2017 Gold Cup [R]

Discussion in 'Gold Cup' started by Paul Calixte, May 31, 2017.

  1. jagum

    jagum Member

    CF Montreal
    Venezuela
    Jun 20, 2007
    Panama City, Panama
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Venezuela
    Nothing more pathetic than not having a draw for the gold cup .... and the groups are made at their own discretion !
     
  2. cloak

    cloak Member

    Aug 25, 2010
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    How is an ineligible player even allowed by CONCACAF to be named to an official roster?? I mostly feel bad for other 3rd place teams El Salvador and Martinique, who this really screws.
     
  3. fknbuflobo

    fknbuflobo Member+

    Arsenal FC
    United States
    Nov 16, 2011
    Akron, Ohio
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Which jersey will USMNT don vs. Nicaragua? Which color?
     
  4. salvikicks

    salvikicks Member+

    Mar 6, 2006
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's BS, all bias aside say they both end up with 4 pts, Honduras has more differential over ES because of a forteit.
     
  5. edcalvi

    edcalvi Moderator
    Staff Member

    Olimpia
    Guatemala
    May 1, 2005
    US
    CONCACAF makes no sense.

    In the 2007 Gold Cup, former French international Jocelyn Angloma played for Guadeloupe.
     
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  6. dinamo_zagreb

    dinamo_zagreb Member+

    Jun 27, 2010
    San Jose, CA / Zagreb, Croatia
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    So Honduras goes through with no goals scored. :ROFLMAO:
     
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  7. charlyBrown

    charlyBrown New Member

    Dec 8, 2004
    Martinique and El salvador still have a chance to move up in rankings I believe
     
  8. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Somebody said that CONCACAF changed from using their own eligibility rules to FIFA's eligibilty rules. I'm not defending CONCACAF or French Guiana. I'm just providing an explanation.

    Martinique and El Salvador could finish in any position. They could only finish last if Nicaragua beats USA or Curacao beats Mexico, but it's hypothetically possible.
     
  9. dinamo_zagreb

    dinamo_zagreb Member+

    Jun 27, 2010
    San Jose, CA / Zagreb, Croatia
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    No teams could finish third and be better than Honduras so, sadly, Catrachos will take part in quarters.
     
  10. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Yes.. So sad.

    Don't hate us.. Hate the game.
     
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  11. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The main problem is CONCACAF having waited until the eve of this tournament to let FG know Malouda was ineligible to play.

    On another note: for anyone interested, I decided to have a go on Twitter at David Faitelson's latest pendejada:

     
  12. dinamo_zagreb

    dinamo_zagreb Member+

    Jun 27, 2010
    San Jose, CA / Zagreb, Croatia
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    I am aware this is like USA C team, but what they are showing is piss poor.

    Aw, I jinxed Nicaragua. Goal after I wrote this post. BTW, it's unbelievable that this is their first-ever meeting.
     
  13. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not really - that's by design, with CONCACAF staggering WCQ to weed out the minnows early. Consider: the US enter WCQ in the semifinal round, and Nicaragua have never made it that far.
     
  14. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here are all the teams USA has played WCQs against:

    For the first time in qualifying for World Cup 1986 or earlier:

    Mexico
    Cuba
    Haiti
    Canada
    Honduras
    Bermuda

    For the first time in qualifying for World Cup 1990 (which started USA's qualification streak) or later with the first World Cup the teams played in qualifying:

    Costa Rica (1990)
    Trinidad and Tobago (1990)
    Guatemala (1990)
    El Salvador (1990)
    Jamaica (1998)
    Barbados (2002)
    Grenada (2006 when every team started before the Semifinals)
    Panama (2006)
    Antigua and Barbuda (2014)
    St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2018)

    USA has played 16 of the other 34 CONCACAF teams that can play WCQs including 9 out of 25 CFU teams.
     
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  15. Soccerfever

    Soccerfever Member

    Aug 30, 2001
    Laval(Canada)
    Lmfao! A few years ago, CONCACAF was talking about the so called ''Increased interest'' shown for the Gold Cup...And yet as per every edition, lots of the matches played have had lots empty seats...This ''showpiece event'' doesn't feel like one as shown by the laughable attendance figures outside of Mexico and the US...
     
  16. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Honduras bring in the fans as well (outside of Frisco). And maybe they meant interest from potential host cities?
     
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  17. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    The worst part though, is that Concacaf is not even serious on its own set of rules, as Malouda wasn't the only player ineligible to play for another team, as he was cap-tied to the France National Team.

    For the case of Martinique, also a french over-seas department and not a FIFA member, they also had in their roster players whom had already played and therefore are cap-tied for the France National Team, whom also have played in this tournament (both being starters as well), and in their case, their team wasn't sanctioned by declaring their matches as forfait.

    This is the case of players, Kevin Olimpa (6 caps for the French U-21 National Team) and Steeven Langil (2 caps for the French U-21 National Team), whom have never filed the one time switch to play for another team. And let me remind you that for FIFA, the U-21 level is not a youth level category (only exists as such, for Uefa). In the case of Langil, he even scored a goal vs. Nicaragua in this tournament.

    :rolleyes:
     
  18. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Can they file for a one time switch if the team they're switching to isn't a member of FIFA?

    I thought Malouda wasn't on the preliminary roster? Which also lead to the DQ.
     
  19. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's the weird thing: he was, then he was on the final roster as well, and all anyone knew until July 6 was that he was good to play.
     
  20. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    #45 Rickdog, Jul 17, 2017
    Last edited: Jul 17, 2017
    Nope.

    To file the one time switch, must be to another FIFA member.

    Another curious case in this clown show known as the Gold cup :
    Strictly speaking, the US player Cristian Roldan is still not cap-tied to the US, as he only has played for the US senior team vs. Martinique. As Martinique is not a FIFA member, playing against them doesn't cap-tie anyone. And since he was replaced in the US roster going to the next stages of this tournament (an issue that can happen only in Concacrap, where teams are allowed to replace up to 6 players of their roster, which is what the US recently did), he will not get cap-tied yet.

    At the moment being, he can still play and get cap-tied for either, the US (where he was born), Guatemala or El Salvador (through both of his parents).....:p
     
  21. Catracho_Azul

    Catracho_Azul Member+

    Jun 16, 2008
    New Orleans
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Honduras
    Hmmmm.. Kinda stupid. I remember the old rule was.. If Malouda went five years without playing for France NT then he was eligible to represent the over seas department like David Sommeil.
     
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  22. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    His last match playing for France was played the 23 of June 2012, which means he has had exactly 5 years since then, before the Golden clown cup started.

    https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/621-florent-malouda
     
  23. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Same principle allowed Julien Faubert (ex-Real Madrid...wait, really? Wow, really :ROFLMAO:) to play with Martinique in 2013...
     
  24. dinamo_zagreb

    dinamo_zagreb Member+

    Jun 27, 2010
    San Jose, CA / Zagreb, Croatia
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    Yes, but I was thinking like it's a small confederation (considering that fair part are small islands that rarely play friendlies and those are knocked out of WCQ in early stages) so they had to play once. But I was wrong. :D
     
  25. dsichiva

    dsichiva Member

    Nov 15, 2013
    Club:
    Norwich City FC
    CONCACAF usually omit enforcing this one time switch thing properly.

    As an example, Manuel Rosas, defender of the current Nicaragua NT, is Mexican. He started to play in Nicaraguan League (Real Esteli) in july of 2010 and managed to get in january of 2013 both a Nicaraguan passport and a call to "pinoleros" to play in Copa Centroamericana of 2013 and 2014, that served as qualifiers for GC 2013 and GC 2015 (and Centenario), respectively. Meaning that he has not complied with the FIFA rule of five years of playing in your new association before being allowed to switch to aforementioned FA.
     
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