Comments on: U.S.-Jamaica: Scenarios and pressure in focus

By: mkbryant3

mkbryant3 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:12:13 +0000

This is CONCACAF, and I don’t think they want the US to fail to qualify. I may have my tin foil hat on here, but dodgy refs in our confederation can also work to our advantage, and I can see phantom calls go our way to give us every opportunity to progress.

Also, so tired to hear the US players complain about the field in Jamaica as a reason we lost. Ok, the Office is always hard and bumpy and these guys are pros. Pros do not use field conditions as an excuse (even if it’s partly a cause of failure).

Yes, we always have “that moment” in qualifying and I think that makes our team stronger to have adversity from time to time.

By: tylerbetts

tylerbetts — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:02:31 +0000

I’m reminded of the feelings I had during last year’s Gold Cup, after the US lost 2-1 to Panama. Thoughts of “how did we get ourselves in this situation” and “we’re better than this” and “all we have to do is win the winnable game against what should be an over matched opponent and we’re fine”.

By: Steve Davis

Steve Davis — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:01:56 +0000

A better result last week would have provided more wiggle room. In other words, a loss tonight wouldn’t fall with quite such devastating effect. It would have made the game feel significantly different, I think. … That said, yes, the regional big dogs should ALWAYS win their home matches.

By: dfstell

dfstell — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:50:15 +0000

I’ve heard the argument that tonight’s game was always a “must win” since you need to win your home games. But, gosh…..wouldn’t it be nice if we could have won that game in Guatemala or gotten a result in Jamaica? Give us those two results and we’re on 7 points right now and sitting pretty.

I guess it just shows that we’re still a kinda troubled team. We can play with anyone, but when we have a few key players out are susceptible to anyone too.