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The format also provides margin for slip ups, though there were not enough to prevent the U.S. from missing the 2018 World Cup in Russia when it lost to Mexico and Costa Rica at home and at Trinidad and Tobago on the final night.The United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras receive byes directly to the octagonal, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football announced Monday. It was planned to commence in September 2020.
Also a contributor for MLSsoccer.com, the Associated Press, MLB.com and elsewhere.For teams 6-35, reaching the World Cup will now require playing at least 20 matches total (and potentially 22), an increase of at least four and as much as eight. The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. "The final round of CONCACAF's qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Cup is to be expanded from six to eight teams, the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean confirmed on Monday. But adding those games when there is a very high likelihood of being rescheduled could end up backfiring to this end. In a statement, CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani said the new format offered greater opportunity for World Cup qualification to teams in the region. CONCACAF announced on 10 July 2019 a restructured format for the qualifiers of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Concacaf has released its plans for handling World Cup qualifying in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has halted international soccer around the world. Under the new format, nations currently ranked 6-35 will be drawn into six groups of five in a seeded draw next month, with El Salvador, Canada, Curaçao, Panama, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago seeded. Yes, it’s fewer games than formats from previous cycles.

The final was to have been June 7 in Arlington, Texas.FIFA removed the September window for international matches because of the pandemic.NEW YORK (AP) — Concacaf is changing its World Cup qualifying hexagonal to an octagonal in response to the coronavirus pandemic and delaying the start until next June.The top three teams in the octagonal qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the fourth-place nation advances to an intercontinental playoff in June 2022.The hexagonal was to have started this September and be based on the June FIFA rankings, in which El Salvador was just ahead of Canada as the region’s sixth team. 2 CRC Costa Rica. Soto’s contract with the Canaries will run until June 2023 (…)Mark McKenzie and Brenden Aaronson have both had impressive showings at the 2020 MLS is Back Tournament, helping the Union reach the quarterfinals of the competition and helping fuel speculation about (…)The Portland Timbers nearly committed an act of self-sabotage on Tuesday night by relinquishing a 1-0 lead, but goalkeeper Steve Clark went from goat to hero to help the Timbers avoid a shocking exit from (…)The five highest-ranked Concacaf teams in the latest FIFA rankings have secured automatic berths into the final round. The fourth-placed team will enter a playoff against a team from a different region.
A new qualifying format was unveiled on Monday, and includes a new final round consisting of eight teams, replacing the traditional six-team final round format known as The Hex.

The best single piece of professional advice I ever received came from a high school football coach when I was 22: “Be better, or be different.” Aspiring to cover the 2021 World Baseball Classic and 2022 World Cup in person.