CONCACAF U17 qualifying: Guatemala Feb 2023 ( + preparation & news )

[Obinna]

That's a tough road. Haiti can be tricky, while Costa Rica are always challenging. 

Also, interesting that Suriname and Curacao never made the knockouts, while teams like DR and PR did, Bermuda too. I guess their come up at the senior level hasn't filtered down to the youth level yet. I imagine they don't get as much out of the Dutch at the U17, but I still expected better than this. 

[shorty]

2 hours ago, Fresh Prince of MTL said:

Dread it, run from it, Haiti knockout games always arrive.

That’s okay. We have Iron Man:

 

[shorty]

 

dbl post

Edited February 17, 2023 by shorty

[Soccerpro2]

3 hours ago, Obinna said:

That's a tough road. Haiti can be tricky, while Costa Rica are always challenging. 

Also, interesting that Suriname and Curacao never made the knockouts, while teams like DR and PR did, Bermuda too. I guess their come up at the senior level hasn't filtered down to the youth level yet. I imagine they don't get as much out of the Dutch at the U17, but I still expected better than this. 

Dominican Republic finished 2nd in u20 Concacaf qualifying last year. Something we can only ever dream of at the u20 level.

[Obinna]

1 minute ago, Soccerpro2 said:

Dominican Republic finished 2nd in u20 Concacaf qualifying last year. Something we can only ever dream of at the u20 level.

Thanks for this, a few days ago I was trying to remember what DR team it was that upset us a while ago. I think this was the team, no?

[Soccerpro2]

2 minutes ago, Obinna said:

Thanks for this, a few days ago I was trying to remember what DR team it was that upset us a while ago. I think this was the team, no?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_CONCACAF_U-20_Championship
 

No, we lost to powerhouse Guatemala and Cuba.

Edited February 17, 2023 by Soccerpro2

[narduch]

I'm hoping DR can upset the US tomorrow. 

That would be sweet

[Alex]

Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic are only in the knockout round because they beat the smallest minnows in prequalifying 

[VinceA]

 

[El Hombre]

11 minutes ago, VinceA said:

 

How did Joses get skipped for the U17s?  He was a standout for TFC when I watched him play.  He's a 2007 so the same age as Mackenzie and Fung.  Strange.

Edited February 17, 2023 by El Hombre

[Vasi]

15 minutes ago, El Hombre said:

How did Joses get skipped for the U17s?  He was a standout for TFC when I watched him play.  He's a 2007 so the same age as Mackenzie and Fung.  Strange.

Maybe the Hert Berlin trial is more important for his long term career then a u tournament. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

[InglewoodJack]

Wrong Berlin club, sad to say.

 

Hope he gets it though.

[Sechat23]

8 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said:

Wrong Berlin club, sad to say.

 

Hope he gets it though.

How can he go if he does not have a Eupran passport? 

[InglewoodJack]

3 minutes ago, Sechat23 said:

How can he go if he does not have a Eupran passport? 

Since the fall of the wall, it's been a lot easier to enter Germany.

[Sechat23]

1 minute ago, InglewoodJack said:

Since the fall of the wall, it's been a lot easier to enter Germany.

Lol. 

[YorkRegionFan]

To those who have watch Hugo Mbongue and Joses Chukwu, are they comparable players or does one have greater potential than the other?

[El Hombre]

3 minutes ago, YorkRegionFan said:

To those who have watch Hugo Mbongue and Joses Chukwu, are they comparable players or does one have greater potential than the other?

I have watched both but am terrible at evaluating talent.  What I do know is that no matter how they turn out it will be either directly due to (if negative) or despite of (if positive) TFC's youth program.  Book it!

[SpursFlu]

So is this as close Canada vs Quebec at soccer as we're ever going to get?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 17, 2023 by SpursFlu

[gigi riva]

18 hours ago, Obinna said:

That's a tough road. Haiti can be tricky, while Costa Rica are always challenging. 

Also, interesting that Suriname and Curacao never made the knockouts, while teams like DR and PR did, Bermuda too. I guess their come up at the senior level hasn't filtered down to the youth level yet. I imagine they don't get as much out of the Dutch at the U17, but I still expected better than this. 

Which is normally a huge Baseball country , The Dominican Republic is starting to embrace Soccer  if they can at least half of what they do in Baseball they can be a emerging nation in CONCACAF 

[Sechat23]

4 hours ago, gigi riva said:

Which is normally a huge Baseball country , The Dominican Republic is starting to embrace Soccer  if they can at least half of what they do in Baseball they can be a emerging nation in CONCACAF 

But how much it is because of MLS?  

[Ivan]

18 hours ago, El Hombre said:

How did Joses get skipped for the U17s?  He was a standout for TFC when I watched him play.  He's a 2007 so the same age as Mackenzie and Fung.  Strange.

Earlier talk was he was carrying an injury.  He missed the December camp.  If he was healthy and didn't make the team, it would be surprising since his younger brother made it.  

[Shway]

19 minutes ago, Ivan said:

Earlier talk was he was carrying an injury.  He missed the December camp.  If he was healthy and didn't make the team, it would be surprising since his younger brother made it.  

I thought they were twins. 

[dyslexic nam]

19 minutes ago, Shway said:

I thought they were twins. 

Yeah but unless they came out at the same time…

[Ivan]

1 hour ago, Shway said:

I thought they were twins. 

Joses is a 2007, Richard a 2008.

[Sechat23]

On 2/17/2023 at 2:37 PM, narduch said:

I'm hoping DR can upset the US tomorrow. 

That would be sweet

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