This squad is devoid of any ideas. The only “idea” Bolillo has is to play pure pelotazo, that’s the only reason Vasquez sees the field man can’t pass worth shit. Also something is going on during training because prior to today we had 4-5 injuries in training camp that led to scratches for today’s game. Instead of adding more he opted to only make one emergency call-up, it is really infuriating.
Seeing that Haaland forced own goal against Israel makes me lol at how shit the ref was on Friday Panama was flopping all game, I hope Guatemala goes through if ES doesn't
Even if that was the case they controlled the pace we didn’t show any thing on the offensive side until the subs came in.
If the federation opts to keep Gomez they aren’t going anywhere. Also push an ultimatum either step up and play abroad or forget about call-ups to many barely mediocre players on this squad.
We’ve failed in yet another WCQ. We lost every home game, scoring only 1 goal in 3 games at home, a total of 2 in 4 games. this is 100% on the league and older players not being leaders. ceren should have been gone and instead has played every game. Henry played well but we missed him and his leadership and no one stepped up. We’re relying on a 21 YO lmfao. not ONE of our league teams made it passed the group stage of CONCACAF leagues. It’s insane. This is our future, unless all of our players who play abroad continue playing and continue deciding to represent ES long term. (yes i know we’re technically not out yet, but please be real). duele, que ridiculez y desgracia.
With the football we have displayed we shouldn’t even dream of making it to WC we would get stomped every game, 3 straight home loses is just embarrassing. it’s the reality that our League is crap and has regressed dramatically in comparison to other Central American Leagues, at the this point I would rather call up the USL and MLS Next Pro players than the local leaguers.
It’s kind of Crazy how much money the Salavadoran government is spending on stadium upgrades and renovations, it’s almost like 6 million$ per project.
All the government is doing is putting makeup on a pig. The league needs some serious reforms also enough of letting over half the league qualify for the playoffs that is some wild ass nonsense. The real crux right now is the lower divisions of your thought the first division is bad the rest of the pyramid is in even worse shape.
Honduran stadiums are crap as well but at least the government is making serious changes to the pitch by installing hybrid grass and drainage systems in stadiums that cost over 1 million $ each. This has helped a lot since the biggest complaint in Honduras by players was the pitch quality many who played Costa Rica said the biggest difference between the countries has been pitch quality and Costa Rican teams mostly used Synthetic turf which is below what we have now. Nicaragua are the ones that have surprised me the most with how many modern stadiums they are building right now.
I see that as a secondary thing I know, I know crazy but bear with me. Every season the biggest complaints is lack of payments to the players they expanded the league and never thought about were the money was going to come from to not only pay the players but maintain the “stadiums”. Solve that first then worry about the stadiums situation.
Want to update across the board for all levels real quick, most bad some good. MEN: - FUTBOL 11 men's Selecta: Last place in group with 2 points, still have a chance to qualify for one of the next rounds if we manage to win. Upcoming games November 13 @ Surinam, Nov 18 @ Panama. - The Central American Games Team Was in a group with Guate and Nica, played Guate OCT 22 losing 0-2 and played Nica OCT 24 winning 1-0. In the Semis, played Panama today (OCT 26) and lost 3-1. Don't know what bearing this has in any upcoming tournaments, we play vs Guate in the 3rd place game, Not sure when the game is. - U17 Men's World Cup: Were placed in Group G at the World Cup, with Germany, Colombia, and North Korea. We play NK NOV 4, COL NOV 7, and GER NOV 10. They also already drew the groups for the next u17 world cup. Were placed in Group F with Curacao, Cuba, and Belize. It takes place 3-12 FEB of 2026 - Futbol Sala men's We play 4 games. OCT 26 vs Panama (lost 4-2). OCT 27 vs Nica, OCT 28 vs CR, and OCT 29 vs Guate. - Futbol Playa Men's: We won the gold in the CA games, Played Panama OCT 18 (won 5-2) and Guate OCT 20 (won 5-4). - Futbol 11 CA Women's: The Women have played their group games as well, playing Panama OCT 23 (won 5-0) and Playing CR OCT 25 (losing 1-0). They play semis tomorrow OCT 27 vs Nica. The CONCACAF W qualifiers calendar came out. Vs Hon DEC 2, vs Barbados MAR 1 2026, vs T&T APR 17 2026.
What the ******** is this line-up man. Man is allergic to wanting to set the tone. 1989080048981405760 is not a valid tweet id
Tired of these recycled Concacaf coaches man, We knew that this man was going to be ass since the Gold Cup. Absolutely embarrassing result and we basically just sent Suriname to the World Cup with this thrashing.
As much as reality hurts just how bad our state of soccer is, I won't shoulder the blame or excuse for how Suriname of all countries could be going in. Guate, CR, Honduras, Trinidad.....all were at least at one time fighting for 5th or 6th best in CONCACAF. What does it say about all of us collectively? I'm seeing so many CRicans pat Haiti on the back yesterday for winning, and I can't help but think how culturally we wouldn't be doing the same and still pretend we would or should be better than them today. I haven't seen one person congratulate Suriname.
I think there’s a big difference. A lot of these guys aren’t from here. They’re holland born and based players, it feels like a cop out. Haiti has a lot of the same too.
I didn’t expect us to win this game at all because the team is already burned but every game before this was a difference of 1 goal, a thrashing is embarrassing no matter who we get it from. This isn’t coming from a mentality that we should be better than a “small Caribbean team” because of past history, we know that they have better players because they have the luxury of having a talent pool that we’re formed in the Euro Football system.
Also the talent discrepancy is very apparent when you look at where these guys all play. For example it’s easier to count how many players play domestically in the cases of Suriname and Panama. Suriname only has one domestic player and it’s a backup GK, meanwhile Panama has two that play locally and three others who play in Central America, if we don’t want to count CA as abroad. I haven’t updated the list in a long time but we have some players that no longer play abroad or are free agents so it’s a bleak situation. Meanwhile the women have been more successful in going abroad and actually staying which is amazing btw.
Fair point, but our fanbase doesn't want to accept the fact we should absolutely be doing the same thing based on how much bigger our diaspora is, and how weak our local league is. Also, as in the case of the Gils, if that talent was so good, they'd have been playing at their home base. It's the world we live in now, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. In the case of Panama, it's known that their federation actively pushes their players not to stay. 90% of their team is still made up of Panamanian born players. The other federations in CA will not adopt this model. ES, along with the others, have essentially cornered themselves in this way. I don't think any of them want to mimic what's worked for Panama due to culture and futbol politics. We didn't lose to a small Carribean nation, we lost to their Euro diaspora. I get that. But I'm not even made at them for doing it.
Unfortunately our people are spread out mainly in the United States and very few breakthrough to MLS. I know Hugo from Selecta Talent actively looks for guys in other continents but even then most never get to even at least the third tier. Enrico was like a shining beacon for a while and well we saw how that went sadly.
Do you all think the 2010 team wins/qualifies out of this group? I'm a firm believer in that the only way El Salvador becomes successful is if they model the Spain system, where the main focus is possession/technical skill. Unless the physical attributes of Salvadorans somehow evolves to become bigger, faster, and stronger I don't see any other solution. In 2010 there was Cheyo, Romero, Fito, and Sanchez who had the ability to control the play. Now ES has no one with those qualities. The gameplay now was to just hoof the ball to Gil. Why are there no more Cienfuegos or Romero's?
We just don’t have the talent in the local league that’s the reality, the level is really bad and none of our teams even compete in the Copa Central America. Guatemala this cycle actually play really well and most of their team plays in the local league they also don't have the size or physicality of Panama. All I know is that things need to change because we won’t be able to compete in Concacaf with these Caribbean teams that are filling their squads with Euro players.
Well there’s many things wrong, on every level. I do want to point out that there was something big this cycle that we should avoid ever again. Begging. Yes, we’re struggling and we need players and talent. It is straight up BS that Roldán and Zavaleta did what they did. Would we have qualified? Idk. But their talent and skills would have helped so much. They copped out, and i understand it was the federación, lack of leadership within the team, the fans, etc. but you gotta be a bigger professional and person if you actually want something. Be the damn change. We can put excuses for them but dammit they play a damn sport, viven en un country (lol). Take the damn criticism and be a fighter for the change you want. Guate is doing it to some degree to their PL player but he’s fighting and staying and he plays in the damn PL. they came to ES knowing they wouldn’t make the US WC squad ever (maybe Roldán but a big maybe). They used us and as soon as it got uncomfortable they left. BS. With this said, we also lack abroad options. Other than those two, we have the Gil in Colombia and then…USL? Cmon. Panama has half their team in leagues that are competitive, Suriname has their Euro diaspora, and even Guate has players in certain areas, even if it isn’t a lot. then we move onto the league. It’s a disaster, from localities to ownerships to players. We will never move forward if we don’t fix the league. Just have to take a look at the CCL. We were trashed at every level for all three teams. The new team who was ‘going to do it different’ doesn’t even pay their players. One owner owns two teams in Aguila and Alianza and I’m pretty sure he owns Hercules as well. We have to fix this. Hell, my family is from San Vicente, and I told them i wanna see how much it could possibly cost to try and buy the local team (Independiente F.C. Los Fantasmas de Jiboa). The owner won’t sell the rights unless he gets 30% of ALL incoming fees made, from ticket sales to jersey sales and anything and everything in between. He also has his hand in the stadium, so no other team can use it. Insane. I think el Zarco said this not to long ago, but we should be playing youth players EVERY game. It should be mandated. Half our league is filled with washed players, both from abroad and locally. It’s just across the board a failed state in terms of men soccer. as for why we don’t produce the players we have before? Can’t produce if teams won’t let them go and grow (chicho being the biggest recent example). All our players who should’ve jumped who had that talent were held back. Jairo? Chicho? Oscar ceren? Monterossa. I know there’s more but that was just off the top of my head quickly. If our league is this bad, these guys burn out quick. Ehh nothing but rants cuz men’s soccer won’t improve for us for a long time.
I'll say this much. I hope the Carribean keeps doing what it's doing. The Dominican Republic is also starting to creep up under the same model and our Federation and fanbase could keep scoffing at it until it gets left further and further behind. Either get with the times, or swing the wheels trying to prove to yourself the league and the country produces world class talent. The same is true for Guate and Honduras (CR doesn't have a large enough diaspora to tap into). But we will all be on the outside looking in until some major changes happen. Sad to say, I'm not optimistic. The Carribean has figured out how to adress the weakness of CONCACAF to their benefit.
Well not firing your coach certainly helps… I know HP ended up with that long losing streak but he was the best at game planning when he had to.