I'm not going to blog the second half. Blogging while angry is no fun.

Before the half: Guardado slips it through to Castillo breaking away. Castillo misses wide -- Howard positioned himself perfectly. It was as good as a save; that was the best chance of the match. Castillo on a weaving run beats Gooch, then crosses to Guardado, who blasts it in. GOAL MEXICO.

Fourth ten: Mexico corner -- Howard punches it out. Pablo picks up a yellow a minute or so later. Borgetti turned his ankle running at Bocanegra. Borgetti is subbed out for Bravo. U.S. makes Sanchez make a nice save off a Dempsey shot.

Third ten: First Mexico corner. Marquez header punched over by Howard. Another corner resulted in a Marquez header over the bar -- the marking on Marquez was not good. Feilhaber pushed forward, passed to Bornstein, who got off a nice thirty-yard shot that hit the left side of the net. A foul on Castillo results in a free kick ten yards off the US box: a deflection leads to a corner. Castillo is fast and dangerous.

Second ten: Great move by Dempsey in the right corner -- he split two Mexicans, but no one was there to capitalize on his cross. Mexico stays aggressive, but U.S. is reacting better. A Donovan cross off a breakaway (where he beat Marquez) was a great chance that the U.S. could not convert. An even ten minutes.

First 10: Mexico comes out fast and aggressive. Mexico is pressing the Americans on every ball. It will be interesting to see if El Tri can keep up this pace; I've never seen them play this fast. But the first ten minutes definitely favored Mexico -- and Bocanegra picked up a yellow.

US-Mexico: Blogging the Gold Cup Final, in ten minute increments.

FF