DJHazey

True. The biggest shock was Bermuda making League A (they also are going to make their Gold Cup debut in 2019 along with Guyana), I expect some massive blowouts versus Mexico. El Salvador have had some down years, much like Guatemala but have had better results lately. A decade or so ago they would be almost equal to Costa Rica, Panama, and Honduras much of the time. Guatemala is only in League C because FIFA had a ban on them when qualifying began so they decided to just tack them onto League C to be fair when they really belong in B at least. Also, watch for Montserrat, known globally as a minnow. Remember they lost 0-4 to Bhutan in the "Other Final" in 2002 on the same day as the World Cup Final. It pitted the two worst ranked nations against each other. That ranking they have now is no fluke as they were legit during CONCACAF Nations League qualifying. They now field a team with many English born players that would never make their own national team and play on English clubs at the lower levels (not Premier League) so they now have more talent than many nations around them.

CONCACAF Nations League for 2019-2020 is set now. They will play group matches from September-November 2019 and the finals will be in March 2020. The format is much like the UEFA Nations League where the top teams from B and C move up and the bottom teams from A and B move down each season. The group winners in League A play in the playoffs. League A A: (29) United States, (58) Canada, (127) Cuba B: (20) Mexico, (106) Panama, (180) Bermuda C: (65) Honduras, (n/a) Martinique, (148) Trinidad & Tobago D: (57) Costa Rica, (75) Haiti, (84) Curacao League B A: (n/a) French Guiana, (151) St. Kitts & Nevis, (156) Belize, (176) Grenada B: (82) El Salvador, (130) Dominican Republic, (135) Montserrat, (175) St. Lucia C: (72) Jamaica, (139) Antigua & Barbuda, (158) Guyana, (188) Aruba D: (113) Nicaragua, (128) Suriname, (157) Dominica, (170) St. Vincent / Grenadines League C A: (162) Barbados, (183) Cayman Islands, (189) US Virgin Islands, (n/a) Saint Martin B: (n/a) Bonaire, (195) Bahamas, (205) British Virgin Islands C: (121) Guatemala, (182) Puerto Rico, (210) Anguilla D: (n/a) Guadeloupe, (207) Turks & Caicos Islands, (n/a) Sint Maarten ----------------------------- The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup groups are also set. The tournament will be played June 15th-July 7th and for the first time, some matches will be played in Central America (Costa Rica) and Caribbean (Jamaica) during the group stage. A: (20) Mexico, (58) Canada, (n/a) Martinique, (127) Cuba B: (57) Costa Rica, (75) Haiti, (113) Nicaragua, (180) Bermuda C: (65) Honduras, (72) Jamaica, (82) El Salvador, (84) Curacao D: (29) United States, (106) Panama, (148) Trinidad & Tobago, (158) Guyana

2019 Africa Cup of Nations Groups - The tournament will be played June 21st-July 19th Group A (37) Egypt [HOSTS] (50) Congo DR (91) Uganda (54) Zimbabwe Group B (35) Nigeria (67) Guinea (112) Madagascar (90) Burundi Group C (23) Senegal (52) Algeria (107) Kenya (99) Tanzania Group D (15) Morocco (47) Ivory Coast (56) South Africa (68) Namibia Group E (28) Tunisia (48) Mali (118) Mauritania (103) Angola Group F (61) Cameroon (43) Ghana (105) Guinea-Bissau (74) Benin

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Kazakhstan with that rout over Scotland, imagine if they do the same to Russia and lead the group, who would've thought?

Kazakhstan routing Scotland 3-0, what a shocking result to kick things off!

Qualifying sessions for the month of March begin this Thursday.

Was really happy to see Max run well though, was hoping he'd get within DRS zone to overtake Hamilton but never quite happened. If he hadn't of run into the grass with 12 to go, he surely would've. It was too funny to hear the team conversation "let's have a party the final 10 laps" and then he goes off the track.

Sweet, let's see if I can keep it up! I know I didn't pick a 'top 3' driver to win so I was bit worried, but I was hoping the new aero package would shake things up!

I could never understand 'team orders' -- to me it's a joke. Leclerc is faster than Vettel yet is told not to pass him? Lame.

I just think this year's edition is too unpredictable to assume it'll be chalk at this point.

Ajax Liverpool City United That will be the semifinals.

Australia Alfa Romeo: Raikkonen [Q, R] v Giovinazzi Ferrari: Vettel [Q, R] vs Leclerc Haas: Grosjean [Q, R] vs Magnussen McLaren: Sainz Jr vs Norris [Q, R] Mercedes: Hamilton [Q, R] vs Bottas Racing Point: Perez [Q, R] vs Stroll Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Gasly Renault: Hulkenberg vs Ricciardo [Q, R] Toro Rosso: Kvyat [Q, R] vs Albion Williams: Kubica [Q, R] vs Russell Pole position: Hamilton Race winner: Raikkonen

March Madness (college basketball) and March International Football matches.

No problem, I actually have them ranked much higher now, because that 85th ranking was before I had done the last update to the rankings.

St. Vincent & the Grenadines win the Windward Islands Tournament, their fifth such title.

They should take a page from NASCAR and award like 5 points for the one who led the most laps and 1 point to anyone who led at least one lap. It makes the pit strategies even more intriguing because cars in the back will time it so they can lead that one lap before pitting.

There's a legit possibility we'll have four English teams in the quarterfinals. That's amazing. What an extremely upset-filled knockout round, I've loved following it.

No problem, it's a big hobby of mine.

Oh they've been terrible in recent years, trust me. In 2016, during the EURO finals, I had them ranked somewhere in the 40s/50s for sure but consider what they've done since: 2016 vs. Faroe Islands - WC Qualifier - 0:0 vs. Switzerland - WC Qualifier - 2:3 vs. Latvia - WC Qualifier - 2:0 vs. Andorra - WC Qualifier - 4:0 vs. Sweden - Friendly - 0:2 2017 vs. Portugal - WC Qualifier - 0:3 vs. Russia - Friendly - 0:3 vs. Andorra - WC Qualifier - 0:1 vs. Latvia - WC Qualifier - 3:1 vs. Portugal - WC Qualifier - 0:1 vs. Switzerland - WC Qualifier - 2:5 vs. Faroe Islands - WC Qualifier - 1:0 vs. Luxembourg - Friendly - 1:2 vs. Costa Rica - Friendly - 1:0 2018 vs. Kazakhstan - Friendly - 2:3 vs. Scotland - Friendly - 0:1 vs. Belarus - Friendly - 1:1 vs. Australia - Friendly - 1:2 vs. Finland - UEFA Nations League - 0:1 vs. Greece - UEFA Nations League - 2:1 vs. Greece - UEFA Nations League - 0:1 vs. Estonia - UEFA nations League - 3:3 vs. Estonia - UEFA Nations League - 2:0 vs. Finland - UEFA Nations League - 2:0 This kind of resume is going to tank any team. They had a bit of a mini 'golden age' back in 2015-16, but went through a lot of changes since. I think they're last two Nations League results are showing they might have something in this EURO campaign but we'll see. I always root for them, Iceland, and Albania more than any other European nations teebs.

Of all the groups, I would say a top-two of Switzerland and Denmark have the best chance to slip up over any other group, so at least Ireland has that going for it.

Friendlies in February/March 2019 Windward Islands Championship (St. Vincent/Grenadines) 2/28 - (166) Grenada 1:0 (169) St. Lucia 2/28 - (183) St. Vincent/Grenadines 2:0 (171) Barbados 3/2 - (156) Dominica 1:0 (166) Grenada 3/2 - (183) St. Vincent/Grenadines 2:1 (169) St. Lucia 3/4 - (177) Barbados 0:0 (166) Grenada 3/4 - (156) Dominica 1:1 (169) St. Lucia 3/6 - (171) Barbados 2:0 (169) St. Lucia 3/6 - (183) St. Vincent/Grenadines 2:1 (156) Dominica 3/8 - (177) Barbados 2:0 (156) Dominica 3/8 - (183) St. Vincent/Grenadines 1:1 (166) Grenada St. Vincent/Grenadines wins the Windward Islands Tournament. Other Friendlies 2/21 - (115) Kazakhstan 1:0 (130) Moldova 2/25 - (151) Cuba 2:2 (190) Bermuda 2/27 - (151) Cuba 5:0 (190) Bermuda 3/3 - (66) Bolivia 2:2 (134) Nicaragua 3/6 - (95) El Salvador 3:1 (102) Guatemala 3/9 - (188) Cambodia 2:0 (192) Bangladesh 3/10 - (103) Mozambique 1:1 (129) Swaziland 3/16 - (155) Suriname 3:1 (186) Guyana 3/16 - (205) Bahamas 6:1 (195) Turks & Caicos Islands 3/18 - (180) Soloman Islands 3:1 (184) Vanuatu 3/18 - (175) Fiji 3:0 (181) New Caledonia 3/19 - (165) Myanmar 0:0 (168) Chinese Taipei 3/20 - (101) Oman 5:0 (161) Afghanistan 3/20 - (170) Malaysia 0:1 (167) Singapore 3/20 - (9) Germany 1:1 (22) Serbia 3/20 - (68) Iraq 1:0 (59) Syria 3/20 - (49) Wales 1:0 (120) Trinidad & Tobago 3/21 - (62) China PR 0:1 (133) Thailand 3/21 - (65) Kosovo 2:2 (10) Denmark 3/21 - (164) Mauritius 3:1 (181) New Caledonia 3/21 - (32) United States 1:0 (55) Ecuador 3/21 - (107) Kuwait 0:0 (187) Nepal 3/21 - (117) United Arab Emirates 2:1 (38) Saudi Arabia 3/22 - (8) Argentina 1:3 (20) Venezuela 3/22 - (36) Chile 3:1 (28) Mexico 3/22 - (102) Guatemala 1:0 (30) Costa Rica 3/22 - (17) Japan 0:1 (7) Colombia 3/22 - (19) Peru 1:0 (52) Paraguay 3/22 - (45) Korea Republic 1:0 (66) Bolivia 3/22 - (18) Uruguay 3:0 (75) Uzbekistan 3/23 - (1) Brazil 1:1 (60) Panama 3/23 - (101) Oman 1:1 (167) Singapore 3/23 - (170) Malaysia 2:1 (161) Afghanistan 3/23 - (118) Jordan 0:1 (59) Syria 3/24 - (175) Fiji 1:0 (164) Mauritius 3/24 - (168) Chinese Taipei 0:1 (180) Soloman Islands 3/25 - (116) Azerbaijan 0:0 (145) Lithuania 3/25 - (38) Saudi Arabia 3:2 (146) Equatorial Guinea 3/25 - (165) Myanmar 0:2 (163) Indonesia 3/25 - (133) Thailand 0:4 (18) Uruguay 3/25 - (62) China PR 0:1 (75) Uzbekistan 3/26 - (82) Algeria 1:0 (26) Tunisia 3/26 - (30) Costa Rica 1:0 (83) Jamaica 3/26 - (58) Czech Republic 1:3 (1) Brazil 3/26 - (55) Ecuador 0:0 (43) Honduras 3/26 - (95) El Salvador 2:0 (19) Peru 3/26 - (56) Ghana 3:1 (88) Mauritania 3/26 - (149) Gibraltar 0:1 (100) Estonia 3/26 - (68) Iraq 3:2 (118) Jordan 3/26 - (74) Ivory Coast 1:0 (57) Liberia 3/26 - (17) Japan 1:0 (66) Bolivia 3/26 - (28) Mexico 4:2 (52) Paraguay 3/26 - (12) Morocco 0:1 (8) Argentina 3/26 - (46) Nigeria 1:0 (37) Egypt 3/26 - (45) Korea Republic 2:1 (7) Colombia 3/26 - (32) United States 1:1 (36) Chile 3/26 - (24) Senegal 2:1 (63) Mali 3/26 - (134) Nicaragua 0:1 (102) Guatemala

2019 Africa: Cup of Nations Qualifying Qualified: (24) Senegal-A, (138) Madagascar-A, (12) Morocco-B, (48) Cameroon-B, (63) Mali-C, (82) Algeria-D, (46) Nigeria-E, (136) Kenya-F, (56) Ghana-F, (93) Guinea-H, (74) Ivory Coast-H, (88) Mauritania-I, (26) Tunisia-J, (37) Egypt-J, (121) Uganda-L Could Qualify: (113) Comoros-B, (128) Burundi-C, (89) Gabon-C, (69) Benin-D, (72) Togo-D, (98) Gambia-D, (84) South Africa-E, (106) Libya-E, (87) Zimbabwe-G, (57) Liberia-G, (70) Congo DR-G, (54) Congo-G, (105) Angola-I, (90) Burkina Faso-I, (77) Guinea-Bissau-K, (79) Namibia-K, (103) Mozambique-K, (123) Lesotho-L, (108) Tanzania-L, (96)Cape Verde Islands-L Eliminated: (146) Equatorial Guinea-A, (67) Sudan-A, (142) Malawi-B, (160) South Sudan-C, (159) Seychelles-E, (124) Ethiopia-F, (119) Sierra Leone-F, (78) Central African Republic-H, (86) Rwanda-H, (109) Botswana-I, (92) Niger-J, (129) Swaziland-J, (110) Zambia-K Final Matches 3/22 - (67) Sudan 1:4 (146) Equatorial Guinea 3/23 - (24) Senegal 2:0 (138) Madagascar 3/23 - (142) Malawi 0:0 (12) Morocco 3/23 - (48) Cameroon 3:0 (113) Comoros 3/23 - (128) Burundi 1:1 (89) Gabon 3/23 - (63) Mali 3:0 (160) South Sudan 3/24 - (69) Benin 2:1 (72) Togo 3/22 - (82) Algeria 1:0 (98) Gambia 3/24 - (106) Libya 1:2 (84) South Africa 3/22 - (46) Nigeria 3:1 (159) Seychelles 3/23 - (56) Ghana 1:0 (136) Kenya Cancelled - (119) Sierra Leone -- (124) Ethiopia 3/24 - (87) Zimbabwe 2:0 (54) Congo 3/24 - (70) Congo DR 1:0 (57) Liberia 3/24 - (78) Central African Republic 0:0 (93) Guinea 3/23 - (74) Ivory Coast 3:0 (86) Rwanda 3/22 - (109) Botswana 0:1 (105) Angola 3/22 - (90) Burkina Faso 1:0 (88) Mauritania 3/23 - (92) Niger 1:1 (37) Egypt 3/22 - (26) Tunisia 4:0 (129) Swaziland 3/23 - (77) Guinea-Bissau 2:2 (103) Mozambique 3/23 - (110) Zambia 4:1 (79) Namibia 3/24 - (108) Tanzania 3:0 (121) Uganda 3/24 - (96) Cape Verde Islands 0:0 (123) Lesotho

CONCACAF Nations League Qualifying Already in League A: (28) Mexico, (30) Costa Rica, (32) United States, (43) Honduras, (60) Panama, (120) Trinidad & Tobago 3 of 4 qualifying matches have been played in a format where everyone played one team from Pot A, Pot B, Pot C, and Pot D which were distributed by their CONCACAF ranking coefficient. Current Standings *note that the (n/a) is because I only track rankings for FIFA-recognized nations. League A: (94) Curacao, (53) Haiti, (81) Canada, (151) Cuba, (83) Jamaica, (n/a) Martinique League B (could move up to A): (190) Bermuda, (186) Guyana, (148) St. Kitts/Nevis, (135) Dominican Republic, (134) Nicaragua, (n/a) French Guiana, (157) Belize, (95) El Salvador, (153) Montserrat League B (could move down to C): (155) Suriname, (169) St. Lucia, (185) Aruba, (n/a) Guadeloupe, (156) Dominica, (177) Antigua & Barbuda (183) St. Vincent/Grenadines League C (could move up to B): (171) Barbados, (166) Grenada, (195) Turks & Caicos Islands League C: (176) Cayman Islands, (205) Bahamas, (199) Anguilla, (178) Puerto Rico, (203) British Virgin Islands, (n/a) Bonaire, (n/a) Saint Martin, (194) US Virgin Islands, (n/a) Sint Maarten 3/21 - (203) British Virgin Islands 2:2 (195) Turks & Caicos Islands 3/21 - (183) St. Vincent/Grenadines 2:1 (n/a) Bonaire 3/22 - (199) Anguilla 0:3 (194) US Virgin Islands 3/22 - (169) St. Lucia 3:2 (185) Aruba 3/22 - (176) Cayman Islands 1:2 (153) Montserrat 3/23 - (156) Dominica 4:0 (205) Bahamas 3/23 - (n/a) Sint Maarten 4:3 (n/a) Saint Martin 3/23 - (177) Antigua & Barbuda 2:1 (94) Curacao 3/23 - (186) Guyana 2:1 (157) Belize 3/23 - (155) Suriname 2:0 (148) St. Kitts/Nevis 3/23 - (n/a) Guadeloupe 0:1 (n/a) Martinique 3/23 - (95) El Salvador 2:0 (83) Jamaica 3/24 - (178) Puerto Rico 0:2 (166) Grenada 3/24 - (53) Haiti 2:1 (151) Cuba 3/24 - (171) Barbados 0:1 (134) Nicaragua 3/24 - (135) Dominican Republic 1:3 (190) Bermuda 3/24 - (81) Canada 4:1 (n/a) French Guiana

EURO 2020 Qualifying - First Matches Group A 3/22 - (40) Bulgaria 1:1 (104) Montenegro 3/22 - (5) England 5:0 (58) Czech Republic 3/25 - (65) Kosovo 1:1 (40) Bulgaria 3/25 - (104) Montenegro 1:5 (5) England Group B 3/22 - (97) Luxembourg 2:1 (145) Lithuania 3/22 - (6) Portugal 0:0 (29) Ukraine 3/25 - (97) Luxembourg 1:2 (29) Ukraine 3/25 - (6) Portugal 1:1 (22) Serbia Group C 3/21 - (14) Netherlands 4:0 (122) Belarus 3/21 - (71) Northern Ireland 2:0 (100) Estonia 3/24 - (14) Netherlands 2:3 (9) Germany 3/24 - (71) Northern Ireland 2:1 (122) Belarus Group D 3/23 - (76) Georgia 0:2 (11) Switzerland 3/23 - (149) Gibraltar 0:1 (33) Republic of Ireland 3/26 - (33) Republic of Ireland 1:0 (76) Georgia 3/26 - (11) Switzerland 3:3 (10) Denmark Group E 3/21 - (13) Croatia 2:1 (116) Azerbaijan 3/21 - (44) Slovakia 2:0 (64) Hungary 3/24 - (49) Wales 1:0 (44) Slovakia 3/24 - (64) Hungary 2:1 (13) Croatia Group F 3/23 - (154) Malta 2:1 (126) Faroe Islands 3/23 - (31) Sweden 2:1 (35) Romania 3/23 - (4) Spain 2:1 (51) Norway 3/26 - (154) Malta 0:2 (4) Spain 3/26 - (51) Norway 3:3 (31) Sweden 3/26 - (35) Romania 4:1 (126) Faroe Islands Group G 3/21 - (39) Austria 0:1 (34) Poland 3/21 - (85) FYR Macedonia 3:1 (143) Latvia 3/21 - (61) Israel 1:1 (73) Slovenia 3/24 - (61) Israel 4:2 (39) Austria 3/24 - (34) Poland 2:0 (143) Latvia 3/24 - (73) Slovenia 1:1 (85) FYR Macedonia Group H 3/22 - (91) Albania 0:2 (23) Turkey 3/22 - (139) Andorra 0:2 (42) Iceland 3/22 - (130) Moldova 1:4 (3) France 3/25 - (23) Turkey 4:0 (130) Moldova 3/25 - (139) Andorra 0:3 (91) Albania 3/25 - (3) France 4:0 (42) Iceland Group I 3/21 - (115) Kazakhstan 3:0 (47) Scotland 3/21 - (112) Cyprus 5:0 (182) San Marino 3/21 - (2) Belgium 3:1 (16) Russia 3/24 - (115) Kazakhstan 0:4 (16) Russia 3/24 - (182) San Marino 0:2 (47) Scotland 3/24 - (112) Cyprus 0:2 (2) Belgium Group J 3/23 - (27) Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:1 (127) Armenia 3/23 - (25) Italy 2:0 (50) Finland 3/23 - (158) Liechtenstein 0:2 (80) Greece 3/26 - (127) Armenia 0:2 (50) Finland 3/26 - (27) Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:2 (80) Greece 3/26 - (25) Italy 6:0 (158) Liechtenstein