United States of F#ck Yeah v. El Baltimore | The Oct | 9pm CT (CBSSN, TUDN, Paramount+)

No pulisic, shouldn’t be a problem tho

Some pre game entertainment in the form of a behind the scenes video of the El Salvador qualifier away in 2009. It’s a trip down memory lane featuring:
Clint “trying shite”
Lots of concacafing
Young Josmer
Donovan being Donovan
An elite demonstration in time wasting
Run DMB
Bradley with the passion
A lesson on how to lose headers to small Central American men
and of course MOTM Frankie Hejduk.
LINK

Time to eat

Canada - Honduras
Panama - Costa Rica
Mexico - Jamaica

Canada Honduras is at 7:05 if anyone wants to look at our matchups this window.

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Why are some of these qualifiers so fricking late? San Salvador actually looks quite mild

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It’s 8pm San Salvador time

While we are waiting (and waiting and waiting - seriously kickoff after 10:00pm ET?), a nice writeup up about Acosta's legendary tomfoolery during the Qatar semi-final. Link is SI.

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As soon as Qatari captain Hassan Al-Haydos looked up and replied, “You can come celebrate with us in the corner,” Kellyn Acosta knew he’d won. The theatrics and trash talk had paid off. Al-Haydos had been broken.

“I just wanted to rile things up a little bit to put him off, to give him something to think about,” Acosta recalls. “I knew I had him when he said something back. I’m like, ‘This guy for sure’s going to miss it.’”

There were about 30 minutes remaining in a tense and tied Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal and Qatar, which was competing in this summer’s regional championship as a guest, was threatening to spoil the party in Austin. U.S. men’s national team defender James Sands appeared to trip a Qatari attacker, and after consulting the field-side video monitor, the referee awarded a penalty kick. Acosta, aware that the Americans’ Gold Cup run probably hung in the balance, closely followed the official most of the way.

“I was asking him dumb questions that I already knew the answer to,” the 26-year-old Colorado Rapids midfielder and U.S. veteran tells Sports Illustrated. “I was like, ‘What happened? Was it a foul? Who got him? Is the sky blue? Is the grass green?’ Just some bulls--- questions to delay it as much as possible.”

When he was done with the ref, Acosta approached Al-Haydos, who was standing at the spot, just 12 yards from lifting Qatar into the lead. That’s not a long distance. Just about anyone who’s ever kicked a ball can manage it easily. All pros can pick their spots. But penalty kicks under pressure are rarely about technique. Rather, they’re a mental exercise, whether it’s a battle of wits against the goalkeeper or a test of the shooter’s self control and composure. Al-Haydos, 30, had played more than 140 times for his country and scored 32 international goals. He’s as veteran as they come. But he was new to Concacaf.

Drawing on his own experience and observation of similar climactic moments, Acosta went to work, standing between Al-Haydos and the goal and then letting his mouth run.

“I was just saying, ‘You’re going to let your country down. You’re going to miss it. I’ve seen you try to chip it before. You’re wearing No. 10 for no reason. You might as well take it off. You’re just out here. They should put a cone out there instead,’ ” Acosta remembers.

Al-Haydos retorted, the ref intervened and Acosta eventually retreated, but not before getting into it with Almoez Ali, the MVP of Qatar’s triumph at the 2019 Asian Cup. Several players on both sides then became involved, and there was shoving and jawing and more delay. Almost three minutes elapsed. It felt like an eternity. U.S. goalie Matt Turner looked like he was trying to stifle a laugh.

A few yards away, Sebastian Lletget could appreciate what was unfolding.

“As a penalty taker, you just want to get it done,” the U.S. and LA Galaxy midfielder says. “Let me focus on what I’ve got to do. The more time you’ve got to delay, delay, the more time you have to think and doubt.”

After all that, Al-Haydos popped his shot meekly over the crossbar. There would be no sprint to the corner. The score was still 0–0, but the visitors had been beaten.

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SI - CONCACAF "Dark Arts"

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Is the actual kickoff off at 10 ET?

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Probably not.
Will probably be 10:30 EST

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Will probably be 10:30 EST

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No, it won't.

Kickoff is at 10:05 EST.

Is this streaming only? What is the best way to watch. I haven't gotten Paramount+ yet but I guess I could do the free trial to watch these first three qualifiers for free.

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Is this streaming only? What is the best way to watch. I haven't gotten Paramount+ yet but I guess I could do the free trial to watch these first three qualifiers for free.

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CBS Sports Network

And I believe one of the hispanic stations