Ah was thinking the same thing too.
But football is a funny game eh.
Plenty times, teams play to the level of their opposition.
All things equal, the US team is still stronger than us on paper, but I feel it woulda be a classic battle.
Definitely one of the most competitive games between us.
Maybe we could have beaten them, who knows.
But dont underestimate the US in the US, they are very hard to beat.
Not even Mexico can do it.
They are favourites to win the competition.
Another thing I notice - Allyuh realise that in the last couple Gold Cups, sp called 'smaller' teams challenge the big boys, eg Panama last time.
Now we seeing Guadelupe, Haiti, Panama again, Cuba giving the more traditional teams trouble.
But when is WC Qualifiers, the big guns come thru (like T&T
)
Is it the format of the competition?
The absence of home and away ties?
The fact that big teams maybe experimenting?
Is it that teams very inconsistent?
Or is it that CONCACAF is really that competitive, and there isnt much between teams in the Hex and the teams that didnt make it....?