CONCACAF kicks off the 2014 World Cup qualifying cycle

FIFA announced the draw for the extra-preliminary round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers for the CONCACAF region this afternoon. As expected, they are using the FIFA World Rankings to determine the bottom ten national teams in the region with the cutoff being the March 2011 rankings. Those rankings will freeze in place the composition of the teams that enter the first three phases of the qualifying competition.

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