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World Cup qualifying draw
well, as posted in other threads (we had a chat session also, with live commentary from India), 1-0 India won with a 49th min score by Renedy Singh.
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Re: World Cup qualifying draw
The U.S. failed to qualify to the World Cup. Perhaps not a big news in the rest of the world. But, locally, it is. Trinidad beat the U.S. 2-1. If I recall correctly, India actually was competitive with Trinidad a while ago. US #28 FIFA rankings, ELO #32.
Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified. Honduras will play some other continental team to see if they can qualify.
Iran, South Korea qualified. Japan, Saudi, and Australia qualified.
Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, and Senegal qualified.
Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Columbia qualified. Chile out. Peru to play Honduras, I think. In the FIFA rankings, Child is #9, ELO thinks they are #15
I have been lazy though and did not check which dates the FIFA rankings were done and which date the ELO rating was.
Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama qualified. Honduras will play some other continental team to see if they can qualify.
Iran, South Korea qualified. Japan, Saudi, and Australia qualified.
Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, and Senegal qualified.
Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Columbia qualified. Chile out. Peru to play Honduras, I think. In the FIFA rankings, Child is #9, ELO thinks they are #15
I have been lazy though and did not check which dates the FIFA rankings were done and which date the ELO rating was.
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Australia hasn't qualified, and they need to play Honduras. Everything that needed to go wrong for US went wrong today. They would have played Australia in a playoff between CONCACAF and AFC, had they tied their match. Had US won, they would have qualified straight as the third team from the conference. Unbelievable that they lost to Trinidad, the 11th ranked team in CONCACAF at FIFA #99. (prasen, it was the 14th ranked CONCACAF team, St. Kitts, that we had a draw against, recently. India played Trinidad last in 2011 and lost 3-0, and the only other time we played them was in 1984 when we won 3-1).
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Re: World Cup qualifying draw
Just out of curiosity, where do you get India's old results? I know some sources but which one is reliable?jayakris wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:05 am Australia hasn't qualified, and they need to play Honduras. Everything that needed to go wrong for US went wrong today. They would have played Australia in a playoff between CONCACAF and AFC, had they tied their match. Had US won, they would have qualified straight as the third team from the conference. Unbelievable that they lost to Trinidad, the 11th ranked team in CONCACAF at FIFA #99. (prasen, it was the 14th ranked CONCACAF team, St. Kitts, that we had a draw against, recently. India played Trinidad last in 2011 and lost 3-0, and the only other time we played them was in 1984 when we won 3-1).
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Basically google ... I don't know if any site is reliable though. I have kept the data for the last 14 years myself.rajitghosh wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:18 pmJust out of curiosity, where do you get India's old results? I know some sources but which one is reliable?
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I think the ELO ratings site has it. India's matches since the 1930's. In 1984, there were 3 matches. We won the first one 2-1 and then lost the next two 0-3 in Trinidad & Tobago.
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Ah... I was just trying to remember where I had seen the oldest of the matches. The ELO page.prasen9 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:29 pmI think the ELO ratings site has it. India's matches since the 1930's.
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Re: World Cup qualifying draw
I believe the US would have been a clear 3rd on goal difference had they tied the TT game and would have been an automatic qualifier (and would not have been in the playoff).jayakris wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:05 am Australia hasn't qualified, and they need to play Honduras. Everything that needed to go wrong for US went wrong today. They would have played Australia in a playoff between CONCACAF and AFC, had they tied their match. Had US won, they would have qualified straight as the third team from the conference. Unbelievable that they lost to Trinidad, the 11th ranked team in CONCACAF at FIFA #99. (prasen, it was the 14th ranked CONCACAF team, St. Kitts, that we had a draw against, recently. India played Trinidad last in 2011 and lost 3-0, and the only other time we played them was in 1984 when we won 3-1).
Even with a loss, they would have been in the playoff if either Honduras or Panama did not win against the higher ranked Mexico and Costa Rica, respectively. Of course, quite conveniently both the higher ranked teams lost.
Overall, the blame though lies in the player selections and tactics of the jaded coach, Bruce Arena who went with too many aging, slower players and paid the price.
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You're right about the points thing. US just needed one more goal (or for Tim Howard to not allow two easy goals). I don't know why Guzan wasn't the goalie. Bruce Arena is terrible in player selections, and that is why USA is not making it. They shouldn't have fired Klinsmann, to start with. To go to this washed up guy was a colossal mistake.