Sancocho or Pupusas?

With Concacaf's stage 2 of the World Cup Qualifying round looming, upsets are unlikely. Half of the teams will have their dreams of visiting South Africa shattered, while some others will be using next month's games as warm-ups for the third and more competitive stage. The U.S. and Mexico expect easy wins over Barbados and Belize, respectively. The Belizeños aren't even pretending to care about home court advantage. They will "host" Mexico in Houston, perhaps hoping the Aztec fans will leave some cash in the small country's federation coffers.
The only series with some excitement seems to be the one between Panama and El Salvador. History between the two teams favors the Guanacos who have won twice as many games. Lately, though, things have improved for the Panamanians. It has been almost four years since the Salvadorans won a match against the Canaleros, a side which outscored them 5:0 in the past four matches.
We will have to wait a couple of weeks to see what happens at Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. In the mean time soccer fans will enjoy the more competitive and slightly more alluring Euro2008.