I found ten friendlies in August and September: Saturday August 4: Belize vs. Barbados Friday August 17: Grenada vs. Jamaica Wednesday September 5: Trinidad and Tobago vs. United Arab Emirates Thursday September 6: Argentina vs. Guatemala Korea Republic vs. Costa Rica Friday September 7: USA vs. Brazil Mexico vs. Uruguay Monday September 10: Panama vs. Venezuela Tuesday September 11: Japan vs. Costa Rica (which I typed September 10 for in my previous post) USA vs. Mexico
Barbados vs Cuba on August 12 and 14. Barbados vs Jamaica on August 20. http://www.barbadosfa.com/news/?page=blogdisplay&ID=1114
If anything it's a sign of how seriously the Caribbean nations are taking the nations league qualifying. They want to be ready for it.
Guatemala 3-0 Cuba, FT. Guatemala plays again after nearly 2 years of suspension. Both sides will play a second friendly on Saturday, in Guatemala City again.
Here's the impact of the friendly with the new FIFA rankings system. As you can see friendlies (especially outside of the FIFA calendar) have very small impacts. Less than two points gained for Guatemala. Guatemala (GUA) (1.92) 3 : 0 (-1.92) Cuba (CUB) #146 - 1064.0 -> 1065.92 : #181 - 940.0 -> 938.08 ----------------------------------------
I wonder if Guatemala broke the record for most days without playing following a game they scored 9 goals in (9-3 vs. St. Vincent and the Grenadines). I wonder how many teams have played plenty of games in that time without scoring 9 goals combined. Barbados will play Jamaica on August 20 and Barbados will play Cuba on August 25 and 28. Brazil will play El Salvador on September 11 at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Korea Republic vs. Costa Rica that I posted September 6 for will be on September 7. Costa Rica's games on September 7 and 11 will be in the morning Americas time because they will be in Asia.
Korea Republic 2-0 Costa Rica Korea Republic had 68% of the possession. Costa Rica didn't have a shot on goal. Keylor Navas didn't play. Esteban Alvarado played goalkeeper. He plays for Trabzonspor in Turkey.
USA 1-0 Mexico Brazil 5-0 El Salvador (in Landover, Maryland, USA) Panama 0-2 Venezuela Ecuador 2-0 Guatemala Brazil had more shots on goal, 13 to 0, and El Salvador had more free kicks, 19 to 8. It must be rare for one team to have 13 more shots on goal and the other team to have 11 more free kicks. Ecuador didn't score until the 82nd minute. Concacaf continues to struggle.
CONCACAF friendly results and FIFA ranking point changes Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) (5.45) 2 : 0 (-5.45) United Arab Emirates (UAE) FIFA Points - TRI: 1264.0 -> 1269.45 UAE: 1311.12 -> 1305.67 Korea Republic (KOR) (5.8) 2 : 0 (-5.8) Costa Rica (CRC) FIFA Points - KOR: 1387.3 -> 1393.1 CRC: 1471.48 -> 1465.68 USA (USA) (-3.61) 0 : 2 (3.61) Brazil (BRA) FIFA Points - USA: 1508.32 -> 1504.71 BRA: 1656.84 -> 1660.45 Mexico (MEX) (-4.36) 1 : 4 (4.36) Uruguay (URU) FIFA Points - MEX: 1559.97 -> 1555.61 URU: 1627.19 -> 1631.55 Guatemala (GUA) (-1.26) 0 : 3 (1.26) Argentina (ARG) FIFA Points - GUA: 1067.81 -> 1066.56 ARG: 1573.53 -> 1574.79 Japan (JPN) (5.7) 3 : 0 (-5.7) Costa Rica (CRC) FIFA Points - JPN: 1392.1 -> 1397.8 CRC: 1465.68 -> 1459.98 Guatemala (GUA) (-2.34) 0 : 2 (2.34) Ecuador (ECU) FIFA Points - GUA: 1066.56 -> 1064.22 ECU: 1376.0 -> 1378.34 USA (USA) (5.49) 1 : 0 (-5.49) Mexico (MEX) FIFA Points - USA: 1504.71 -> 1510.19 MEX: 1555.61 -> 1550.12 Brazil (BRA) (2.22) 5 : 0 (-2.22) El Salvador (SLV) FIFA Points - BRA: 1660.45 -> 1662.68 SLV: 1334.19 -> 1331.97
Today: United Arab Emirates vs. Honduras USA vs. Colombia Mexico vs. Costa Rica Friday October 12: Japan vs. Panama Sunday October 14: Thailand vs. Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday October 16: Korea Republic vs. Panama USA vs. Peru Colombia vs. Costa Rica (at Red Bull Arena, New Jersey, USA) Mexico vs. Chile Mexico is playing both games at home, not in the USA.
United Arab Emirates 1-1 Honduras Quioto scored in the 18th minute and UAE scored in the 32nd minute.
USA 2-4 Colombia Mexico 3-2 Costa Rica Japan 3-0 Panama Panama had 22 free kicks but only 1 shot on goal.
South Korea 2-2 Panama USA 1-1 Peru Colombia 3-1 Costa Rica (at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, USA) Mexico 0-1 Chile Panama trailed 2-0 before scoring in the 45th and 49th minutes. Josh Sargent gave USA the lead in the 49th minute. Peru dominated possession and equalized in the 86th minute. Costa Rica equalized in the 44th minute. Colombia won with goals in the 73rd and 90+2nd minute. Costa Rica got outshot 23 to 3 and shots on goal were 9 to 1. Nicolas Castillo, who scored 17 goals for Pumas in 2017-2018, scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute to beat Mexico.