Saturday, January 23, 2010

Jonathan's Army and US vs Honduras

In tonight's 8:30 EST friendly between the United States and Honduras, expect one player to have more fans in attendance from the opposition than he perhaps has from his own nation. Jonathan Bornstein has battled and proven himself to be a viable option at left back on the international level, and perhaps the US team's best option there come South Africa this summer. In Honduras, however, he is much much more. In a country that hadn't qualified for a World Cup in 27 years, Bornstein is somewhat of a hero for scoring the last minute goal against Costa Rica that would send Honduras into World Cup SA. Many Honduras fans have made the trip to California for this tune-up game, and are expected to cheer at least one American if he is introduced as a starter. I'll get into details for tonight's match later, but for now let's relive the final seconds of that US/Costa Rica matchup.