WCQ: Third Round - Window 1 (September 2-8, 2021)

[Obinna]

22 minutes ago, narduch said:

Stupid. Why didn't we call 26-28 players?

Wasn't there speculation about Brault-Guillard being in Toronto as per his insta?

I wonder if that's true and if there's anyone else unofficially on standby?

[Floortom]

2 minutes ago, Obinna said:

Wasn't there speculation about Brault-Guillard being in Toronto as per his insta?

I wonder if that's true and if there's anyone else unofficially on standby?

He's travelling with Bassong - was in Toronto but has nothing to do with the National Team. 

[Floortom]

48 minutes ago, trc2014 said:

 

I guess the best case scenario is that Cav is available as a sub for the US and El Salvador...but the US match is 4 days away and he's still training out in Vancouver. He might not even be available for that. 

[gator]

A daunting task ahead, this group should have the potential to change things!

[Obinna]

1 hour ago, Floortom said:

He's travelling with Bassong - was in Toronto but has nothing to do with the National Team. 

I'd like to think watching the match fits in there somewhere.

I wonder, do these guys get free tickets or perhaps some kind of pass, given they are national team players?

Like, how close do they get to the team in these instances? Are they allowed to attend training without participating? Are they allowed in the dressing room on game day? Are they just considered another fan like the rest of us?

Super curious. 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Obinna

[jonovision]

47 minutes ago, gator said:

A daunting task ahead, this group should have the potential to change things!

Although I agree with most everyone else that it is harder to win away in CONCACAF than it might seem it should be on paper, I'd like some context to these numbers. Particularly, how many times have each of these rivals played away against each opponent in WCQ.

Canada probably needs to erase at least one of those "nevers" in order to qualify.

[Christian B.]

1 hour ago, gator said:

A daunting task ahead, this group should have the potential to change things!

This is incorrect for Canada in Honduras. We won in Tegucigalpa during WCQ 1986 (Game was in 1985).

[trc2014]

Nice!

[kacbru]

Just now, trc2014 said:

Nice!

That's one less opportunity of being CONCACAF'd! 

[Sal333]

5 minutes ago, kacbru said:

That's one less opportunity of being CONCACAF'd! 

What's one opportunity less among a myriad of other ways that we can be CONCACAF'd?

[Redpunkfiddle]

12 minutes ago, trc2014 said:

Nice!

Oh, ok. Would have been nice to actually write that clearly in the regulations.

[A_Gagne]

1 hour ago, gator said:

A daunting task ahead, this group should have the potential to change things!

wow that's a lot of "NEVER". At least not just for us. Some serious home field advantages in CONCACAF.

Edited September 1, 2021 by A_Gagne

[Floortom]

33 minutes ago, trc2014 said:

Nice!

Great, and obviously the sensible decision,  but what is this based on? Did he confirm it with concacaf?

[Approve My Account Pls]

44 minutes ago, trc2014 said:

Nice!

So if a player got a Yellow in MD-1 and got a second in MD-9, they'd still be suspended for MD-10? Is there a number of matches at which a previous yellow expires in this round?

[Yoginess]

Okay. Now I'm starting to get nervous.

Edited September 1, 2021 by Yoginess
nervous

[narduch]

More on Pulisic

 

[Obinna]

18 minutes ago, narduch said:

More on Pulisic

 

Don't think there's much drop off with Turner (if any), but damn that doesn't sound good for Steffen. 

[narduch]

One Soccer schedule now shows they will have tomorrow's El Salvador v US game following ours 

 

[gator]

2 hours ago, Christian B. said:

This is incorrect for Canada in Honduras. We won in Tegucigalpa during WCQ 1986 (Game was in 1985).

I haven't checked but I seem to remember a huge result there, maybe the match before we qualified in NFLD? 

edit: Of course we won, George Pakos!

 

[El Diego]

1 hour ago, Obinna said:

Don't think there's much drop off with Turner (if any), but damn that doesn't sound good for Steffen. 

Imo Turner is clearly better

[red card]

Tata will not be travelling due to eye issue.

 

[mrstepp817]

Not super surprised Pulisic isn't traveling....Europe travel and not playing for almost two weeks...probably going to focus on getting him back for the last two games....might see some other Europe based guys not start fot the States in El Salvador....Steffen I bet doesn't play....cant risk running him out and then 20 min in he's got to come out and you burn a sub

[A_Gagne]

Ocho team by transfermarkt value (if you put any stock in those kind of things):

 

1) USA - $298.43M

2) Mexico - $195.58M

3) Canada - $179.99M

4) Jamaica - $103.46M

5) Costa Rica - $31.93

6) Panama - $17.08M

7) Honduras - $13.12M

😎 El Salvador - $4.57M

 

For a global comparison - the teams that placed 3rd in their group at 2018 World Cup:

Saudi Arabia - $31.90M

Iran - $81.04M

Peru - $78.65M

Nigeria - ???

Serbia - $397.43M

South Korea - $142.62M

Tunisia - $57.70M

Senegal - $329.90M

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2021 by A_Gagne

[Ruud]

14 minutes ago, A_Gagne said:

Ocho team by transfermarkt value (if you put any stock in those kind of things):

 

1) USA - $298.43M

2) Mexico - $195.58M

3) Canada - $179.99M

4) Jamaica - $103.46M

5) Costa Rica - $31.93

6) Panama - $17.08M

7) Honduras - $13.12M

😎 El Salvador - $4.57M

 

For a global comparison - the teams that placed 3rd in their group at 2018 World Cup:

Saudi Arabia - $31.90M

Iran - $81.04M

Peru - $78.65M

Nigeria - ???

Serbia - $397.43M

South Korea - $142.62M

Tunisia - $57.70M

Senegal - $329.90M

 

 

 

Looks like a future phd dissertation 

[PegCityCam]

On 8/13/2021 at 1:45 PM, PegCityCam said:

Not to derail...but any news on major Canadian networks picking up any of this?

 

On 8/13/2021 at 1:54 PM, narduch said:

I doubt it.

Heyoooooooooo! 😉