This thread will be for the CONCACAF teams who qualified for Brazil 2014 and discussion on their friendlies/warm ups to the World Cup. (This is not a rivalry thready, but solely for discussion/updates.) *Home team presented first USA: November 15, 2013: Scotland 0 USA 0 November 19, 2013: Austria vs USA January 2014 TBD: StubHub Center, USA January 2014 TBD: São Paulo, Brazil Costa Rica: November 19, 2013: Australia vs Costa Rica January 22, 2014: Chile vs Costa Rica January 25, 2014: Costa Rica vs South Korea Honduras: November 16, 2013: Brazil 5 Honduras 0 January/February 2014 TBD Mexico: November 19, 2013: New Zealand vs Mexico (Mexico lead 5-1 in the Intercontinental playoff for Brazil 2014) February 2014 TBD: San Antonio, USA ...will also update when groups are chosen and finalized rosters for the World Cup.
November 19th results: Austria 1 USA 0 Australia 1 Costa Rica 0 Ecuador 2 Honduras 2 New Zealand 2 Mexico 4 (wins playoff on 9-3 aggregate)
World Cup groups A: Brazil, Cameroon, Mexico, Croatia B: Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Chile C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan D: Uruguay, Costa Rica, Italy, England E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras F: Bosnia, Iran, Argentina, Nigeria G: Germany, USA, Ghana, Portugal H: Belgium, Russia, Algeria, South Korea
Cost Rica is in the group of death! The U.S. is in the second hardest group. Honduras got the easiest group of the Concacaf teams. And Mexico plays the number 1 favorite to win the world cup! Man, its the Asian teams that really got lucky with the easiest groups! minus Australia
Final tune up friendlies for each team USA May 27: Azerbaijan - San Francisco, CA June 1st: Turkey - Harrison, NJ June 7th: Nigeria - Jacksonville, FL Mexico May 28th: Israel - Mexico City May 31st: Ecuador - Arlington, TX June 3rd: Bosnia - Chicago,IL June 6th: Portugal - Foxborough, MA Costa Rica June 2nd: Japan - Tampa Bay, FL June 6th: Republic of Ireland - Chester, PA Honduras May 29th: Turkey - Washington D.C June 1st: Israel - Houston, TX June 7th: England - Miami, FL