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Rumor: USA at Azteca to be Cancled, Replacement Brazil

August 13th, 2007 | By: Carter Daly | 4 Comments »

Goff is reporting that the USA vs. Mexico friendly at the Azteca schedualed for Sept. 9 will be officiall cancled in the comming days.

The reason for the cancelation is unclear, but Goff says it may have been Spanish TV rights.

Replacing the Mexico friendly will be a very intriguing fixture.

USA vs Brazil, Sept.9 at Soldier Field.

I must say though, I am a little dissapointed. The original matchup was intended for us to see if we could stack up to a great side in an away hostile environment. We can’t really do that at Soldier Field, but we have other away matches comming soon so I guess it will be ok.

Brazil is one helluva replacement though. It doesn’t even matter who is fielded in their squad because Brazil is Brazil, plain and simple. A great challenge for our Yanks and something to look forward to in the near future.



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Username By Euler | August 13th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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“Brazil is Brazil” is great. Thanks for the smile :^)# I hope to see a better Brazil than in the Copa America. Thanks for the info.

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Username By elmeromero | August 14th, 2007 at 11:37 am
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This news is extremely disappointing, because it somewhat confirms that Bob Bradley is a punk ass pansy. He didn’t take a real team to Copa America because he was afraid to be humiliated and opted for the easy excuse. The only significant victories this team has ever had has been against Mexico on their home turf, but when it comes down to playing at the Azteca where I guarantee you the atmosphere will not be as friendly, and where the Mexican team will play with 10 times more pride, they show their true colors again. These guys as far as I am concerned are all hype, part of the American media spin machine. You can bring Beckham and pretend that American’s are ready for soccer, but until this national team man’s up and gives people something to be proud of, no one will care. These guys pull another one of these pathetic displays and they will have lost all credibility. No more “mexico sucks and we are a top tier team” delusional b.s. anymore. Frankly, its un-American to be this weak. and for the record, not every Brazil team is the same, and don’t expect them to bring any of their stars as most of them are knee deep in Champions League prelims and starting their club seasons, pre-season hype friendlies are over boys.

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Username By Jon E | August 15th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
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Um, as far as I know, the Azteca date failed because Telemundo and Univision were squabbling over rights. I don’t think this is a manhood issue, and I really doubt that it was Bradley’s decision.

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Username By elmeromero | August 17th, 2007 at 8:36 am
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I’ll just say this, if Bradley wants to make it happen, he can make it happen, with or without television rights. He does have the power to say who his team plays and doesn’t play, not the Media. And, on a second note, your going to tell me that Bradley had no choice of who he took to Copa America too, huh. It’s not a macho thing, about pounding your chest and being manly as you are implying, no, it’s about being a strong leader, who makes decisions to better this team and the sport in this country based on reality and knowing that you can’t hide from adversity and instead play silly media games and try to fool people into perceiving that things are getting better and that they are actually contenders. Contenders seek out challenges, win or lose. Mexico hasn’t beaten the US on their hometurf in a while, but they come and they play them strong, just like they played other teams at the copa america. And no, they are not at the same level as Argentina and Brazil, and they recognize it, but they are trying to be, rather than just backing out of competitions and claiming they deserved to be viewed as one because they win a few friendlies on their home turf. Kind of reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld…”I choose not to run!”

Also, don’t believe everything you hear from sports media, if only a portion of it were accurate Dani Alves would be playing at Chelsea right now and Kaka would be leading Real Madrid to a victory over Sevilla Sunday. These soccer guys love to play politics, and believe me Bradley is proving to be no different.

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