footballfreak Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) Guyana 1 Grenada 1. Grenada just robbed of a PK on VAR review. 20 mins to play. Edited June 18, 2023 by footballfreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 PK's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, K Edgar said: PK's... Guyana win. I hope they can take down Guadeloupe but I think Guadeloupe will be the clear favourites. footballfreak, Shway, Addona and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil R. Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 The matchups are set for June 20th to decide the final 3 Gold Cup spots: Guadeloupe vs. Guyana Winner goes into Group D with Canada, Guatemala, Cuba Martinique vs. Puerto Rico Winner goes into Group C with Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. French Guiana Winner goes into Group A with USA, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago Addona, narduch, Strait Red and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Kent said: I don't have any particular affinity to Curacao or Suriname, but I am a bit disappointed. My hope was that these teams start to step up towards Central American/Jamaican/Haitian type of quality. At 16 teams there is still going to be a few pushovers in the Gold Cup no matter what, but I hope gradually over time we have fewer and fewer pushovers, and the quality goes up and up. I kind of doubt this is a sign that Puerto Rico and Saint Kitts have made a step up. It would be great if the French nations could gain FIFA membership, because they are decent teams, but they aren't in World Cup Qualifying and it's annoying playing them for no ranking points in major competitions. At the end of the day both Suriname and Curacao don't really have the population base to really compete. (St. Kitts doesn't either). I'm actually hoping Cuba, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua can step up. They have population bases in the millions. Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, narduch said: At the end of the day both Suriname and Curacao don't really have the population base to really compete. (St. Kitts doesn't either). I'm actually hoping Cuba, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua can step up. They have population bases in the millions. Would love to see DR become a viable option in Concacaf. Maybe play some games near the Hard Rock PC? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, Ottawafan said: Would love to see DR become a viable option in Concacaf. Maybe play some games near the Hard Rock PC? They are taking it more seriously. They qualified for the last U20 World Cup but it hasn't really translated to their senior team yet NVsoccer, Ottawafan, Unnamed Trialist and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, narduch said: They are taking it more seriously. They qualified for the last U20 World Cup but it hasn't really translated to their senior team yet Here in Spain the kids from DR play, I live in neighbourhood with a large population. So they should come up with skills, the exile should contribute more to their NT. Here, having had my kid with kids with Dominican background, I will say this, and sorry to make this observation: they often won't spend money on their kids at clubs. Or, when I used to coach, they'd come but with their boots in terrible condition. This also happens with the Pakistanis in my neighbourhood, the kids want to play, the parents won't pay for it. It is not just being low-income-the Pakistanis are even middle class--but sports is not on the list. The contrast being that the Dominican kids have excellent core athletic potential, which I don't see being reached. This is a classic subject which has, imo, its most interesting story in explaining why kids from South Asian background in England so rarely find their way into football academies and into the top pro tier. Edited June 18, 2023 by Unnamed Trialist cronaldo7 and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 43 minutes ago, narduch said: They are taking it more seriously. They qualified for the last U20 World Cup but it hasn't really translated to their senior team yet With all those Canadian spring breakers and older dudes who visit the local brothel I’m surprised we haven’t heard of any dual nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Ottawafan said: Would love to see DR become a viable option in Concacaf. Maybe play some games near the Hard Rock PC? 32 minutes ago, Ottawafan said: With all those Canadian spring breakers and older dudes who visit the local brothel I’m surprised we haven’t heard of any dual nationals. They have the pop but their federation isn't very well run. I don't think it's really corruption or anything, more that soccer has never been big in the country as baseball is the far and away #1. They also have a lot of great dua-nat options that don't want to commit. Firpo and Mariano are meme players these days but would immediately improve DR, but both still think Spain is just around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trc2014 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) I get the rationale as to why, but Kone is a disappointing one. Time for Cava to briefly take over the scoring lead hahaha. Edited June 18, 2023 by trc2014 narduch, jhoops__, Addona and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, trc2014 said: I get the rationale as to why, but Kone is a disappointing one. Time for Cava to briefly take over the scoring lead hahaha. Agreed, Kone needs the minutes with Canada to further establish himself with the squad. He needs to be in the GC group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Maybe that move to Udinese is happening johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 24 minutes ago, trc2014 said: I get the rationale as to why, but Kone is a disappointing one. Time for Cava to briefly take over the scoring lead hahaha. All guys with transfers ?? 👀 To be fair, even if Kone stays at Watford he's got a new coach and has never done a pre-season in England king1010, sose, HochelagaFC and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, narduch said: Maybe that move to Udinese is happening That is that part that some may be ignoring. He may be moving to a mid-table team in a top 3 or 4 league this summer - in which case he will want a full preseason. With the WC, the season with Watford, and the two NL matches (and the training in between) a short breather before preseason is fine by me. If it was just the GC this summer with no NL, I wouldn’t be happy about this roster strategy, but with all other factors taken into consideration I am fine with it. My feelings may change if I have to watch the US hoist the trophy tonight but for now I get it. And lots of V’s are always asking for more new players to be brought into the fold and given a chance. Well, this is what that looks like. Fullback and Fresh Prince of MTL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Crazy how we’re a mere week and a half from Matthieu Choiniere carrying us through the gold cup narduch, jhoops__, Approve My Account Pls and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 minute ago, InglewoodJack said: Crazy how we’re a mere week and a half from Matthieu Choiniere carrying us through the gold cup Lol. Jacob Shaffelburg will be our leading scorer Corazon and Canuckia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: And lots of V’s are always asking for more new players to be brought into the fold and given a chance. Well, this is what that looks like. No. No No No No No. This is unacceptable. I want us to always play our first string starting eleven but we also have to captie every fifteen and sixteen year-old that has ever gone on a field trip to Europe. We must play with no less than four midfielders and five forwards at all times but if we get scored on, Herdman OUT! If the 23rd player on our roster plays less than 180 minutes, this whole thing will be a failure. Olympique_de_Marseille, johnyb, NVsoccer and 7 others 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 23 minutes ago, narduch said: Lol. Jacob Shaffelburg will be our leading scorer It’ll be a fierce battle between him and Akinola. Whoever gets to 2 goals runs away with team leading scorer title narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1997 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Russell-Rowe> Akinola and Cavallini MauditYvon, dyslexic nam, blueseeka and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Jack1997 said: Russell-Rowe> Akinola and Cavallini I really want to see this guy in the red and white. It seems like he can be productive when given the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I like JRR well enough but he's been pretty meh every time he takes the pitch for Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, trc2014 said: I get the rationale as to why, but Kone is a disappointing one. Time for Cava to briefly take over the scoring lead hahaha. Call back Arfield 🙂 narduch and Vasi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasi Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, narduch said: Maybe that move to Udinese is happening This might be the reason. Would be awesome. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 We also have Ugbo. Perhaps if his move to NYCFC goes through he will be at the Gold Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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