It isn’t be too early to start peeking at the other games going on in the Hexagonal, in particular the Panama-Mexico game, which kicks off simultaneously to the Costa Rica-USA game on Tuesday night.Now that Mexico beat the USA — on U.S. soil — U.S. fans will want Mexico to beat up on the other […]
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Scouting Report: Ticos ride momentum into U.S. match
As it turns out, USA keeper Tim Howard isn’t the only starter who can’t play Tuesday in the second Hexagonal game against Costa Rica. Ruled out of the game at EstadioNacional are defenders Francisco Calvo and Cristian Gamboa, who set up the first goal in Costa Rica’s 2-0 defeat of Trinidad & Tobago on Friday. […]
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What They're Saying: Jack Warner
“The Concacaf office I had headed was on the 17th floor of the Trump Towers from 1990 to 2010 and my own apartment was on the 52nd floor of the Trump Towers as well. In fact, my apartment wasopposite his and we were accustomed to greeting each other. I had rented the office space for […]
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Hexagonal: Road teams sweep all three games
Panama pulled a stunning upset in the opening game of the Hexagonal, beating Honduras, 1-0, at San Pedro Sula’s Estadio Olimpico, one of Concacaf’s most dreaded venues. In the other Hexagonal game,Costa Rica won at Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, to give the road teams a clean sweep of all three games on Day 1. Fidel […]
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Ranking the Hexagonal's six teams
The Hexagonal — the final round of World Cup 2018 qualifying — begins Friday with three games: USA-Mexico, Honduras-Panama and Costa Rica-Trinidad & Tobago. The top three teams advance to thefinals and the fourth-place team faces Asia’s fifth-place team. Here’s how we rank the six teams based on their performances the last two years in […]
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Hex Files: Battles of Colombians, T&T trouble
USA-Mexico will be only one of three games on the opening day of the Hexagonal. Honduras-Panama and Trinidad & Tobago-Costa Rica also are on tap. The former game is a battle of Colombian coachinggiants. In the latter, T&T is at home but facing all sorts of issues. Who’s the more Colombian? HONDURAS-PANAMA.Honduras and Panama are […]
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Tale of the Tape: MLS vs. Liga MX
Friday’s USA-Mexico game in Columbus, Ohio, will be not only a matchup of Concacaf’s two biggest rivals in the opening game of the Hexagonal, but it will a battle of the two leagues they represent.Liga MX has a lead on MLS in terms of players called up for the Dos a Cero rematch — 14 […]
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Hex Files: FIFA green-lights Bostock for T&T
French-based John Bostock has been added to Trinidad & Tobago’s squad for its opening game of the Hexagonal against Costa Rica after he received approval to switch national teams from FIFA.Bostock, who briefly played for Toronto FC in 2013, previously captained England’s U-17 national team. Bostock’s arrival comes as T&T head coach Stephen Hart suspended […]
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Hex Files: T&T eliminated from Caribbean Cup
Trinidad & Tobago, the only Caribbean team in the Hexagonal, lost to Martinique, 2-0, in overtime and was eliminated from the Caribbean Cup without even reaching the final round of qualifying. Orlando City’s Kevin Molino had been sent home for what wired868.com reported was breaking curfew. Molino has scored 13 goals injust 15 starts for […]
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Hex Files: Mexico's Osorio looks ahead to Columbus
Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio is already looking ahead to the Hexagonal opener against the USA in Columbus. Even though many of his starters are missing, he plans to use El Tri’s friendlyagainst Panama on Tuesday as a test run for the match against the USA. Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras have all won friendlies […]