It felt like a bucket
of cold water suddenly bathed the lads of the Los Angeles Galaxy and its
Manager Bruce Arena, after being eliminated from this prestigious North
American tourney.
As a stunned Galaxy
Manager Bruce Arena, seeing how his chaps couldn’t decipher the intelligent
game as well the home field advantage of a much superior rival.
it looks like it’s
time to get back to the drawing board as well look at the deficiency of this
Angelino squad err in the field as well a flawless defensive side giving up four
goals.
Playing the former
Mexican League Champions, this border team of Tijuana Xolos at Caliente Stadium,
it was to revive what many saw as a nascent Border rivalry between these two
squads.
The last laugh was
for the locals that really played with their hearts out and passion for an
overall score of 4-3.
This really puts the
hopes for two Major league squads in the San Jose Quakes and the reigning champion’s
Sporting Kansas City to earn a place in this event semifinal.
After all MLS squads
are really putting on a valiant fight against tough Central American squads as
those from Honduras, Salvador and Costa Rica- still playing the Mexican ones it’s
when things get a little complicated.
Three American squads
and three Mexican were in this tourney quarters, by the Tijuana Xolos advancing
to their first Semifinal in their history, it leave two American squads to do the
ultimate feat in advancing to this important competition.
Concachampions is a
tournament where all the squads from North America, Caribbean and Central America
compete for a position in the World Cup of teams- being Mexican squad’s as the dominant
ones.
Leaving Real Salt
Lake as the only American squad to make it into the finals in 2011 and losing
to then powerhouse Monterrey Rayados, who won three back to back editions of
this competition.
Still Major League
Soccer is showing a far superior level never seen in its squads as well its competiveness
growth to a maximum, showing in several of its squads.
Nothing is lost as
team Tijuana had in its initial eleven three players product from Major League
Soccer as well currently a part of TEAM USA, making our league a hub to export
players abroad.
Unfortunately today the
LA squad didn’t hold for its lead as well didn’t show any ambition in its initial
eleven, except for its Irishman striker Robbie Keane who scored a couple and
still his squad fell short of one goal.
As we see, Mexican
squads are still the dominant ones over our football, although US national team
has a certain hegemony over el Tri, still in the club level we need to move up
and become a force not to be reckon with, go San Jose and SKC!
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