Gold Cup 2019

[theaub 46]

What a trash rig.

Garbage travel for the knockout round as well (Houston/Glendale instead of Philly/Nashville if we were in the bottom half).

[Califax 108]

What a shit draw. My god. 

They should start having the east central and western rotate on gold cup hosting.

It's like they don't want people to travel for it.

Edited April 10, 2019 by Califax

[Floortom 1,720]

I don’t think this is that bad. It gives us a good chance to advance past group stage. And it means that our QF match will not be against mexico giving us a much better chance to get to semis.

[apbsmith 1,408]

Upset of tourney

Canada over Costa Rica in QF.

[Soccerpro 0]

Either we beat two minnows or we don't. I'm fine with the draw. It's time we step up or shut up.

[apbsmith 1,408]

Nice draw USA lol....Canada/Mexico/Costa Rica all on one side of the bracket.

I'm sorry, but when only two teams advance from 1 group... two teams from the same group should not stay on the same side of the bracket, simply awful.

Would never happen in World Cup or Euro's etc. etc and should not be happening in our region either, it's embarra$$ing.

Anyways vent over, I actually like playing Mexico at altitude, will be great experience. On paper, if all things go as I predict, we should also cross over to get a match vs Costa Rica. All that I like :).

[king1010 1,538]

Why the hell does second and first place in the same group stay on the same side of the draw? Amateur hour 

[lazlo_80 270]

I don't really have a problem with this draw. Can someone explain to me why i should? 

[Obinna 8,947]

1 hour ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

We are in Mexico's Group!

with Martinique and Cuba.

 

3 games vs Cuba this year!

To be the best you gotta beat the best.

Don't mind drawing Mexico at all. In fact, I am happy about it. I wanna see how we measure up!

No excuse not to advance from the group.

[Califax 108]

5 minutes ago, lazlo_80 said:

I don't really have a problem with this draw. Can someone explain to me why i should? 

Many people wanted to drive to a game. 

No possibility of Philly or Nashville, no bus from the GTA to Cleveland with the Voyageurs. 

For matchups and Fifa points, it's fine. From a structure standpoint, its disappointing.

Edited April 10, 2019 by Califax

[Obinna 8,947]

Group C is definitely the group of death:

- Jamaica

- Honduras

- El Salvador

- Curacao 

You couldn't get a more balanced group!

[admin 719]

19 minutes ago, Califax said:

Many people wanted to drive to a game. 

No possibility of Philly or Nashville, no bus from the GTA to Cleveland with the Voyageurs. 

For matchups and Fifa points, it's fine. From a structure standpoint, its disappointing.

Some of the Saskies and Peggers (ya ya, I know) might make a go of it.

 

 

[admin 719]

I think I have my sights set on Houston

[canadasoccer20 108]

If everyone shows up that should I like our chances against CR.... It's time to prove the talent we have!

[king1010 1,538]

34 minutes ago, Califax said:

Many people wanted to drive to a game. 

No possibility of Philly or Nashville, no bus from the GTA to Cleveland with the Voyageurs. 

For matchups and Fifa points, it's fine. From a structure standpoint, its disappointing.

Dont we not get fifa points against martinique?

[Califax 108]

48 minutes ago, king1010 said:

Dont we not get fifa points against martinique?

Oh I'm not nearly smart enough to know that.

[Kent 5,466]

2 hours ago, apbsmith said:

Upset of tourney

Canada over Costa Rica in QF.

No, next round. Canada over Mexico in SF. Then we win as favourites over Jamaica. Then we mic drop.

[jtpc 421]

As others have said, 2nd in the group stage will give you a quarterfinal (most likely) with Costa Rica.

Thanks for the perspective, Kent, on the rankings. I'm glad they may not affect anything for a few years, but it still bugs me that we're playing another match for no ranking points. It's disappointing that for the group stage at a major tournament, we're looking at a match with Cuba as probably our only point-earning opportunity. (I'm done with non-FIFA members.) ?

Going to see our QF match would be tempting, but knowing we're still on Mexico's side of the draw kind of dampens that a little bit. If I was going to go somewhere to watch us play 1 match, I'd much rather go wherever our home Nations League match is against the US. 

[Zem 1,462]

1 hour ago, king1010 said:

Dont we not get fifa points against martinique?

We'd be getting like 5 points from beating Martinique if they were a FIFA nation, so it's  pretty irrelevant.

Our match against them counts for CONCACAF rankings though, which supposedly might be the system used for WCQ seeding anyway.

[jpg75 13]

3 hours ago, Obinna said:

To be the best you gotta beat the best.

I believe the saying is....

[Gian-Luca 3,952]

I don't mind the draw in terms of the teams - we've been craving the opportunity to test ourselves against good teams so now we have matches scheduled against Mexico and the US before WCQ begins.

I just hate the locations they are playing at? Pasadena, Denver and Charlotte, then if we advance back to Houston? That would cost a fortune to try to follow the team around to support them in person.

[Gian-Luca 3,952]

https://www.tsn.ca/canada-to-face-mexico-martinique-and-cuba-at-this-summer-s-gold-cup-1.1288549

Includes some comments from Herdman and Osorio

[Gian-Luca 3,952]

No VAR at the Gold Cup but extra-time returns and new rules are implemented:

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/04/10/concacaf-tweaks-rules-gold-cup-no-var-2019-tournament

[gigi riva 322]

8 hours ago, Soccerpro said:

Either we beat two minnows or we don't. I'm fine with the draw. It's time we step up or shut up.

Well said Sir  I totally agree

[gigi riva 322]

Ya the location were  Canada plays sucks But who cares I wasn't planning on traveling any way. I just want to see were we are vs  Mexico I am looking very forward to that match, If we do not get top points vs Martinique, and Cuba we have some issues