Scheduled friendlies: USA vs Ecuador. TnT vs Chile.3/24 Haiti vs Panama.3/24 C-Rica vs New Zealand.3/24 C-Rica vs Chile. 3/27 Mexico vs Ecuador.3/27 USA vs Guatemala. 3/27
Why aren't we taking advantage of the other fifa day 3/27? There must be south american teams available on that day. We can also play each other or other concacaf teams like Canada and Jamaica. Both teams need to play more friendlies to improve their games, if they don't want to see a repeat of the U-20 tournament where none of our teams qualified for the WC.
I heard rumours that Haiti may play one friendly game against Costa Rica and two friendlies against Cuba pretty soon.
Canada vs Bermuda on March 25, possibly with a new manager for Canada. http://www.canada.com/topics/sports...=6d574eca-6987-4f8a-8282-d7ae8b65b0ac&k=69957
No disrespect for Bermuda, but why Bermuda? Is Canada trying to play it safe? More interesting opponents for Canada: Available on 3/24: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Jamaica. Available on 3/27: Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, El Salvador, Jamaica, Panama, Honduras. If the canucks don't want to spare with a potential opponent in the GC, the best choices in cfu are Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Guyana. Of course, they can find plenty of worthy opponents outside of concacaf.
With a new manager in place, the idea is to have a place to set a 1 week training camp for him to evaluate some of the players. I think the priority was the training camp and the game is a bonus.
Jamaica may become the busiest Caribbean team in the next two months. The boyz are apparently invited to play another 4-team tournament in the US after their successful adventure in Asia. The group will include Colombia, Switzerland, and possibly the host USA as the last team has not yet been determined. The Boyz are preparing for the next WCQ. Mm... so are the Vincies!
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ Groups & Schedule to be announced on 6 March 1.3.07 - CONCACAF will announce on Tuesday (6 March) from its offices in New York City the final groups and schedule for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™. The announcement of teams and the full tournament match schedule will take place at 2:30 pm ET and be made via a video news release that will be available via satellite and online at www.CONCACAF.com. This will be followed at 3:00 pm ET by a Media Teleconference Call with CONCACAF General Secretary, Chuck Blazer. Teleconference numbers as well as the satellite information for the video news release will be announced on Monday (5 March). The 12 CONCACAF-team field for the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™ is comprised of the previous champions (Canada, Mexico, USA), four Caribbean qualifiers (Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago) and the five Central American qualifiers (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama). The Gold Cup takes place from 6-24 June in six venues across the USA. The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ opens in Miami’s Orange Bowl on 6 June with the Final scheduled for Soldier Field, Chicago, on 24 June. The four other venues that will host Gold Cup games in 2007 are Giants Stadium (near New York City) in New Jersey, The Home Depot Center (near Los Angeles) in Carson, California, Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, close to Boston, Massachusetts.
My prediction: A- US, El Salvador, Cuba, Honduras B- Mexico, Panama, TnT, Guadeloupe C- Canada, Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala
my predicts are A-USA,ELSALVADOR,TNT,HONDURAS B-MEXICO,GUATEMALA,GUADALUPE,CUBA D-COSTARICA,HAITI,CANADA,PANAMA
Chile dumps TnT. ------------------- 02-03-2007 La Selección nacional y el “Scratch” acordaron un duelo amistoso que se jugará el 24 de marzo en Gotemburgo, Suecia, y según se estipuló se comenzarán a realizar gestiones para comprometer el regreso de David Pizarro a la “Roja”. Las Selecciones de Chile y Brasil protagonizarán un lance amistoso el 24 de marzo con miras a la preparación para jugar la Copa América, que se disputará a mediados de año en el continente. Harold Mayne Nicholls, presidente de la ANFP, fue el gestor de la iniciativa ya que personalmente se comunicó con su par de la federación brasilera, Ricardo Texeira, y obtuvo el visto bueno para que ambos seleccionados se enfrenten en Gotemburgo, Suecia. Chile y Brasil se medirán en Europa debido a que así podrán contar con la mayoría de los jugadores que actúan en el Viejo Continente, aprovechando la fecha FIFA, y a la grata impresión que dejó la visita de nuestro país a esos lares, donde fue recibido espectacularmente por la colonia residente. Respecto al amistoso, el Seleccionador Nacional Nelson Acosta dijo que se “hablaba sobre el nivel de los rivales, pero ahora queda claro que estamos enfrentando a un rival de sobrada jerarquía". “Si Brasil aceptó jugar con Chile, es porque en el último tiempo nos hemos vuelto a ganar un respeto en el concierto internacional. Nos miran con otros ojos y eso se nota cuando salimos al extranjero”, subrayó el adiestrador. El combinado nacional tenía conversaciones preliminares con Trinidad y Tobago para jugar en esas fechas pero la mayor jerarquía de Brasil y la importancia que el partido conlleva, obligó a los regentes nacionales a suspender el choque contra los centroamericanos. ---------- I think Nelson Acosta could have been a little bit more diplomatic. According to the guy, Chile unilaterally pulled out of the scheduled friendly just to play a better opponent. That hurts.
well Brazil is a better team doesnt hurt being compaired to them. What does hurt is the timing of this which shows little respect to us as it leaves little to no time to get a replacement team. I don't think the TTFF should waste their time ever again to play Chile after this.
Very unclassy by the Chilenos if they have aborted the Soca Wariors game. Especially given the fact that the TTFF may not get a replacement game by the the 24th.
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ Groups and Schedule to be announced today 5.3.07 - CONCACAF will announce today (Tuesday, 6 March) from its offices in New York City, the final groups and schedule for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™. The announcement of the groups and the full tournament match schedule will be unveiled on www.CONCACAF.com at 2:30 pm ET where you’ll be able to read the release and view a video of the announcement. Media Advisory Teleconference: A teleconference call is scheduled for Tuesday (6 March), 3:00 pm ET. Members of the media will be able to ask questions of the CONCACAF General Secretary, Chuck Blazer, and afterwards, selected national team players from the CONCACAF region will be made available. US/Canada based media should dial: +1/877-391-5953 International media should call: +1/706-634-9483 (Ask for CONCACAF Gold Cup™ conference call) Satellite: The announcement of the groups in a form of a broadcast quality video news release will be made available to TV news outlets via satellite. (Content begins feeding at 10:55 am ET until it closes at 11:30 am ET. All information is under embargo until 2:30 pm ET) North America: Galaxy 26 C 22 (36 MHz) (Formerly IA 6 C 22) Orbital Location: 93° W Downlink Frequency: 4140 (H) Audio Channels: 6.2, 6.8 Standard: NTSC Central, South America & Caribbean – NTSC: PAS 9 C 12 Ch. C (9 MHz) Orbital Location: 58° W Downlink Frequency: 3924.5 (H) Audio Channels: Ch. 1, Ch. 2 Standard: NTSC FEC: 3/4 Symbol Rate: 6.1113 Data Rate: 8.448 Central, South America & Caribbean – PAL: PAS 9 C 12 Ch. D (9 MHz) Orbital Location: 58° W Downlink Frequency: 3933.5 (H) Audio Channels: Ch. 1, Ch. 2 Standard: PAL FEC: 3/4 Symbol Rate: 6.1113 Data Rate: 8.448 Europe: Eutelsat W 2 B5 Middle Ch. 5 (9 MHz) Orbital Location: 16° E Downlink Frequency: 11150.83 (H) Audio Channels: Ch. 1, Ch. 2 Standard: PAL FEC: 3/4 Symbol Rate: 5.632 The 12 CONCACAF-team field for the ninth edition of CONCACAF Gold Cup™ is comprised of the previous champions (Canada, Mexico, USA), four Caribbean qualifiers (Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago) and the five Central American qualifiers (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama). The Gold Cup takes place from 6-24 June in six venues across the USA. The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ opens in Miami’s Orange Bowl on 6 June with the Final scheduled for Soldier Field, Chicago, on 24 June. The four other venues that will host Gold Cup games in 2007 are Giants Stadium (near New York City) in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Home Depot Center (near Los Angeles) in Carson, California, Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, close to Boston, Massachusetts
And the truth comes out. Seems as if T&T might not make it to the Gold Cup after all. Jack Warner is back at it with his lying and stealing ways. He claims the T&T government has failed to foot the bill for the TTFF which he claims to have been paying for the last 5 months. "cough bull$Hit cough" Then it goes on to say that as a result coaches may be released and the team may not attend the Gold cup. Also now it comes out that it was T&T not Chile that canceled the friendly on the 25th due to this situation. My apologies to Chile. What other country in the world depends on its government to foot its federations bill. Especially with sponsorship money and so soon after the world cup. It seems as if Jack has made his money and is now cutting dead weight. Sad day for T&T football. Hopefully this turns out the way things usually do in these cases. Jack and co blow things out of proportion then at the last second the savior returns to deliver us to the gold cup. at least then the team can play. This is from TTFF press officer Shaun Fuentes: http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=25742.0