narduch Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Another point that I have seen mentioned previously but I just want to echo, we are essentially a lock for at least getting the playoff spot. Free kick and An Observer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, narduch said: Another point that I have seen mentioned previously but I just want to echo, we are essentially a lock for at least getting the playoff spot. When is that draw? New Zealand vs Uruguay/Chile is a huge difference. JuicyHam, johnyb, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, king1010 said: When is that draw? New Zealand vs Uruguay/Chile is a huge difference. I think they are waiting for the 4 teams to be decided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I thought in years past they just drew by confederation before the teams were known. narduch and Greatest Cockney Rip Off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbsmith Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I heard rumors they may do a round robin group play now? Or was that just wishful thinking by us? 4 team group top 2 advance? dyslexic nam and Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, king1010 said: When is that draw? New Zealand vs Uruguay/Chile is a huge difference. Don't forget that the playoff team from Asia at this rate will likely be Japan or Australia johnyb, Addona and king1010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, apbsmith said: I heard rumors they may do a round robin group play now? Or was that just wishful thinking by us? 4 team group top 2 advance? That’s what I thought as well - though I have no idea if it is actually true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Am I the only one thinking we could finish first? Yeah it's tied at the top, but we have the best calendar to come. Next 3 games : Mexico (H), Honduras (A) and USA (H). The Honduras game might be easier than expected, they'll probably already be eliminated. We draw Mexico and USA away, we can beat them here. That would put us first after 10/14 games. narduch, Jedi Ram, An Observer and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, MauditYvon said: Am I the only one thinking we could finish first? Yeah it's tied at the top, but we have the best calendar to come. Next 3 games : Mexico (H), Honduras (A) and USA (H). The Honduras game might be easier than expected, they'll probably already be eliminated. We draw Mexico and USA away, we can beat them here. That would put us first after 10/14 games. Home or not, it seems odd to characterize playing the two best teams during the next 3 games as being “the best calendar”. Both of those games will be tough as hell. TOcanadafan and gator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJsens1 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Stupid Honduras. What a thorn in our side that team has been. Even when they’re a garbage team and we don’t play them they manage to screw things up for us. narduch, sstackho, Jedi Ram and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Home or not, it seems odd to characterize playing the two best teams during the next 3 games as being “the best calendar”. Both of those games will be tough as hell. Mexico just lost and will be playing in a veeerryyyy hard environment. We have confidence and momentum, plus we showed that we don't fear them or the States anymore. In fact, we were the better team in our last 2 games vs USA. I think I was just surprised reading people talking about the playoff spot... Edited November 13, 2021 by MauditYvon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 minute ago, MauditYvon said: Mexico just lost and will be playing in a veeerryyyy hard environment. We have confidence and momentum, plus we showed that we don't fear them or the States anymore. In fact, we were the better team in our last 2 games vs USA. I think I was just surprised reading people talking about the playoff spot... I think the playoff talk is just realism. There are 4 spots and 4 teams very much still in it. We don’t have an easy schedule from here on out. We can do it but it will be hard. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, apbsmith said: I heard rumors they may do a round robin group play now? Or was that just wishful thinking by us? 4 team group top 2 advance? Thought that was the play in tournament for 2026 and this was the last year for the intercontinental playoff Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 And you think Mexico, Panama or USA have easier schedules? ted, pod818 and Sal333 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, MauditYvon said: Mexico just lost and will be playing in a veeerryyyy hard environment. We have confidence and momentum, plus we showed that we don't fear them or the States anymore. In fact, we were the better team in our last 2 games vs USA. I think I was just surprised reading people talking about the playoff spot... On the flip side, Mexico just lost and will arrive pissed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 42 minutes ago, Approve My Account Pls said: On the flip side, Mexico just lost and will arrive pissed off Maybe pissed off. Maybe discouraged. I lean towards discouraged when they get off the plane and find out their cojones have shrunk to the size of MnMs ted, Approve My Account Pls, MauditYvon and 7 others 1 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 58 minutes ago, MauditYvon said: And you think Mexico, Panama or USA have easier schedules? The schedule seems fairly balanced- although Mexico has the easiest after this window. We have our toughest travel schedule in the last 2 windows (AHA) with all our away games in Central America. An ideal situation would have us face an eliminated Jamaica in the 2nd game of the last window, and have the US eliminate Panama during the same round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Our next 3 games well against Mexico if we can win that game, then great but I predict a draw with Mexico either 0-0 or 1-1 (1 point for draw) Then against Honduras, I predict a win giving us 3 points And then against USA at home, in Vancouver, at BC Place, I predict a draw giving us a point Realistically through the next window that gives 18 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, TOcanadafan said: The schedule seems fairly balanced- although Mexico has the easiest after this window. We have our toughest travel schedule in the last 2 windows (AHA) with all our away games in Central America. An ideal situation would have us face an eliminated Jamaica in the 2nd game of the last window, and have the US eliminate Panama during the same round. Last window will be tough for us (matchday 12 @ Costa Rica and matchday 14 @ Panama). Until then I really believe we should see us as favorites in all games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, dyslexic nam said: I think the playoff talk is just realism. There are 4 spots and 4 teams very much still in it. We don’t have an easy schedule from here on out. We can do it but it will be hard. Last night during the post game babble, KJ said that Canada needs only three wins to make it to Qatar. 3 wins or 9 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, MauditYvon said: Am I the only one thinking we could finish first? Yeah it's tied at the top, but we have the best calendar to come. Next 3 games : Mexico (H), Honduras (A) and USA (H). The Honduras game might be easier than expected, they'll probably already be eliminated. We draw Mexico and USA away, we can beat them here. That would put us first after 10/14 games. My read is we have the hardest remaining schedule of the top 4. Panama and Mexico have 4 home games left. USA has 3, 2 of which are against bottom of the table opposition. We have 3, 2 of which are against the US and Mexico. Yes, we can beat them, and if we do those are 6 point games, but we're also much more likely to draw or loose then if we're playing lower table teams (like the US). And we still have yet to prove we can win on the road, let alone in Central America, which is exactly were we are going in our next 4 matches, and guess what... we are going to need wins down there. Unlike past groups, I think we've got this, but at the same time let's not get too ahead of ourselves. 1 hour ago, EJsens1 said: Stupid Honduras. What a thorn in our side that team has been. Even when they’re a garbage team and we don’t play them they manage to screw things up for us. and still, even when they loose... #FH! narduch, aredding77, An Observer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Sal333 said: Maybe pissed off. Maybe discouraged. I lean towards discouraged when they get off the plane and find out their cojones have shrunk to the size of MnMs No, haven't you heard, they're growers not show-ers ted and Sal333 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenny Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 3 hours ago, dyslexic nam said: I think the playoff talk is just realism. There are 4 spots and 4 teams very much still in it. We don’t have an easy schedule from here on out. We can do it but it will be hard. All it will take is losing to Mexico and Panama beating El Salvador to put us in 4th at the end of this window. Not a particularly unlikely scenario. I think Panama's schedule after Tuesday is a little tougher than Canada's though. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauditYvon Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Mexico could be 4th by Tuesday 11:00 PM btw… ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) While it would be good for our nerves, we don't have to be in the top 3 after each game (just the last) in order to end up in the top 3. 7 to go Edited November 13, 2021 by Kadenge king1010 and Jedi Ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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