Did Ya See Us On TV, It Was News-worthy
du Nord, July 18, 2005
-Gold Cup: As I watched the USA easily beat Jamaica 3-1 on Saturday I made the mistake of calling the Jamaicans a clean team that never plays vicious. Wrong 'em boyo! Two nasty ass tackles should have resulted in two red cards. Instead the first one sent Steve Cherundolo to the hospital to have his knee checked out after Damion Stewart put the flat of his boot straight into the side of Dolo's knee on a slide tackle. It was ugly. Stewart saw a yellow. The second awful tackle came late in the match when Jermaine Taylor tried to destroy DaMarcus Beasley with a slide tackle from the side, taking out both of DMB's legs and flipping him upside down landing on his back. The USA bench exploded with that one, as it happened right in front of them. The ref did not hesitate this time with the red card. After the match Bruce Arena said he thinks Cherundolo will not play again in this Gold Cup. But stranger things have happened. Ben Olsen had subbed on for Cherundolo, and also claimed red for his own grab from behind as