Saturday, July 30, 2011

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

The draw was held today in Brazil.

And from the looks of things this is about as easy a path as the USA could hope for. No real threats until the Hexagon.

The USA enters in Round 3 (of 4) and has been drawn into Group A with Jamaica & the winners of what look to be the 2 weakest groups from the previous round (Rd 2) E & F.
-Rd 2 - Group E: Grenada, Guatemala, St Vincent & Grenadines, Belize. Group F: Haiti, Antigua & Barbuda, Curacao, US Virgin Islands
-Top two from Rd 3 go to Hexagon!
-Top three from Hex go to World Cup, and 4th place goes to home and away playoff with the winner from Oceania for another WC spot.

Here is the full CONCACAF draw:

Round 2 Group Stage

Home and away round robin.

The 6 winners of these groups will move on to Round 3 Group Stage

Group A
*El Salvador
Suriname
Cayman Islands
Dominican Republic

Group B
*Trinidad & Tobago
Guyana
Barbados
Bermuda

Group C
*Panama
Dominica
Nicaragua
Bahamas

Group D
*Canada
St Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico
St Lucia

Group E
*Guatemala
Grenada
St Vincent & Grenadines
Belize

Group F
*Haiti
Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao
US Virgin Islands

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Round 3 Group Stage

Home and away round robin.

The top 2 from each these groups will move on to Round 4 - The Hexagon

Group A
USA
Jamaica
Winner of E
Winner of F

Group B
Mexico
Costa Rica
Winner of A
Winner of B

Group C
Honduras
Cuba
Winner of C
Winner of D

-Group C looks to be the group of death with the mostly likely to join the 2 seeded teams being Panama and Canada.

Round 4 The Hexagon

Home and away round robin.

The top 3 will move on to the World Cup. The 4 place finisher will have a home and away playoff with the winner from Oceania for one last spot in the World Cup.

A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2

2 Comments:

Anonymous whb said...

Is it only be who thinks Mexico has a (decently) tough ask? They will probably also have T&T and El Salvador. Those aren't "easy" teams.

10:55 PM  
Anonymous leper said...

Yeah, I would say that Group B with potentially:
Mexico
Costa Rica
T&T
El Salvador

is tougher than a potential Group C of:
Honduras
Cuba
Panama
Canada

and Group A would likely be the easist, but even that with:
USA
Jamaica
Guatemala
Haiti

is still not a cakewalk by any means.

Somebody I read a few years back pointed out that if the US (or Mexico) is going to get knocked out of Concacaf Qualifying and not make the World Cup any time soon, the semifinal round (now known as Round 3) is actually a much more likely spot for a f%&k up than the Hexagon.

10:09 AM  

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