Please do the entire world a favor…AND GET OVER IT! Quite frankly the more Kartik ignores you the more I am going to laugh.

I should also point out I have seen a number of CONCACAF teams advancing to the next stage in person within the last year and a half. The US several times, Mexico once (vs the US), Canada once (vs Panama), Honduras three times (vs Columbia, vs Switzerland and vs Venezuela), Guatemala once (vs Panama), Haiti (vs Jamaica) and Jamaica (vs Haiti and vs Columbia). While we no longer have MLS in south florida we get more non Mexican/American friendlies than any other place in the country so I’ve seen all the above mentioned teams and have made many of my assumptions based on actually watching these teams unlike many of you who base it on the reputations in the media and biases of the British media in particular.

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=752518

Perhaps it is because I am American and I support my national program. I’m just stating my opinion about the current state of the program compared to where it was 5-10 years ago. By the way I am far from alone in my opinion. Many think I am “too soft” on the USSF in my blogs and on my radio show. I get more complaints about complimenting the effort of individual players in losses than I do from people like you who assume a national team is like a club team and you can root for whomever you want. That’s not how it works. You root for your country!

In fairness the listeners to my show are like me> Driven by the national team first and foremost and not as interested in the daily working of club football. even when I watch “Yanks Abroad” it’s with an eye towards the next hurdle for the national team. So perhaps we all have a tendency to hyper analyze every game and every opponent. But the fact remains many think I am soft on the team in particular after this last qualifier. Others like my CSRN colleague Johnathan from the Third Half aren’t so kind on his blog and on his show. I happen to disagree with him strongly about of a few of his assessments but find some others spot on.

Sanjay,

I agree with your list. Does OFC playoff with the AFC now? if so how ironic if Australia finishes in that play off position!

I agree with Simon. (not the impostor Simon whose posts have been rightfully deleted.) We’ll finish in the top 3, probably third perhaps 2nd if second choice sven tanks mexico as it is possible he will. Sven is going to have more trouble than people think with El Tri.

Sammy Patel has been banned from future posts on EPL Talk. He logged on last night and posted several messages under the names “Kartik” and “Simon Burke” trying to instigate trouble.

Those posts where he pretended to be Kartik and Simon Burke have been deleted, and Sammy has been blocked from posting anymore.

Thanks for your patience.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

What do you’ll think about the comparison between say Asia and North America? Personally, I think North America is much better but there a few Asian teams like Australia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, and maybe Saudi Arabua which could give most North American teams more than a run for their money.

I’m not saying the US is the a great team more like an average team but they way your talking that they are minnows is complete garbage.

And yes, I am aware not every team was at full strength but you can only beat the team in front of you and thats what the U.S. did.
As for Mexico..how many more times must we beat them before people will admit we are the better team…not the more skilled team…the better team!