WCQ Showdown: USA vs. Barbados [P+R], The Battle of the Former Colonies

[Run DMB]

vs.

6/15/2008
2:00 PT on ESPN2 and Galavision

Follow all the action of the Colonial Derby this Sunday, as the Caribbean wizards clash with the Continental titans, re-igniting an intense and heated rivalry. This is where legends are born.

USA squad:

GOALKEEPERS (3): Dominic Cervi (out of contract: 0/0), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA: 0/0), Tim Howard (Everton FC: 3/2 SO)
DEFENDERS (7): Carlos Bocanegra (out of contract: 11/1), Shifty Califf (FC Midtjylland: 1/0), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96: 14:0), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC: 0/0), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew: 11/1), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege: 7/0), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock: 0/0)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Freddy Adu (SL Benfica: 0/0), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers: 14/4), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen: 0/0), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC: 0/0), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA: 0/0), Eddie Lewis (Derby County: 17/2), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids: 9/0)
FORWARDS (4): Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo: 6/2), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy: 20/7), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC: 7/0), Eddie Johnson (Fulham FC: 7/7)

Barbados squad:

I was going to say Khano Smith, but he's Bermudan.

 

[newbie original]

...Follow all the action of the Colonial Derby this Sunday, as the Caribbean wizards clash with the Continental titans, re-igniting an intense and heated rivalry. This is where legends are born......

Hahahaha!!!

Yes, SHOWDOWN indeed.

 

[Run DMB]

I wonder whether Bradley will field his customary 4-2-2-2, or if he will try to catch the Berbadans off guard by employing a 4-1-2-1-2 formation. My sources indicate Barbados favor a 10-0-0 formation, so it's interesting to see how that will impact Bradley's decision for the starting eleven.

 

[newbie original]

0-0-10.....fit perfectly like Lego pieces. I guess that the starting time has been "EURO2008 adjusted".

 

[KingPaulV]

hehe you guys are funny, we all know that babados will most likely play the 9-0-1 with the lone guy who is fast as lighting but cannot control a ball beyond 5 feet...Regardless, this is a tough match to predict, I am going out on a wild guess here (Lord knows what an audacious prediction this one is) and say the US, etches out a difficult win

 

[Run DMB]

0-0-10

Possible, although playing 10 strikers may be disadvantegous, considering we don't have a single decent one.

we all know that babados will most likely play the 9-0-1 with the lone guy who is fast as lighting but cannot control a ball beyond 5 feet...

I see you've studied the tactics employed by Caribbean teams.

 

[Avalanche]

If we don't beat these amateurs by at least five on Sunday, then it will be a mammoth failure. Seriously, we beat these guys by a combined score of 11:0 the last time we played them in WCQ. Nothing short of a comprehensive beatdown in the first leg will do, because we don't want to wait until the second leg to finish the tie off, since we'll be playing at a stadium that's been designed for cricket, and we all know how great those pitches are maintained (e.g. Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago in the 2006 qualifiers).

 

[Bobby]

Paul Ifill is Barbados' best player, he may not play thought because he's amazingly unfit.

 

[Run DMB]

I believe that having examined recent empirical evidence, I am now able to predict the outcome of Sunday's game. See if you can observe some pattern as I list our three most recent games:

USA 0:2 England
USA 0:1 Spain
USA 0:0 Argentina

I can therefore postulate that the score of our first World Cup Qualifier will be as follows:

USA 0:-1 Barbados

 

[$teauA]

USA will win at least 4-0 and Adu will be fouled at least 20 times.

 

[KingPaulV]

That's a rather bold prediction dont you think? having considered all the facts and the two teams at stake I think a 0-4 scoreline would be more like it at least; and that is of course in favor of Barbados

 

[rhizome17]

Come on Barbados!!!

 

[Run DMB]

Come on Barbados!!!

Thank you for supporting my thread.

 

[MaestroZidane]

3-0 to the U.S. Barbados will put ten in front of the net but the U.S should be able to brake through.

 

[twigsanberries]

barbados would be a dangerous team if they could get 11 professional players on the pitch at the same time.

 

[MaestroZidane]

8-0.. talk about total domination..


Sort of feel for the Barbados players

 

[OrgulloVikingo]

Feel sorry for them, really.

 

[KingPaulV]

humm looks like my prediction was a wee-bit off...I wonder why? I really never saw this coming

*goes off into the corner scratching his head in disbelief*

 

[Bobby]

I like to win, but how much is too much? It's one thing to beat them, but to break their spirits is another. They only have one pro.

 

[OrgulloVikingo]

I like to win, but how much is too much? It's one thing to beat them, but to break their spirits is another. They only have one pro.

I agree. After the 5th goal I wouldn't have celebrated. It's like being happy you punched an old granny!