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Pan-Pacific Championship 2008

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Parra Power

Manager
Our coach has gone all experimental on us so I'd expect Houston to win. And I'm reasonably confident of Gamba Osaka overcoming Galaxy.
 
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ausbarca

Reserve Team
oh the embarassment, i didnt watch but everyone that did said sydney was an absolute shambles, ah well we should be able to beat galaxy, no certains but, we were in good form when we thumped em in sydney looking forward to seeing gamba houston though, think gamba might pull through
 
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Parra Power

Manager
Parra Power;2488394 said:
Our coach has gone all experimental on us so I'd expect Houston to win. And I'm reasonably confident of Gamba Osaka overcoming Galaxy.
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2 from 2 correct. Admittedly I didn't pay enough attention to see just how bad our squad is and how bad we'd be. We'll lose to Galaxy - just missing too many players.
 
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Run DMB

MVP
Houston are twice the team the Galaxy are. Sydney never had a chance, but they're in the same sort of situation that the Galaxy were when they did their tour of Australia.

Speaking of the Galaxy, they were awful last night. The kind of awful that can't be excused with "preseason form" or "missing players." They only lost 1-0, but they were just terrible to watch.

We should have two very even games on Saturday. I would give the edge to Houston over Gamba Osaka simply because they have their full first team intact. As for the Galaxy-Sydney game, I think it will be a toss-up. A moment of magic from David Beckham may be what separates the two teams.
 
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united1878

Youth Team
This should be very interesting to watch.


My local club who plays Sydney in the A-League, Melbourne Victory, has to play Gamba Osaka in the Asian Champions League, so I'd like to see how well they play.
 
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tim5303

Youth Team
Galaxy full team?

Didn't manage to catch the game - did LA put out a full team?

I know they were planning to put a full strength team together, if they did it doesn't exactly bode well for the forcoming MLS season
 
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Run DMB

MVP
tim5303;2488977 said:
Didn't manage to catch the game - did LA put out a full team?

I know they were planning to put a full strength team together, if they did it doesn't exactly bode well for the forcoming MLS season
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No, it was mostly scrubs out there. No Donovan, Ruiz, Xavier, Babayaro, Martino, Harmse, Jazic.
 
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Run DMB

MVP
LA Galaxy 2-1 Sydney FC, FT

Gals did better in this game, though it wasn't sexy football by any stretch of the imagination. That was quite an equalizer by Sydney FC, but they had a bit of bad luck conceding a goal almost immediately afterwards and just before the half. Took away their momentum.

Brandon McDonald looked rough vs. Gamba Osaka, but was quite impressive in this game. His touch could be better, but he's a great destroyer in midfield... fast, reads the game well, ridiculously strong. Not bad for a 4th-round draft pick, could see some time in MLS this season.
 
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curswine

Starting XI
What was the premise of this tournament? Teams that are on the pacific coast or near enough (since Houston are in) just play two games in Hawaii?
 
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Bobby

The Legend
It's suppose to be a UEFA Cup type thing? Gamba (Nabisco Cup Winners, that's Japan's League Cup), Sydney (Prelim. Final losers) and Houston (MLS Cup Winners) all earned their spots. As usual, LA got one on a silver platter.
 
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