International friendly, 11/07, USA-Poland

[Marek76]

11/07
USA-Poland
Soldier Field, Chicago

"What's the point of going to States if you know you're gonna get the spanking??!!"-these are the words of one of the official members of polish squad. this rematch is part of the contract. first game was held in March, Poland (Team A) lost at home 0-1. before that we lost tragically 1-3 to Sweden, then the accidental win over future Euro-champs Greece 1-0 ( ), boring 0-0 with Ireland. and finally was the match with Yanks.
the polish squad that is being taken accross the occean is not even Poland B...that's Poland C at most, with some reserve players from polish league sides...not a single player from a foreign club is in the squad, not even a single one from the current polish champion, Wisla Krakow. the season in Poland starts late August, so the players in the squad present typical holliday form, whereas MLS is in the full swing. the last warm up game before the trip was played with 2nd Div rookies (english 3rd Div), national side won playing awfully 3-0 , all goals after the break, the MOTM Poland A's 3rd goalie, Artur Boruc...
some polish players look at this trip as a chance to meet the relatives in the States. even chief of Polish FA said there was nothing to do, and the game must be held as part of the deal.

Yanks will field the strongest squad with Tim Howard between the posts, midfielder Landon Donovan( 51 caps) i Marcus Beasley(35 caps, scored in the last game vs Poland), Brian McBride(76 caps). just to compare, Pawe³ Kaczorowski played only 12 times in the polish national side( the most caps in the current squad)...
the game is held in Chicago, with the biggest population of polish folks, so full house is guaranteed. besides i heard this game is the tenth anniversary of 94' World Cup so the hosts will definately be up for it.

USA:
Tim Howard (Manchester United), Zach Thornton (free), Chris Albright (Los Angeles), Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Cory Gibbs (Dallas), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado), Eddie Pope (New York/New Jersey), Chris Armas (Chicago), DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago), Bobby Convey (D.C. United), Landon Donovan (San Jose), Eddie Gaven (New York/New Jersey), Brian Mullan (San Jose), Kerry Zavagnin (Kansas City), Brian Ching (San Jose), Brian McBride (Fulham), Josh Wolff (Kansas City).

Poland:
Artur Boruc - Pawe³ Kaczorowski, Rafa³ Lasocki, Jaros³aw Bieniuk, Micha³ Stasiak - £ukasz Madej, Tomasz Jarzêbowski, Patryk Rachwa³, Sebastian Mila, Micha³ Goliñski, Wahan Geworgian - Ireneusz Jelen

USA to win @1.7 b&w MAX stakes

ps. odds dropping all the time so hurry up!

[Blue Bucko]

Great Info Marek
Have backed your judgement, as the info you provided is very convincing. Lets hope they do the business.

good post for sure.

got USA on victor chandler at 1.75 yesterday, its come into 1.66 now.

USA have a good recent record of putting away sides at friendlies, particularly sides outside what most of us would consider a top 10 side.with a 2nd or 3rd strength polish side, i can see this continuing.

[Marek76]

in the 11th min Brian McBride's penalty attempt saved by polish goalie as he brought down Wolff in the box...

match link

[Blue Bucko]

Still 0-0 according to Marek's link...but earlier i had assumed the match had been abandoned, because thats what ESPN are reporting soccernet.espn.go.com/mat...81&cc=5739

[Marek76]

punters want You to score!

[Marek76]

FT 1-1 :x

i'll get my coat...

Can't win 'em all and I'll give you yer coat back, Marek.

Was a very good bet imo.

'Course if heniek was around, it would've been a winner.

[Matt]

agree with Raven, this was a very good bet and the info was excellent Heniek.

The best bets dont win all the time but I wouldnt hesistate to bet on this again if the same info was availble

info was excellent Heniek

You meant Marek .
But I agree that info was to good to miss.
I lost fair share too .

[Matt]

whoops. :o

Apologies to both of you I suppose

was well up this weekend after a TP-47 and Brazil win.back down to a small profit on the weekend after this one.

usa let me down, gotta start sticking to leaving the friendlies!