The comments following this article are quite hilarious...
1US 2Honduras 3El Salvador 4Mexico 5T&T 6Costa Rica
Posted by soccerfan07, Honduras on 28/11/2008 at 16:04
Yeah...I see it hard for any team to defeat Mexico in Estadio Azteca. So...therefore Mexico should at least get the third spot.Predictions: 1)USA 2) Mexico 3) Honduras 4) Costa Rica 5) T & T 6) El Salvador (Yeah i love salvadorians but sorry your team is quite weak compared to the rest)
Posted by chicanopride, USA on 28/11/2008 at 03:57
heres what i think: Mexico and Honduras had a VERY hard group. Therefore they're the most battle-tested at this stage. No offense, but Costa Rica and El Salvador had a weak group. They need to play harder in this round if they want to make it. USA is pretty much a given since not many teams try against them (I feel that only Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago go for the win). Also, I'll admit Mexico hasn't been playing well...so with this in mind, my prediction is: 1) Honduras, 2) USA, 3) T&T, 4) Mexico, 5) El Salvador, 6) Costa Rica. I feel that even though Mexico should go for first place, if they really have CONCACAF's best interests in mind, they should go slot #4 since they are the only one capable of beating a South American team. If not... 1) Honduras, 2) Mexico, 3) USA, 4) El Salvador, 5) T&T, 6) Costa Rica. It's weird, but could happen...
Posted by mehicoboy, USA on 28/11/2008 at 03:50
Results after all 10 matches per Team are completed: [1].USA (20 points, Goal diff: 10) [2].MEXICO (20 points, Goal diff:
[3].COSTA RICA (15 points, Goal diff: 3) [4].EL SALVADOR (9 points, Goal diff: -5) [5].HONDURAS (8 points, Goal diff: -4) [6].T & T (5 points, Goal diff: -11) This means really that either El Salvador or Honduras will have to Play Off against Uruguay or Ecuador or Chile. To avoid this, El Salvador need to upset one of the big guns (USA or Mexico or CR) without losing to T & T or Honduras.
Posted by Endothermic1, Korea Republic on 28/11/2008 at 01:03
When It comes to T&T people remember Yorke and Latapy (who can Still play dispite their age) but we aslo have good players like Carlos Ewards, Kenwyne Jones and Cris Birchall not forgeting we have talented players coming up like Keon Daniel, Kahleem Hyland and Marvin phillip. I think we are going to surprise some people in this Hex as I said no team should be taken for granted this time around
Posted by georgeboyred, Trinidad and Tobago on 28/11/2008 at 00:52
pocoloco, I agree with you. The teams that come out victorious on Feb 11 will have a boost in morale. segarcia1, The U.S. does a pretty good job of not underestimating their opponents. I agree with you though that no team should be underestimated. Go USA!
Posted by MadDog2000, USA on 28/11/2008 at 00:32
My Standings at the end of the round : 1.USA, 2. Honduras, 3.El Salvador, 4.Mexico, 5.Costa Rica, 6.Trinidad
Posted by TheGift, El Salvador on 27/11/2008 at 20:21
i think without no doubt the top two powerhouses in concacaf is USA and Honduras.. first time all central american teams are in the final qualifying round except Guatemala. i think there will be allies like 82' wcq. my prediction is Honduras - USA - El Salvador - Mexico - Costa Rica - Trining & Tobago..
Posted by Tibbles, USA on 27/11/2008 at 19:36
This is the real thing now ANYONE can qualify but i think usa and mexico are deffinate jus look at their history in this stages. Honduras should go south africa look at their players they got now they can do it. 'la pantera' suazo, 'lobo' guevara, 'muma' bernardez, 'mago' palacios, 'peri' martinez, 'el doctor' thomas, 'mosky' alvarez !! love them nicknames ahaha vamos honduras al mundial
Posted by letsplayball, England on 27/11/2008 at 18:49
Honduras will be out of the running in the first 4 games.
Posted by Endothermic1, Korea Republic on 27/11/2008 at 16:49
