The second home fixture of World Cup Qualifying was last night at the Truman Bodden National Stadium in George Town against Suriname. A much smaller crowd than attended the El Salvador match was on hand to watch two teams that were a little more closely matched than what we saw in the first home game. Once again a mostly defensive first half saw a nil-nil draw at halftime though Suriname hit the post and Cayman had a couple of good scoring chances. In the second half a defensive breakdown by Cayman gave up an easy goal but Cayman pressed and created three or four really good chances to tie. Unfortunately, none found the target and the match ended in an exciting but ultimately disappointing 1-0 loss for the home squad. Cayman was officially eliminated from possible advancement though there are three matches remaining including one more home game with the Dominican Republic. That game though is during our fall seminar so I will be unable to attend. Today is Texas-OU so I will head over to the Dog House to watch and hope that the Horns can pull off the upset.
