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Well after last night results, things are back to normal with Mexico qualifying on first place.

How about that for a response....

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Sound familiar? It should. Unfortunately, it's how you finish that matters, not how you start. With tonight's results, the US FINISHES atop the hexagonal based on head-to-head results. Looks like the US got the FINAL response...

(Sorry, but you had to know this was coming )

[This message has been edited by Dre_00 (edited 10/12/2005 10:23p).]

tell em who they lost to

Netbreaker and Andy's response: {But wait, Mexico is ranked above the US in the FIFA rankings}

I will say to you now what I said to many of my friends while in college, SUCK ON IT!

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaandings!!!

Andy and Netbreaker are crying in their cervejas...along with the Iraqi Information Minister.

Hats off...Great Qualifying round...I hope the U.S. has a great World Cup. They sure earn their first place spot. I'll root for them as long as they are not playing Mexico .

Dre, following your lead:

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A US (read Mexico) team that was full of relatively new players, hadn't reallly played together, and to top it off, they were facing a good Costa Rica (read Trinidad & Tobago) team that had everything to play for ...

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[This message has been edited by Netbreaker (edited 10/13/2005 2:28p).]

Definitely wasn't a bad loss to T&T given the circumstances but that Eddie Lewis goal in the Azteca sure came in handy. Good luck in Germany to all the CONCACAF teams...even Mexico, even if I do hate them.

How sweet it is!