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Yeah, I hate that we have to do it, but after the last two cycles I get the rationale for giving the US & Mexico special treatment & an extra shot at it. It makes no sense though to draw the cutoff at 6 when team 3-11 are basically toss-ups. Haiti seems to be the one getting screwed the most, but Curacao & Canada are also on somewhat of an upswing & don't look like they can get into the top 6.
As bad as the optics would be they should just say Mexico & the US (or phrase it as top 2 if you must) get a bye to the final hex, then do two 6 team hexes with #1 in each getting a WC slot & then a 4-team hex with #2/3 on each side competing for the last auto qualifier & that 4th slot that plays South America or Oceania or whatever it is these days.
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