World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

[Jimjamesak]

I think the simple answer is to go to a structure where they each get similar pay/bonuses/per diems etc with the National Team but USSF gives each NWSL team so much money towards their player salary budget. That way the players are paid similarly for their NT team but USSF is still helping to keep NWSL from going under and investing in that league so it can grow.

Except the USSF offered that in the last CBA negotiation and the players refused.

That’s thing with the WNT, they’re an onion. On the surface they seem wholesome and heroic, peel back a few layers and you see they’re a selfish bunch that care not about growing the game but only lining their pockets.

And they’re really good at controlling the narrative.

[Jimjamesak]

There's some logic to this. Bear with me.

1. Most obviously this is empty political posturing so it doesn't matter if it's effective. It's designed to goose some cynical pol's chick cred.

2. In a situation in which you have no leverage over the entity that actually sets the rates (FIFA) but you do have some leverage over a connecting entity (USA Soccer), go ahead and make life unpleasant for the latter. That incentifies them to try to do something. Boycott WalMart to get China to relax child slavery.

But, mostly, 1.

They don’t really have any leverage over the USSF. They’ve threatened a strike a few times and balked every time. Inside they know that a replacement team would likely still medal (the player pool is that deep) and that would not help their cause.

Though I would honestly love to see that scenario happen.

[trixR4kids]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

1. Most obviously this is empty political posturing so it doesn't matter if it's effective. It's designed to goose some cynical pol's chick cred.

Like Joe Manchin...

[ticapnews]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

They don’t really have any leverage over the USSF. They’ve threatened a strike a few times and balked every time. Inside they know that a replacement team would likely still medal (the player pool is that deep) and that would not help their cause.

Though I would honestly love to see that scenario happen.

I think he meant Congress, not the players. In this case Joe Manchin (D-WV), which reflexively causes me to question the motives behind the move.

[Jimjamesak]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

On the Men’s front, CONCACAF announced the new WCQ format:

Concacaf Announces Format for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Confederation Qualifiers

🗞>> https://t.co/46uedORU6F#LoveForOurGame @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/W5dljh0lYr

— Concacaf (@Concacaf) July 10, 2019

Translation: https://youtu.be/0BoO3_5tU8A

[mookie1995]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

Does mean mean Canada is ranked 7th

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

On the Men’s front, CONCACAF announced the new WCQ format:

Concacaf Announces Format for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Confederation Qualifiers

🗞>> https://t.co/46uedORU6F#LoveForOurGame @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/W5dljh0lYr

— Concacaf (@Concacaf) July 10, 2019

Translation: https://youtu.be/0BoO3_5tU8A

So god forbid the cutoff between 6 and 7 is very close? I like that they found a way to keep the hex, but the fact that the other 30ish teams are playing for a quarter shot at making the world cup seems a little too low...

[Kepler]

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Why don't we just have an auto bid for the US and then a tournament for who plays Mexico for the other one?

That's the way to squeeze the most ad dollars out of this, right?

[mookie1995]

Why don't we just have an auto bid for the US and then a tournament for who plays Mexico for the other one?

That's the way to squeeze the most ad dollars out of this, right?

Gotta get some bucks to pay he broads....

[RaceBoarder]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

On the Men’s front, CONCACAF announced the new WCQ format:

Concacaf Announces Format for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Confederation Qualifiers

��>> https://t.co/46uedORU6F#LoveForOurGame @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/W5dljh0lYr

— Concacaf (@Concacaf) July 10, 2019

Translation: https://youtu.be/0BoO3_5tU8A

I guess it's good that we don't have to worry about stubbing our toe at some random Caribbean away match pre-Hex and putting the whole thing in question. But overall it's the same 6 teams for the 3.5 spots so nothing different really...

[unofan]

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So US, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica are pretty much assured of being in the hexagonal, maybe Honduras too. The 6th spot will be interesting. Trinidad maybe?

[RaceBoarder]

Re: World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

So US, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica are pretty much assured of being in the hexagonal, maybe Honduras too. The 6th spot will be interesting. Trinidad maybe?

Trinidad, Canada, El Salvador and Panama all seem to have a shot...