Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) When is this being played? Thursday, June 15th (semi-finals) and Sunday, June 18th (finals & 3rd place match) Where is this being played? Allegiant Stadium in the Greater Las Vegas area Rankings of Teams (in their respective groups) going into the tournament: (1) USA 10 pts +12 (2) Panama 10 pts +8 (3) Canada 9 pts +8 (4) Mexico 8 pts +5Therefore, the semi-finals are as follows: (1) USA vs (4) Mexico (3) Canada vs (2) Panama Tickets: Section 142. Details to follow. Dates of interest: The "provisional list" 60-man roster is due Tuesday, May 16th. The final 23-man roster is due Monday, June 5thhttps://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/regulations/ The FIFA International Match window begins Monday, June 12th . Therefore it is unlikely that we will play a friendly match before this tournament. Edit: https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/semifinal-matchups-and-schedule-confirmed-for-2022-23-concacaf-nations-league-finals-in-las-vegas/ Edited April 4, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille Canuckia, Ivan, Goal_Kick and 13 others 8 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, footballfreak said: Safe to say we will be the early game. Edit: I stand corrected. I wonder if that changes before June. A Thursday night? CONCACAF will find a way to CONCACAF us into the early game don't you worry! I expect our match will be 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern. There is too much money at stake and too many Mexican fans to please. footballfreak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: A Thursday night? CONCACAF will find a way to CONCACAF us into the early game don't you worry! I expect our match will be 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern. There is too much money at stake and too many Mexican fans to please. 7pm Eastern hits "Primetime" for the east coast though. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, Watchmen said: 7pm Eastern hits "Primetime" for the east coast though. That is true; what is more valuable? The TV rights for 7pm? Or the Box Office revenue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneC06 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 37 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: That is true; what is more valuable? The TV rights for 7pm? Or the Box Office revenue? I could say with 100% certainty Mexico vs USA would be in the late window. Everyone's going for that game, not Canada vs Panama. Hopefully we can get a solid group of Canadians out. Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trc2014 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 So with the suspensions in mind. Aside from good coaching, are there are individual players to be concerned about on Panama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redpunkfiddle Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I am very sure last Gold Cup switched a Mexico or USA game from early to late slot because they wound up not winning their group or something , so they will definitely do that here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 42 minutes ago, trc2014 said: So with the suspensions in mind. Aside from good coaching, are there are individual players to be concerned about on Panama? I remember Panama from last year. This is a super winnable game Edited March 29, 2023 by Alex mrtoddcan, narduch and Canuckia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTransport Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I'll be there dyslexic nam, Bikerack, mrtoddcan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Alex said: I remember Panama from last year. This is a super winnable game Agreed. We are heavy favourites mrtoddcan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Vegas not a far flight from Western Canada. This is mighty tempting... NVsoccer, Canuckia, dyslexic nam and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Vegas in June is awful but it also means its cheap so... Obinna, johnyb, Jedi Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 38 minutes ago, narduch said: Agreed. We are heavy favourites I definitely fancy us to get to the final. The "heavy" makes me nervous, but we are clear favourites, on paper or otherwise. I try not to be biased, but if I am a neutral looking at this region, Canada is the TEAM to beat right now. Mexico have a new coach and drop points to Jamaica at home, off the back of a poor World Cup. The USA has an intern coach and looks talented, but disjointed. Canada meanwhile looks like a fine tuned machine. Everything is fluid and the group is mature, not by age but by experience playing together consistently. Canada has the least depth of the 3 teams, but the best player as well, if not the two best players. They also have (I suspect) a psycological edge over the USA and Mexico, having topped the Ocho. No way to prove it, just my hunch. Shocking to say perhaps, but I actually would expect Canada to win if I were a neutral. The caveat would they must play the final and semi final as basically the away team. phresh, johnyb, mrtoddcan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Ticket prices for both games. Will sell quickly no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Obinna said: I definitely fancy us to get to the final. The "heavy" makes me nervous, but we are clear favourites, on paper or otherwise. I try not to be biased, but if I am a neutral looking at this region, Canada is the TEAM to beat right now. Mexico have a new coach and drop points to Jamaica at home, off the back of a poor World Cup. The USA has an intern coach and looks talented, but disjointed. Canada meanwhile looks like a fine tuned machine. Everything is fluid and the group is mature, not by age but by experience playing together consistently. Canada has the least depth of the 3 teams, but the best player as well, if not the two best players. They also have (I suspect) a psycological edge over the USA and Mexico, having topped the Ocho. No way to prove it, just my hunch. Shocking to say perhaps, but I actually would expect Canada to win if I were a neutral. The caveat would they must play the final and semi final as basically the away team. If the US are as goof as their fans want people to believe they should beat a team like El Salvador way more than 1-0,at home Kadenge, Obinna and TOcanadafan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Obinna said: I definitely fancy us to get to the final. The "heavy" makes me nervous, but we are clear favourites, on paper or otherwise. I try not to be biased, but if I am a neutral looking at this region, Canada is the TEAM to beat right now. Mexico have a new coach and drop points to Jamaica at home, off the back of a poor World Cup. The USA has an intern coach and looks talented, but disjointed. Canada meanwhile looks like a fine tuned machine. Everything is fluid and the group is mature, not by age but by experience playing together consistently. Canada has the least depth of the 3 teams, but the best player as well, if not the two best players. They also have (I suspect) a psycological edge over the USA and Mexico, having topped the Ocho. No way to prove it, just my hunch. Shocking to say perhaps, but I actually would expect Canada to win if I were a neutral. The caveat would they must play the final and semi final as basically the away team. Agree Weird to play an emotional semi final and maybe final (don’t get too confident) in Vegas then switch to group matches in gold cup. Herdman has to manage that. Gold cup final should be the big game to target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phresh Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Someone posted a tweet announcing the semi-final matchups over on the LigaMX sub. The most upvoted comment is a guy predicting a loss to us in the final. Decent times I must say. Canuckia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) Let's not get beyond ourselves here - the US is the favourite to win. Yes, this is the best team we've had by a mile, but we also haven't beat the US in the US since 1957. The one thing in our favour (extreme captain obvious comment incoming) is that we have by far the easier semifinal. Edited March 29, 2023 by theaub Canuckia, johnyb, Kent and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 30 minutes ago, narduch said: If the US are as goof as their fans want people to believe they should beat a team like El Salvador way more than 1-0,at home This is precisely what I am thinking. I watched bits of the game, and the highlights, and they just don't look like a team. The baseline talent of their team is very high insofar as concacaf goes, but you can tell they aren't as well drilled or as well prepared as us. If we end up playing them and they beat us, I feel like it's going to come from a lucky bounce, or something just not going our way on the day. In their current state I definitely don't see them playing us off the park. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvroArrow Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I fully expect a member from the US soccer federation to pull out an old dusty book titled "Concacaf Nations League Rules", and upon blowing off the dust, they'll discover an obscure rule that avoids a US/Mexico semifinal. Gian-Luca, Jedi Ram, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Obinna said: Vegas not a far flight from Western Canada. This is mighty tempting... Do it. If I can try to get there from PEI, you can do it from the Prairies I will even buy you a beer. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 So, dare I ask what the prize money if we win the tourney is and if we do, does 50% of this money also goes to the women? 😉 mrtoddcan, johnyb, Jedi Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 49 minutes ago, AvroArrow said: I fully expect a member from the US soccer federation to pull out an old dusty book titled "Concacaf Nations League Rules", and upon blowing off the dust, they'll discover an obscure rule that avoids a US/Mexico semifinal. I suspect they’re not that mad about it. This is the only way they get a US v Mexico game because we’d have knocked out either one in the semi final. MauditYvon, Club Linesman, narduch and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Pinto Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Will the tickets be for both games or do they clear the stadium between games. Have a group considering going. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 48 minutes ago, David Pinto said: Will the tickets be for both games or do they clear the stadium between games. Have a group considering going. Both matches. 1 hour ago, AvroArrow said: I fully expect a member from the US soccer federation to pull out an old dusty book titled "Concacaf Nations League Rules", and upon blowing off the dust, they'll discover an obscure rule that avoids a US/Mexico semifinal. They don't have to because there is a 3rd place match. This allows them to sell two Mexico matches and two USA matches whatever happens. Edited March 29, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille narduch and Canuckia 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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