Columbus, St. Paul to hold U.S. Men’s soccer world cup Qualifying matches
U.S. soccer has chosen Columbus, Ohio as well as St. Paul, Minnesota as the venues for the important world cup Qualifiers Camiseta PSV Eindhoven against El Salvador as well as Honduras coming as much as begin the 2022 calendar year.
Lower.com field will be the site of USA-El Salvador on January 27 before an away match at Canada. after that game — apparently arranged for Hamilton, Ontario — the U.S. returns to deal with Honduras on February 2 for the very first world cup Qualifier at Allianz Field.
With six matches remaining, the USMNT sits in second location in the Octagonal standings with 15 points. The top three teams in the group make automatic qualification for the 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar.
“As we have seen throughout the qualifying process so far, excellent stadiums as well as excellent atmospheres supply a significant advantage to our team,” USMNT head instructor Gregg Berhalter said. “We’ve Camiseta Sport Club Internacional had amazing experiences in Columbus as well as the twin Cities as well as look ahead to continuing our world cup Qualifying campaign in front of our fans.”
Columbus has held 11 world cup qualifiers considering that 2000, with the U.S. going 8-1-2 during that span including a 2-1 win over Costa Rica on October 13 with goals from Sergiño Dest as well as Tim Weah. Berhalter spent five seasons as the sporting director as well as head instructor of Columbus team SC before taking over the U.S. program.
Minnesota will ended up being the 21st specify to hold a world cup Qualifier when the USMNT takes on Honduras at Allianz Field. The team makes its second see to the house of Minnesota United FC after previously opening the 2019 Concacaf Gold cup with a 4-0 win against Guyana.
Three world cup qualifiers are being squeezed into FIFA worldwide fixture Camiseta VfL Wolfsburg windows created for two matches since of the pandemic. Under the new qualifying format, eight teams will contend in the final round of qualifying instead of six, with the top three teams advancing to Qatar ’22. The fourth-place team will take part in an intercontinental playoff for the last spot. November is the only month during the world cup Qualifying campaign where the USMNT will only play two games instead of three.
Of the six house games either played or announced, all have been at venues that hold major league soccer teams — as well as all however the opening game against Canada in Nashville,Tennessee, has been at a stadium developed within the last three years.
2022 world cup Qualifying Schedule
September 2: at El Salvador
September 5: vs. Canada in Nashville, Tennessee
September 8: at Honduras
October 7: vs. Jamaica in Austin, Texas
October 10: at Panama
October 13: vs. Costa Rica in Columbus, Ohio
November 12: vs. Mexico in Cincinnati, Ohio
November 16: at Jamaica
January 27: vs. El Salvador, Columbus, Ohio
January 30: at Canada
February 2: vs. Honduras, St. Paul, Minnesota
March 24: at Mexico
March 27: vs. Panama, TBD
March 30: at Costa Rica
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