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
*favorites
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
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
*favorites
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
posted by brucio at 16:11
2 Comments:
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.
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.
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