DJHazey

Oops, well I blame it on the fact that sometimes the forum loads in for me and sometimes it doesn't. Let me get the rest of round's scores real quick.

Almost had 2-1 Croatia but my heart was with Albania equalizing so I was torn.

Group Stage- Round 2 of 3 19th June Croatia 2-1 Albania Germany 3-2 Hungary Scotland 1-2 Switzerland 20th June Slovenia 1-1 Serbia Denmark 0-2 England Spain 2-2 Italy 21st June Slovakia 1-1 Ukraine Poland 1-3 Austria Netherlands 1-2 France 22nd June Georgia 1-2 Czechia Turkiye 1-4 Portugal Belgium 3-0 Romania

Great counter attack with Walker putting a great cross that was just looking for a foot.

Dreadful giveaway there, nearly 1-1.

Great set up from Walker and Saka, great header by Jude. 1-0 England.

Nigeria look doomed. There may be too many teams to surpass in the standings at this point! Didn't get a chance to catch the Ghana match but will need to see highlights. Ghana have been having a flair for the dramatic lately.

With the 5th match day in the books, some groups have everything cliched but quite a few still have important scenarios to play out on Tuesday. In Group A, India really needed to find a goal yesterday vs. Kuwait to give them a chance to hold their slim 2nd place lead, but on Tuesday they'll travel to Qatar while Kuwait gets to host Afghanistan. It's likely Kuwait wins that and leap frogs into second place. By beating Syria, North Korea gives themselves a chance on Tuesday when they host Myanmar while Syria travels to Japan. They're behind by a point in Group B. Thailand keeps their slim chances alive in Group C by holding on for a draw in China yesterday. They'll need to beat Singapore by at least 4 goals on Tuesday and hope China loses at South Korea. Similar scenario in Group D, where Malaysia got a 1-1 draw in Kyrgyzstan. Now Malayasia would need a miracle which would be to win by alot over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday while Kyrgyzstan loses a by a few in Oman. The goal difference right now is 8 in Kyrgyzstan's favor. By virtue of Indonesia's home loss to Iraq and Vietnam's late drama to pull out a win over Philippines yesterday, we now see a scenario in Group F where Vietnam could sneak in if they pull off the upset away in Iraq. More than likely Indonesia just needs to navigate a likely win at home versus to Philippines to clinch. We know the following nations will advance to Round 3: Qatar Japan South Korea Oman Iran Uzbekistan Iraq Saudi Arabia Jordan United Arab Emirates Bahrain Australia Palestine

The surprise match of the day was Puerto Rico getting a draw in El Salvador.

Sad not seeing Rashford or Sterling on the squad anymore, they're certainly not too old. I always thought they were more dynamic a pair than people gave them credit for especially English supporters. That's why I inquired about them as someone who doesn't usually follow the England lineup changes that closely.

Alot of very important results today, my goodness! First of Mali, oh Mali losing 2-1 at home with a Jordan Ayew goal in stoppage time. Huge missed opportunity to bury Ghana early and shoot for 1st place. But Ghana showing their mettle. Senegal drops points at home versus Congo DR when they tied it late. With Sudan winning at Mauritania, they take the group lead! The most astounding was Algeria losing at home versus Guinea!

Whatever happened to Rashford?

Okay that's fine, please do. I just like posting the full schedule in the weeks leading up to each qualification session.

Yeah Equatorial Guinea could've contended for it, but losing at Tunisia won't help. It would depend on if they could win the return match. Apparently, the situation with Nsue has to do with him having played 26 competitive matches for Spain's U16 thru U21 squads and Equatorial Guinea never having filed the correct paperwork for transferring his nationality. He is banned for the next six months from any international competition, so that would wipe him out of the fall qualifiers.

Matches for 6/5 updated. Shock of the day is Grenada grabbing a point in Port of Spain. Would've expected something more like what Guatemala did to Dominica.

6/5 matches updated above. It should be noted that in Group H, Equatorial Guinea was found to have fielded an ineligible player in their first two matches against Namibia and Liberia, resulting in two 0-3 losses. So that tosses them right out of second place and with yesterday's loss to Tunisia, has them sitting at the bottom of the group with 0 points now. Namibia now has a big match at home vs. Tunisia on the 9th. A win in that, one of their tougher matches remaining, and they'll be sitting in good spot to at least make the playoffs.

Interesting to see if Montserrat, which used to be one of the worst sides in the world, can do something in Group D. In recent years they've gotten alot stronger (in comparison to past years, after bringing in talent from overseas in the mother country of UK), yet are still ranked 4th in this group by metrics. You could see them beating anyone there except Panama who will run away with the group. 2nd place in that group and a few others will be hotly contested.

June 2024 Matches Group A 6/5 - Antigua and Barbuda 1-1 Bermuda 6/6 - Honduras 3-1 Cuba 6/8 - Cayman Islands v. Antigua and Barbuda 6/9 - Bermuda v. Honduras 6/11 - Cuba v. Cayman Islands Group B 6/5 - Trinidad and Tobago 2-2 Grenada 6/6 - Costa Rica 4-0 St. Kitts and Nevis 6/8 - Bahamas v. Trinidad and Tobago 6/9 - Grenada v. Costa Rica 6/11 - St. Kitts and Nevis v. Bahamas Group C 6/5 - Curacao 4-1 Barbados 6/6 - Haiti 2-1 St. Lucia 6/8 - Aruba v. Curacao 6/9 - Barbados v. Haiti 6/11 - St. Lucia v. Aruba Group D 6/5 - Nicaragua 4-1 Montserrat 6/6 - Panama 2-0 Guyana 6/8 - Belize v. Nicaragua 6/9 - Montserrat v. Panama 6/11 - Guyana v. Belize Group E 6/5 - Guatemala 6-0 Dominica 6/6 - Jamaica 1-0 Dominican Republic 6/8 - British Virgin Islands v. Guatemala 6/9 - Dominica v. Jamaica 6/11 - Dominican Republic v. British Virgin Islands Group F 6/5 - Suriname 4-1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6/6 - El Salvador 0-0 Puerto Rico 6/8 - Anguilla v. Suriname 6/9 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines v. El Salvador 6/11 - Puerto Rico v. Anguilla

It is very doable for Comoros to get another 6 points here or at least 4 and really keep the improbable dream alive.

Group Stage - Round 1 of 3 Germany 3-0 Scotland 20:00 (A) Hungary 1-3 Switzerland 14:00 (A) Spain 2-1 Croatia 17:00 (B) Italy 3-0 Albania 20:00 (A) Poland 0-3 Netherlands 14:00 (D) Slovenia 0-2 Denmark 17:00 © Serbia 0-2 England 20:00 © Romania 2-1 Ukraine 14:00 (E) Belgium 3-1 Slovakia 17:00 (E) Austria 1-2 France 20:00 (D) Turkey 3-1 Georgia 17:00 (F) Portugal 2-0 Czech Republic 20:00 (F) I just don't see any draws this round. Please note you have the final match as Netherlands where it should be Portugal.

Yeah I get it. It's like BEIn Sport for us Americans then. It should be a competitive tournament this go around with USA at it arguably it's most potential-laden (90% of our roster plays at top line European Leagues, that has NEVER been the case as we are lucky two have like 2-3 players), Mexico, Canada is still a threat, and of course most of South America.

I see it, thank you. A chance to post my sorry predictions again. :P

That's a shame. Is that some kind of extra subscription channel or something?

The tournament runs from June 20th to July 14th in the United States. Venues Arlington, Texas - AT&T Stadium - 80,000 Atlanta, Georgia - Mercedes-Benz Stadium - 71,000 Austin, Texas - Q2 Stadium - 20,738 Charlotte, North Carolina - Bank of America Stadium - 74,867 East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York City Metro) - MetLife Stadium - 82,566 Houston, Texas - NRG Stadium - 72,220 Inglewood, California (Los Angeles Metro) - 70,240 Santa Clara, California (San Francisco Metro) - Levi's Stadium - 68,500 Glendale, Arizona (Phoenix Metro) - State Farm Stadium - 63,400 Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas Metro) - Allegiant Stadium - 61,000 Kansas City, Missouri - Arrowhead Stadium - 76,416 Kansas City, Missouri - Children's Mercy Stadium - 18,467 Miami Gardens, Florida (Miami Metro) - Hard Rock Stadium - 64,767 Orlando, Florida - Inter&Co Stadium - 25,500 Groups (#) = FIFA Ranking A Argentina (1) Peru (32) Chile (42) Canada (49) B Mexico (14) Ecuador (31) Venezuela (54) Jamaica (55) C United States (11) Uruguay (15) Panama (45) Bolivia (85) D Brazil (5) Colombia (12) Costa Rica (52) Paraguay (56) Betting Odds Argentina +175 Brazil +225 Uruguay +600 Colombia +900 United States +1200 Mexico +1400 Ecuador +1600 Chile +1800 Canada +5000 Peru +5000 Paraguay +5000 Costa Rica +6600 Venezuela +10000 Bolivia +15000 Jamaica +25000 Panama +25000 TV United States - Fox Ireland - Premier Sports UK - Premier Sports

I know its early days so, they're all technically ' big matches', but you can kind of see who will be battling for the qualification/playoffs from each group except for Group C. In that group, literally everyone is in it and plays everyone else tight, so every match is huge.