Offshore Oscar’s picks Feb-11 – CONCACAF time

By: Offshore Oscar | February 10th, 2009

Arsenal and Hamburg each managed to disappoint in their own special way over the weekend, but my Serie A parlay came in to prevent a total disaster. We’re still crazy-ahead for this long season, so it’s time to concentrate on the always unpredictable and wide-open CONCACAF.

Original bankroll: 1,000 units
Last time’s bankroll: 1,679.45 units

Last time:
1 – 50 units Hamburg to win at 1.91 – Final 3-2 – LOSS
2 – 40 units Arsenal to win at 2.37 – Final 0-0 – LOSS
3 – 30-unit win parlay, Roma at 1.70 into Palermo at 1.95 – Final 3-0 and 2-1 – WIN

Profit/loss = (-20.55 units)
New bankroll: 1,658.9 units

This week’s Offshore Oscar play:

1 – While most of Europe will be playing friendlies on Wednesday, some regions kick off their final round of World Cup 2010 qualifying, most notably CONCACAF. The bitter rivalry between the United States and Mexico resumes on Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio. It looks like the sub-freezing weather that the US wanted is not going to happen, with the forecast calling for 50ºF and a possible light shower.

Bob Bradley is blessed with a full healthy squad, while Sven Goran Eriksson’s Mexico squad will be without suspended young Gunner, Carlos Vela, and injured Deportivo left-winger Andres Guardado. Landon Donovan has been training and coming off the bench for Bayern Munich since the beginning of January. That was a great move for him and US soccer, he is match fit, and looking to show the US fans that he will be ready for WC 2010, to make up for his sub par performance at WC 2006. Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard are both playing great in the EPL and they, along with Donovan should help the USA pull out the victory.

40 units on USA to win at 2.05 (so a win gets us back 82 units)

Odds from willhill.com