October 10, 2015, will be a big day for the U.S. men’s national soccer team and for their Soccer betting fans for two reasons. First, there is a one-game playoff for the Under-23 team, as the winner gets to go to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Second is the showdown between the senior team and Mexico at the Rose Bowl for a spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup.
“The passion. The colors. The respect. The hate.” Michael Bradley on @USSoccer vs. Mexico. http://t.co/lXKuiqHzG0 pic.twitter.com/moK9VOCOjy
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 28, 2015
If the U.S. had beaten Jamaica in the Gold Cup, of course, they could have finished off Mexico in the final. Given the fact that the referees basically gave Mexico two matches (against Costa Rica and Panama) in the Gold Cup by calling awful penalties late in the game, it would have been interesting to see what the officiating would have looked like in a U.S.-Mexico final. The fact that Mexico’s manager was then fired after getting into a physical altercation with a reporter from a Mexican television station at the airport on the way home from the Gold Cup means that El Tri show up in Los Angeles with another new philosophy.

They did win friendlies in Holland and Germany (with the win in Germany their first ever), but then they didn’t play as well against Jamaica – or in the third-place game against Panama. A recent friendly against Peru saw a solid 2-1 win as Jozy Altidore found the back of the net, but then Brazil came to the U.S. and delivered an ugly 4-1 rout to the Yanks.


