CONCACAF Soccer

USA U-23 coach Porter will try to mold the youngsters for the senior team

2011-12-24T10:52:00.001-05:00

Celeb Porter (Akron coach) will guide the U-23 USA team for the March Tournament U-23 CONCACAF Championship This Championship will take place in the States again. Group A (USA, Canada, El Salvador and Cuba) will play in Tennessee. Group B will play at the Home Depot Center (Mexico, Honduras, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago). Only the top 2 teams will quality for the Olympics. The final

CONCACAF v Asia Football Confederation AFC

2011-12-23T10:37:00.000-05:00

How about a new tournament! I love the Gold Cup but the competition with in CONCACAF is lacking. The USA and Mexico always seem to make the final. The USA plays on the home fields which gives them a huge boost. Mexico has almost 3 times the number of fans in the states than any other country. This support gives Mexico a really boost. I think the USA and Mexico need another tournament to

CONCACAF Second round review Group E

2011-12-02T09:51:00.001-05:00

CONCACAF second Round Group E. Guatemala dominated and advanced to the semi-finals. Guatemala's celebrates their return to the semi-finals This was Guatemala’s group from the beginning. Guatemala was the big Central American country (population of close to 13 Million.) Guatemala has the well established Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Guatemala competes with the very competitive

CONCACAF Pre Olympic Tournament

2011-11-30T10:13:00.002-05:00

Livestrong Sporting Field in KC is the newest SSS venue in the States. March 22- April 2nd 2012 The Olympics are held every 4 years, so the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic tournament is held every 4 years. The USA has hosted 3 of the last 5 tournaments. Mexico has hosted twice. Before this the tournament was a home/away format. I am assuming the home/away got very expensive for each federation to

MLS soccer is growing

2011-11-27T10:15:00.001-05:00

Portland Timbers fans had an average of 18,827 in their first year of MLS play. This stadium is not new but refurbished in the middle of downtown Portland. It is a great location with great fans. This is a well written article about the growth of MLS attendance. The article states that MLS has over taken the hockey NHL and basketball NBA in the states. Well stats do not lie but these stats are

2011-11-25T14:50:00.000-05:00

Panama was the top team going in and the Canaleros did not disappoint their fans. Panama has been on an upswing since 2005 when they made the Gold Cup final. Panama’s only close game was away in Nicaragua. Panama scored 15 goals for and only let in 2. One of the goals was on own goal. Panama is poised to make a good run in the Semi-finals. They will be grouped with regional rival Honduras

Where is the Central American Cup 2013 be played?

2011-11-24T12:11:00.017-05:00

Central America has been quite good about hosting the Central American Cup. 5 out of the 7 countries have hosted multiple times. Honduras has hosted 3 times which is the most. Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador have each hosted twice. Belize and Nicaragua have never hosted. Belize and Nicaragua never hosted sine there was not much interest, their national teams stunk and they

CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Group B review

2011-11-23T09:05:00.000-05:00

This group was the tightest contested group with 3 nations vying for the top spot. Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Bermuda all fielded competitive clubs. Guyana, the tiny nation from South America was the team that came out on top. They beat Trinidad & Tobago when they had to. 18,000 spectators turned out for this match against T&T Nov 11th in Providence Stadium in Guyana. This also was the

CONCACAF Round 2 review

2011-11-22T16:21:00.001-05:00

I referred to this group as El Salvador’s group because they were the team to beat. They won every game and dominated in the stats category. They scored the most goals with 20 and let in the least (5). There was never a question as to who the best team in this group was. El Salvador will advance to Round 3 in a formidable group which will have regional rival Costa Rica, CONCACAF power Mexico and

Round 2 November games

2011-10-31T16:47:00.000-04:00

Round 2 We can look at the 6 groups this way. 2 groups are already settled.2 groups are almost wrapped up and 2 groups are up for grabs. Alreadey settled Well we know Group C was also win by Panama, Group E is also settles with Guatemala going through. There 2 groups that just have to be played outr are Group A and Group D. Almost Wrapped up Group A has El Salvador just needing a tie against

Round 2 Update

2011-10-13T11:54:00.004-04:00

Group A El Salvador’s Group Let me start with Group A or El Salvador’s group. El Salvador has won all their games and has a comfortable lead with 12 points. Not only has El Salvador dominated on the field but they have also dominated with fan participation. El Salvador has turned out 25,272 and 17,570. The problem is the last 2 games are against the second place team, Suriname. Suriname has 7

Rond 2

2011-10-08T07:50:00.000-04:00

This is a nice article about CONCACAF second round.

Round 2 attendance

2011-09-24T09:21:00.000-04:00

CONCACAF Round 2 attendance The first games of round 2 are in the books. What mostly interests me is the “interest” of other fans. I was thinking before these games started that El Salvador and Guatemala would have good fan participation and they both came through will flying colors. Canada, Belize, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were all disappointments to me. Haiti and Nicaragua both

Group D Canada, Puerto Rico, St Kitts, St Lucia

2011-09-04T10:02:00.000-04:00

Canada looked like the superior team and they won at home It sounded like Puerto Rico also dominated but only can away with 1 point for the tie. The big game is when Canada plays in Puerto Rico and that game is Tuesday

Group A El Salvador v Dominican Republic

2011-09-04T08:02:00.001-04:00

El Salvador beat the Dominican Republic in Cuscatalab if front of 25,272 spectators. This was by far the biggest WCQ game in CONCACAF so far. El Salvador fans turn out to see their national team play. The score was closer than the game itself. El Salvador had the far superior team. They were technically sound and had better players at the majority of positions. This could have been a route.

La Volpe quits as Costa Rica coach

2011-08-28T09:46:00.002-04:00

Coata Rica is now searching for a new coach. This has been Costa Rica problem letely, lack of stabality. The Tico's hopegully will have some time to organize before the Semi-finals start. The CONCACAF semi-finals start in 2012...

Bahamas drops out of Group C

2011-08-27T07:36:00.000-04:00

Chine built a new national stadium for Bahamas. It was for track and field and soccer. This beautiful stadium will now sit idle. Aparrently China completed all it's tasks and handed off the to the Bahamas. However the Bahamas dropped the ball. They did not meet dates to complete certain things like the infrastructure, parking ect that goeas along with a big project. Hexagonal blog does a good job

FIFA articles about our groups

2011-08-11T19:06:00.002-04:00

Sorry...but I am out of work and quite busy.....

New National Coach for Puerto Rico, Jeaustin Campos!

2011-08-08T20:31:00.002-04:00

Jeaustin Campos, national team player for Coata Rica, Successful coach for Saprissa, and he helped the local club reach the final 4 in the CArribbean Cup Club competition 2010. The USA is not the only national team getting a new coach. Puerto Rico is indicating that they now want a full time national coach/technical director. Puerto Rico has been in contact with Costa Rican, Jeaustin Campos.

Jurgen Klinmsmann takes over

2011-07-31T11:30:00.001-04:00

The US national team has been lifeless since the end of the World Cup in South Africa. They have been one of the power nations with in CONCACAF however this status has been shaken. In 2011 the played 3 South American teams all on home soil and did not record a victory. US 1-1 Chile, US 1-1 Argentina, US 0-1 Paraguay. Then they were undressed by Spain 0-4 right before the Gold Cup. Sam’

The CONCACAF draw

2011-07-30T15:57:00.008-04:00

A quick look at Round 2 Group A El Salvador's Group ( El Salvador, Suriname, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic.) This is the group of 3's. El Salvador, Suriname and Dominican Republic were all #3 ranked teams in their Pots. Cayman Isl were 5th. El Salvador plays great at Cuscatalan Stadium. They will difficult to beat there. Mexico and Costa Rica both lost in Cuscatalan Stadium.

Second Round CONCACAF

2011-07-22T14:56:00.018-04:00

Round 2 This will be the most anticipated and comprehensive for World Cup Qualifying for CONCACAF. Never before have there been so many teams eager to qualify. Most nations believe they can win their group. The last qualifying round had 24 nations in a home/away series to get to the Semi-finals (Final 12 teams). Some of these smaller teams were slaughtered in this round against the

Bahamas surprises in Round 1 of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.

2011-07-17T10:57:00.004-04:00

So far I am 4 for 4 in predicting the winners in Round 1 of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. I attest this to luck more than anything. I never viewed any of these teams play. I only guessed at their progress by looking at past performances, the domestic league and the commitment of their federation. Bahamas v Turks and Caicos Islands The only surprise I see is the lopsided victory the Bahamas

Belize will play a World Cup qualifier

2011-07-07T13:49:00.001-04:00

Belize national team in Trinidad & Tobago The good news is that Belize will be playing the second leg of their World Cup qualifier. The bad news for their fans is, they will not be playing at home. Since the Belize government will not guarantee security for the game. There is also a growing riff between the BFF and the government going back to the last World Cup Qualifier for years

Only post about Monserrat

2011-07-05T16:13:00.001-04:00

Monserrat national team picture This poor team does not even know how to take a picture. Here they are getting ready to play Belize. The game was played in Trinidad and Tobago. The stadium was Ato Boldon Stadium. As you can tell there were no fans at this game. Belize did beat them 5-2...however it could be this pathetic group that advances if Belize remains suspended by Fifa.....this

WCQ First round update

2011-07-03T21:15:00.013-04:00

The Bahamas vs Turks The Bahamas beat the Turks and Cacaos Island 4-0. The game was an away game for the Bahamas. The Bahamas have a commanding lead and they are hoping for many supporeters at home for their next game. the game will be played July 9th 2011. They will play at the Roscow a. l. Davis Soccer field. The Bahamas should advance here, especially now playing at home. The Battle

Bahamas National Stadium

2011-06-29T14:02:00.001-04:00

Bahamas new national Stadium The Bahamas is getting a new national Stadium. The government of China is again exerting it’s influence in the Western hemisphere by building the Bahamas a new national stadium in the capitol of Nassau. The Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium is a $30 million facility that will be able to seat 15,000. This will be best facility in the Caribbean when it is

Gold Cup total Attendance 650,000 is the best in history by far...

2011-06-26T10:32:00.002-04:00

93,000 plus fans attended the Gold Cup final 2011 in the Rose Bowl What pisses me off is bad information and CONCACAF is passing out bad information. Ivan Orozco just posted an attendance article about the Gold Cup attendance that has contradictory numbers. He stated that attendance totaled “Pointing to crowds that have totaled 493,232 - the third-best in the history of the tournament without

Gold Cup (states) and U-17 FIFA World Cup Mexico

2011-06-25T12:18:00.001-04:00

Rose Bowl will be the location of the GOLD Cup final There are 2 main soccer competitions going on presently in CONCACAF. The Gold Cup that is being played in the states and FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. The Gold Cup will have its conclusion tonight. The 2 huge rivals USA vs Mexico will be on display on Pasadena’s Rose Bowl. These 2 nations will highlight the CONCACAF region. They both

Panama vs El Salvador

2011-06-22T15:55:00.000-04:00

Panama players are taller than El Salvador players

Group phase attendance of Gold Cup

2011-06-18T10:58:00.001-04:00

Soccer has intrigued me since the 1994 World Cup in the states. This was a new sport on the horizon. I envisioned packed stadiums and crazy fans like the ones who jammed into every bar in Brighton during the World Cup 1994. I have watched the slow growth of MLS from 1996 to 2011. There was the low of 10 teams to it present 19 franchises. The newer stadiums really added to the experience of going

Belize opens CONCACAF WCQ with win

2011-06-15T21:48:00.001-04:00

Belize opens CONCACAF WCQ with a 5-2 victory. This victory was played in T&T since Monseratt has no home field.

Gold Cup Group C is the most competative

2011-06-12T10:48:00.001-04:00

Panama celebrates thier first ever victory agains USA Ok the second round of games are finished and we do have a whopper of a surprise. Let me start with Panama. Panama finally beat the yanks in the states 2-1. This is the first time the yanks have lost in Group play. This is the first time Panama has ever beaten the yanks. They played 8 previous times.” It's an historic moment. We, as a

Finally FIFA has pre-dates

2011-06-11T11:57:00.000-04:00

There are 10 nations in the pre liminary rounds, so 5 matches. FIFA however only has the one game listed between Belize and Monseratt. Monseratt will be playing in Trinidad and Tobago. Warner probably has a hand in that. Belize v Monseratt Doninican Republic v Anguilla US Virgin Isl vs British Virgin Isl St Lucia vs Aruba Bahamas vs Turks and Cacios Isl http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/

Opening round thoughts

2011-06-07T22:49:00.000-04:00

J. Hernandez scores 3 against El Salvador Ok, every team has a game under their belts. A quick thought on the tournament so far. The opening game between Costa Rica 5-0 and Cuba was as lopsided as the score. Costa Rica is as good as Cuba was bad. Costa Rica will challenge Mexico for the top spot. El Salvador played with poise until the flood gates opened against Mexico in the second game. Once

Gold Gup preview

2011-06-05T10:07:00.001-04:00

I was going to write a quick article on the Gold Cup preview but Michael Lewis does a good job here. My feeling is that CONCACAF is in disarray in it's leadership at his time. The Gold Cup will take our minds off the ugliness, corruption and backstabbing for a while. The 12 team tournament almost guarantee the yanks and Mexico to reach the final as long as neither does not come in 3rd in their

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup preview

2011-06-04T14:43:00.000-04:00

This is not a preview of each team but rather a preview of each nations "camp". Steven Davis does an ok job here to give hus view on this cup.

Aruba vs St Lucia will open the CONCACAF World Cup qualification

2011-06-02T18:48:00.000-04:00

I can oly assume at this point that the CONCACAF new format is adopted. Blatter is relieved that he was re ellected. this is last go around for his money grab. Jack Warner is not on speaking terms with General Secretary Chuck Blazer. Warner is presently suspended from his FIFA post so Blazer does not want to talk to him, Warner is just to hot. Puerto Rico gave evidence of corruption so Warner

Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer warns Caribbean football officials as corruption investigation continues

2011-05-30T21:34:00.000-04:00

It looks like Chuck Blazer has had a riff with his long time buddy from Trinidad and Tobago, Jack Warner. This about face from Blazer seemed to have happened when the USA did not get the World Cup bid. My country did have the best bid when you compate most factors however the USA already hosted a World Cup. The problem was there was back room conversation that the yanks not bid for 2018

FIFA investigates bin HAmmam-Warner for bribary

2011-05-25T13:20:00.000-04:00

Not again Jack. Please tell he is isn't so. ANOTHER scandel.

Belize Defense force out of CL...no proper stadia...Bull shit

2011-05-18T19:25:00.001-04:00

Dr. Bernie Chimillio Belize is the small central American country on the east Coast. This countr is granted one slot in the CONCACAF Champions League. The winner of this season goes to Defense Force. but wait a minute...CONCACAF officials claim they do not have the proper lighting for the stadium. This is "bull shit". This country need to participate...and the excuse CONCACAF gives is "

Costa Rica replaces Japan in Copa America

2011-05-11T20:53:00.000-04:00

Japan has been struggling since the earthquake, flood and nuclear reactor. They have backed out of the Copa America. this opened the door for Costa Rica. Costa Rica will play in Group A with Argentina, Colombia and Bolivia. This is the Tico's 4th appearance... Mexico is CONCACAF other participant in the tournament

Bermuda National Stadium

2011-05-07T13:00:00.000-04:00

Bermuda is the nation that will NOT be participating in the preliminary rounds in CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. They will be the 6th team to be placed in Pot D withthe 5 winners. I quick look at Bermuda beautiful stadium. The Bermuda National Sports Center is the name of this venue. It is located in Hamilton Bermuda. I am guessing it's attendance for a soccer game is 5,000.

Gold Cup historical attendance

2011-05-04T11:15:00.001-04:00

Wikipedia is wrong. There is bad information that is being spewed and quoted about the Gold Cups attendance. Boggers and other so called football experts are making bad assessments about past Gold Cup’s attendance. Well I spend well over 3 months trying to figure out what the attendance is. You can to if you have time. Go to the CONCACAF.com web site. Go to News and click on the link that says

Warner reelected President as CONCACAF celebrates 50th anniversary

2011-05-04T10:55:00.001-04:00

When I thin of Jack Warner I think of all the corruption stories. Why is that? It seems that if someone runs against him, Warner will win in a landslide. Warner is a T&T resident. He looks out for the Caribbean nations. IT someone from Central America, Mex or the States ran against him and the a few caribbean nation did not vote for Jack, they would be in a heep of trouble if Jack won the

Anguilla vs Dominican Republic

2011-05-03T15:44:00.000-04:00

Dominican Republic CAribbean Cup 2011 DR Dominican Republic stadium in San Cristoba Anguilla is another British overseas territory but is a full CONCACAF member. Anguilla is at the top of the Caribbean chain of islands, East of Puerto Rico. There are only about 14,000 inhabitants on this tiny tropical island. This is the second least in population in the Caribbean. Their coach is Scott

Bahamas vs Turks and Cacaos Islands

2011-05-03T08:30:00.008-04:00

The Turks and the Cacaos Islands (TCI) are British overseas territories in the Caribbean. The TCI is made up with the bigger Cacaos and the smaller Turks island, similar to Trinidad & Tobago. This territory is located just above Haiti. It is at the lower area of all the Bahaman Islands. The population is only 36,000. The GDP is average for a Caribbean Island at roughly $17,500 per person. Like

CONCAC AF Preliminary draw ....Aruba vs. St. Lucia

2011-05-02T10:12:00.000-04:00

St. Lucia national team in Suriname during Caribbean Cup Aruba is a tiny island off Venezuela. I visited there once. Aruba has beautiful beaches and very clear water. I do not think of soccer when I think of Aruba. For a small island it has about 103,000 people. Aruba is one of the richer Caribbean islands having per capita income of about 23k per year. Yes they have a football league

Battle of the Virgins

2011-05-01T13:27:00.028-04:00

Venton James (13) and Roger Alexander of the British Virgin Islands during their World Cup 2010 South Africa Qualifying match on Sunday, March 30, 2008. British Virgin Islands vs. US Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands British Virgins Islands is another British overseas department. The population is about 27,000 from a 2005 census. The main sports on the island are cricket

FIFA now has CONCACAF preliminary match ups

2011-05-01T11:49:00.002-04:00

Belize National Team in Rommel Stadium, Panama FIFA will decide at the end of May of the “new” CONCACAF World Cup Qualification is ok. I believe this is great for most CONCACAF nations. FIFA will decide in late May in Switzerland. June 3rd and 7th are the preliminary round dates. This does not give me much time to look at these nations. So I will start now. What I always want to

Mexico wins again...oh hum!

2011-04-28T12:25:00.000-04:00

MLS is inferior…well that is what the stats tell us. The last 3 Champions League era there have been 3 Mexican winners. To take it a step further of the 6 participants there has only been one MLS team (RSL). The CONCACAF Champions Cup (Champions League replace this) we have to all they way back to 2000 to find a MLS team in the Final (LA Galaxy) Wow…MLS is suffering an inferiority

CONCACAF new qualifying proposal

2011-04-26T22:58:00.002-04:00

This is MLS take on CONCACAF....

T&T get a quality international coach to turn thing around

2011-04-26T22:48:00.001-04:00

Here is a great interview with Otto by Fifa German coach Otto Pfister I use to like when T&T had a good attacking team. Now they have hired a quality international coach to lead them into WCQ. He is old 73 yikes. Lets hope he can organize this team. I like the rivalry they had with Jamaica.

Fifa Article on Canada

2011-04-26T22:41:00.000-04:00

Canda's Josh Smith battles with a Greek international player. I think Canada is one of the stronger CONCACAF nations. I believe they are as good as the Teir 1 Central American Nations. Those being Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama. I would also throw Jamaica into the Teir to be fair. Canada does not play in the Central American Cup so we can only gauge them in WCQ and the Gold Cup. The last Gold

CONCACAF wCQ to be decided in Zurich, Switserland

2011-04-26T22:16:00.000-04:00

There is nothing new here however it is getting a little clearer. This decision will be the end of May. This is the first official post about breeaking the 24 nations of Round 1 into 4 Pots. Maybe they have been reading my posts......... This link also assumes that the March FIFA ranking would be used...World Cup Qualifying Cuba above Canada and Panama is a joke. I think El

Central American Clubs teams

2011-04-24T22:30:00.002-04:00

Leagues around CONCACAF Belize Belize has the Belize Premier Football League. This league is brand new compared to the other Leagues in Central America. The league started in 1991. There is no real power house since the league is still in its infancy. The Premier Division has 8 clubs. The league starts in September and ends the next year in January. Thelast Champion is Belize Defense Force. This

The new CONCACAF WCQ format

2011-04-21T19:30:00.002-04:00

I am getting anxious as to how the next CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying will shake out. The new proposal is a good one because of Round 1. This provides most CONCACAF nations a chance to host home World Cup Qualifying games. This alone will do wonders for the domestic leagues of each member. Preliminary round nations ranked 26-35 will play a home and away to see who qualifies for round 1 1. Top

Belize update

2011-04-15T15:53:00.002-04:00

Belize Belize has the most to be grateful for. Previously they did not have a paying field. Now they have a field with a FIFA pitch, stands were added that will accomidate about 5,000 spectations. There is a 6 foot fence in front of the fans to keep them off the field. Lights are also to be installed for night games. I am not sure if the lights are up yet. There is also building to house the

Blatter's Central American tour..El Salvador

2011-04-15T15:43:00.003-04:00

El Salvador Tuesday when he travelled to El Salvador to attend the opening of the country’s latest Goal Project facilities. This project is very similar to Guatemala’s and Honduras’s National team hotel. Goal 3 seems to combine the national team hotel with the Elite Performance Academy. Blatter is pictures with the El Salvador emblem behind him. The second picture is Blatter walking up from a

Blatter's Central American tour ...Honduras

2011-04-15T15:40:00.002-04:00

HondurasBlatter arrives in Honduras and meets with the president of Honduras football and the President of country to talk about football.The next day Blatter got up early and traveled to Siguatepeque. This city will house the National Team Hotel which is only in Phase 1. I do not know how many phases there will be or how long it will take but it is underway. Siguatepegue is located exactly

Blatter's tour...Guatemala

2011-04-15T15:13:00.002-04:00

Blatter’s Central American visit. . . Guatemala The FIFA President made his way through Central American nations. His first stop was Guatemala. Blatter watched the host (Guatemala) beat Panama for 3rd place in CONCACAF U-20. The next day he presented Mexico with the U-20 trophy. The last stop was to the newly constructed “national team hotel” that is funded by the goal project. These team hotels

El Salvador update

2011-04-13T20:09:00.005-04:00

As a 7-0 defeat to neighbours Costa Rica in their first-ever international in 1921 suggested, life on the international scene has often been a struggle for El Salvador. The Central Americans have, however, gone on to enjoy some notable successes and are currently undergoing one of their most promising moments in an up-and-down history. The Cuscatlecos have reached the FIFA World Cup™ finals on

CONCACAF new member ....Curacao

2011-04-11T11:23:00.012-04:00

There will be a new flag in CONCACAF that we will all be looking at. The new team/nation of Curacao formed after the Netherland Antilles was disolved in 2010. Curacao also becomes FIFA newest member this month. Curacao will take on the old records of the Netherland Antilles for historical statistics. Curacao was the biggest and most populous of the Netherland Antilles islands. It is an island in

CONCACAF tournament tweek is Guatemala's gain

2011-04-09T17:46:00.005-04:00

I love the World Cup until the yanks get knocked out and have to suffer through watching some European nation make a dramatic run that seems to stir great excitement. Some year I want my yanks to make that great run that we can talk about. The other international tournaments like the U-20 and U-17 are tournament where I can print out the brackets with the national flags on them. These

Honduras get's Najar ...good!

2011-04-09T16:38:00.004-04:00

Honduras It always interests me when there is a new “Wonder” player who comes out of no where and makes a national team. Well Andy Najar has declared his national team will be Honduras. "It was a decision that my heart told me," the 18-year-old D.C. United midfielder said,”It came strictly from my heart. Najar is the reigning MLS Rookie of the Year and he quite possibly is playing midfield for

Newer Stadiums in Central America

2011-03-31T14:30:00.004-04:00

OK...just a little review on CONCACAF and the newer stadiums in each country. I would have to say that the USA is having the most rapid growth in the sport. MLS will be adding Livestrong Stadium. This is multimillion dollar stadium for the local MLS team in Kansas City. The capacity is only 18,500 however this will make for a nice intimate setting for the local team. Rommell Stadium was

Belize and Nicaragua

2011-03-27T20:46:00.006-04:00

I like comparing the Central American Countries. They are all roughly the same size as opposed to the Caribbean nations. The Central American countries are usually ranked higher than most Caribbean countries. This new CONCACAF qualification for the World Cup has my mind racing. I have been grouping nations in 4 teams groups and looking for the nations that could be the big surprise.Belize and

CONCACAF U-20 Championship; Guatemala

2011-03-24T18:17:00.005-04:00

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship will start this Monday in Guatemala. This years edition has expanded from 8 nations to 12 nations. This is good news since more national teams can play and develop their young teams. There will be 12 nations broken up into 4 groups of 3 teams. So every game is important. Only the winners of each group will hake the knockout round. The final 4 nations left will

Jamaica vs Venezuela

2011-03-21T20:10:00.003-04:00

The Jamaican national team is getting ready for the Gold Cup. They are taking this tournament seriously. The tournament will get them ready for World Cup qualification. The Gold cup will also put the team, the nation and Jamaican soccer in the spot light.To get ready the Reggae Boyz are playing good competition. They will take on Venezuela on the island of Jamaica. There will be a number of MLS

Dates for the New Proposed CONCACAF WCQ

2011-03-20T11:56:00.005-04:00

Ok here are the new proposed dates for the “New” CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. There is a preliminary round with a few dates to reduce the field to 30. The top 6 nations get a bye. The top nations that get this lucky bye are (USA, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Cuba). These top 6 nations go directly to the Second round of qualifying that starts in 2012. This is the semi-final round that

CONCACAF got WCQ right this time

2011-03-19T14:55:00.005-04:00

This is a new hybrid CONCACAF qualifying format compared to the 2010 qualifying. The 2010 second round had the top 6 teams participating. This made for unexciting games. 2010 had the top 24 nations play a home and away series to cut the field to 12. This did not develop the sport at all. The big nations walloped the other smaller Caribbean nations. Then some good teams were knocked out in one

CONCACAF qualifying format

2011-03-19T14:17:00.005-04:00

Ok CONCACAF qualifying system is in place. It is easier to understand if I just group the teams based on ranking today. The top team in each group will advance. The top ranked team is the first team in each group. Therefore the top team is the favorite in this home and away qualifying.The top team in each group will go to the very controversial Semi-final grouping. As we all know. The final 12

The image of corruption

2011-03-12T10:00:00.002-05:00

OK...are we getting somewhere. We all hear about corruption in sports. Soccer has to be the most corrupt sport there is. even FIFA's World Cup voting is a disgrace. Well once the courts get involved the truth becomes a little clearer.1 Million can not be accounted for. This is a disgrace. Jack were is this money. It was not yours. Now the TTFF books have to be opened. This will be fun. It will be

MLS new playoff format

2011-03-10T23:23:00.003-05:00

When you start a business you usually copy another business so you can make a profit also. MLS however did not copy EPL and have no playoff. They followed NLF instead. The NFL is the premier league in the world that makes money. MLS is young in the business. MLS has increased the playoff teams by 2 for a total of 10 teams.Last year 8 teams made the playoffs. However 6 of those teams were from

Costa Rica unveils new jewel

2011-03-10T19:01:00.004-05:00

This is Costa Rica new stadium. They now have the best national Stadium in Central America.Costa Rica has not hosted a Central American Cup since 1999. That is 12 years ago. They are in line to host the 2013 unless Nicaragua is gearing up to host their first ever Cup. Time will tell which country will host but this is good news for Costa Rica and the Central American region.Costa Rica has had one

Gold Cup 2011 Groups are set

2011-03-08T15:12:00.005-05:00