yeah, that asian fed is a freakin joke. even australia needed a late winner to secure Brazil against basically Iraq's u20 team. Would be great to get another shot at Iran after that embarrassment of 15 years ago
got usa in double with nigeria ht/ft from yesterday so i believe they'll win but not ready to lay -1 with big juice or -1.25
both honduran starting centerbacks are out (bernardez and figueroa) and the def mid in front of them, garrido, is out as well. The big one for me is Boniek-Garcia as he's a top 5 player in MLS in my mind and really the calm guy in midfield for honduras. Bengston was pissed at not playing vs Jamaica so left the team and went back to the Revs...
Beasley being out is a positive...simple as that. They'll just move Fabian to his natural left back position and pop Davis in left mf. Big concern tonight other than the 3 points is yellow cards. If any of the following players get a card tonight they're missing the away game vs Costa Rica and I expect everyone of these guys to start except maybe Cameron assuming Jones' concussion is really ok:
Jozy, Cameron, Howard, Besler, Bradley, Davis, Dempsey, Evans, and Fabian J
so I absolutely expect the US to win but I think the AHC is right on the money at -1.25