FIFA U17 Update 8/23/07

[Lazie]

Tunisia 3 - USA 1
TJK 0 - Belgium 0
Germany 3 - Ghana 2
Colombia 5 - T&T 0

[Mosiah]

Tunisia 3 - USA 1
TJK 0 - Belgium 0
Germany 3 - Ghana 2
Colombia 5 - T&T 0

Good lord! Zeppo, what has become of the USA's program? First you were beaten by Borat, then by boys wearing turbans!

And as for T&T...

Seriously though, what does that say about CONCACAF? Yes, we could have been there instead of T&T and we beat the USA, but these teams are being creamed by the rest of the world, and not even the good rest of the world! We would not have fared much better.

Time to get moving!

[Zeppo]

Isn't Borat from Kazakhstan?

Anyway, It's not all doom and gloom for our program, as you seem to have conveniently forgotten the successful U-20 WC that we are coming off of. But this is definitely a disappointment.

The good news is that we are consistently qualifying for these tournaments. The problem is the lack of consistency once we get there. Sometimes they go quite well. Other times the go like this one for us.

I'm looking forward to the day when MLS teams handle youth development with academies (the way things are done in Europe and S. America) and we can phase out Bradenton for good.


p.s. - and you forgot to mention that Jamaica's U-17s beat ours after the U.S. had already qualified for the tournament. Makes a difference...

[Tilla]

p.s. - and you forgot to mention that Jamaica's U-17s beat ours after the U.S. had already qualified for the tournament. Makes a difference...

Sour grapes. You played to win. You tried your ever best to maintain the "not beaten the USA at any level" record.

[Mosiah]

The USA had not yet qualified when we beat them, so Zeppo can keep talking his tripe!

[Zeppo]

Nonsense.

The T&T game -- the result that allowed the USA to qualify early -- had already ended before the US vs. JA game even kicked off.

In fact I already pointed that out to you several months ago when the qualifiers were still going on. Somehow you managed to conveniently 'forget' those facts.

[Mosiah]

I "conveniently forgot" because I denied it then, several months ago. I was there, Zeppo, at all the news conferences. There was no celebration after the game until it was announced that they had qualified. Or are the US youngsters so short on emotion, or trained only to show jubilation when instructed over a loudspeaker?

[Zeppo]

And earlier in this thread you stated that the USA had not yet qualified when they played Jamaica, which I then pointed out was false. So you're obviously having problems getting your story straight.

Go ahead and keep believing whatever you may have convinced yourself of.

I know it might be hard for you to swallow since it's your only win against a U.S. team at any level ever. But when a team has already qualified for the next phase of a tournament they sometimes take their foot off the pedal and end up losing a game that no longer matters to them.

Happens quite frequently.

[Mosiah]

Yeah ok. I admire your defence.

[Zeppo]

U.S. beats Belgium 2-0 to advance to second round

[Mosiah]

Darn!

[Zeppo]

Darn!

[Pepsi]

Good lord! Zeppo, what has become of the USA's program? First you were beaten by Borat, then by boys wearing turbans!

And as for T&T...

Seriously though, what does that say about CONCACAF? Yes, we could have been there instead of T&T and we beat the USA, but these teams are being creamed by the rest of the world, and not even the good rest of the world! We would not have fared much better.

Time to get moving!

zeppo! non of that.The USA youth program contains mix result,but they're still concacaf #1 team.They will be our opponents in the next qualifier,and hey thats going to be hard.

[HL]

Mosiah has runny eggs with ketchup on his face AGAIN Zeppo!!

I am longing for him to make a correct call for a change.

Example: He is a staunch Boxhill supporter...and look.

[Mosiah]

What call did I make with the US team? I don't remember any.

But yes, I always want the USA to lose. Memba!