Now that the Gold Cup is over, we move on to the next round of Nations League which double as the 2024 Copa America Qualifiers Kicking off September 7th, we will get some higher qualify matchups with the #1 and #2 seeds in each Group for League A playing each other in a H/A round robin, but competitively the final standings may see some wonky results. Jamaica has to play Haiti twice and Honduras while Haiti and Honduras do not have to play each other and get to gain points against less competitive competition Same with Guatemala, who has to play Panama twice and El Salvador while Panama and El Salvador do not have to play each. #5 seeds Curacao and Suriname have a solid chance at advancing if they can rack up some points and goals against #6 seeds T&T and Grenada respectively. It will be very interesting to follow and hopefully any inequalities in scheduling can be worked out in future versions.
I feel like a lot of those squads will be watered down. just cuz a lot of players don't like to leave mid-season for halfway around the world to play the likes of "grenada" or "cuba"
There are some good games upcoming and I like how they did try to get more top tier vs top tier games this cycle. In the future maybe they consider a High Tier Group and a Low Tier Group if they wanna keep this format. A group of Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador would be a blast.
Here is my early prediction list of top matches to watch by Matchday MATCHDAY 1 09/07 El Salvador @ Guatemala 09/08 Honduras @ Jamaica MATCHDAY 2 09/10 Panama @ Guatemala 09/12 Haiti @ Jamaica MATCHDAY 3 10/12 Haiti @ Suriname 10/13 Panama @ Curacao MATCHDAY 4 10/15 Jamaica @ Haiti 10/17 Guatemala @ Panama If El Salvador and Honduras can get those road wins in matchday 1, they have a very high likelihood of advancement with a crystal clear path to November QFs
Can someone explain to me why they did the games like this? Like why do the 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6 seeds play each other twice and then have 1 game vs the other grouping.... how does that make sense?
The Nations League is here! Who will qualify to 2024 @CopaAmerica ? pic.twitter.com/o7UYoFZc9u— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 7, 2023 Matches to keep an eye on, on day 1! pic.twitter.com/PZ60bebqB7— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 7, 2023
Back at it 👊Presented by @qatarairways pic.twitter.com/FOpkRpmqwU— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 7, 2023
And the Curaçao fall continues... Soca Warriors run out winners at home to kick off their NL campaign. On his debut! Nathniel James gives Trinidad a late lead! 🇹🇹 pic.twitter.com/Cnwgy1DSOA— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 8, 2023
What a pass by Carrasquilla. Continuing his Gold Cup form over Martinique. 9' | ¡José Fajardo la manda al fondo de la red! ⚽🥅🇵🇦 @fepafut | #NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/HBN7O8qz0v— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 8, 2023
⚽ ¡Carlos Mejía hace rugir al estadio! 🇬🇹@fedefut_oficial | #NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/COipFgpJQ7— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 8, 2023
Day 1 is in the books ✅Presented by @qatarairways pic.twitter.com/WFUoqP91Ri— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 8, 2023
Guatemala got the nice 2 nil decision versus El Salvador in a must win game for them. Panama with the decisive win sets up the massive game at Guatemala El Salvador will be in good shape if they can get the home win against T&T Guatemala and Panama have to do a H&H with each other while El Salvador get H&H with Martinique. Dumb dumb dumb
More action coming from the CNL!Presented by @qatarairways pic.twitter.com/14psaggFG5— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 8, 2023
Standings after our first round of matches! pic.twitter.com/gBM8rqj0O4— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 8, 2023
My apologies to any neutrals who sat through Haiti/Cuba... the searing heat didn't help, but that was a painful watch Listen, Nazon has his track record and all, so I wouldn't be shocked if yet another Haiti MNT coach fell out with him... but if Franztdy Pierrot is missing for any reason other than injury, Calderón's seat should be getting mighty hot right now. It doesn't at all, on the surface... here's my best guess as to Concacaf's endgame with implementing this format.
... you know what? I'm glad that this discussion is being had in local media, and I hope someone confronts Moggio or Montagliani with the question. I've had my fun with the speculation and all, but one can't help but notice that we've had NO official explanation from Concacaf for this schedule.
👀 Check out the results of today's action in #CNL! ⚽ pic.twitter.com/03eCAhHzrS— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 11, 2023 📊 This is how the standings look after matchday 4️⃣ activity of #CNL. pic.twitter.com/dFyhtZlExw— Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) September 11, 2023
Too many Anglo teams going for the Copa América. Slots should be one each for Spanish, English, Dutch and French-speaking members. Canada can slot in either one of ours
Bad joke. Mind you, Haiti are doing their part to set up a potential Franco-derby in the QFs... where did this 2-0 lead at the Office come from??