Honduras Dumps Team USA
February 22nd, 2010The US men’s national team fell to Honduras last week 3-1 in a game that was

The USA vs. Honduras game was interrupted by an unwanted visitor.
marred by an American player taking an early exit to the showers in just the 17th minute of play when defender Jimmy Conrad took down a Honduran player in the box. The yellow card was Conrad’s second of the early goings of the game and the USA team had to play a man down the rest of the way.
Honduras, a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup along with the USA team, took a commanding 3-0 lead into the locker room. This had to be a big surprise to the bookmakers who had the USA team tabbed as a favorite playing on its home soil in California.
I was out to dinner and wasn’t able to see the first half of the game so I was keeping tabs on the game through my cell phone. When I checked the live score at halftime, I was surprised to see that not only was Honduras leading, but it had a commanding lead.
The USA team fought valiantly in the second half as Clarence Goodson notched a goal in the 70th minute, but it was not nearly enough to overcome the attacking Honduras team.
I understand that you need to call fouls, but I’ll forever be perplexed that a second yellow card in soccer results in such a severe penalty. It seems to me that a better rule would be to banish the player, but allow the team to substitute for him.









