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This site is about CONCACAF soccer with an American view. Concentration on the tournaments like the Gold Cup, World Cup qualification, U-20, U-18 and Olympic qualifications. Also a look at the New Nations League and Champions League and a little MLS as it competes in international tournaments.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Knockout rounds are set--USA plays Monday and Canada plays Sunday
The USA will battle Colombia in Edmonton While Canada will face off against European side Switzerland.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
CONCACAF WCQ Second round is inthe books...some surprises.
Matches
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  | 6–6 (a) |  Guyana | 2–2 | 4–4 |
Antigua and Barbuda  | 5–4 |  Saint Lucia | 1–3 | 4–1 |
Puerto Rico  | 1–2 |  Grenada | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Dominica  | 0–6[note 1] |  Canada | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Dominican Republic  | 1–5 |  Belize | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Guatemala  | 1–0 |  Bermuda | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Aruba  | 0–3 |  Barbados | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis  | 3–6 |  El Salvador | 2–2 | 1–4 |
Curaçao  | 1–1 (a) |  Cuba | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Nicaragua  | 4–1 |  Suriname | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Well this biggest upset on paper is little Curacao ranked 182 beating Cuba (124) on away goals. Cuba population is about 10 Million while Curacao, the little Dutch island is about 150,000. This is the first time Curacao is trying to qualify...... The Dutch always have a great team in the World Cup....This is a little Dutch island.
Nicaragua over Surname
Another upset is Nicaragua (175) over Surname(133). Nicaragua won 2 games in the last qualifying cycle 2011 against Grendad. This cycle Nicaragua advances to the third round for the first time in history. Nicaragua is trying to catch up to the quality of the other Central American countries. This is great news for Nicaragua.
Another upset is Nicaragua (175) over Surname(133). Nicaragua won 2 games in the last qualifying cycle 2011 against Grendad. This cycle Nicaragua advances to the third round for the first time in history. Nicaragua is trying to catch up to the quality of the other Central American countries. This is great news for Nicaragua.
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Barbados over Aruba
On paper this was an upset....Aruba was the 11 ranked team in CONCACAF which was a joke. To me this was a toss up.
Belize over Dominican Repiblic
I thought finally Dominican Republic would break out and show us they are capable of producing a competative team in CONCACAF. I have been waiting 8 years....and I am getting old.
El Salvador squeeked Saint Kitts and Nevis. This was a surprise that St Kitts tied El Salvador in the first match. I think El Salvador is a top 10 team in CONCACAF year in year out.
A&B over St Lucia.
Guatemala narrowely getting by a quality Bermuda team. I think this was the toughest draw against Bermuda.....and they almost pulled off a huge upset.
Canada won 6-0 aggregate over Dominica....They should have.
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