Brazil vs. Canada ...

Brazil 3
Canada 2
International Friendly
Qwest Field - Seattle, WA
May 31, 2008


Too bad the best player in the world was not in uniform ... would have loved to see Marta ... Of course, it would be nice to have seen Ronaldo, Ronaldhino, and Kaka too ... injuries suck ...

The lesson learned here tonight was that ... well ... Brazil really is that damn good and we were fortunate to see Canada play up as opposed to Brazil playing down ...

But that pitch looked awful and dangerous and actually contributed to both teams making mistakes at certain points ...

Brazil got the game off to a rocking start with a 4th minute goal ... but Canada's counter with a left side diagonal cross would confound the Brazilians all night and most especially in the tenth minute when they scored with it ... Canada's ability to counter kept Brazil's offense from sending more numbers up and had to have contributed to the way Canada was able to stay in the game ... When Brazil cleared its bench and had to adjust to so many new players Canada was able to hold possession much better late in the game ... The light tackling from the first half also went away to stronger tackling by both teams as the game wound down and Canada had a serious chance at a tie ...

I also spent my first 5 bucks on Sounders FC merchandise - and hopefully 5 bucks towards a Steven Gerrard transfer fee ... got me a license plate frame that covers too much of the lettering on my plate and therefore cannot be used ...

Thinking back to 1986 and Canada struggling to beat FC Seattle 3-2 during their World Cup run up or 1994 when they lost to an expansion Sounders team 1-0 in Tacoma I have to say that Canada has truly come a long way ... unfortunately, so has the rest of CONCACAF ...