Jump to content
North Side Baseball

The Soccer Thread

USSoccer

By USSoccer,
in Other Sports

 Share
CubbieBum South Bend Cubs

CubbieBum

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
In one of the last interesting races for World Cup bids, Chile booked a spot to the finals today, Ecuador had a terrible home loss to Uruguay to drop to 6th, and Argentina needed a stoppage time goal to hold off Peru at home and jump to 4th.

 

The interesting thing now is that with the Uruguay/Ecuador result, it's still possible for Argentina to finish 6th. Argentina visits Uruguay Wednesday, while Ecuador visits an already-qualified Chile. If Ecuador and Uruguay win, Argentina finishes 6th and out of the Cup finals.

 

If not for a 94th minute goal Argentina would be tied for 5th and Uruguay would be in 4th today. Thats going to be a hell of a match on Wednesday, if Uruguay win they get the 4th spot regardless so they will be going all out.

 

Portugal looks to have locked up a playoff spot as they get Malta on Wednesday. If they win Sweden are eliminated, and if Slovenia beat San Marino they Czech Republic are eliminated.

 

Yeah its going to be crazy in South America. Wish I could watch. Can you imagine a World Cup without Argentina?

 

Not really, but I can imagine Maradona destroying everything that he touches.

 

With his hand of God?

  • Replies 20.1k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • wolf stansson

    4529

  • USSoccer

    3141

  • shnsajax

    2808

Top Posters In This Topic

Guest

Guest

Guests
Posted
Posted

For you Conor Casey fans...

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/USSoccer2.jpg

 

Spector gets mugged, probably with no foul called either.

 

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/soccer10k/USSoccer3.jpg

USSoccer Chicago Cubs

USSoccer

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-soccer12-2009oct12,0,7518125.story
Of course, much depends on the type of games and caliber of teams that U.S. Soccer can line up for Bradley ahead of the World Cup. The Netherlands already is penciled in as one possible opponent in March. There is talk of a game against England.

 

If I were running the USSF, I'd be sure to play a good African team before I bothered for the money grab that would be an England friendly.

shnsajax Iowa Cubs

shnsajax

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-soccer12-2009oct12,0,7518125.story
Of course, much depends on the type of games and caliber of teams that U.S. Soccer can line up for Bradley ahead of the World Cup. The Netherlands already is penciled in as one possible opponent in March. There is talk of a game against England.

 

If I were running the USSF, I'd be sure to play a good African team before I bothered for the money grab that would be an England friendly.

 

If the US can schedule the Holland match in Frisco I would be very very happy. I'm guessing its overseas though, which is probably for the best.

bukie All-Star

bukie

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

So, state of the World Cup qualifiers with one round of games to go (and playoff ties):

 

19 teams have currently qualified as of today:

Host - South Africa

UEFA (Europe) - Denmark, Germany, Spain, England, Serbia, Italy, Netherlands

AFC (Asia) - Australia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea

CAF (Africa) - Ghana, Ivory Coast

CONMEBOL (South America) - Brazil, Paraguay, Chile

CONCACAF (North America) - USA, Mexico

 

As for the 13 remaining spots:

UEFA - There are two groups up for grabs yet. Switzerland leads Group two with 20 points, with Greece at 17 points. Greece has a freebie win v Luxembourg Wednesday, so Switzerland simply needs to not lose to Israel at home to qualify. In group three, Slovakia leads with 19 points to Slovenia's 17 points, but Slovenia has a freebie at San Marino, while Slovakia visits Poland.

 

UEFA Playoffs - There are going to be 4 spots available for 8 teams. It's not completely set yet, but the likely playoff participants will be Portugal, Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, France, Ireland, the Switzerland/Greece loser, and the Slovakia/Slovenia loser.

 

CAF - Three groups undecided yet. Group A is between Cameroon (10) and Gabon (9). Both finish on the road, Cameroon in Morocco and Gabon in Togo. Group B is between Tunisia (11) and Nigeria (9). Both also finish on the road, Tunisia in Mozambique and Nigeria in Kenya. Group C is down to Algeria (13) and Egypt (10). Algeria visits Egypt, with Egypt needing to win by at least 2 to qualify.

 

CONMEBOL - One qualfier spot and one playoff spot available yet to Argentina (25), Uruguay (24), or Ecuador (23). Argentina visits Uruguay, and Ecuador visits Chile.

 

CONCACAF - One qualifier spot and one playoff spot for Costa Rica (17) and Honduras (15), just have to figure out which is which. Costa Rica visits the USA, while Honduras visits El Salvador. Neither the US nor El Salvador has lost a home match yet, so it is likely Costa Rica qualifies and Honduras gets the CONMEBOL playoff.

 

AFC/OFC Playoff - The last spot is going to either Bahrain or New Zealand in a 2-leg playoff. The Bahrain leg ended in a 0-0 tie, so New Zealand needs to win at home to advance, while Bahrain just needs to win or tie while scoring.

bukie All-Star

bukie

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
As for seeding, Germany clinched a seed Saturday, so six of the eight seeds are clinched by Brazil, Spain, Italy, England, Germany and South Africa. Netherlands is ahead of the USA in the pecking order and the USA is not going to pass them, so the US seed chances are pretty slim now. They need to widen the gap between themselves and Mexico in the FIFA rankings enough to pass them in seed rankings, and they need Argentina, France and Portugal to fail to qualify for the World Cup finals.
USSoccer Chicago Cubs

USSoccer

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

Remember, the UEFA playoffs are seeded according to FIFA ranking. You won't see the powerhouses having to play each other.

 

Also, Holland won't be ahead of the US for a seed, because IIRC they missed out on WC2002. Their lack of seed-ness will likely result in a Holland/Ivory Coast/USA/Brasil group.

wolf stansson Knoxville Smokies

wolf stansson

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

Grant Wahl's twitter:

GrantWahl U.S. soccer to face Denmark in a friendly on Nov 18 in Aarhus, Denmark. Good sign of tough competition that the U.S. needs before WC.

 

That seems hastily scheduled.

bukie All-Star

bukie

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
Their lack of seed-ness will likely result in a Holland/Ivory Coast/USA/Brasil group.

 

Please stop talking.

It'll all even out, though, with the likely South Africa/Mexico/New Zealand/Bosnia group.

Exile on Waveland ACL Cubs

Exile on Waveland

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
Their lack of seed-ness will likely result in a Holland/Ivory Coast/USA/Brasil group.

 

Please stop talking.

It'll all even out, though, with the likely South Africa/Mexico/New Zealand/Bosnia group.

 

Post World Cup: Mexico once again made it to the knockout stage, they're just a better international side than the US.

wolf stansson Knoxville Smokies

wolf stansson

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

According to Wahl's twitter, it's not life-threatening for Charlie. He's still in surgery, no one knows for what.

 

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/One-Dead-Road-Blocked-in-GW-Parkway-Accident-64073357.html

U.S. Park Police are investigating the crash on the southbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway at Boundary Channel Drive, just south of the Memorial Bridge, that broke an SUV in half.

 

The accident happened at approximately 3:15 a.m. Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser told News4 that it looks like the SUV struck the metal railing of the bridge that carries the parkway over Boundary Channel Drive.

 

The back of the SUV that was torn in half during a crash on the George Washington Parkway Tuesday.

 

The front of the SUV that was torn in half during a crash on the George Washington Parkway Tuesday.

 

Rush hour traffic was severly backed up because of the accident.

 

Ashley J. Roberta, 22, of Phoenix, Md., died at the scene, said Schlosser, who added that he did not have further information on the two survivors in the crash, who were taken to the Washington Hospital Center MedStar Unit in serious condition.

 

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

 

3am, car striking a metal railing on a bridge? Pure speculation, but that sounds like booze to me. No one knows if Charlie was driving but it doesn't look good.

 

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/10/davies_in_serious_accident.html

Details of the surgery were not made available, but a USSF spokesman said the injuries were "possibly" career-threatening. No other players were in the vehicle.
brinoch ACL Cubs

brinoch

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
Goff tweet:
SoccerInsider Awaiting more details on Charlie Davies. Early indication is broken leg and internal injuries. Team has left hotel for practice at RFK.

 

Yikes.

 

It could be worse. He could have been killed. Rumor on BS is broken Tib and Fib plus internal injur(y)ies.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
The North Side Baseball Caretaker Fund
The North Side Baseball Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Cubs community on the internet. Included with caretaking is ad-free browsing of North Side Baseball.

Become a Caretaker

  • Member Statistics

    6,796
    Total Members
    13,056
    Most Online
    MushroomTaco
    Newest Member
    MushroomTaco
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...