Olympic Qualifying opponent [R]

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by ThreeApples, Oct 13, 2003.

  1. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    St Kitts & Nevis beat Dominica 3-1 at home on Saturday to advance on aggregate 4-1 and face the USA in the 2nd round. CONCACAF's website says the first game will be in Basseterre, St. Kitts on Nov. 15 (same day as MLS semifinals), and the return leg on Nov. 19 at a location TBA.

    Here's the complete list of 2nd round matchups:

    El Salvador/Canada
    Haiti/Honduras
    Panama/Saint Lucia
    St. Kitts & Nevis/USA

    Grenada/Trinidad & Tobago
    Jamaica/Guatemala
    Costa Rica/Guyana

    The winners of the first 4 matchups listed will be in one group for the final tournament, and the other 3 winners will join Mexico in the other group.
     
  2. harttbeat

    harttbeat Member

    Dec 29, 1998
    New York
    First of all, did Mexico qualify for final round already? How did they get a bye? Second, great timing again by CONCACAF, err! Third, I expect nothing but a perfect record for these qualifying games and have goal difference of +20, ala the French team in euro qualifying.
     
  3. American40

    American40 Member

    Jan 9, 2003
    Well, now, that sucks.
     
  4. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Any ideas on where the home qualifier will be?

    Let me be the first to suggest that it be played in SoCal, either at the Home Depot Center of a smaller stadium nearby, so that most of the soccer world is there anyway.

    For the game on the 15th, Mooch is going to be able to call on only six MLS teams, plus colleges and any A-Leaguers or European teams.

    Obvously Dallas and either Columbus (likely) or DC (maybe) will miss the playoffs. From a U23 perspective, I hope the Revs advance to the semis as they don't have any U23 players so there's no conflict!

    But, realsitically, we're likely looking at the St. Nevis trip sans Landon, DaMarcus, Mapp, Clark, Magee, Beckerman and Borchers IF the seeds hold.

    BTW, Nov. 15 is the weekend of the major college conference finals and I can't imagine St. John's wanting to part with Chris Wingert for such an important game so I don't see him being called in either.

    UCLA will have likely clinched the Pac Ten (doesn't have a tourney) so Adolfo Gregorio could be available but most of the top college players will be predisposed or be forced to miss their conference final and I don't see Mooch doing that.
     
  5. JG

    JG Member+

    Jun 27, 1999
    They're hosting the final round, like we did in 2000.
     
  6. harttbeat

    harttbeat Member

    Dec 29, 1998
    New York
    Just noticed Euro 2004 Playoff is Nov 15-19. I guess they scheduled it the same time.

    Question. The Jupilar League is scheduled for games during that week. So does that mean we won't see Onyewu and Yi in our back line?
     
  7. voros

    voros Member

    Jun 7, 2002
    Parts Unknown
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'd guess that we're about 7 goals ahead of St. Kitts and Nevis on a home and away basis in terms of _senior_ sides. That's fairly significantly beyond the point where we'd have any worries against them.

    In terms of senior sides, the only side we've recently played in the same vicinity of quality of St. Kitts and Nevis was Barbados (whom we beat 7-0 at home and 4-0 on the road), and my rankings have Barbados as being a touch better than St. Kitts and Nevis.

    So I don't think we'll have too much problem with St. Kitts and Nevis. Should handle them even if we're limited to 6 of the 10 MLS teams and College Kids. Hell, if all else fails, give Freddy a call.

    No worries here, though it would have been nice to have the full squad to get a few games in playing together.

    Dallas U-23s:
    Brad Davis, Eddie Johnson, Andy Rosenband, Phil Salyer, Jordan Stone, Jason Thompson, D.J. Countess.

    Columbus U-23s:
    Nelson Akwari, Edson Buddle, Kyle Martino, Michael Ritch.

    DC United U-23s:
    Devin Barclay, Brian Carroll, Alecko Eskandarian, Santino Quaranta, David Stokes, Doug Warren.
     
  8. ChrisE

    ChrisE Member

    Jul 1, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
    ---------Countess------------
    Stone--Stokes--Akwari---Salyer
    ------------Carroll------------
    --Johnson-------------Davis
    -----------Martino-----------
    ----Buddle-------Esky-------

    Not world beaters, but I would imagine that team would be able to hold off St. Kitts.
     
  9. voros

    voros Member

    Jun 7, 2002
    Parts Unknown
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I just had a thought. Is this at the same time as the UAE U20 tournament?

    If so, that would remove a few guys from the pool.
     
  10. ursula

    ursula Member

    Feb 21, 1999
    Republic of Cascadia
    ...and Bobby Convey...
     
  11. ursula

    ursula Member

    Feb 21, 1999
    Republic of Cascadia
    Our first game in the U-20's is 11/29. We're okay there.
     
  12. voros

    voros Member

    Jun 7, 2002
    Parts Unknown
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oops, forgot him.
     
  13. milkduds

    milkduds Member

    May 20, 2003
    Saint Paul, MN
    East Coast Game 11/19

    No specific location, but Mooch said the home leg will be played somewhere on the East coast (don't have the link handy, but article is at topdrawersoccer.com). I hope its within a reasonable driving distance of Cincinnati. Anybody want to carpool? :)
     
  14. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  15. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Re: East Coast Game 11/19

    Here's the link you spoke of.

    http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/NationalTeams/20031014110712/view

    If I had to guess, I'd say it will either be Charleston's Blackbaud Stadium or good ol' Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale.

    Given that Lockhart, according to Jordan Stone's diary at 3rddegree.net, is in bad shape because of Florida Atlantic football and HS football, I would guess that eliminates them.

    The reality is that a U23 national team game against St. Kitts, Olympic qualifier or not, ain't going to draw a lot of fans and a stadium like Blackbaud is the perfect size.
     

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