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USA v MEXICO Coverage: FANHOUSE Live Blog (2nd half)
USA v MEXICO Coverage: FANHOUSE Live Blog (2nd half)
February 6 --- Brian Cook blogs his opinions live during Wednesday night's friendly between USA and MEXICO, held in front of a sold out crowd of over 70,000 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX.
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Jozy 1, My Stupid DVR 0
Dave's Football Blog — ... on my DVR and write something here about the game, but alas, my DVR failed me. I was so sure I set it to record the game, but for whatever reason, it didn’t record. I suppose it’s not a total loss, given that this was just a friendly (so to speak) and Jozy’s goal will show up on YouTube fairly soon. Still, I don’t like writing about something I didn’t watch, so I’ll just point you to Brian Cook’s liveblog at FanHouse (1st Half, 2nd Half) and Ives Galarcep’s live commentary. Ives suggests that defenders Ramiro ...

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