Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Is CONCACAF Soccer on the Rise?



For the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, it looks like its four representatives are making a point in its level of football displayed so far, by two of its squads. 

As this edition of the World Cup, being celebrated in Brazil has been a test ground and with three of them already showing some of their belligerence. 

It’s the Mexican National or better known as El Tri, that already demonstrated his attributes of being called the giant of this region, with a convincing performance and win as well.

And although El Tri performed wonders in the field, a sort of unjust ruling took them a couple of their scores, still that didn’t stop the Bhoys of Manager Miguel Herrera for a well-deserved win!

I mean this squad not only netted its first three points, but played with a level as its European counterparts and really lived to its reputation.

With this win, it looks like this squad has found its true winning identity, after having a disastrous eliminatory rounds, that almost cost them their pass to Brazil and thanks to Team USA gift, they went to play that playoff for the last spot. 

The other squad in Costa Rica or Los Ticos, their presentation was a pure demonstration of why this tiny Central American nation has become a force not to be reckoning with. 

Being seeded in a not so easy Group D along the likes of England, Italy and Uruguay- La Sele really performed a wondrous and state of the art match, were the Costa Ricans really played to win and looked like all around contenders.

Cameroon and Uruguay were the victims in turn for this squad’s, as the African Lions known for their might, weren’t a match for El Tri and for La Sele dispatching a hardened and respectable Uruguay was a feat too.

Unfortunately that wasn’t the case for the Hondurans or Catrachos as they didn’t showed any direction or ambition against an always tough and difficult Bleus of French National Team who defeated them by a humiliating 3-0 score.

 Leaving the Yank’s or Team USA as the only squad form this region, as the only one to showed of this Confederations sudden emergence as well prove to the world of its might in the beautiful game in their upcoming match and test on always difficult Ghana. 

Mexico on the 6/17 will be put on another hard to swallow test, going against the host and the whole of Brazil, in their second match that anything can happen as El tri can upset the Verde Amarelah.
La Sele or Costa Rican squad their upcoming compromise with the one and only favorite as always, the Azzurris or Italian national Team on 6/20, will be a test of endurance and determination for the Ticos. 

At the end Concacaf is emerging with its squads a certain level of competiveness as well becoming an exporter of various players as well one day really surprise the football world by winning the big event in the World Cup, were anything can be possible.



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