probably trying to get some world cup experience as canada soccer has abysmal management and shows no signs of improvement. de guzman is a dumb scrub though that will never see minutes with a talented netherlands squad.
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KENNEDDYYYYYYYYYYYY SEE YOU IN bRAAAZZILLL NOOOBS
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yea right, world cup will probably be cancelled
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lol australia ekeing it out vs iraq
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dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
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Iraq are actually a pretty good team
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Iraq nearly qualified for last World Cup...how is Australia struggling against them a surprise? Australia isn't really a powerhouse at all, they have a decent squad, but they play in a easy region, much like the U.S.

They beat Australia in last year's qualification and lost to them 1-0 in both matches....so, yea. Just like the CONCAF, the Asia Region isn't that difficult considering 6 teams advance in the final 2 groups (4 automatically by top pt total and the other 2 to a playoff).

spain won euro u21, does spain win every soccer championship ?
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Only 4 sides go through, one gets a chance to play off for it, where they have to win two, 2 game legs
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we all know new zealand will be the only undefeated country in brazil again

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Iraq nearly qualified for last World Cup...how is Australia struggling against them a surprise? Australia isn't really a powerhouse at all, they have a decent squad, but they play in a easy region, much like the U.S.

They beat Australia in last year's qualification and lost to them 1-0 in both matches....so, yea. Just like the CONCAF, the Asia Region isn't that difficult considering 6 teams advance in the final 2 groups (4 automatically by top pt total and the other 2 to a playoff).

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dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
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i'm watching women's soccer friendly, canada vs germany

owend

2015 women's world cup is in canada
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tahiti probably want to kill themselves
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Iraq nearly qualified for last World Cup...how is Australia struggling against them a surprise? Australia isn't really a powerhouse at all, they have a decent squad, but they play in a easy region, much like the U.S.

They beat Australia in last year's qualification and lost to them 1-0 in both matches....so, yea. Just like the CONCAF, the Asia Region isn't that difficult considering 6 teams advance in the final 2 groups (4 automatically by top pt total and the other 2 to a playoff).

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iraq sucks, they went 1-5, 2 draws in qualifying. they finished in last place. they did worse than oman

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Iraq nearly qualified for last World Cup...how is Australia struggling against them a surprise? Australia isn't really a powerhouse at all, they have a decent squad, but they play in a easy region, much like the U.S.

They beat Australia in last year's qualification and lost to them 1-0 in both matches....so, yea. Just like the CONCAF, the Asia Region isn't that difficult considering 6 teams advance in the final 2 groups (4 automatically by top pt total and the other 2 to a playoff).

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its A LOT harder to qualify in UEFA than any other region, especially asia and concacaf

countries like sweden, ireland, greece, russia, turkey, croatia, serbia, switzerland, ukraine, poland are generally equivalent (or better) to Mexico/USA/Australia/Japan/Korea, but a few of these teams is going to miss the WC every single time.

meanwhile mexico, USA just have to be better than costa rica and honduras (both of which can still qualify anyway)

aus/japan/korea just have to be better than iran and new zealand basically.

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its A LOT harder to qualify in UEFA than any other region, especially asia and concacaf

countries like sweden, ireland, greece, russia, turkey, croatia, serbia, switzerland, ukraine, poland are generally equivalent (or better) to Mexico/USA/Australia/Japan/Korea, but a few of these teams is going to miss the WC every single time.

meanwhile mexico, USA just have to be better than costa rica and honduras (both of which can still qualify anyway)

aus/japan/korea just have to be better than iran and new zealand basically.

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new zealand is shoe-in oceania .5 every qualification now and for eternity presumably, since australia is gone.

so australia japan and korea just have to be better than iran and new zealand, really i shouldve said iran OR new zealand though lol

also italy literally didnt beat anyone that world cup, was lucky for them that france was even more of a terrible dramatic shitshow to somewhat overshadow italys amazing cup defense

edit: and also man i dont doubt you are a big soccer fan, but to say that all the qualification regions are equal is just silly man, you know it is, you know about the sport.

NZ and Australia have nothing to do with each other in terms of Qualifying. NZ havent lost a game all qualification period again.
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nz plays new caledonia and other nations of that size and sporting quality, so...

also NZ played the 4th (or 5th whatever?) team to qualify for the last WC i think

Still, upsets happen at all levels of football. After they qualified they didn't lose a game in final stages either. Not saying they're great, but you can't really hate on them either.
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im not hating on nz, im just saying not all the qualifications are the same difficulty. USA would not qualify for every WC out of eufa, but in concacaf its no problem.

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im not hating on nz, im just saying not all the qualifications are the same difficulty. USA would not qualify for every WC out of eufa, but in concacaf its no problem.

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wow spain getting owned
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Nice Gold Cup Canada, the 1-0 loss to Martinique was especially impressive. Teach soccer? LAUGH OUT LOUD! ! ! ! !

I think our women's team can beat our men's
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usa scores in stoppage time vs panama to draw, helps mexico advance to the play-offs, mexican broadcasters react

haha how the fuck did panama blow that
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Such great news that Igor Štimac resigned as Croatia's head coach, dude played such uninspired tactless football. Happy to see Niko Kovač getting his due (captained HNS for much of his career), he was coaching the u-21 team, who are undefeated in UEFA Qualifying at the moment. Possibly a Slaven Bilic-era again? Same circumstances, where Bilic, a former player coaching the u-21 team for a lot of success moves up to coach the senior team. It'll be interesting to see what he does with the roster because he still has ties to some of the players on the team (Kranjcar, Srna, Eduardo, Corluka, Pletikosa, Olic, Vukojevic). I expect them to move out Olic or Eduardo for one of their brighter stars in the u-21 team once this WC is over and done with. I don't see Olic and unfortunately Eduardo (derailed by horrific injury on the team after this campaign).

"I told my players that it's my moral duty to offer my resignation," he explained. "Not because I think I can't finish the job, but because I think it's the right thing to do."

Apparantly first time in Croatia's short history they've had 3 losses in a qualifying stage.

Oh, and really cool seeing Bosnia finally get through to their qualifying stages. They've had some rough playoff matchups for both WC and Euros when they made 2nd place in their groups the last two tournaments. Their offense is extremely dangerous, but their defense is weak - despite their GD in their group, there wasn't anyone to really apply pressure on them offensively.

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usa scores in stoppage time vs panama to draw, helps mexico advance to the play-offs, mexican broadcasters react

haha how the fuck did panama blow that

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dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
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Such great news that Igor Štimac resigned as Croatia's head coach, dude played such uninspired tactless football. Happy to see Niko Kovač getting his due (captained HNS for much of his career), he was coaching the u-21 team, who are undefeated in UEFA Qualifying at the moment. Possibly a Slaven Bilic-era again? Same circumstances, where Bilic, a former player coaching the u-21 team for a lot of success moves up to coach the senior team. It'll be interesting to see what he does with the roster because he still has ties to some of the players on the team (Kranjcar, Srna, Eduardo, Corluka, Pletikosa, Olic, Vukojevic). I expect them to move out Olic or Eduardo for one of their brighter stars in the u-21 team once this WC is over and done with. I don't see Olic and unfortunately Eduardo (derailed by horrific injury on the team after this campaign).

"I told my players that it's my moral duty to offer my resignation," he explained. "Not because I think I can't finish the job, but because I think it's the right thing to do."

Apparantly first time in Croatia's short history they've had 3 losses in a qualifying stage.

Oh, and really cool seeing Bosnia finally get through to their qualifying stages. They've had some rough playoff matchups for both WC and Euros when they made 2nd place in their groups the last two tournaments. Their offense is extremely dangerous, but their defense is weak - despite their GD in their group, there wasn't anyone to really apply pressure on them offensively.

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He offered his resignation after the game and Suker (a former legendary player, teammate, and close friend actually accepted it). Happy to see Kovac in there though, when he was captaining the midfield for HNS they were highly competitive team. If they get lucky on a playoff draw they could qualify for the WC, they're still high on the FIFA rankings because of tournament history.