Futbol Talk

[BM1090]

Last four for the US against teams who made the World Cup and they are undefeated with three wins. Feels like progress, but when I watch them they don't feel dangerous.

[panda]

Last four for the US against teams who made the World Cup and they are undefeated with three wins. Feels like progress, but when I watch them they don't feel dangerous.

Fit Reyna = infinite possibilities

[BM1090]

Okay, maybe they have actually found something

[JWags85]

Okay, maybe they have actually found something

Last couple games were with a grain of salt cause even thought Paraguay, Australia, Ecuador are WC qualifying squads, none of them are top 20 in the world kind of squads.  But womping on Uruguay, with 3-4 starters who I want nowhere near a WC roster next year, is pretty decent.  Its not full strength Uruguay (no Valverde, Gimenez not starting), nor is it the Uruguay of Suarez, Cavani, and Godin...but its still a top 4 team in SA and a nice win.

[The Sultan]

Cape Verde qualifies for the World Cup today. I believe they are the second smallest country ever to qualify.

To put this in perspective, they didn't even qualify for this year's version of the Africa Cup of Nations.

And now Curaçao qualifies too. While Costa Rica and Honduras stay home.

[BM1090]

And now Curaçao qualifies too. While Costa Rica and Honduras stay home.

That's cool. They've been close to a breakthrough for a while. Nice to see them get it. Haiti, too.

[BM1090]

Last couple games were with a grain of salt cause even thought Paraguay, Australia, Ecuador are WC qualifying squads, none of them are top 20 in the world kind of squads.  But womping on Uruguay, with 3-4 starters who I want nowhere near a WC roster next year, is pretty decent.  Its not full strength Uruguay (no Valverde, Gimenez not starting), nor is it the Uruguay of Suarez, Cavani, and Godin...but its still a top 4 team in SA and a nice win.

Yeah it's not that any of the wins/draws were particularly impressive, but unbeaten in 5 against 5 world cup teams is the type of run we haven't seen in awhile and the first time Poch seems to have some real traction. It seems like we're back as a good (but not great) soccer team, which is more than we could say for the last couple of years.