Nations Cup 2008 in Washington, D.C.

beker · **Joined:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:29 am **Posts:** 10

16 teams will be playing this weekend in the Nations Cup tournament in DC. In my opinion some of the Latin teams will win the tournament.

calvin · **Joined:** Sat May 31, 2008 7:56 am **Posts:** 14

First off, "some" can't win ONE prize. Second, as the draw shapes up, it looks like there are some competitive African squads that should be favored to advance to the second weekend.

uswntfan2 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:13 pm **Posts:** 12

The x-factor is the shortened games. Focusing for 50 minutes is far different than focusing for 90. The Latino teams may benefit from this since they tend to have high-scoring games and those 85th minute lapses won't be as common.

Wunder Ball 1 · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:03 am **Posts:** 14

Looks like the Latin teams were well-represented with 3 out of 4 in the semifinals (Columbia, Honduras, and El Salvador).