Posted on 10/07/2016 9:54:15 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
HAVANA, Cuba -- In 2008, there was the story of the Cuba Cinco, the five US national team fans who traveled to Cuba the last time the US faced the island country in the Caribbean. This time around, a considerable number more will be cheering from the stands when the US returns to Havanas Pedro Marrero Stadium for a historic friendly match between the two countries (Friday, 4 pm ET, ESPN2/UniMás).
Indeed, wherever the US national team goes, the American Outlaws will follow even when a hurricane throws a wrench into the works. Around 70 members from various American Outlaws chapters signed up for the supporters group travel package, which offered charter flights, visa help, and accommodations in the swanky Hotel Melia Habana.
Then Hurricane Matthew appeared over the Atlantic. As it tore through the Caribbean, leaving a trail of destruction over Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas and beyond, the storm veered closer and closer to the southeastern coast of Florida. Havana, at the opposite western end of Cuba, remained unaffected, with the game planned to go on as scheduled but then nearly every flight out of Miami was canceled on Thursday.
Yet that wont deter the fiercely devoted.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlssoccer.com ...
Game starts in a few hours.
GO USA!
Thanks for the ping. Although Matthew is north of us, it will be a ‘stuck inside’ kind of day. Perfect for watching soccer.
There you go. :)
Just a friendly, right? I didn’t think Cuba made it to the next round of WCQ.
Yes a friendly but a needed opportunity for USA to get the new talent working.
In the case of Jozy Altidore and Bobby Wood, there was work off the field as well.
World Cup Qualifiers are started now... France, Holland, etc...
Tomorrow Germany, England, etc...
Field condition looks like my backyard.
Bench looks like a 1950’s bus stop.
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