One game left to play but they are now through after today's 0-0 draw in St. Kitt's
That's embarrassing! Thank goodness we weren't playing the Galapagos Islands!
As in recent tournaments, CONCACAF will have three direct qualifiers for the finals tournament in addition to a further possible place via the inter-confederation play-offs against the OFC's first-placed team. This opponent was chosen through a random draw on 30 July 2011, rather than being decided by FIFA beforehand as in previous tournaments (e.g., 2010 against a team from CONMEBOL, 2006 against a team from AFC).
Cascade -
the CSA's pre-requisite for a Canadian city to host a World Cup qualifier usually entails having the other nations supporters badly outnumbering Canadians (and for the Cdn fans to be stuck in a corner and treated second class by stadium staff).
Any thoughts of a true home field advantage are usually overshadowed by having an international airport very close by the stadium so a Central American ref can bend us over and have a jet on stand-by to take them back to wherever they train them to screw us over every single campaign.
So if Vancouver can provide the above criteria then perhaps we can host a match some time.
Personally though - I think we should play in Yellowknife, St John's or maybe Prince George.
If Canada really wants to step up and make a true difference in the sport, they need to hire this man to revamp the entire system and scouting of potential talent and rid themselves of the riffraff that has poisoned the establishment...
Hiddink to step aside after play-offs
St John's
Worked for '86...
Watched the game last night.
If they had finshed a couple more chances it would have been real ugly for St. Kitts.
Some passing looked questionable but let's give the squad time to gel.
Some players out there impressed me.
David Edgar for exampe looked good in the back.
We're in a group now where we have a shot.
So far so good.