AM

That would be one serious illegal immigrant sting.

tomas on June 25, 2007 at 11:04 AM

Only those in the football (soccer) community realize how big a win this Gold Cup was for the US Men’s Team in comparison to our last World Cup performance; those of you diminishing the importance of football (soccer) in the eyes of the world should clearly reappraise world football participation outside of US of A. The Men’s National Team have indeed stepped up to the pitch and now have the earned respect of those south (and north) of our border. With the influx and growth of Spanish immigrants (both legal and illegal) on our shores, like it or not, football (soccer) will become our new national sport in the very near future, eclipsing American football and American basketball and American baseball and approaching the importance of football (soccer) in the rest of the world. As such, we owe all the professionals on the team, particularly attacking midfielder Donovan, keeper Howard and the Men’s National Team Coach Bradley, and of course golden goal scorer Benny Feilhaber, our sincere thanks for leading the way to the future… golazo goal… TEAM USA… bravo bravo bravo!

IntheNet on June 25, 2007 at 11:15 AM

This was a great game. The second US goal was amazing. It was weird watching it, because it felt like way more than just the game was at stake.

CorinthianJest on June 25, 2007 at 11:15 AM

VIVA LANDON DONAVAN! VIVA TEAM USA!!! How sweet it is! What a thunderous goal by Feilhaber to go ahead!!

And be honest, who else hadn’t have heard of Feilhaber before? I follow soccer fairly closely and I swear I’d never heard of him. Cheese Louise. I disgust myself.

Schweggie on June 25, 2007 at 11:18 AM

Soccer is the most boring sport there is. That being said, I enjoy seeing the US win at it. It gets tiring hearing people say that it is the world’s sport and that it is better than football or baseball. Meanwhile, we take a championship we have minimal interest in. What does that say for them?

I’d never even heard of the Gold Cup ’til just now. Win the World Cup and then get back to me.

aengus on June 25, 2007 at 11:43 AM

JUSTICE!

PAYBACK!

HUMILIATION FOR MEXICO SOCCER!

MISS USA LIVE and IN PERSON, priceless.

soccer’s still boring tho.

shooter on June 25, 2007 at 11:44 AM

Every soccer power in the world has dreaded the inevitable establishment of a serious U.S. program, given our dominance in all sorts of sports. It’s here, and our players will continue to assimilate into the great leagues and teams around the world, even if professional soccer doesn’t become popular as a spectator sport here.

Yup they’re getting better over theb years. Mexico seem to be getting worse. I remember in USA ‘94 they had Campos, one of the best goalkeepers in the world. The chump they’ve got in goal now is dismal.

aengus on June 25, 2007 at 11:50 AM

Take -that- Mexico!

And you know why we cleaned your clock? Because your team stinks and so does your whole rotten country!

U-S-A!

Dark-Star on June 25, 2007 at 12:00 PM

Patriot33. I’m still confident that South Africa will screw things up so bad that the World Cup 2010 will be here in the states.

I was at the game yesterday. The trains were packed with green-shirted Mexican fans that were SO SAD their team lost. I had a silly drunken smile on my face the whole ride.

The beer lines were pretty short, though. They had signs up that they were carding EVERYONE and only accepting a state ID or passport. They kept sending poor guys away when all they had were their Mexican driver’s licenses.

CUS on June 25, 2007 at 12:04 PM

What a strike!… that last goal.

Well done lads.

MoleOnABull on June 25, 2007 at 12:26 PM

All of this is going to end as soon as Bush and Kennedy turn us into Americo.

jesterstear on June 25, 2007 at 12:34 PM

aengus on June 25, 2007 at 11:50 AM

I have to admit, I think their talent level is most impressive. They have a couple of players that should be able to play any where in the world. I think their weakness is in their minds and in their lack of heart.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 1:09 PM

Its Tommy: there is this joke that says that Mexico will quit participating in the Olympic Games because anyone with the ability to run, jump or swim is already in the US!

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:10 PM

Jaibones: check out this one by Messi (another Argentinian) playing for Barcelona at the Getafe Cup in Europe a couple of months ago.

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:14 PM

Messi, who had a growth hormone deficiency was “bought” by Barcelona at age 14 for $ 50,000 plus the treatment. At age 17 he signed for 22 millions. Now he is 19 and signed for 150 millions. Football moves and incredible amount of money.

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:20 PM

I will never root for the Mexicans in any sport or anything else. Chanting ‘Osama, Osama’ shows the ignorance that seems to be widespread in Mexico. At first I thought it must have been out of the ordinary, that nobody would ever do something like that. I thought it had to be just a bunch of Mexican soccer thugs (analogous to British soccer thugs). That was, until I saw the clips of the Miss Universe pageant. It is just as Thomas Jefferson stated (I paraphrase): The more you do for somebody, the more angry he will demand more of you. Any historical scholars can probably clean up my paraphrase with the actual quote.

Abu Daboo Doo on June 25, 2007 at 1:21 PM

The more you do for somebody, the more angry he will demand more of you.

Right on the money! Abu Daboo Doo.

Here you have a good example: Oppenheimer, writting for the Miami Herald, even acknowledging that this Administration doubled LatinAmerica’s Aid since 2000, complains that from 2007 to 2008 the aid will be decreased 8%.

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:30 PM

Ropera on June 25, 2007 at 1:14 PM

Unbelievable run. Just wow.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 1:36 PM

I hate that when ever we play Mexico in the US there are more Mexican fans than American fans! I’m glad we won, though!

keepinitreal on June 25, 2007 at 1:37 PM

Ropera, Oppenheimer is (of course) an idiot, and in this case, a useful idiot for our enemies. The classic case of your example might be Chavez in Venezuela, where we spend an astonishing amount on their oil, and on foreign aid, and he now declares that we are in some sort of war against them.

He, too, is an idiot. But this is how it goes…

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 1:39 PM

Whats funny is that this time around they didnt boo our national anthem or chant osama as they have in past games. Guess they thought it would get reported like the Mexican flags in the left coast marches and it would make them look bad while the shamnisty bill is still alive.

As for sports in general only Football and Soccer are worth watching. Both are exciting and full of strategy unlike baseball and tree hockey (at least college basketball isnt a showboat fest for thugs who cant play defense but its still boring).

Sultanofsham on June 25, 2007 at 1:45 PM

FANTASIC game, TREMENDOUS goal by Feilhaber, and yes, it was sweet to see the US avenge Miss USA.

Anyone else notice a “si se puede” chant go up about mid way through the first half? I could’ve sworn that was Lindsey Grahamnesty leading the chant…

JDinSC on June 25, 2007 at 2:29 PM

The Bosox: one of the legendary teams of failure and futility. Whatever. Get a ballpark.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 9:59 AM

That’s what makes them such a draw. And “get a ballpark”? Are you kidding me? Fenway is one of the most famous sites in sports, period. I don’t remember the last time they didn’t sell out (it was years ago).

And by the way, have you ever heard of Red Sox Nation? It’s not just us New Englendas sticking by our team. You watch away games and listen to the strange sound of Red Sox fans drowning out home team fans. I just witnessed this once again during the San Diego series. It’s amazing the following they have.

RightWinged on June 25, 2007 at 3:37 PM

RW,

With all due respect, Fenway is a piss farm. It may be a famous piss farm, but it’s a piss farm nonetheless. I have been attending minor league baseball games in Wrigley Field since 1972, and I know a piss farm when I see one.

As for “Red Sox Nation” … whatever. Every team that plays in San Diego has more fans than the Padres do, with the possible exception of the Marlins. (They have no fans anywhere, and yet they have won just as many World Series titles in the last 89 years as the Bosox.)

The Cubs might have more fans nationwide than any team in baseball, and yet they are arguably the worst professional sports franchise in the history of professional sports.

Jaibones on June 25, 2007 at 4:29 PM

After the penalty on Team Mexico for tripping, I bet the player was disappointed all he got was a yellow card, and not a green card. GO USA!

CaliforniaScreaming on June 25, 2007 at 4:46 PM

I thought the Yankees have the largest fanbase?

flipflopper on June 25, 2007 at 5:13 PM

and yet they are arguably the worst professional sports franchise in the history of professional sports.

Jaibones meet Bill Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks. Once upon a time, a great hockey team. Now, not so much.

CUS on June 25, 2007 at 5:30 PM

F&^% Mexico.

I was at the game when the Mexi Fans were chanting “Osama Osama” I will never forget that.

I think Mexico needs a few more earthqakes.

americaslaststand on June 25, 2007 at 6:04 PM

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