"That's probably what exposed you to much too easy objections" And I have graciously admitted as much ...my bad ...seriously...do you have to keep pushing? I would have been done with this but you seem to continue to want to beat the dead horse. Further my original mistake was in confusing the two games, Jordan and Iran in my admittedly ill thought out inclusion of Jordan to illustrate my point. It wasn't as you said that I was completely ignorant to the u17 games. Actually quite the contrary, if you bother to read back on my commentary on that 2016 team specifically (I predicted the difficulty they would have when limited in time and space) and on the games themselves. Your criticisms there have been significantly misplaced. By the way it was the U20s in New Guinea not the 17s as you cite, should I then conclude that you have no credibility and nothing to add? Of course not. As I have said, we all have our biases and I will endeavor to attempt to keep mine in check for the future: what else do you want? I still think Jordan is not an ideal choice despite my error. I also do not think that inviting a youth world cup will have any significant lasting effect on that country's "progress". Even if in choosing future venues, the potential for advancing "progress" existed, it can not in any way justify the putting of our children in any danger. As far as "developing nations", if I wouldn't choose to visit that country because of concerns for safety, I would not advocate for awarding that country venue status for youth programs. Again that is my opinion. I have children do you? You have added interesting posts to many discussions. It is in noones interest to quash discussion.
I was just acknowledging your admission. Sorry if it sounded rude, because it wasn't my intention. Then I got back to the original point, explaining why I wasn't anyway agreeing with you, but keeping it respectful, I guess. Just a different opinion, but not dismissing yours. Moving on?
Some may have moved on, but I feel compelled to add this point: As for safety specifically, which has been mentioned by several posters, my opinion as an expat who's lived in a developing country (India) for nearly a decade and travelled fairly widely to other countries, both developed and developing, would be that not all developing countries are unsafe, and not all developed countries are. Frankly, I often feel safer in India than the US. I'm not advocating for tournaments in war-torn countries. I just enjoy spreading them around (and yes, I enjoyed rooting for the U-17 US boys team while they played in the WC in India; otoh, I have strong feelings about Qatar). Also where is the line drawn as far as safety? Whose advice should we follow? I don't think anyone, including even FIFA, has any intention of placing children in danger. I'm not aware of any FIFA tournament being held in a country where the USDOS currently has a travel advisory level of "Do not travel." In fact, I feel fairly confident that the USSF would not send a team of any age to a country with a travel advisory of level 4 ("do not "travel") and would have strong reservations about a level 3 ("reconsider travel"; the men's team has had to travel to Level 3 countries before though for WC qualification). For countries currently scheduled with an upcoming FIFA tournament, this year's WC in Russia currently has the highest USDOS travel advisory of "Reconsider travel." Places like Papua New Guinea, India, and Jordan have the same travel advisory level as many places in Europe (like Denmark and Germany) of Level 2: "Exercise increased caution." Nicaragua just got elevated from "exercise increased caution" to "reconsider travel" 2 days ago. In other words, when the tournament kicked off, Nicaragua had the same travel safety advisory as many European countries as far as the US govt is concerned. So if the US government's travel safety advice is not sufficient, then who gets to say what country is sufficiently safe? And now I'm reconsidering this post having reread some of the above posts in the thread, but I've typed it all out, so I'm not deleting it now.
It's back on... U-17 Concacaf women's championship to resume June 6 at IMG Academy in Bradenton. Tournament was abandoned amid civil discord in Nicaragua #USWNT— The Equalizer (@EqualizerSoccer) May 11, 2018
And there it is. Glad to see it is official. Should be no threats in Florida going on in June. The tournament should have been there the entire time. FIFA and their desire to host these tournaments in shiddy territories.
what are the rules for the june player lists? do they have to use the identical nicaragua rosters? or can they bring in a now healthy player? the u.s. had several players who didn’t make the original team because they were still recovering from injury. [other teams probably had as well]. i have no idea if they are healthy now, but if they are, i’m wondering....
Some additional information, though nothing about the roster rules: The competition will pick up right where it left off, with nine games to be contested between June 6-12 at the IMG Academy Soccer Stadium. The resumed competition will feature only two teams in Group [A], which completed two rounds of games in Nicaragua, eliminating the hosts and Puerto Rico, therefore those two countries will not come to Florida. Only one match day was completed in the USA’s Group B, so despite the USA’s rousing 4-0 win vs. Costa Rica that put them atop the group, there’s still everything to play for. https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...ld-in-bradenton-concacaf-world-cup-qualifying From Concacaf: 2018 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship – Match Schedule Wednesday, June 6, 2018 17:45 Costa Rica vs Canada 20:00 United States vs Bermuda Friday, June 8, 2018 15:30 Mexico vs Haiti 17:45 Costa Rica vs Bermuda 20:00 United States vs Canada Sunday, June 10, 2018 – Semifinals 17:30 Group A Winner vs Second Place Group B 20:00 Group B Winner vs Second Place Group A http://concacaf.com/en/under-17s-wo...-under-17-championship-to-resume-play-in-june
U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team vs. Bermuda 2018 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship – Group B IMG Academy Stadium; Bradenton, Fla. 5 p.m. ET (go90.com) June 6, 2018 June 8 USA vs. Canada 5:00 p.m. ET go90.com
As expected, the rules allow roster changes, at least for injury: Forward Payton Linneham has been ruled out of the U.S. Women’s Under-17 National Team roster for the remainder of the Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship due to an ankle injury. U.S. U-17 WNT head coach Mark Carr has added forward Reilyn Turner to the 20-player roster. https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...ncacaf-womens-championship-qualifying-bermuda