Despite the cartoonist Gabriel's take that the U.S. spurned Mexico for a sexier opponent in Brazil, Mark Ziegler's piece shows the story is a bit more complicated than that.
Both parties signed the contract for the game, but Mexico apparently didn't realize that the U.S. already had a Spanish-language broadcast partner lined up for the U.S. airing of the match.
Mexico is contractually obligated to show matches on Telemundo, not Univision. Yet it looks like the U.S. wouldn't back out of its contract agreement, either. So the match was abandoned.
I think Mexico comes out worse in the deal, as I believe many U.S. fans are delighted to have Brazil as the replacement. Yet Mexico's loyal fans may not care much who the new opponent for El Tri is. They're likely to come out and show their support in droves anyway.
4 comments:
Who cares...
I don't understand...why would Mexico come out worse in the deal?
Both teams will be debuting new lineups. I expect and hope to see the US debut maybe a Danny Szetela, Altidore and Adu.
For Mexico I think Vela and Dos Santos will finally get on the field for them. I would like to see Aaron Galindo get a call-back.
When Gio Dos Santos gets on the pitch for Mexico it will be the biggest thing to ever happen to Mexico! He will be Mexico's Zidane, Stoichkov, Maradona, Haggi, Platini etc... He is absolutely amazing, a player like this comes around once in a lifetime. Mexico will never be the the same, this makes them instant contenders for 2010.
I read that Mexico is playing Panama in Puebla. Not bad. Panama can be tricky.
Mexico comes out worse because FIFA still awards points for friendly matches, and the U.S. is a much higher-ranked opponent than Panama. A win over the U.S. would have counted for more points.
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