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Its a big day for US Soccer, results for North American Qualifying matches:
Costa Rica 1 : 3 Mexico
Guatemala 0 : 1 Canada
USA 2 : 0 Honduras
Standings with one match to play:
Mexico - 25 pts
Canada - 14 pts (+4 GD)
USA - 14 pts (+2 GD)
Honduras - 13 pts (+2 GD)
Guatemala - 6 pts
Costa Rica - 2 pts
The US is in third. They host Mexico on 10/16. The best part of this though is that canada and honduras play in the final match. If the US can get 1 point against mexico they clinch a world cup spot no matter what happens. With a US loss they can still clinch if Canada beats Honduras. And even if the worst happens the US at least make a playoff.
.. we don't play again til the 19th so lets see how the rest of qualifying shakes out.
Late to the party but got their shit together when it mattered I guess:
USA 4 : 1 Mexico
Canada 3 : 1 Honduras
Final CONCACAF qualifying standings:
1. Mexico - 25 pts
2. Canada - 17 pts (+6 GD)
3. USA - 17 pts (+5 GD)
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4. Honduras - 13 pts
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5. Guatemala - 9 pts
6. Costa Rica - 2 pts
Honduras is going to play defending world cup champions Paraguay in a playoff for the right to go to the world cup. Mexico, Canada, and the United States are in.
On to Europe:
Croatia, Spain, Czech Republic, France, Portual, Italy, England, Holland, and Germany qualify automatically for winning their groups.
Albania finishes 2nd but doesn't qualify for the playoffs.
Playoff draw amongst other second place teams:
Poland vs Switzerland
Greece vs Slovakia
Slovenia vs Belgium
Denmark vs Serbia
Group 3 stood out to me here, won by the Czech Republic with 2nd place taken by Slovenia. Noteworthy because Russia led the group every single time i checked it, but the Czech Republic and Russia played on the final day and a 3-1 win knocked Russia down to 3rd and out.
The playoffs occur on Nov 16th and Nov 20th
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