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U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

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scarletmike said:
[Mark May].

Two losses pretty much takes them out of it without serious chaos, I'm guessing?
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Just have to finish 3rd out of the 6 to auto qualify for Russia '18. They SHOULD still be the 3rd best team in this region, but this certainly makes the margin for error smaller the last 8 games- have to beat up on the others in the group.

And 4th place does put them into a playoff with the Asia Football Confederation 5th place team (Asia + Australia/New Zealand, etc.), so this isn't doom and gloom yet. Doesn't make it any less frustrating, though.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Just have to finish 3rd out of the 6 to auto qualify for Russia '18. They SHOULD still be the 3rd best team in this region, but this certainly makes the margin for error smaller the last 8 games- have to beat up on the others in the group.

And 4th place does put them into a playoff with the Asia Football Confederation 5th place team (Asia + Australia/New Zealand, etc.), so this isn't doom and gloom yet. Doesn't make it any less frustrating, though.
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Ahh ok, couldn't remember if it was top 2 or 3 that got the auto qualification. I'll take 4th place and that play-in.
 
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scarletmike said:
Ahh ok, couldn't remember if it was top 2 or 3 that got the auto qualification. I'll take 4th place and that play-in.
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Not sure when exactly the change happened, but CONCACAF having good enough performances at the World Cup, and overall FIFA rankings, earned them an extra spot compared to maybe even just a decade ago.

Pretty sure it used to be 2 teams, plus 1 playoff spot. USA may be pretty thankful for extra one this go-round.
 
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