This is the conclusion to yesterday's post. While Manchester United and Real Madrid were clowning around in Santa Clara (with Ronald MacDonald and a laughable penalty shoot out) Jamaica and Mexico were playing a match that actually counted for a spot in the Gold Cup Final.
It was an entertaining match, as many in this tournament have been. And it was competitive entertainment, not a money making, pointless exhibition like the one in San Francisco. I reiterate what I said yesterday: I feel sorry for the Gold Cup, the CONCACAF championship, for how it has to battle to get any prominence in the crowded calendar.
Because I stopped writing at halftime yesterday I didn't get to share the joy, the Jamaican joy, of the wonderful winning 88th minute goal. I'm always a fan of a goal from open play, but the tension of the build-up to a free kick at the end of a drawn match with penalties beckoning (no extra time in the Gold Cup), followed by the eruption of emotions when the ball hits the net, is a special football moment. And the celebration was pretty interesting too.
So Jamaica will play the US in the final on Wednesday in Santa Clara at the same venue as the United-Real show. It should be entertaining, with or without a man dressed as a clown leading the teams onto the pitch. The Americans will attack, the Jamaicans will be pretty quick on the counter, and Clint Dempsey will probably score the winner.
I looked up tickets on Stubhub, just out of interest to see if it's a sell out. There are tickets available for $20. A surprise, maybe. But what me think "what?" more that that was that there was 2 categories for the event" match tickets and parking passes. Yes, you can buy a parking pass in a parking lot pretty close to the stadium for $62. Buying match tickets and hoping to sell them for a profit is pretty common. But parking passes?
Here is the goal that will have many Jamaicans looking for good parking spots in Santa Clara on Wednesday evening.
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