You know, if you're that obviously going to script a USA-Mexico showdown either in the semifinal or the final of the Copa America Centenario, could you please tell the South American teams first?
Brazil was eliminated third in Group B today, and these were the highlights of the 1-0 Peru win which did it -- watch the goal at 53 seconds...
ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME???
That's two games now so far that we can basically put down as rigged (and that doesn't count the very convenient result of Costa Rica upsetting Colombia Saturday night so the USA wins Group A -- very entertaining match and not even the own goal would've said anything obvious, just a very convenient result!!!) so far...
It's becoming clear we are going to have USA vs. Mexico at some point in this process. Will it be the semifinal (Mexico has to win Monday night to win the group -- a draw would do it as well) or the final (if Mexico loses, though, they'd have to go through Argentina, while the US' half of the group probably becomes Ecuador (who they play in the quarterfinals), Venezuela (who plays Mexico Monday) and the Chile-Panama winner (Chile in case of draw).)
I mean, you want some reasons why they would rig this to maximize US chances in this tournament?
Attendance figures, according to Wikipedia's page on the Copa:
US match 1: 67,439
The other first Group A match (Costa Rica-Paraguay): 14,334
US match 2: 39,642
US match 3: 51,041
Haiti-Peru: 20,190
Ecuador-Peru: 11,947 (and these are the two teams which advanced out of Group B!)
Brazil-Haiti only drew about 28,000
Mexico match 1: 60,025 (in the same stadium in which Ecuador-Peru couldn't crack 12,000!)
Mexico match 2: 83,263 in Pasadena
The two non-Mexico matches in Group C to date have drawn somewhere 23-25,000.
Panama-Bolivia: 13,466
Chile-Bolivia: 19,392
Any further questions?
Mike
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