madmonte Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Poll: Which six teams will we see in the hexagonal stage this year, once we get to that point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince193 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala and ......Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala and ......Canada. To be clear, pick your six options and then hit submit, this is a poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I just think that it's too early. I won't make a prediction because there is a possibility that Trinidad is in a group in the SF round with Haiti and an ever weaker team. They would cleary have an easy draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Im surprised nobody has bet on either T&T, El Salvador or Guatemala to make it. Also - we are clearly pretty big homers, aren't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Im surprised nobody has bet on either T&T, El Salvador or Guatemala to make it. Also - we are clearly pretty big homers, aren't we? Canada was always going to do well in this poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanovski94 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Im surprised nobody has bet on either T&T, El Salvador or Guatemala to make it. Also - we are clearly pretty big homers, aren't we? El salvador had half its team and many good youth players banned for match fixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, with Panama challenging for the 4th spot. Every other team is a pretender with Jamaica head of the 2nd tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David C. Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, with Panama challenging for the 4th spot. Every other team is a pretender with Jamaica head of the 2nd tier. That's pretty much how I see it. If we're going to make it to the Hex, I think our best chance is to end up in a group with Jamaica (rather than Honduras or Panama). Trinidad, Guatemala and Cuba are often difficult matches but we should be able to cope with them (I didn't know about the El Salvador match fixing thing, until the post above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Soccerpro's assesment is pretty reasonable - although I think we'll see more of a split between MEX/USA/CR and the next three - HON/PAN/JAM It's early days and I think many expect CR to fade with time, but i'm not so sure they will. For the first time (since I have been following), they have a core of players in some real good club environments. Off the top of my head they have guys at - Fulham, Villaareal, West Brom, Everton, Palmero, Mainz, Deportivo (actually Borges has return from loan to AIK I think), Club Brugges, Real Madrid, AZ Alkmaar, Evian (two players there). Just let that sink in for a second.....then add the MLS contigent: Saborio, Watson, Arrieta, Wallace, Miller, Frances. I am sure I am missing a few more. Not all those European guys are starters, but all of them are seeing first team action in some form and aren't permenently glued to the bench. Factor in the top guys at Saprissa, Herediano and Aljuenses (too lazy to spell check that one), and you have a pool of players closer to USA and Mexico than Panama, Honduras, etc. I think they're here to stay folks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 My dark horse is Curacao. Patrick Kluivert is managing them and he's collecting a squad of Eredivisie players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Soccerpro's assesment is pretty reasonable - although I think we'll see more of a split between MEX/USA/CR and the next three - HON/PAN/JAM It's early days and I think many expect CR to fade with time, but i'm not so sure they will. For the first time (since I have been following), they have a core of players in some real good club environments. Off the top of my head they have guys at - Fulham, Villaareal, West Brom, Everton, Palmero, Mainz, Deportivo (actually Borges has return from loan to AIK I think), Club Brugges, Real Madrid, AZ Alkmaar, Evian (two players there). Just let that sink in for a second.....then add the MLS contigent: Saborio, Watson, Arrieta, Wallace, Miller, Frances. I am sure I am missing a few more. Not all those European guys are starters, but all of them are seeing first team action in some form and aren't permenently glued to the bench. Factor in the top guys at Saprissa, Herediano and Aljuenses (too lazy to spell check that one), and you have a pool of players closer to USA and Mexico than Panama, Honduras, etc. I think they're here to stay folks... Echo that. Should be interesting go around though. There's that "B" layer of teams, true, but sometimes they can be fun to watch. One of them always seems to get on a roll (somewhere) and upsets the whole order of things. Hope its our turn this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanovski94 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 We should note that Honduras is an older team and there is the possibility that could be a negative for them. Though their experience and familiarity is a positive. They dont seem as strong in the youth dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 My dark horse is Curacao. Patrick Kluivert is managing them and he's collecting a squad of Eredivisie players they barely got past Montserrat! Won 2-1 and tied 2-2 on a last minute goal. I doubt it's because Montserrat suddenly got good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Take another look at who Montserrat actually had at their disposal. It was a team of ringers from England with a few guys in Scotland and Cyprus. Lower league and part timers but not beer league no hopers from the island. As for Curacao, I remember reading that Kluivert is working on getting several other highly regarded players into the fold including Marvin Emnes of Swansea and Vurnon Anita of Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Take another look at who Montserrat actually had at their disposal. It was a team of ringers from England with a few guys in Scotland and Cyprus. Lower league and part timers but not beer league no hopers from the island. As for Curacao, I remember reading that Kluivert is working on getting several other highly regarded players into the fold including Marvin Emnes of Swansea and Vurnon Anita of Newcastle. Most of the guys on Montserrat where playing at no-name clubs. You'd still expect that a team like Curaçao to beat them easily. Oh and Kluivert is looking to bring players X, Y. Tell me when those players have made their one-time switch to Curaçao. Until then, who cares? It's like Arfield playing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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