YAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!!!!!1

HUGO SANCHEZ FIRED AS MEXICO COACH

Goodbye you JOKE. Thank you for being an inept nincompoop of a coach and helping the US continue its domination of your country's pathetic national team. I hope you get pelted by rotten vegetables on your way out. Ives is right. You'll be remembered for whining. For making all the wrong decisions. For failing to get your players' heads in the right places. For failing to beat the US, ever.

In the end, this is actually bad news for the rest of CONCACAF. With a competent coach, Mexico definitely has the talent to challenge the US for regional supremacy again. But we'll worry about that later. For now, I'm going to relish in this signal of Mexico's failures.

USA qualifies for Olympics

Thanks to a dominating 3-0 victory over the Canada U-23 team in the seminfinals of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the US has booked its ticket to Beijing. There really wasn't anything to complain about in this game (except perhaps the lack of Tiffany May). The defense was solid - Michael Orozco has been a revelation and should be a major cog in the Olympic team. The midfield, though mostly quiet, kept possession and kept the ball moving, if not always incisively. Jozy got hacked time and again as usual, but played well for the most part, almost scored, and drew fouls that led to two Freddy Adu free kick goals, the second of which was absolutely sublime. He's really living up to the hype - the guy was incredibly creative and effective last night. What a soccer player. The much-maligned (of late) Sasha Kljestan closed the scoring with a class finish off a nice pass from Stuart Holden on the left wing. Holden also has been a revelation. This team should definitely be a threat to do well in the Olympics.

Ronaldinho is god.