The email I received from US soccer indicated there was a 5 level lottery system depending on which group you are in. The higher the group level, the better your chances. Some of the levels are free to join, so you could look into that, including Soccer Insider, which I'm in, which is the basic level. Essentially it puts you on their email list.
It includes the possibility of draws, but the most possible points without qualifying has all relevant games having winners, meaning that if every game gave one team 3 points and one team 0, the formula would be the same. It's a high number because it's a hypothetical that never comes close to happening. An analogy is the Premier League or any other league with 20 teams playing 38 games. It is hypothetically possible that the top two will beat the other team once and win all 36 other games, so a team could get 37 wins for 111 of 114 points and finish second on goal differential, so 112 points are needed to guarantee the title, but nobody thinks about the possibility of getting 112 points. If you want to estimate how many points are necessary to qualify, you don't need to know that it takes 34 points to guarantee top three. There are 1.4 times as many games this time, but you can't take third in Hexagonals and multiply by 1.4 because a lower percentage of teams qualify this time.
USA vs. Mexico will be played in Cincinnati, Ohio A rivalry like no other in a stadium like no other!🇺🇸🆚🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/LlZ1zJq26i— TQL Stadium (@TQLStadium) July 28, 2021
Wow. The end of Dos a Cero. Well, I guess with the results of the last edition of that game and the closing of the historic stadium, it was inevitable.
Surinam has fired the nat team coach Dean Gorré, dismantled the staff of the Natio and announced it's focus is on setting up a pro league. Okay. Say goodbye to Surinam as a contender. What a bunch of morons. Surinam has too small a population for a full blown pro league, let alone one that can produce players to make an impact for the Natio.
My ignorant position just based on looking at a map and population numbers is it would make some sense for Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana to have a joint league.
Some Ocho-relevant transfer news: Jamaica's Leon Bailey is heading to Aston Villa in the Premier League, and Alberth Elis of Honduras is heading to Bordeaux in Ligue 1, pending a medical.
Yes, but its location is advantageous. Close enough to the East Coast to make it convenient for European players, with a history of being able to bring out the support for the national team, even in matches involving a Mexican fan base that's willing to travel. And they love to reward clubs that build new soccer-specific stadia.
This is pretty neat and well done: This is a summary of the travel & conditions wear & tear for the USMNT '22 WCQ. As per @scuffedpod I also would not be surprised if Coach Berhalter puts some players up at an AirB&B to limit travel of the entire squad. pic.twitter.com/rOVDzuXPxd— scott jorek (@Burgermeister73) August 3, 2021 Note: I make no representations as to its accuracy. No link version:
I have read that we actually have the worst travel schedule because of the H/A structure that holds our entire cycle. I have not verified. But some of the older teams may have it a bit easier. A bunch of those older teams will also not have guys flying from Europe.
We may have the worst travel schedule in CONCACAF, but I think I know who has the worst travel schedule in the world. Asian World Cup qualifying this fall and winter consists of two Hexes. One of those Hexes has South Korea and five middle eastern teams. South Korea has to fly to the middle east and back (about seven hours each way, I think) five times, while it's middle eastern opponents only have fly to Korea and back once. That's about 70 hours of flying for the poor Koreans.
My solution would be to split the squads to a travel and home team. For this window I would send the Gold Cup Squad with some reinforcements on the road and have the Nation's League squad take care of Canada. I would keep the road team in Central America in a nice base camp the entire time with a short flight to the second game. We absolutely have the horses to do it, but a coach would have to be BRAVE to buck convention.
For continuity I would mostly run the same guys from Gold Cup but add at the wing and another 8 and maybe a 9 depending on Dike's health/form leading up to the game. probably something like. Paxton -Hoppe- Arriola Williamson- Acosta Bello-Robinson- Sands- Zimmerman-Moore Turner
So an A team and a B team. What was the thinking behind the A team playing one game and the B team playing 2?
i'm kinda laughing thinking of this, but is there parity ensured by Concacaf for travel? we may have to travel more but i'd think our amenities are a damn sight nicer than the smaller countries. some countries might have to fly commercial
The three games in short succession, + the differing tactical requirements for each, + the different threats posed by each is kind of a puzzle for GB. If we assume three talent tiers: the elite field players (Pulisic, McKinney, Adams, Reyna, Brooks and Dest); the nearly elite (Sargent, Weah, and 4 or 5 others), and everyone else … then depending what do you think you need for each of the first two games tactically, do you start half the people in those two top tiers in one game, and half in another, hoping to keep their minutes below 80 total heading into Honduras?
I could see it. Although the way I'm thinking is that it's very important to get the 3 points from El Salvador and Canada but not so bad to lose the 1 point in Honduras (a think a tie is what we are shooting for there) . Play your best players mostly in the first two games and play negatively in Honduras with whoever you have left.
Just eyeballing it I can tell the flight times are off. Cincy to Kingston might be 4 to hours tops. Also, Panama City to Columbus has to be under 5 hours. I bet all the flight times are off.