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US Qualification for Beach World Cup starts Monday

GROUPS AT THE CONCACAF BEACH CHAMPIONSHIP:
Group A – Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala
Group B – Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands
Group C – USA, Bonaire, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas
Group D – El Salvador, Guadalupe, Belize, Gyana

The top two teams in each group after round robin play advance to the quarterfinals. The two finalists will qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach World Cup in Paraguay.

Mon., May 13 vs. Bonaire (5:45 p.m. ET)
Wed, May 15 vs. Antigua and Barbuda (4:30 p.m. ET)
Thur., May 16 vs. Bahamas (7 p.m. ET).
The top two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the knockout stage. The two finalists will qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


U.S. Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Juan Cervantes (Los Angeles, Calif.), Chris Toth (Fallbrook, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (5): Oscar Reyes (Santa Ana, Calif.), Jason Santos (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.), Adriano Dos Santos (Baltimore, Md.), David Mondragon (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Tanner Akol (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
FORWARDS (5): Alessandro Canale (Venice, Calif.), Ryan Futagaki (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Jason Leopoldo (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Nick Perera (Carlsbad, Calif.), Franck Tayou (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Chris Toth is a two-time Goalie of the year in the Major Arena League Soccer. However his dad Zoltan Toth had 1 cap for the Hungarian national team and several hundred indoor soccer appearances over his 12 year career (mostly with the San Diego Sockers).
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US 3-0 in the group. Play Guadalupe in the quarters this afternoon.
Top 2 qualify for WC in Paraguay during Thanksgiving
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I caught some of Monday's game against Bonaire, and whooof... Bonaire was just painful to watch.

And it pissed me off seeing them in their awesome jerseys, because I spent a considerable amount of time down there trying to track one down and people kept looking at me like I had third eye on my forehead. THEY EXIST, people.
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US lost to Mexico in the final pretty handily..but qualified for the World Cup.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon May 20, 2019 11:55 am US lost to Mexico in the final pretty handily..but qualified for the World Cup.
Can't compete with Mexican beach soccer training methods which include having to dodge hundreds of people selling trinkets, hats, sunglasses and hair braiding.
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USA opens up on Thursday afternoon in the World Cup against that tropical paradise of Switzerland. Games are on FS2
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Much like the college recruitment stuff I got from Bowdoin and Middlebury. All the pictures were kids in shorts throwing frisbees on lawns. You can take Swiss beaches for this tournament. I will support Tahiti and Portugal.
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Get to know your US Beach team..cool video series
https://www.ussoccer.com/Stories/12-stories
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The Swiss took this one 8-6. USA was scrappy but the Swiss were just a better team. US yanked their starter before the 3rd period



Other results
Italy 12, Tahiti 4
Uruguay 1, Mex 0
Paraguay 4, Japan 5
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The highlights were fun. And GK goal for the Swiss! Not uncommon, I assume?
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rass wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:14 am The highlights were fun. And GK goal for the Swiss! Not uncommon, I assume?
DVR a game on FS2. It is 3 12 minute periods so fits nicely into a 45-60 minute window. Goes quick and lots of action.

No walls on free kicks, goalie tends to be the point guard on the offense. They look like they have to be able to juggle pretty well as the ball comes to the them and they distribute in the air for a chest trap straight to a overhead kick. Also shots off the uneven sand come into play.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:49 am Also shots off the uneven sand come into play.
I saw that on one of the Swiss goals. It looked like he purposely drove the free kick in such a way that it would deflect off the sand.

Basic rules explanation for anyone else interested
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Japan beat the USA today. 4-3. Unlikely the US will move on. Need some help and a big win.
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The DJ for the beach world cup is fantastic. A mix of rap, rock, and latin hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. However, it is weird to have a international world championship to the sounds of "cause I was high".
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