Hahaha. Like FIFA cares anything about that. You do know that this years World Cup is in Qatar, right???
OT: We may win the World Cup in 2026
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Good prediction. USA defeats Costa Rica 2-0, behind two goals by Aaronson the Younger. Honduras beats Panama 2-1. USA will meet Honduras in the semifinals with a 2024 Olympics bid on the line.
By making it to the semis, USA has secured a spot in the 2022 U-20 World Cup.
USA looked good last night. I get nervous on the insistence on building up the attack from the back, but things worked out well. The semi-final is in Honduras, so will be a tough match. Nonetheless, it is great to see the team back in the U20 WC - an event the USA has done pretty well. For the last three tournaments, the USA finished in 7th, 6th, 6th (2021 was cancelled).
As for the Olympics, the USA hasn't qualified since 2008.
Shocking result in the early game tonight as the Dominican Republic booked their spot in the u20 World Cup and a matchup Friday night for the Olympics against the Mexico-Guatemala winner…all signs would point to Mexico, but it’s Guatemala with the 1-0 lead in the 44th minute (game on FS2).
After a 1-1 draw, Guatemala advances on PK's! They only made two of four, which is not good, but it's good enough when your opponent only makes one of five. (Actually, one of six, Mexico also missed one in regulation.)
So... Dominican Republic, a nation who has never been near the world soccer radar, is in the U-20 World Cup. And Mexico is not. I guess that's why they play the games.
So... Dominican Republic, a nation who has never been near the world soccer radar, is in the U-20 World Cup. And Mexico is not. I guess that's why they play the games.
I LOVE seeing Mexico get knocked out of both the U20-WC & the Olympics.
Guatemala’s time wasting was so painful in the second half that it almost made me wish I wasn’t rooting for them.
Crazy now that with Concacaf only getting two spots to the Olympics, one of them will go to Guatemala or the Dominican Republic (my prediction is that Guatemala beats them by 2-3, but tonight is a tough game to recover from in 48 hours).
Per my Optimum cable listings, the semifinals are Friday at 6:00 and 9:00 on FS1. Not sure about the sequencing.
Not really pushed out. He's unhappy with Tuchel but he's also never been healthy for a long stretch and has huge periods of inconsistency. With Boehly being owner I would think he might want to keep the most famous American player for marketing reasons. We'll see.
Note that they moved the games around…we actually play at 9pm tonight on FS1
Dominican Republic is going to the Olympics! Win a shootout against Guatemala. US game will start later than 9:00.
USA with an impressive 3-0 win at Honduras! Clinches spot in 2024 Olympics for the first time since 2008 I think. Had already clinched spot in 2023 U-20 World Cup. Final is Sunday night at 8:00 PM on FS1, against DR, a most unlikely opponent.
Any reaction from the U20 final tonight? I'm just a casual fan and I know that the DR was a Cinderella team but 6-0 has to be impressive?
Been our Achilles heel forever. We always have great athletes on D and in goal, and guys who can run and distribute in the midfield. We’ve never had that clinical killer that can finish. The kind other nations seems to breed at will.
Euro countries all seem to have them. We blow so many chances that I just don’t see the top counties doing.
ICYMI, the Women's Senior National Team won the Concacaf W Championship, defeating Canada in the final. Not a surprise to be certain, but not a foregone conclusion either. Canada may not be the US's equal on the women's side, but they're pretty damn close.
This clinches a berth in both the 2023 WWC and 2024 Olympics.
This clinches a berth in both the 2023 WWC and 2024 Olympics.
Aaronson Man of the Match to me today for Leeds. Running everywhere and a goal now too. Adams OK looked a bit off at times. Puli on the bench I see not a huge surprise. Also - Jedi gave Salah some trouble today I imagine he will move bigger than Fulham at some point.
Marsh and Wolves coach having words after match.
Spurs looked good 4-1 and neither Kane nor Son scored.
Tim Ream also looked surprisingly good to me in the Fulham game too. And agree on Aaronson, he was a big factor in their comeback. Leeds is likely in for another relegation fight, so that was a huge 3 points.
I mentioned Newcastle a while back and now there is some smoke Tuchel may indeed move CP and Newcastle are interested. 100% CP should want this to happen. World Cup is a few months away we need him in good shape. He will play at Newcastle and they can challenge for the top 4. It is now barely a step down frankly. Not saying it will happen, but I hope it will. Amazing fan support there and CPs style will make them happy.
Reports are the Pulisic will be offered to Roma in a swap deal for Zaniolo. Seems like Chelsea don’t see CP as part of their future.
They'll be top 10 but they're not challenging for a Champs spot. Stop this you're embarrassing yourself.
