Written by Phillip Bupp at Bloguin
This international break, the USMNT will play St. Vincent and the Grenadines as well as Trinidad and Tobago. As these two World Cup Qualifiers will no doubt be important games in the United States, 94 countries will take part in at least one World Cup Qualifying game in the CONCACAF, AFC, CAF and CONMEBOL regions.
While everyone in the States will be focusing on the USMNT games and the Euro 2016 Qualifiers, there are some other games that you should keep an eye on as they are some good matchups and/or have big implications. Here are those five games.
Singapore vs. Japan – Thursday, November 12 at 6:15 AM ET
Japan has widely been regarded as one of the best teams in Asia. This time, Japan is in a very peculiar situation in World Cup Qualifying. On one hand, Japan is second in their group and tied with their opponent. And with only first place being guaranteed advancement to the next round of AFC World Cup Qualifying, that makes this a very important game. On the other hand, after four games, Japan has a 12-0 goal tally and 10 points in those four games. They may be outside automatic qualification but it’s not as if they are struggling.
Even so, Japan must defeat Singapore to catch up with leaders Syria. Since Syria doesn’t play until Tuesday and will only play one WCQ this month, Japan will make up their game in hand tomorrow. A win against Singapore will put them up on Syria with two games left.
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