Concacaf Wcq Previews?????

[galaxyfan03]

Just wondering if anybody has info on where to go, online, to find previews of the upcoming WCQs??

I've been checking ALL over the web but can't find ANYTHING analyzing the CONCACAF WCQs. Perhaps, I'm not looking in the right places.

Every soccer site seems to be focused, rightfully so, on Euro 2004. But it seems to me that CONCACAF WCQ previews should NOT be so hard to find!!

Any ideas & help would be greatly appreciated.

CAN'T WAIT til this coming weekend, when it all starts in CONCACAF.

[sidspaceman]

http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/2006/concacaf_p02.html

That was done by bigsoccer member gohb.

[ZeekLTK]

http://atlasgeo.span.ch/flags/animations/EtatsUnis.gif vs. http://atlasgeo.span.ch/flags/animations/Grenade.gif


United States
FIFA World Rank: 8
CONCACAF Rank: 2
World Cup Finals Appearances: 7
Best World Cup Result: 1930 - World Cup Semifinals
Latest World Cup Result: Eliminated by Germany in World Cup Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Championships: 3
Record in 2004: 3-1-2
2004 Matches:
1/18 - vs Denmark; TIE 1-1
2/18 - at Holland; LOSS 0-1
3/13 - vs Haiti; TIE 1-1
3/31 - at Poland; WIN 1-0
4/28 - vs Mexico; WIN 1-0
6/2 - vs Honduras; WIN 4-0

Country Information
Official Name: United States of America
Capital: Washington DC
Population: 290.34 Million
Currency: US Dollar
Official Language: English
Surface Area: 9,629,091
Average Age: 35.8
Life Expectancy: 77.14
GDP per Inhabitant (US Dollars): 37,600
Motto: In God we trust. Out of many, one (E pluribus unum, sur le Grand Sceau).


Grenada
FIFA World Rank: 145
CONCACAF Rank: 16
World Cup Finals Appearances: 0
Best World Cup Result: 1998 - CONCACAF 2nd Round
Latest World Cup Result: Eliminated by Barbados in CONCACAF 1st Round
CONCACAF Championships: 0
Record in 2004: 4-2-2
2004 Matches:
1/11 - at Barbados; LOSS 0-2
1/31 - vs Barbados; LOSS 0-1
2/28 - vs Guyana; WIN 5-0
3/14 - at Guyana; WIN 3-1
5/8 - at St. Vincent / Grenadines; TIE 1-1
5/20 - at Cuba; TIE 2-2
5/22 - at Cuba; WIN 1-0
6/2 - vs St. Lucia; WIN 2-0

Country Information
Official Name: State of Grenada
Capital: St. George's
Population: 0.09 Million
Currency: Caribbean Dollar
Official Language: English
Surface Area: 344
Average Age: 20.5
Life Expectancy: 64.52
GDP per Inhabitant (US Dollars): 5,000
Motto: Clearer from obscurity (Clarior e tenebris).

[galaxyfan03]

Thanks SOOOOO much, sidspaceman. That WCQ preview was EXACTLY what I was looking for......informative, thorough & entertaining. I just don't understand why the "MAJOR" soccer sites didn't do this.

Thanks to ZeekLTK also, for your impressive "tale of the tape" stats. Especially LOVED the "waving" flags!!

I'm SOOOO psyched to the CONCACAF WCQs!!!

[szazzy]

Absolutely fantastic preview. So many great stories about teams in our region that we never hear about in the press.

[beachesl]

By the way, the little doodad on the mid-left of the Grenada flag is supposed to be a.... nutmeg---Grenada produces 1/3 of the entire world's nutmeg exports, hence the appellation "The Spice Isle" and the team nickname "The Spice Boyz".

Put that on your eggnog and quaff it, eh!

[EvanJ]

ZeekLTK, here are the new FIFA rankings:
United States: 9
Grenada: 138
The CONCACAF ranks are the same for both teams.

[mutinywxgirl]

Is Saturday's Jamaica/Haiti game on TV anywhere???

[Atouk]

Is Saturday's Jamaica/Haiti game on TV anywhere???Looks like no, as I don't see it listed here:
http://www.soccertv.com/amer.cfm

[Atouk]

http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/2006/concacaf_p02.html

That was done by bigsoccer member gohb.Excellent preview. Full of great info and extremely well written. Thanks for the link!