Olympic Nightmare Or Overreaction?

The response to the U-23's 1-1 Olympic qualifier draw with Cuba last night has been quite comical. If they aren't better than Panama and Honduras, do they really deserve to be one of the two teams representing the CONCACAF region? The consensus "fear" on the boards is that we will place second in the group and play Mexico in the ridiculous "do or die" semifinals" setup of this U-23 tournament. Why they are even bothering with a final and a third place game is beyond me...