As it stands right now (65 mins), we're playing USA.

Edit: Didn't see the posts in the Aus football thread. Ignore!

USA down 1-0 at 35 mins!!!

A goal for Costa Rica at the death (5th minute of 6 minutes second half added time) puts them into the World Cup while Honduras were oh so close to grabbing a very handy 3 points and moving into 4th spot behind 3rd placed USA on goal difference.

Youtube links for Full matches of USA vs Panama and Costa Rica vs Honduras for those interested either now or later on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw_13rDAOPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiM77vaBkdU (terrible quality video but worth a look for the timewasting by Honduras and Route 1 play by both teams in the last 10 mins of the match)

Concacaf Standings following Matchday 9:
1 Mexico 9 6 3 0 14 4 +10 21 - qualified
2 Costa Rica 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 15
3 United States 9 3 3 3 16 11 +5 12
4 Panama 9 2 4 3 7 9 -2 10
5 Honduras 8 2 3 3 9 16 -7 9
6 Trinidad & Tobago 9 1 0 8 5 18 -13 3 - eliminated

Final Matchday (Wednesday October 11th) - 11.00am AEDT:
Honduras v Mexico in San Pedro Sula
Panama v Costa Rica in Panama City
Trinidad & Tobago v United States in Couva

USA vs Panama on in 50 minutes
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276449/match=300364763/index.html

If you have Foxtel (or Fetch I think) you can watch these on WatchESPN

So many hidden gems on that platform (and BeinSports Connect). Watch heaps of the ATP tour on there.

Panama and USA celebrate 6+6 points and Costa Rica losing two game.

The next round of matches is on Saturday 7th October Australian East Coast time

MD9 - note Mexico have already qualified
1035am - United States (9pts, +1 GD) vs Panama (10pts, +2 GD) 
1230pm - Mexico (18pts +8 GD) v Trinidad and Tobago  (3pts, -11 GD)
1pm - Costa Rica (15 pts, +7 GD) vs Honduras (9pts, -7 GD)

Any streams that people can find would be hugely appreciated

With the US being defeated and Honduras winning 3rd spot is still up for grabs.

The next round of matches on early Wednesday Australian time will be quite interesting with the US away to Honduras and Panama hosting T&T.

MD8 - note Mexico have already qualified
Honduras (8pts, -7 GD) v United States (8pts, +1 GD)
Panama (7pts, -1 GD) v Trinidad and Tobago  (3pts, -8 GD)
Costa Rica (14 pts, +7 GD) v Mexico (17pts, +8GD)

as above

MD7 Friday September 1st 2017:
Trinidad and Tobago v Honduras - 10am Saturday Melb time
United States v Costa Rica - 1055am Saturday Melb time
Mexico v Panama - 1130am Saturday Meb time

MD8 Tuesday September 5th 2017:
Honduras v United States
Panama v Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica v Mexico

Looks like the yanks are back on track, can't see them finishing any worse than 3rd.

We would beat panama comfrtably over 2 legs, Honduras would be tricky.

If Australia end up in the AFC playoff and win that (which is no certainty) Panama would have to be the preferred opponent, no doubt they would be tougher than rankings would suggest though - a lot like the ME teams are within Asian qualifying.

should we cheer for usa?
would much rather face panama than usa...

USA 2 Trinidad & Tobago - recap via CBS Sports website:
http://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/usa-2-0-trinidad-and-tobago-pulisic-puts-up-superstar-performance-in-crucial-win/

I'm amazed at how old the usa team are

Are they being coached by holger osiek? Even if they make the world cup they will be screwed (unless they clone pulisic a few times)

why has the production line stopped in the usa

Concacaf Standings as of March 28th:
1 Mexico 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 10
2 Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
3 Panama 4 1 2 1 2 2 +0 5
4 United States 4 1 1 2 8 7 +1 4
5 Honduras 4 1 1 2 4 9 -5 4
6 Trinidad & Tobago 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 3

Matchday 5:
Mexico v Honduras
United States v Trinidad & Tobago
Costa Rica v Panama

Matchday 6:
Mexico v United States
Panama v Honduras
Costa Rica v Trinidad & Tobago

USA back with a 6:0 thrashing of Honduras. Pulisic was awesome. Trinidad and Tobago beat Panama 1:0 while Mexico got a 2:0 win over Costa Rica. These results have made the group extremely even. Next matches on Tuesday. 

Bruce Arena back in the managers seat

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/3001186/jurgen-klinsmann-fired-as-us-coach-social-media-reaction

Admittedly they have played the two hardest teams in the group stage already. So probably better to see how they are fairing at the end of playing all teams once. A 4-0 loss to Costa Rica isn't acceptable for them however.

The USA are somewhat fortunate 3rd qualifies directly for the WC and that 4th makes the playoff as based on past history you would expect Costa Rica and Mexico to fill the top 2 spots unless the USA improves significantly.

Logic suggest that 3rd or better is still a very strong chance unless the USA manage one point or less in their 2 March WCQ matches.

If the Yanks lose in Panama they could be.
Is Klinsman still coaching them?

Pwoah are USA in trouble? 

Matchday 1 results:
Honduras 0 Panama 1
Trinidad & Tobago 0 Costa Rica 2
United States 1 Mexico 2

Matchday 2 results:
Honduras 3 Trinidad & Tobago 1
Costa Rica 4 United States 0
Panama 0 Mexico 0

Concacaf HEX standings after Matchday 2:
1 Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
2 Mexico 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 Panama 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
4 Honduras 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
5 Trinidad & Tobago 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0
6 United States 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0

Matchday 3 - Saturday March 25th (AEDT):
United States v Honduras
Trinidad & Tobago v Panama
Mexico v Costa Rica

Matchday 4 - Wednesday March 29th (AEDT):
Panama v United States
Honduras v Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago v Mexico

Matchday 1 - Saturday November 12th (AEDT):
7.35am Honduras v Panama
10.00am Trinidad & Tobago v Costa Rica
12.00pm United States v Mexico

Matchday 2 - Wednesday November 16th (AEDT):
9.05am Honduras v Trinidad & Tobago
1.05pm Panama v Mexico
1.05pm Costa Rica v United States

Very disappointed in Canada. Yet again they let me down.

Friday November 11th 2016:
United States v Mexico
Honduras v Panama
Trinidad and Tobago v Costa Rica

Tuesday November 15th 2016:
Costa Rica v United States
Panama v Mexico
Honduras v Trinidad and Tobago

Friday March 24th 2017:
United States v Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago v Panama
Mexico v Costa Rica

Tuesday March 28th 2017:
Panama v United States
Honduras v Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago v Mexico

Wednesday June 7th 2017 or Thursday June 8th 2017:
United States v Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica v Panama
Mexico v Honduras

Sunday June 11th 2017 or Monday June 12th 2017:
Mexico v United States
Panama v Honduras
Costa Rica v Trinidad and Tobago

Friday September 1st 2017:
United States v Costa Rica
Mexico v Panama
Trinidad and Tobago v Honduras

Tuesday September 5th 2017:
Honduras v United States
Panama v Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica v Mexico

Friday October 6th 2017:
United States v Panama
Costa Rica v Honduras
Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago

Tuesday October 10th 2017:
Trinidad and Tobago v United States
Panama v Costa Rica
Honduras v Mexico

the USA, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, T&T and Costa Rica all make it through to the final stage (HEX)

home and away round robin with Double match dates in November, March, June, September and October

The Top 3 make the World Cup, while 4th plays off against the 5th placed Asian team in November

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_Fifth_Round

edit - the current qualification/making the playoff probabilities are posted at 
http://www.football-rankings.info/2016/09/fifa-ranking-october-2016-probable_23.html

Matchday 5 is on Saturday morning Oz East Coast time and the last matchday for this stage is on Wednesday morning 

Group A:

El Salvador 2-2 Honduras
Mexico 2-2 Canada

Group B:
Panama 1-1 Haiti
Costa Rica 3-0 Jamaica

Group C:
Trinidad and Tobago 6-0 St Vincent and The Grenadines
USA 4-0 Guatemala