Scanning through some late night television Wednesday night, I settled on ESPNEWS. After a few minutes the bottom line scoreboard flashed Mexico 1, Panama 1 (85th). Intrigued I flipped over to Univision to watch, hopefully, Panama hold on for a draw in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to see the choatic scenario that played out at Houston's Reliant Stadium. Instead of Mexico pressing for a late go-ahead goal, it was simply chaos on the field. Players from both teams swarmed around referee Joel Aguilar protesting something. Eventually Panama's Ricardo Phillips was led off the field through a phalanx of officials to protect him from flying objects.
