RUPERTKBD Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) Sooo.....with Costa Rica's win and Panama's loss, I have CR 4 pts clear of Panama for the 4th qualifying spot. (Costa Rica can tie the Americans in points win a win on Wednesday, but their GD is way behind) What this means (if my numbers are correct) is that Panama will have nothing to play for (besides pride) on Wednesday. Canada, OTOH, is still looking to move up in the world rankings.... Edited March 28, 2022 by RUPERTKBD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Sooo.....with Costa Rica's win and Panama's loss, I have CR 4 pts clear of Panama for the 4th qualifying spot. (Costa Rica can tie the Americans in points win a win on Wednesday, but their GD is way behind) What this means (if my numbers are correct) is that Panama will have nothing to play for (besides pride) on Wednesday. Canada, OTOH, is still looking to move up in the world rankings.... Correct. And, if Canada loses to Panama by 1, they will still finish first as long as the US doesn't beat Costa Rica by three or more. The games are all scheduled at the same time, so there can't be as much gamesmanship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elias Pettersson Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Italy out, Canada in. You could have won big money if you had bet on that result... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 51 minutes ago, Alflives said: BC Place isn't a grass field though. Isn't soccer at that high level played on grass and not astro turf? I think for qualifying it isn't a big deal. There are numerous club teams and there have been major competitions using artificial turf. The issue is for World Cups, every surface has to be the "same". For the Women's hosted by us, all the games were played on artificial turf, something the US Women's team was complaining about just prior to the start of the competition. I think the men's actually stipulates that games be played on grass, so if games were held in BC Place for the 26 Cup, we'd have to lay down grass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Alflives said: BC Place isn't a grass field though. Isn't soccer at that high level played on grass and not astro turf? If they get the world cup games there's a way to lay the sod over the artificial. Don't ask me how, it was explained one day and it's quite the process but can be done with positive results 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fred65 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 From a news paper in one of Englands hotbed of football The cutting edge coach who got Canada to the World Cup - and dreams of managing Newcastle - Chronicle Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RUPERTKBD Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 It's even big news with the odd American and Cameroonian.... 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleyCupOneDay Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 11:29 AM, StanleyCupOneDay said: Today could be the biggest day for Canada men’s soccer in the last quarter century. 1 hour until coverage starts. Done. What a victory! Can’t wait to make some noise in Qatar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Apparently, if Canada wins today against Panama they'll be placed in Pot 3 for the World Cup draw. Any other result and they end up in Pot 4. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-could-get-pot-3-fifa-world-cup-draw 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, UnkNuk said: Apparently, if Canada wins today against Panama they'll be placed in Pot 3 for the World Cup draw. Any other result and they end up in Pot 4. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-could-get-pot-3-fifa-world-cup-draw Thanks for this.....I was crunching numbers yesterday and based on the rankings of teams that have qualified, I had Canada in the very last spot in pot #3 (using the current FIFA world rankings) I had no idea how they were going to seed the teams from the three vacant spots, as some of those teams (Wales, Ukraine, Peru, Colombia) are currently ranked ahead of Canada, while some of the other hopefuls (Scotland Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, UAE and Solomon Islands (yes, Solomon Islands, ranked 142nd) rank behind Canada. I was wondering if Canada might have a chance to overtake either Poland (28) or South Korea (29), but I think now the bigger concern will be keeping ahead of Tunisia (36) and Cameroon (38) I think a draw in Panama City might just keep them where they are, but I don't think they can chance it. As I said before, Panama is out and will be playing for pride only. Canada has something to play for.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Time to wake up boys.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hate to say it, but yet another essentially useless night from Cavallini.....glad to see Herdman take him out.... ....and mere seconds later, Canada has it's best chance of the match.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bounce000 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Screw it, we’ll just have to make Messi and Müller wish they were born here once we have our way with them in the group stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 5 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: Thanks for this.....I was crunching numbers yesterday and based on the rankings of teams that have qualified, I had Canada in the very last spot in pot #3 (using the current FIFA world rankings) I had no idea how they were going to seed the teams from the three vacant spots, as some of those teams (Wales, Ukraine, Peru, Colombia) are currently ranked ahead of Canada, while some of the other hopefuls (Scotland Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, UAE and Solomon Islands (yes, Solomon Islands, ranked 142nd) rank behind Canada. I was wondering if Canada might have a chance to overtake either Poland (28) or South Korea (29), but I think now the bigger concern will be keeping ahead of Tunisia (36) and Cameroon (38) I think a draw in Panama City might just keep them where they are, but I don't think they can chance it. As I said before, Panama is out and will be playing for pride only. Canada has something to play for.... The 2 playoff spots (Costa Rica vs New Zealand and Peru vs Aus/UAE) and the final European spot are put in pot 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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