Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged CONCACAF

USMNT jr. v Guatemala

2008-11-19T20:39:00+00:00

We are less than five hours from kickoff as Guatemala invades Colorado for the final World Cup qualifier of the semifinal round. With the Red, White & Blue already through to final jeopardy, Bob Bradley has called a squad heavy on youngsters (and, of course, free of MLS finalists from Columbus and New York) The visitors arrived sans Carlos Ruiz, but with slim hopes of advancement.

Matchday 6 of Semifinal Round as it happens

2008-11-19T19:00:00+00:00

Here we are, the final matchday of the Semifinal Round. At the end of tonight we'll know all of the participants in next year's Hexagonal. Kickoff times are in Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7):[Group 1] USA - Guatemala 1811[Group 1] Trinidad & Tobago - Cuba 1811[Group 2] Honduras - Mexico 1800[Group 2] Jamaica - Canada 1800[Group 3] Suriname - Haiti 1230[Group 3] El Salvador - Costa Rica 1830 Commentary will start at 1745, or whenever I get home.

Tomorrow night will be liveblogged

2008-11-19T03:13:34+00:00

Just a reminder that I will be liveblogging the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers tomorrow night, with score updates and commentary on the matches. Most of the drama will happen in Group 2 with the Honduras-Mexico and Jamaica-Canada matches, so the updates will focus on those. Group 1 is more straightforward but I'll give updates if the unthinkable happens.

Familiar faces missing from Mexican playoffs

2008-11-18T05:51:40+00:00

The regular season of the Mexican Apertura finished this past weekend, and these are the eight teams qualified for the playoffs: San Luís Toluca Atlante UNAM Cruz Azul UANL UAG Santos Laguna No América, no Chivas, no Necaxa, and no Pachuca. Half of the teams in the playoffs have won titles before, but there's no question that the postseason is missing the traditional glamour matchups.

All the excitement's in Group 2

2008-11-18T05:35:13+00:00

So, here's the situation in Group 2, 48 hours before the final round of matches: Pts GDMexico 10 +4 Honduras 9 +3Jamaica 7 -3---------------------Canada 2 -4Jamaica plays host an already eliminated and demotivated Canada side, while Mexico have to travel to San Pedro Sula to face Honduras. If Jamaica fail to win then Mexico and Honduras secure their spots in the Hexagonal regardless of their final score.

Previo del partido Mexico vs Honduras eliminatorias Concacaf Sudafrica 2010

2008-11-18T00:51:00+00:00

Estamos a escasas horas del partido México contra Honduras en tierras centro americanas y el calor aumenta, los jugadores mexicanos que están en Europa han llegado para alistarse a viajar para San Pedro Sula.

Quería publicar acerca de esto desde antes de como viven el partido allá en Honduras ya que la afición catracha siempre se lo toma mas a pecho que los propios mexicanos, creo que algunas ocasiones y a una parte de la afición les gana la pasión y dejan de ver cosas muy evidentes.

Bradley names 20 for Wednesday

2008-11-17T20:05:00+00:00

Michael Kammerman killed the radio star... in the alley... with cue cards. - Greg Seltzer

Altidore and Cooper headline 20-man USA roster for Guatemala qualifier

2008-11-17T01:55:04+00:00

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Jozy Altidore, Kenny Cooper and Freddy Adu headline a roster of 20 players called in for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Guatemala at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Here is the squad:

GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins, Matt Pickens.

Dane Richards called up for Jamaica qualifier, Angel staying

2008-11-16T05:32:16+00:00

Dane Richards had a wide smile on his face as he celebrated Saturday night's Western Conference final victory over Real Salt Lake with his Red Bulls teammates. He will have to cut his celebration a bit short as he prepares to travel to Jamaica on Sunday for its upcoming World Cup qualifier against Canada in Kingston on Wednesday.

The Gliddens and the Red Bulls

2008-11-16T05:04:58+00:00

That was an incredible Western Conference final, and it was a prototype of several other Conference finals -- underdog team scores goal early in the match, and absorbs wave after wave of pressure (with not a small amount of luck) to finish the winner. So it was with the New York Red Bulls, who rode a Van den Burgh goal and survived three goalframe strikes by RSL players to earn their first trip to an MLS Cup Final.

Champions League dates announced

2008-11-16T01:41:35+00:00

CONCACAF's Executive Committee announced the date windows for the 2009-10 Champions League, and the biggest news is that next year's competition will start a month earlier and the group stage matches will be played over nine weeks instead of seven. That schedule change brings the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League closer to the Copa Libertadores (which schedules six group matches over ten weeks).

Can Moneyball work in soccer?

2008-11-14T22:00:51+00:00

My work on the CONCACAF club/league coefficients had motivated me to return to a draft post that I had written at the beginning of this year. I had put it aside in order to give me time to formulate and organize my thoughts, and now it's time to put ideas to pixels. This is a longish post about a topic that I hope to further develop in future months and years.

La lista de Sven Goran Erikkson seleccion mexicana contra Honduras

2008-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Originally uploaded by prismatico Sven-Göran Eriksson ya dio su lista para el partido mas difícil que enfrentara con la selección nacional. El partido contra Honduras para pasar al hexagonal final.

Regresaron Leobardo López, Diego Martínez, Sinha e Israel Martínez, ademas de Pavel y Oswaldo Sanchez.

Video: Mexico 2 - Ecuador 1 Highlights (Friendly / Amistoso)

2008-11-13T15:08:14+00:00

Vicente Matias Vuoso scored on a header in the 4th minute of injury time, lifting Mexico to a 2-1 exhibition victory over Ecuador on Wednesday night at Chase Field in Arizona. The two teams are in the middle of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup but the Mexicans brought mostly backups for the fifth and final [.

My comments on CFU Club Rankings

2008-11-12T07:09:36+00:00

A couple of months ago a guy named "Sage" informed me of a ranking formula that he had developed for Caribbean clubs and asked me to provide some comments. I've done so at the Puerto Rico Islanders fan forum. Look for a post titled by "HexagonalMan". It's in Spanish, but I'll give a translation later if there is sufficient interest.

US National Soccer Team Training Roster for the Guatemala World Cup 2010 Qualifier

2008-11-11T21:23:25+00:00

U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley has selected 19 players for a four-day training camp from Nov. 12-16 in Colorado. After the camp and the players' next club matches, Bradley will announce the roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Guatemala. The qualifier is scheduled for Nov.

Bradley calls green 19 for Guatemala

2008-11-11T19:07:00+00:00

As expected, U.S. boss Bob Bradley has announced his squad for the final World Cup qualifier of the semifinal round. Unsurprisingly, the team list is quite heavy on MLS players not among the four remaining playoff teams. The coach has picked a largely inexperienced roster to face Guatemala next Wednesday just outside Denver, including six uncapped players (noted by italics in the listing below.

New CONCACAF coefficients coming soon

2008-11-09T23:46:25+00:00

A few readers have asked me if I have released any updates of the CONCACAF club and country coefficients. The answer is that I have not, but will do so after the Houston-Firpo match in a couple of weeks. I will probably use the same formula that UEFA use to compute its coefficients now that the larger countries (USA and Mexico) have teams represented in the preliminary round of the competition.

Hexagonal dates announced

2008-11-09T23:18:23+00:00

This was actually announced on Friday, but I'm just getting to it now after crawling out of my hole.Here are the match dates for the Hexagonal, as announced by FIFA in Switzerland:11 February28 March1 April6 June10 June12 August5 September9 September10 October14 OctoberThe USA's match on 10 June will be played on the 3rd because of their obligation to play the Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Probably not a coincidence

2008-11-09T21:55:14+00:00

Of the four teams that represented MLS in the CONCACAF Champions League (Chivas USA, New England Revolution, DC United, Houston Dynamo), NONE will advance to the semifinal round of the MLS Cup playoffs. And of the four, only DC United will return to the Champions League next year, and they enter in the preliminary round as US Open Cup champions.

How the playoffs look on TV

2008-11-09T21:34:16+00:00

Apologies for the lack of posts outside of the Champions League and World Cup qualifying. I've been busy with work and a couple of side projects, but I will have more posts about the goings-on in CONCACAF shortly.I've been watching some of the MLS playoff matches on television, and I'm left with the following thought: It is distracting and amateurish for a professional soccer match to be played on a field with gridiron football markings and logos clearly visible, and it is embarrassing for Major League Soccer to allow this to occur during the climax of their season.

CONCACAF FINAL ROUND QUALIFYING DRAW TO TAKE PLACE ON NOV. 22 IN JOHANNESBURG

2008-11-09T12:19:00+00:00

Courtesy OF U.S. Soccer Communications:

CONCACAF FINAL ROUND QUALIFYING DRAW TO TAKE PLACE ON NOV. 22 IN JOHANNESBURG

Draw for 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Will Be Held the Same Day
U.S. to Play Final Match of Semifinal Phase on Nov. 19 Against Guatemala in Colorado

CHICAGO (Nov.

Marathón-Saprissa as it happened

2008-11-05T23:40:49+00:00

The final match in Group A of the Champions League between Marathón and Saprissa has been completed. Read the commentary as it happened.[Grp A] Marathón 2-0 Saprissa F So Marathón finish on top of Group A and Cruz Azul back into the knockout stage at Saprissa's expense. Alejandro Alpízar will be thinking of his miss for a long time.

Morning Ticker: Torres set to return, Chelsea cutting costs and Guatamala hires coach

2008-11-03T15:06:02+00:00

Just days after suffering its first loss of the season, Liverpool looks poised to get some good news as Fernando Torres appears set to return from the hamstring injury that forced him to miss five matches.

Torres could be in the lineup for Liverpool on Tuesday, when the Reds face Torres' former team, Atletico Madrid.

Matchday 6 of Group Stage as it happened [Wednesday]

2008-10-30T02:34:03+00:00

I apologize for missing tonight's matches. I had a very long day at work and just got in. And as it happened the critical matches started at 1700 local time, so no liveblogging tonight. Anyway, the scores:[Grp A] Saprissa 1-0 Cruz Azul F[Grp A] DC United 2-4 Marathón F[Grp D] Tauro 2-2 Puerto Rico F[Grp B] UNAM 0-0 San Francisco 25'So Saprissa and Marathón score big wins tonight, and will play each other next week to see who advances to the quarterfinals.

Video: Houston Dynamo 1 - Luis Angel Firpo 1 Highlights (CONCACAF Champions League)

2008-10-29T15:43:25+00:00

Match report from mlsnet.com In San Salvador Tuesday night, the Houston Dynamo were three minutes from becoming the first Major League Soccer team to win on the road in the CONCACAF Champions League. But Luis Angel Firpo rallied for a 1-1 draw on a goal by Fernando Leguizamon after Stuart Holden, who wore the captain's armband, put [.

First stop on MLS Reserve Division championship tour? San Salvador

2008-10-29T07:18:04+00:00

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Hey John Spencer, your Houston Dynamo reserves just won the MLS Reserve Division. Where are you going next?

To San Salvador!

That's right, fresh off clinching the most least coveted title in Major League Soccer, the Dynamo reserves won an all-expenses paid trip to San Salvador to play in the CONCACAF Champions League Tuesday night against Luis Angel Firpo.

Concachampions: Atlante gana y termina como líder de grupo

2008-10-29T06:17:43+00:00

El día de hoy el Atlante enfrentó al Impact de Montreal y lo venció por marcador de dos goles a uno, lo que le da el liderato del grupo C y la calificación a los cuartos de final de la Copa de Campeones de CONCACAF. El no haber jugado el pasado sábado contra Tecos en el [...]

Concachampions: Atlante gana y termina como líder de grupo

2008-10-29T06:17:43+00:00

Matchday 6 of Group Stage as it happens [Tuesday]

2008-10-28T19:30:00+00:00

Tonight starts a decisive week in the CONCACAF Champions League, and if results go a certain way, we may not know all of the eight quarterfinalists until late next month. Here are tonight's matches, with the highlight being the critical match in Group B:[Group C] Olimpia - Joe Public 1700[Group B] LA Firpo - Houston Dynamo 1900[Group C] Atlante - Montreal Impact 1900 Come back later today for live commentary of the Firpo-Dynamo match.