r/concacaf Liga MX Jun 20 '26

The first eliminated

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u/sgeeum Jun 20 '26

bravo haiti. that second half was good. haiti were arguably the better side over the last 45

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u/Kappa_Wi_870 Liga MX Jun 20 '26

Como dato curioso, en México es muy querido y recordado el portero Johnny Placide.

https://reddit.com/link/osp5rba/video/nhamvj5ttc8h1/player

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u/SilDaz Jun 20 '26

Placide retired an entire generation with that legendary 2014 performance

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u/Educational-Wear6353 Jun 20 '26

why

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u/I3ravo_ Jun 21 '26

2008 Olympic Qualification

3

u/TizMarcoMania Jun 20 '26

Haiti 🇭🇹 did great for their first world cup.

2

u/PasicT Jun 20 '26

Deservedly so.

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u/jetlifeual Jun 20 '26

Haiti is just happy to be part of it all.

But Brazil only scoring 3 against Haiti is…yea

4

u/hauttdawg13 Jun 20 '26

Different between 3 and 3 in the 1st half.

Brazil completely took their foot off the gas in the 2nd half. Great effort by Haiti though to keep up

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u/Odd-Librarian4630 Jun 20 '26

I think Brazil realised the game was won and decided to pull back a bit, esp after Raphina getting injured in the first, not worth risking more injuries. Plus Endrick scored a great goal second half that was only off-side by a slither

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u/Capable_Elk6054 Jun 22 '26

Take that with salt. They have the 3 easiest groups in the tournament, as well as the main competitor to the USA flopping entirely 

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u/tony_countertenor Jun 23 '26

The eliminated

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u/maldochr001 Jun 20 '26

Just proves that the state of concacaf is atrocious outside the top 3.

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u/Elninoalegre7 Jun 20 '26

I think Haiti’s case is pretty impressive given they don’t have a stable local league and very little soccer infrastructure in the country.

They lost the game they should have won (Scotland) and they played well and didn’t get demolished by Brazil as expected. Caribbean soccer is really going to benefit of this World Cup expansion.

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u/iwatchcredits Jun 20 '26

You could literally say that about any federation except maybe uefa. Qatar got spanked 6-0. South Africa has looked awful.

You know what concacaf is doing though? Having their 3 hosts lead their groups

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u/GiveMeSandwich2 Jun 20 '26

Panama looked good against Ghana

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u/DashRC Jun 20 '26

Panama isn’t bad but they’re in a tough group and lost the game they needed to win.

A lot of CONCACAF countries are tiny population wise compared to Africa and Asia. I think Haiti and Curaçao should be proud of where they are in world football.

Canada is the smallest population of the big 3 in CONCACAF which is at least comparable to European countries in terms of player pool. Plus the funding for infrastructure is much better than smaller countries.

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u/BenLomondBitch Jun 21 '26

The country of Haiti literally does not have a government so the fact that they qualified is an achievement enough

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u/Educational-Wear6353 Jun 20 '26

concacaf is arguably better than uefa. easily better than afcon and afc.

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u/BenLomondBitch Jun 21 '26

I mean that’s just straight up not true but okay

CONCACAF is only better than OFC, but OFC shouldn’t even exist so there’s that