2013 Hexagonal Draw and Schedule

EvanJ comes in with the Fact Slam.

 

Brent Javan says the draw is at 8 est on Wednesday.

http://twitter.com/BrentJavan/status/264520789091561472

 

The ceremony for the Final Round Draw of World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF will take place Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. ET in Miami#USMNT

https://twitter.com/ussoccer/status/264723729056141312

 

That's the ceremony - when will the draw really take place?

 

Meh, it's not like there can be a "group of death" or anything, there being only one group at this stage. Just whether or not anyone gets their preferred home and away dates is all (everyone would love to finish at home, Mexico would prefer to face us at home at the height of summer when the air is dirtiest, while we would prefer to face Mexico at home in February, etc.). Much, much less influential than who gets drawn into which group with whom.

 

That was just one of the reasons.

 

i really care what match day 10 matches are

jamaica is the only one who wont be playing for a chance

suspect mexico will have clinched, and usa will have 4th minimally locked up

 

Seems simple enough, agreed, with the possible exception of sorting out Mexico's June schedule to accommodate their Confederations Cup trip to Brasil. We had one of our matches moved up - the BB Costa Rica special, iirc - last time around.

 

2013 is going to be awesome!

 

confed cup only gets you rated higher by fifa, the hex gets you to brasil, mexico is almost a sure bet, let them play their team into the ground

 

one of the six will have to start away twice i remember reading. that could really a team behind the 8-ball and end your qualifying before it really begins.

 

Univision Deportes Network will have live coverage of the draw on Wednesday night 7PM EST.

I am not sure who will be covering it in English.

 

I actually disagree. I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing to have 2 road games to start the hex. If you lose both, it will certainly put more pressure on your home games, but if you can get 2+ points, you are in really good shape. Even 1 point is fine and 0 points isn't dooming.

 

If you are USA or MEX sure but imagine Jamaica with Zero points after 2 games into the Hex. Their chances were very slim to begin with but after that they are done. I think Panama, Honduras, and CR are in the same boat.

 

every team has 5 road matches and 5 home matches...

it should not matter the sequence of them, if you hav 2 road to start with

you have 8 matches left with 5 of them at home

by the time match day 10 rolls around, everyone is equal in road matches played

 

I knew you majored in math and not in psychology, and I finally have irrefutable proof!

 

you are ignoring the potential psychological impact of having 0 points 20% of the way in.

 

economics,

 

I will be streamed live also on Concacaf.com at 8:00pm eastern.

 

You must be excited about that, but my guess is that most here would rather focus on the draw.