The rankings update will release on October 23, but I was getting anxious and had a little time on my hands, so I went through a bunch of fixture results from this past International Window, and through the help of data input sites out there to handle the calculations, I figured out what the updated Top 50 rankings should look like. As such, I thought I'd share my findings here. Enjoy. 😊

Finally! All the audio from the post game press conference after the Oct 15/24 international friendly between Canada and Panama.  Coaches Jesse Marsch (15 min English) and Thomas Christiansen (11 min mostly in Spanish). http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports24/24cana03.htm

2 straight CNLs you crash out in the October window. Last year it was blowing a 2-0 lead to T&T and then get crushed by Panama and watch the QF and Copa America ticket fly away. This year, you get 2 solid wins and are on the brink of QFs only needing at least a draw. Instead we lose to the worst Costa Rica team in years. All week the Guatemalan media was gassing this team up with arrogance and false hope thinking we were gonna shock them in Costa Rica. Instead we got hit with reality. Guatemala hasn’t progressed since their Gold Cup run. Same issues. Nonexistent attacking, no chemistry between the forwards, a backline that’s easily vulnerable to counterattacks. We sat and watched Suriname back doored and jump ahead of us and take our QF ticket because of our arrogance and incompetence. Luis Fernando Tena even deserves some blame here, I get it you were trying to be aggressive and attack and make goals but if you were aware of the situation: we were without our best centre-back Jose Carlos Pinto and our best left back Jose Morales and our starting attack midfielder Galindo was hurt too. Against a CR team that was hungry for a win and goals it woulda been more smarter to just park the bus and play defensively for a draw especially if you knew the backline was in poor shape and vulnerable to easy counterattacks. Especially since our attack was virtually nonexistent until the last 20 minutes. Overall just an embarrassing performance and in this state I don’t think Guatemala will qualify for the 2026 World Cup. If you can’t perform when it matters against your own Central American neighbors I doubt we’re gonna pull a result against a rising Dominican Republic at home and especially not against Jamaica away in Kingston. Sad reality of Guatemalan football.

Hi all,

I'm an amateur football/soccer writer interested in (amongst other things) CONCACAF. I've penned a recent article about the CONCACAF qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup - would hugely appreciate anyone reading it and giving any thoughts/feedback. Cheers!

Article here: https://open.substack.com/pub/colu2cali/p/looking-at-10-concacaf-sides-who?r=260x5e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Just some ideas that I have. Don’t take it too seriously

-Make the champions cup a replica of the old UCL format (32 teams, group stage, etc…).

-Bring back the CONCACAF League and make it the second tier competition

-have the Central American cup, and Caribbean cup be the regional 3rd tier competitions. I would keep the Caribbean cup shield and make it a 4th tier competition but turn it into a faster/shorter competition with less teams.

-find a way to work with the USSF to make the leagues cup a 3rd tier regional competition.

I would like to hear you guys opinions to these suggestions.

I' m trying to find out exactly how the qaulifucatuon for the next Gold Cup works specifically the pre-lims because I want to know what my country (Grenada) has to do to have a chance at qaulifucatuon. I read about it on the 2025 Gold Cup Wikipedia but the explanation isn't exactly clear and is pretty confusing. Does anybody know the full process and if and when Concacaf will publish this info if they haven't already? If anyone can help would be much appreciated! 💯

I’m so sick of watching these concacaf games where Canada’s opponent’s game plan is to raise studs to try to break ankles and then dive to the ground when someone sneezes. I wish I could watch my country play against teams with integrity, but the officiating in concacaf is garbage and the Mexican team is so embarrassed that Canada is now the better side that they just try to injure the Canadian players even in friendlys. It’s terrible, I’m so sick of these concacaf games.

After Montreal Impact's success in the CONCACAF Champions' League in 2015, where it became the runner-up, Didier Drogba decided to join the team. These were the scenes at the airport when he arrived in Montreal.

I personally follow a lot of the changes in format, qualifications and dates for soccer tournaments in Wikipedia (open to suggestions). I also have never created a Wikipedia page myself and dont want to. Can someone please get the 2025 Champions Cup page created?