World Cup Qualifying

Great goal by Pulisic !


His 1st career USMNT hat trick
 
Hell of a run by Costa Rica in 2nd half of WCQ to get a top 4 spot
 
I predict Canuckistan surprises a couple of countries in Quatar.
 
All that and them some.

Not gonna argue with you twice.
 
Good. We're in.

If they somehow blow that cushion, eject everyone in US Soccer into the sun
 
Are we in for sure? What if Costa Rica wins 12-0 next game?
 
In thar
Guy Incognito said:
We can't lose by more than 5. If we do, we're in the playoff game vs. New Zealand or the Solomon Islands.

Win, draw, or a loss by 5 or less and we're in.
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so in that scenario, us and costa Rica tied on GD and we get play in game? CR is in good form right now.
 
Handicappers said:
In thar


so in that scenario, us and costa Rica tied on GD and we get play in game? CR is in good form right now.
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No, they have to beat us in goal differential, that's why it has to be six. A five-goal loss has the US and CR even on points and differential, but US has a ten-goal cushion on goals scored, so they'd get tiebreaker 2.

CR could potentially bounce Mexico to the playoff game, but that involves Honduras getting its only win of the round.

Most likely outcome for qualification is Mexico finishes second, US finishes third, and CR goes to the playoff and probably beats NZ/Solomon Islands. US 2/Mexico 3 is still possible if both of them draw or the US wins. The US losing by a bunch and Mexico losing by a bunch (would have to be like 4-0 CR and 2-0 Honduras) is less likely than CR winning by 6, IMO.

The US missing this WC would be worse than the last cycle, because they don't even have to get a point, they just don't have to be annihilated.
 
Guy Incognito said:
No, they have to beat us in goal differential, that's why it has to be six. A five-goal loss has the US and CR even on points and differential, but US has a ten-goal cushion on goals scored, so they'd get tiebreaker 2.

CR could potentially bounce Mexico to the playoff game, but that involves Honduras getting its only win of the round.

Most likely outcome for qualification is Mexico finishes second, US finishes third, and CR goes to the playoff and probably beats NZ/Solomon Islands. US 2/Mexico 3 is still possible if both of them draw or the US wins. The US losing by a bunch and Mexico losing by a bunch (would have to be like 4-0 CR and 2-0 Honduras) is less likely than CR winning by 6, IMO.

The US missing this WC would be worse than the last cycle, because they don't even have to get a point, they just don't have to be annihilated.
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Where there's a will, there's a way. If Demarcus Beasley mysteriously appears in this game...I'm done.
 
Guy Incognito said:
No, they have to beat us in goal differential, that's why it has to be six. A five-goal loss has the US and CR even on points and differential, but US has a ten-goal cushion on goals scored, so they'd get tiebreaker 2.

CR could potentially bounce Mexico to the playoff game, but that involves Honduras getting its only win of the round.

Most likely outcome for qualification is Mexico finishes second, US finishes third, and CR goes to the playoff and probably beats NZ/Solomon Islands. US 2/Mexico 3 is still possible if both of them draw or the US wins. The US losing by a bunch and Mexico losing by a bunch (would have to be like 4-0 CR and 2-0 Honduras) is less likely than CR winning by 6, IMO.

The US missing this WC would be worse than the last cycle, because they don't even have to get a point, they just don't have to be annihilated.
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Costa Rica has 4 key players sitting on yellow cards. Yellow cards carry over for the playoff. Likely they sit those players to save them for the playoff. In reality, that is their best hope not the game with the USA.
 
MrFlyingV said:
Costa Rica has 4 key players sitting on yellow cards. Yellow cards carry over for the playoff. Likely they sit those players to save them for the playoff. In reality, that is their best hope not the game with the USA.
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CONCACAF does some dumb shit, man. Helps us out here, but this is dumb AF.
 
Guy Incognito said:
CONCACAF does some dumb shit, man. Helps us out here, but this is dumb AF.
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Not just CONCACAF. European World Cup Playoffs if you got your second yellow in last Group Stage game, you could not play in first game of playoff. Not sure who was suspended in first game of playoffs. If you had one yellow, that was cleared for the playoffs so no one suspended for final. Did Italy have any suspensions for the North Macedonia game? Not sure.
 
MrFlyingV said:
Lewandowski in the World Cup. Needed that to bolster his belated ballon d'or award for 2022.
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Yeah, with this feather in RL's cap, when Messi somehow wins again, there will be even more of an uproar lol.
 
What a joke the African qualifiers were today with the lasers. Salah got screwed and so did Egypt goaltender. Should replay the penalities with no fans but not going to happen.
 
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