re: WCQ roster drops today

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There's a big difference between Honduras and Belize/Cuba

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Yea and it was in the gold cup when that years edition was pointless and our B/Cish squad other than Landon.

Locker room guy.

I'm pretty surprised Chandler didn't get called at all. No one, including Arena, can think Zusi is a better option than him.

I mean yeah Honduras have qualified for the Hex more than Belize and Cuba, but in terms of overall relative quality, Honduras is closer to those teams than they are to the US and Mexico. You could replace that 4th CONCACAF team with anyone, and nobody would notice. Other than getting steamrolled just about every game in the last two World Cups, Honduras hasn't made an impact. Hopefully Canada gets their act together soon.

And yeah, Zardes has been awful, and the Galaxy team is terrible. They can't do anything right. Would be embarrassing for the league's most famous team to finish bottom of the table, but it could very well happen,

If Timmy Chandler doesn't get called up here, you have to think that's the end of his national team career. I know we've said that for a while, but he's not getting younger.

It always seemed to me like he didn't give a shite about playing for us.

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I mean yeah Honduras have qualified for the Hex more than Belize and Cuba, but in terms of overall relative quality, Honduras is closer to those teams than they are to the US and Mexico.

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You are obscenely disregarding how pathetic Cuba and Belize are as soccer programs.

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You could replace that 4th CONCACAF team with anyone, and nobody would notice

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Well, that's just false because in 2010 CONCACAF only got 3 teams in and Honduras was one of them (Costa Rica lost the intercontinental playoff)

Just take the L on this one and go home.

Costa Rica, Mexico, and the US have all won games and made the knockout round in at least one of the last two World Cups.

What has Honduras done? Nothing, aside from injuring a ton of players. They are a terrible representative of our region.

Cuba and Belize are awful, but Honduras isn't much better. They are just the 4th best team (and arguably Panama has passed them) by default. We should never lose to any of those teams. Hell, Honduras didn't score a single goal in the Gold Cup. I hope we put the final nail in their coffin on Tuesday.

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Costa Rica,

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What has Honduras done? Nothing,

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Made the World Cup in 2010 when Costa Rica didn't.


Dude, let it go, you said something stupid initially, just own it and quit doubling down on the stupid like you're SlowEasy.

I think you're misunderstanding the point I'm trying to make. They were slightly better than Costa Rica back in 2010, but Costa Rica did more in 2014 than Honduras has ever done in the World Cup. You could have placed Panama or Jamaica in their spot the last two tournaments, and nothing would have changed. They haven't made an impact like the top 3.

They haven't won once in 9 World Cup games. Cuba made the quarterfinals in their one trip back in 1938. The average game between Honduras and Belize or Cuba is more competitive than Honduras against us or Mexico. In fact, they only beat Belize 1-0 earlier this year.

Cuba has scored 7 goals in their last 15 games. 3 in a win vs Dominican Rep, 1 in a draw vs. Curacao, 1 in a win vs Guatemala, 2 in a win vs Bermuda. They have 3 wins (Dom Rep, Guatemala, Bermuda), 2 draws (Curacao x2), 10 losses (Jamaica, Mexico, T&T, USA x2, Nicaragua x2, Honduras, Panama, French Guiana). They only have 3 players that play outside of Cuba, and 2 of those play in the Dominican Republic.

Honduras has 4 wins (Panama, Belize, Nicaragua, French Guiana forfeit), 5 draws (Costa Rica x2, El Salvador, Panama, Canada), 6 losses (Jamaica, Ecuador, USA, Mexico x2, and Costa Rica) over their last 15 games.

That looks to be a sizable gap.