Any more USMNT games mentioned for 2011?

Concacaf 2014 WC qualifying actually already started.

I guess I can get into that to kill some time.

These are some craptastic teams.

bazing!

I remember Ives saying that a friendly against Costa Rica would come around the Belgium match.

Not sure if that has been made official yet though.

Costa Rica? I hope that's not the case. I also really do not want to play Spain unless we absolutely have to in an international competition. I like playing stiff competition, but playing those top 5 teams in friendlies can get ugly.

Curious to see if we'll use two different squads for these two matches.

Friday, 9/2 - Carson, CA
Tuesday, 9/6 - Brussels

I looked, and there is no precedent for this sort of split in the Bradley era. The "fall friendlies" are either both in the US, or both in Europe.

It would be really shitty to drag the Euros all the way to California, and then drag them back, especially in the first month of their club season.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a Mexico/US based squad here, and a European squad there. Or perhaps drag just the Guzans, Lichajs, etc. (the non-starters) over.

I hope next year the USMNT comes back to Nashville, or any other city close by.

I guarantee the match against Costa Rica will be all MLS players or young prospects.

No way in hell they send the first team there shortly before the game in Brussels.

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The youngsters need time together pre WCQ 2014

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Why?

What wholesale changes are you expecting in World Cup Qualifying? Apart from Cherundolo, Bocanegra (and to a lesser extent, Donovan and Dempsey), all of whom are expected to be starters all the way through qualifying, the rest of our team is pretty young.

I would imagine you would see a Donovan/Feilhaber/Agudelo/Ream type team here, and a Howard/Dempsey/Dolo led team in Europe.

The young guys will get their opportunities (like they always do) in January and February.

If you're expecting Luis Gil and the Joe Gyau all-stars, you're going to be bitterly disappointed.

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I also forgot how much of a joke the 3rd round of WCQ is

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It's a little different, this time around.

We skip the home and away (which was Barbados last time), and go straight a three team group.

US, Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Cuba(?) are already in that, and three teams out of the rest of CONCACAF (realistically Panama, El Salvador, Canada, Guatemala and T & T).

Hopefully, we'll get Cuba and Canada (or Guatemala), but it's also possible that we could end up with Costa Rica and a tougher team like Panama or T&T (or El Salvador). That would suck a lot.