Saturday, November 17, 2018

Nations League Match Day 3 Surprises

November 16 had a few surprises for me



Grenada beat the small Island of Saint Martin 5-2. No Surprise there.

Bermuda playing at home against the Central Ameerican power El Salvador was a historic win for this English speaking island. Bermuda beat El Salvador to imprioer their record to 2 wins and a pesky loss to Aruba. Bermuda has a clean sheet, no goals scored at home. The Gombey Warriors stingy defense limited El Salvador to 0 shots. Thats right 0 shots. Next up for Bermuda is an away game at Dominicar Republic. El Salvador has how dropped to 2 wins and this loss but dropps them to the 12 spot out of Gold Cup consideration. Their last game is against Jamaica, the Caribbean power and it is at "the office". El Salvador has a mighty hill to climb to play in the Gold Cup.

Tiny Montserrat has now beated Belize and Aruba and have 6 points. Surprise surprise. Next up is an away game at the Cayman Islands. The Gold Cup officials wants to fill the stadiums and make the tournamnet look successful. Mnsuratt has less that 5,000 inhabitants. So even if you flew the entire island population to USA Gold Cup, the stadium would still look empty. I dont think officials would realize the smaller nations can pack a punch like this.

Belize, playing at home score a 1-0. They eliminated Puerto Rico who now have 3 tight losses and have to wait another year for redemption. Hopefully they get electricity and get back to a normal life. Belize has to travel to Guyana for their last game.


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