The 2010 Copa NYC tournament kicked off yesterday with 16 teams doing battle. NYC England seems to have done well progressing to the quarterfinals to take on NYC Mexico today at 8:30 PM. Maybe their coach can take over Fabio Capello’s job.
Argentina and Greece will meet again- this time hopefully Greece shows more endeavour than their national counterparts. An all Caribbean showdown as Jamaica and Haiti take on each other. In the last quarterfinal Euro 2012 hosts Poland meet Ireland who did not have to endure a Thierry Henry handball to make progress.
The semi-finals are on July 31st and the finals and third place matches are August 1st at Flushing Meadows.
Here is an article on the brains trust behind NYC’s version of the World Cup >>