Comments on: ESPN Deportes reporter says U.S.-Mexico bound for Columbus once again

By: theasoccerist

theasoccerist — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:52:07 +0000

Hey Cornet76 – I too got a little nostalgic/retrsopective for the USMNT players of years past. Who would you swap out for our current qualifying lineup? Castrol put together this lineup of US greats – only Landon Donovan made the cut and he may be out the door?

Does this mean that we are doomed for 2014?

By: docstraw

docstraw — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:52:18 +0000

did Landon ultimately take Joe Max’s spot on the team? Moore was a big part of qualification if I remember correctly, especially against Jamaica, while Donovan didn’t really show up til the end of the Hex.

By: cornet76

cornet76 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:14:07 +0000

“And it was surely the right choice back in 2001, in perhaps the most storied home qualifier in U.S. Soccer history, the match known as La Guerra Fria (“The Cold War”).Just in case you don’t remember that one … brrrrrr!.”

Most US fans don’t remember that far back.

Given the current near hysterical status of the fan base after the loss to Honduras they should look at their history a little more before jumping out the window.

That team went on to have arguably the best USMNT World Cup ever in 2002.

Care to guess how their HEX campaign went?

They finished in third place with 17 points.

On the way they lost to Honduras (3-2) , Costa Rica ( 2-0) and Mexico (1-0).

Qualifying was achieved only after the second to the last game of the HEX, a 2-1 win over Jamaica at Foxboro.

By: jstreatf

jstreatf — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:18:50 +0000

I guess our blogs are symaptico – we used the same photo of McBride this morning: http://www.thesoccerist.com/.

Its a classic, so why not, right?