[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

So, the new CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying is out.

If you're in the top six, you play off for the three full spots, no qualification needed.

The other 29 spots? Get shuffled into 8 qualifying groups, and then the 8 group winners play a series of knockout rounds, and the winner? Plays against the fourth place team from the Hex for the Intercontinental playoff spot.

So teams in the 7th-12th range that are up and coming, like Canada, Panama, Trinidad, etcetera?? They get fucked. Horribly. Sure, you have probably a semi-easy qualifying group, but then three knockout rounds against teams at your own level, and THEN you play the fourth place team from the hex, THEN you play against a CONEMBOL (South America) team.

CONCACAF is a disaster.

I felt like they should ditch the round before the hex and make the final round 10 teams. After the top 10, it gets real slim.