and this time it was the Honduran bench that would get beer cans thrown at them.

Does anyone know the status of Greenland’s CONCACAF application? Last I saw they applied in May but no updates. I’m also wondering if they will be a full FIFA member or can only go to the Gold Cup

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.