Bruce Arena Era 2: Electric Boogaloo. USMNT Super Thread

[USABlue]

Bah...no Bein.

Ramon Torres with a 90 minute equalizer for Panama. pushing for the winner

 

[The T-Dex]

Is my man Jose still about?

 

[obc]

the next round of matches very critical. 1 v 4, 2 v 3...

If we can defend our turf and beat CR and Mexico beat Panama in Azteca, will have us tied for 2nd (barring GD) with a slightly less squeeky bum gap between us and 4th.

Expecting 7 points from the remaining four matches. We'll bottle something we should win.

Fifth & Final Round (Hexagonal)

PTS W L D GF GA GD
Mexico 14 4 1 1 9 2 +7
Costa Rica 11 3 1 2 9 4 +5
USMNT 8 2 2 2 11 8 +3
Panama 7 1 1 4 4 4 0
Honduras 5 1 3 2 6 14 -8
T and T 3 1 5 0 3 10 -7

The USA are one of six nations to advance to the final round of 2018 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, also known as "The Hexagonal."

The goal of the Americans in the Hexagonal is to finish among the top three to clinch an automatic berth to Russia 2018. The fourth-place finisher will advance to a playoff against Asia's fifth-place finisher. The bottom two teams will be eliminated.

The USA will face a total of 10 matches in the Hexagonal, which opened Round 1 on November 11 against archrivals Mexico on US soil. The two CONCACAF giants will then square off in Mexico City in Round 6.

The qualifying process in the CONCACAF region began back in January 2015 and it has seen 29 nations eliminated along the way, leaving the final six survivors in "The Hex."

Hexagonal Schedule
Nov 11, 2016 USA 1, Mexico 2 MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus
Nov 11, 2016 Honduras 0, Panama 1 Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Nov 11, 2016 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Costa Rica 2 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Nov 15 2016 Costa Rica 4, USA 0 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose
Nov 15, 2016 Panama 0, Mexico 0 Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Nov 15, 2016 Honduras 3, Trinidad & Tobago 1 Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Mar 24, 2017 USA 6, Honduras 0 Avaya Stadium, San Jose, Calif.
Mar 24, 2017 Trinidad & Tobago 1, Panama 0 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Mar 24, 2017 Mexico 2, Costa Rica 0 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Mar 28, 2017 Panama 1, USA 1 Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Mar 28, 2017 Honduras 1, Costa Rica 1 Estadio Francisco Morazan, San Pedro Sula
Mar 28, 2017 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Mexico 1 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Jun. 8, 2017 Mexico 3, Honduras 0 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Jun. 8, 2017 USA 2, Trinidad & Tobago 0 Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Jun. 8, 2017 Costa Rica 0, Panama 0 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose
Jun. 11, 2017 Mexico 1, USA 1 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Jun. 13, 2017 Panama 2, Honduras 2 Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Jun. 13, 2017 Costa Rica 2, Trinidad & Tobago 1 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose
Sep 1, 2017 USA vs. Costa Rica TBD
Sep 1, 2017 Mexico vs. Panama Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Sep 1, 2017 Trinidad & Tobago vs. Honduras Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Sep 5, 2017 Honduras vs. USA Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Sep 5, 2017 Panama vs. Trinidad & Tobago Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Sep 5, 2017 Costa Rica vs. Mexico Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose
Oct. 6, 2017 USA vs. Panama Orlando City Stadium, Orlando
Oct. 6, 2017 Costa Rica vs. Honduras Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose
Oct. 6, 2017 Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Oct. 10, 2017 Trinidad & Tobago vs. USA Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Oct. 10, 2017 Panama vs. Costa Rica Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Oct. 10, 2017 Honduras vs. Mexico Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Honduras and T&T are just gash. I can't see either of them finishing 4th or higher. If the USA beats Costa Rica at home I think they are through.

 

[obc]

Honduras and T&T are just gash. I can't see either of them finishing 4th or higher. If the USA beats Costa Rica at home I think they are through.

Honduras are, but they play ROUGH. That's a get a point or three and more importantly no one gets injured. Pulisic has been getting targeted hard... (another reason I still do so love hockey. take a run at our star, i'll serve 5 min to knock your chicklets all over the pitch.)

 

[SerenityNigh]

Oh, if that kit is real I like it very much

 

[obc]

i'll finally have a US kit! not super big on the stars on the shoulders ... although I can make my friends call me ADMIRAL when I wear it.

I have Scotland ('96, '98 picked up by friends visiting), Paraguay home and away, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay... if out in the next month might get it, else Colombia will be next on that last.

 

[RAFUH]

i'll finally have a US kit! not super big on the stars on the shoulders ... although I can make my friends call me ADMIRAL when I wear it.

I have Scotland ('96, '98 picked up by friends visiting), Paraguay home and away, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay... if out in the next month might get it, else Colombia will be next on that last.

I like hoops but prefer red and white.

I would really like to stick to a identifiable theme

 

[RAFUH]

Really like the training top

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I like hoops but prefer red and white.

 

[carolinablue232]

 

[RAFUH]

Have you insinuated I'm a kopite?

 

[carolinablue232]

I like hoops but prefer red and white.

I would really like to stick to a identifiable theme

Yes. We should pick either hoops or pinstripes and be done with it. Have something unique to the international game, and something we can identify with. Get creative with the away strip if need be.

 

[obc]

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Really like the training top

SO i post i don't care for the stars, they have a kit in blue... and plaster it with stars.

BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Chances are slim to none I'm gonna' find the "she looks like one!" gif...