CONCACAF Nations League 2023/2024 - Group Stage & ¼finals - General Thread

[RJB]

On 10/21/2023 at 10:50 AM, dyslexic nam said:

And as long as I am being annoying - if I stay somewhere in the downtown core, how do folks usually get to BMO? 

For the Jamaica wcq in March 22 I walked from downtown. Nice walk along the water, took about 45 minutes. 

[VinceA]

2 hours ago, RJB said:

For the Jamaica wcq in March 22 I walked from downtown. Nice walk along the water, took about 45 minutes. 

*Homer voice*

"Walk? That wasn't part of the deal"

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Edit:

Both the final four tournament and the last-chance play-in matches will be in the Dallas area as rumoured.

https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/dallas-metropolitan-area-to-host-a-decisive-week-of-concacaf-nations-league-matches-in-march-2024/

If we qualify, for the Final-Four I will make a separate thread for that later this month.

If we bomb against Jamaica it will be a thread for our match against our last-chance opponent instead.

Edited November 13, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Either way the #CanMNT will be going to the Dallas area in March.

If the USA or Mexico bomb out of their quaterfinal matches, getting tickets to the Play-in will be near impossible without the CSA saving us a couple hundred seats.

[narduch]

2 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Either way the #CanMNT will be going to the Dallas area in March.

If the USA or Mexico bomb out of their quaterfinal matches, getting tickets to the Play-in will be near impossible without the CSA saving us a couple hundred seats.

Have they layed out how the play in matches are determined?

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

5 minutes ago, narduch said:

Have they layed out how the play in matches are determined?

No! I will read it again but it doesn't look like it.

Edit:

The answer is below, I need to read more thoroughly 😅

Edited November 13, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

3 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

No! I will read it again but it doesn't look like it.

 @narduch I've got to read better. They did say:

"The two CNL Play-In pairings will be determined based on the Concacaf Men's Senior National Team Rankings published after November's FIFA Match Window, with the highest-ranked team facing the lowest-ranked team (1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3)."

[narduch]

36 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

 @narduch I've got to read better. They did say:

"The two CNL Play-In pairings will be determined based on the Concacaf Men's Senior National Team Rankings published after November's FIFA Match Window, with the highest-ranked team facing the lowest-ranked team (1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3)."

Thanks.

If we fail to pass Jamaica I think our opponent would end up being either T&T or Honduras based on that.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

23 minutes ago, narduch said:

Thanks.

If we fail to pass Jamaica I think our opponent would end up being either T&T or Honduras based on that.

I think we are thinking along the same lines.

If we lose to Jamaica on aggregate and Mexico and the USA win on aggregate, [Costa Rica or Panama] will be too close to us in the rankings, right?

The same goes if only one of the USA or Mexico lose on aggregate.

https://www.concacaf.com/rankings/men-s-national-team/

A match against T&T or Honduras would be guaranteed short of a double upset (Mexico and the USA losing), and then we would play Mexico for that last-chance match.

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Olympique_de_Marseille

[narduch]

5 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

I think we are thinking along the same lines.

If we lose to Jamaica on aggregate and Mexico and the USA win on aggregate, [Costa Rica or Panama] will be too close to us in the rankings, right?

The same goes if only one of the USA or Mexico lose on aggregate.

https://www.concacaf.com/rankings/men-s-national-team/

A match against T&T or Honduras would be guaranteed short of a double upset (Mexico and the USA losing), and then we would play Mexico for that last-chance match.

 

 

I think Panama sweeping Costa Rica would ensure T&T for us. 

We're going to beat Jamaica anyway so this is all moot. 😀

[narduch]

 

[narduch]

Some good news 

 

 

[RS]

I know there are logistical reasons to open the upper west stands before the upper east, but it looks far better aesthetically to open the east first.

[nolando]

28 minutes ago, narduch said:

Some good news 

 

 

This sells 40K easily in Vancouver. SMH

[RS]

[nolando]

4 hours ago, RS said:

[narduch]

The USA v T&T game is on One Soccer's schedule for tonight 

[Kent]

... but no evidence (that I have seen) of the Costa Rica vs Panama game being shown. That is the more interesting game to me out of the 2 tonight.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

20 minutes ago, Kent said:

... but no evidence (that I have seen) of the Costa Rica vs Panama game being shown.

One Soccer has the Costa Rica vs Panama match on their schedule now.

[Obinna]

28 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

One Soccer has the Costa Rica vs Panama match on their schedule now.

They heard you @Kent

[SpursFlu]

Feel a bit bad for Trinidad getting a red. Not creating much but showing good fight

Reyna looking a bit like Bieber 

[Kent]

22 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

Feel a bit bad for Trinidad getting a red. Not creating much but showing good fight

Reyna looking a bit like Bieber 

I just joined the game a couple minutes ago. Was it a deserved red?

[Kent]

8 minutes ago, Kent said:

I just joined the game a couple minutes ago. Was it a deserved red?

To everyone (like me) that was hoping for USA to get upset, I apologize for starting to watch this game. Goalfest since I joined.

[SthMelbRed]

Looks like, barring some strange silliness, the USA and Panama are going to qualify directly to the Copa next summer, with T&T and Costa Rica being relegated to the repechage route.

[SpursFlu]

16 minutes ago, Kent said:

I just joined the game a couple minutes ago. Was it a deserved red?

It was a 2nd yellow that was definitely deserved. Didn't see the 1st