LONDON, Ontario, Canada - The second day of the Men's Pan American Cup was played today in another bright spring day at University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.

Venezuela - Chile : 1-6

In the first game, Chile had an immediate grasp on the play against Venezuela. But, after an initial goal by Jorge O'Ryan on a swift attack on the left wing, they faced a well regrouped Venezuelan defense and it was only in the twenty fifth minute that they could score again, with two goals in quick succession. This forced Venezuela out of its defensive shell and they were rewarded by a goal on a broken penalty corner option.

The same pattern prevailed in the second half with Chile having most of the play but failing to finalize their opportunities under constant pressure from the Venezuelan defense. Venezuela staged some quick and dangerous counter-attacks but the score didn't evolve for most of the half. Both teams were reduced to ten players after an exchange of yellow cards for rough play, giving more space to the Chilean who scored on a well executed direct hit on penalty corner, pushing the score up to 5-1, then to 6-1 in the last minute of play.

Puerto Rico - USA : 1-11

For the second game of the day at 10:00am, the temperature was already climbing in the high twenties. USA went on quickly on the score sheet with two goals by Ramandeep Sandhu. Puerto Rican players displayed speed and individual skills, but lacked a rigorous organization on the field, leaving space to the Americans who consistently penetrated the circle and capitalized on penalty corners. Score at half-time was 5-0.

USA steadily kept pushing and scored on set-plays (2 penalty-corners and 1 penalty strokes for Shawn Nakamura) while Puerto Rico could only reply with episodic counter-attacks and a well executed penalty corner. US goal keeper Jeb Saez saved a penalty stroke late in the game to keep the score at 11-1.

Brazil - Argentina : 0-20

Brazil and Argentina took the field at noon on a pitch drying quickly under the strong sun. The pace of the game was fairly slow and, although completely dominating the game, Argentina only scored on the 17th minute by Santiago Capurro. They picked-up the pace slightly to score 4 more goals before half-time.

The second half was a one sided affair with Argentina playing a polished game and accelerating at will to score with nice combinations that pleased the spectators. The goals started to pile up in the second part of the period, and there was nothing Brazil seemed to be able to do to prevent the score climbing up to 20-0, with Jorge Lombi adding five to his tournament tally, while Mario Almada and Santiago Capurro scored four each.

Uruguay - Mexico : 0-5

The game between Uruguay and Mexico was an entertaining affair between two young teams with promising skills. Mexico opened the scoring after a fine effort by Pool Moreno who penetrated the circle amongst a packed defense and went around the goalkeeper to score on the empty net. He doubled his tally a few minutes later by pouncing on a short corner rebound to bat it over the fallen goalkeeper.

Despite Mexico scoring a third goal, the remaining of the half was balanced. The umpires had to use their cards to cool down the players (four green and one yellow cards). Uruguay played short at the end of the period but Mexico could not capitalize and half-time was reached on the score of 3-0.

The second half was an entertaining display of energetic hockey, going back and forth, with both teams creating scoring opportunities, but only Mexico capitalizing on them. Uruguayan goalkeeper Mariano Mallo delighted the crowd by twice foot stopping a long ball in the D then proceeding to fake a rushing attacker soccer style before clearing the ball! Final score: 5-0 for Mexico.

Netherlands Antilles - Canada : 1-8

The last game of the day opposed home team Canada to the Netherlands Antilles, who were looked at with more respect after their commending performance last night against Mexico. They immediately showed that they would be no pushover with a dangerous rush down the left side by Marc Vullinghs and a superb stick save on the line by Jaap Overgaauw on a hard close range shot by Rob Short.

Canada scored on their third penalty corner after a series of quick passes that left Connor Grimes alone in front of the goalkeeper. They kept pushing and scored two more goals in quick succession by Dave Jameson and Ravi kahlon. The Netherlands Antilles had more and more trouble sustaining the Canadian pressure and conceded a penalty-stroke converted by Rob Short, but Canada could not score any more until halftime (4-0).

The second half was played without much passion or rhythm. Canada managed to score two more goals by Rob Short before the game had to be interrupted by a sudden lightning storm that completely flooded the pitch. The game had little to offer when it resumed, Canada adding two more goals while the Netherlands Antilles were rewarded by a penalty-corner "on the buzzer" scored by Jaap Overgaauw with an excellent drag flick that shaved the Canadian left post. Final score: 8-1 for Canada, with Rob Short picking up 4 goals, including 3 penalty strokes.