CONCACAF Road to World Cup 2014

Yep, that time again all starts June 8th.

Group A
Guatemala VS Jamaica
Antigua & Barbados VS USA

Group B
El Salvador VS Costa Rica
Guyana VS Mexico

Group C
Canada VS Cuba
Panama VS Honduras

How many pass to the next round? Is it just the first two of each group, or is it the first 2 and the best 2 3rd place finishers sort of thing?

I believe it's the top 2 teams from each group will advance to the fourth round.

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Bolded= who I think will advance.

Group A
Guatemala VS Jamaica
Antigua & Barbados VS USA

Group B
El Salvador VS Costa Rica
Guyana VS Mexico

Group C
Canada VS Cuba
Panama VS Honduras

Canada should probably be able to advance in group C but they've been pretty overwhelming recently.(Can't remember the last time they beat any country whose FIFA Ranking wasn't in the triple digits.) I think Panama pulling an upset is very doable.

Guatemala might also surprise in Group A(although I still find it unlikely they'll advance to the next round ahead of Jamaica) they've been giving some vastly superior(in footballing terms) countries a hard time recently.(Costa Rica and Paraguay)

Also, unfortunately for El Salvador they're in Mexico and Costa Rica's group. In any other group 2nd place would be a possibility.

But yeah., pretty excited. A few of these games will be played in my hometown. So I'll catch a few.

Yes, top 2 in each group advance to a final group of 6. Top 3 from the final cup go to the world cup and the 4th place team plays a 2-leg tie with the winner of the OFC.

I really hope Canada passes I really want to see them in the last 6, but I see USA & Guatemala passing in Group A. Mexico and Costa Rica in group B and Panama + Honduras.

did Trinidad already get eliminated? miss seeing them in the world cup with Stern John

fluffy_kittens wrote:did Trinidad already get eliminated? miss seeing them in the world cup with Stern John

Yes, Guyana won their 2nd round qualifying group.

Weather130 wrote:

fluffy_kittens wrote:did Trinidad already get eliminated? miss seeing them in the world cup with Stern John

Yes, Guyana won their 2nd round qualifying group.

how is Trinidad not good?

fluffy_kittens wrote:

Weather130 wrote:

Yes, Guyana won their 2nd round qualifying group.

how is Trinidad not good?

They could not beat Guyana or Bermuda away

such an easy group for us. we are going to win all the games.

Grax wrote:such an easy group for us. we are going to win all the games.

Not so fast, the referee in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup final is in charge in Guatemala next week. We may be playing against 12 in Central America which always includes a rather hostile crowd.

Grax wrote:such an easy group for us. we are going to win all the games.

Nice. You just invoked "Best American Group Since The Doors" syndrome.

Ché Guayaba wrote:Canada should probably be able to advance in group C but they've been pretty overwhelming recently.(Can't remember the last time they beat any country whose FIFA Ranking wasn't in the triple digits.)

Well we haven't played many teams higher than 100 recently, or many games period.

Last 7 games vs. teams ranked 100 or higher:

Canada 0-0 USA (June 3, 2012)
Armenia 3-1 Canada (Feb 29, 2012)
Canada 1-1 Panama (June 14 2011)
Canada 1-0 Guadeloupe (June 11 2011)
USA 2-0 Canada (June 7 2011)
Canada 2-2 Ecuador (June 1 2011)
Belarus 0-1 Canada (Mar 29 2011

Hope Hume smashes Cuba to pieces

Hume doesn't get into our first XI that often as of late actually. On paper we actually have a decent strike force, if only they could convert chances.

Ranking usually goes:

De Rosario
Occean
Ricketts
Jackson
Hume

How it should go IMO:

De Rosario
Jackson
Occean
Hume
Ricketts

Don't know why Ricketts is so highly regarded by Hart, he's decent but I really don't think he should get a spot ahead of Hume, much less Jackson. We do play a christmas tree type formation though, so his pace helps him carry the ball out wide.

EDIT: That's also with Simpson injured, usually we have Simpson playing out wide with De Ro more playing in the hole. But we've been playing De Ro in that wider formations now that we don't have Simpson.

Cuba is screwed no matter what they do. If they make it to the hexagonal I would not at all be surprised if they have a key player defect while they are in the USA since that is completely legal. Unless you think somehow Guatemala and Jamaica are the two teams to advance from Group A this is a serious issue Cuba will need to deal with. Frankly I feel that this law is messed up and I would rather face them in a neutral country rather than making them go through all of this. Wet feet, dry feet really needs to go away.

1-0 Canada, Occean with a nice header from a cross by Edgar. 56th minute now.

Hirschfeld sent off for handling the ball outside the box.

Canada holds on with 10 men.

We should handle our biz no problem.


Watch us struggle now.

Time to pad those stats yo.

Easy match tonight even with the massive rain. Mexico v Guyana should be fun as well.

And so it begins, 1-0 Bocanegra.

Silly foul by Antigua & Barbados for that penalty but otherwise they look alright. I think they look better than most of the random small island nations of the Carribean, I think the away match might be a little bit tricky.

Is Onyewu shit now, or is he just going through a rough patch?

9th qualifying goal for Peter Byers.

Well-deserved goal.

3-1

Juventino. wrote:Is Onyewu shit now, or is he just going through a rough patch?

I think he's well past it I mean if he's getting played by Antigua and Barbuda just wait until we play Mexico or somebody

Rudolph Austin could have had a hat-trick already. Two long rangers off the crossbar and another saved by the keeper.

The ref has cramp now.

Some important games going on...Costa Rica vs El Salvador...Panama beating Honduras :O and Jamaica beating the Guatamalanese.