The 4th place concacaf team will face Oceania champion. That makes 4th place less precarious. The big concern is that you would get a south american team.
New Zealand beats playing peru any day
The 4th place concacaf team will face Oceania champion. That makes 4th place less precarious. The big concern is that you would get a south american team.
Which will make qualifying incredibly boring.expanded field starts in 2026.
Am I reading this correctly? USMNT will be playing outside in St Paul Mn on Feb 2nd? They realize this is a usually the coldest two week stretch of the year for MN during this time?
Whats the cutoff for temps where they would postpone the game cause below 0 could easily happen.
Opponents crowd makes sense and also I guess Honduras has never played in sub zero temps…… but how many USA guys have?I have wondered how the hell this happens since that Costa Rica debacle in the snow….
From what I can tell - the northern locations are more likely to be packed with US only crowds, this provides the easiest travel option for getting to Canada and it will be a bitch for Honduras who will be coming off 2 warm weather games.
Gotta say - the only part of it that makes ANY sense is the crowd - assuming this rules out Texas, Florida and other warm weather spots. Otherwise it’s absolutely nuts. Crap like weather conditions seem more likely to be an equalizer for the more talented team
Am I reading this correctly? USMNT will be playing outside in St Paul Mn on Feb 2nd? They realize this is a usually the coldest two week stretch of the year for MN during this time?
Whats the cutoff for temps where they would postpone the game cause below 0 could easily happen.
Was watching until the Hawks. Planning to watch the 2nd half after the basketball game.
Goal. Cole Bassett on a rebound in the 89th minute. Didn’t catch who put in the original shot, but it was a beauty.
EDIT: Jonathan Gomez, 84th minute sub, who is going from Louisville in the USL to Real Sociedad in La Liga next month.
Am I reading this correctly? USMNT will be playing outside in St Paul Mn on Feb 2nd? They realize this is a usually the coldest two week stretch of the year for MN during this time?
Whats the cutoff for temps where they would postpone the game cause below 0 could easily happen.
I played a college game with the temperature around ten degrees at start time; late afternoon game & it got colder by the finish. It was miserable, felt like you were kicking a damn brick.
If it is frigid, it will absolutely affect the game. In my case above, we played that team three times - twice in the regular season, and again in the JuCo playoffs. Twice, we blew them out. In the frozen game, we slogged through it and won one 1-0, with the lone goal being a 2nd half PK. It can not help the inferior team.
It is simply dumb to schedule a game in that area at that time of year.
Kellyn Acosta seriously earned massive euro contract tonight if he wants.
Pulled from a different thread, but this is a hell of a one year deal in a league with very limited free agency…I don't follow US soccer that much. I don't follow MLS at all. I follow European soccer, especially the EPL.
How good is this Acosta guy? He looked like the best player on the field at all times.
Anyone else going to die of frostbite and cold temps with me in Minneapolis?
If I’m turner, I only do that if I’m given a strong shot at the starting job. Don’t want to see both of our top keepers stuck at #2s.Sounds like Arsenal is making a push to get Matt Turner at keeper.
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I get gaming the home games to screw the opponent, but playing a game where there very well could be wind chill warnings doesn't seem helpful. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind playing a soccer game in January in Minnesota.So I'm planning on making the drive up there (assuming the weather is good). I told myself after a few cold Iowa football games that I'm not going to any sporting events where it's brutally cold yet here I am planning on going to Minnesota in the dead of winter
I think that the USA playing Canada in the same window also plays a factor in between the two home games. Would be a bit of a shock to the system to go from sunny California to Canada and then back to Texas for instance.I get gaming the home games to screw the opponent, but playing a game where there very well could be wind chill warnings doesn't seem helpful. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind playing a soccer game in January in Minnesota.
Anyone else going to die of frostbite and cold temps with me in Minneapolis?
I think that the USA playing Canada in the same window also plays a factor in between the two home games. Would be a bit of a shock to the system to go from sunny California to Canada and then back to Texas for instance.
Yeah, had it been a weekend I think I’d have pulled the trigger as well.I seriously thought about it but since it fell on a Wednesday it wasn't going to work out
I get gaming the home games to screw the opponent, but playing a game where there very well could be wind chill warnings doesn't seem helpful. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind playing a soccer game in January in Minnesota.
That makes sense but there are other cold weather cities that aren't as cold as Minnesota. New York or Portland would be better, although I don't know if Portland has a natural grass field.I totally agree. I think this had to play into their decison. Curious to see how Canada plays without Davies.
That makes sense but there are other cold weather cities that aren't as cold as Minnesota. New York or Portland would be better, although I don't know if Portland has a natural grass field.
That makes sense but there are other cold weather cities that aren't as cold as Minnesota. New York or Portland would be better, although I don't know if Portland has a natural grass field.
Agreed. I read that limiting travel time was a priority as well.Portland (and San Jose) would have been a location if the Canada away WCQ was in Vancouver and not Hamilton. I think they wanted to avoid NYC at all costs because of what happened when they played there in the last qualifying cycle
Kansas City.Portland and Seattle both have turf. I am honestly done ever playing in New York or LA. Those cities suck representing the US. Maybe Nashville would have been better?
That's true! I would have gone there too!