It's a cottage weekend. The drive up was baaad. There is simply no way we know of to avoid the Barrie logjam. Day one was gray. We thought it might actually be raining at the cottage as we drove up, but thankfully it wasn't. But it was waaaay cooler than expected. The dogs don't all get along - so there was a lot of dull dog watching. Day two was hot and sunny. After getting rid of the layer of pollen on the outdoor furniture (gross!) we chilled out the rest of the day. I got to try a 4 wheel ATV today, that was pretty fun. I was impressed with how stable it felt. Had a little, refreshing swim. I think a zebra mussle cut my foot on the way out. Good grief. Watched a horrible documentary on the Astroworld festival and Travis Scott concern. Oh gee, another greedy corporation, what a shock. What a sad story...
UGH. The tournament that started with such promise and had such lofty projections ended up with crushing failure. The CANMNT laid another CONCACAF egg losing to 106th ranked (good lord) Guatemala in their semi final game. Canada looked like the team some said they should be in only one of their four Gold Cup games. The team was beaten either physically or mentally in the other games. CANMNT looked worse as the tournament went on. Today's loss emboding a host of issue with the team. Yes, obviously losing a man is critical but if they were so good they could have found a way. They didn't. They lost possession in the second half and tried to defend for...45m?? What a winning strategy. They did manage to get it to penalties,... but once they arrived I figured the game was over. I've never seen St.Clair save a PK and I've never seen Canada convert all five kicks. So... not surprising they lost. I thought Larin was clutch? Why is a rookie starter taking a make or break PK? Why weren't more guys subbed at half? Even coaching left something to be desired. Maybe Canada just isn't that good? I've liked Jesse but maybe I just like aspects of how he coaches. The results are not there. What a disappointing tournament. I can only imagine the World Cup will be the same or worse. If Canada couldn't find a way to win in CONCACAF, regardless of the challenges, then how can the World Cup be anything but a shitshow. So much for all that hype and promise. Getting beat by fscking Guatemala. SMH.