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Many consider him to be the brightest star within Portugals next generation, but the exciting prospect is mature enough Demetrius Harris Jerseys to know that buying into your own hype is a dangerous game.

He added: Sometimes people tell me this kind of thing that he is the star of his generation , but I do not think about it, I just try to evolve more and learn new things.

I do not think I Jake Plummer Jerseys 'm bigger than anyone, I work for myself and try to improve daily.

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Benfica have been placing a lot of faith in youngsters, not only Kyler Murray Jerseys in me but also in many of my colleagues.

The academy has been a source of great hope for the club and this represents a great responsibility. We have to give our maximum every day.

Our national teams are also very strong at the moment, we have excellent players in all divisions. This is very important for our evolution and for the future of Portuguese football.

Qualification for the 2022 World Cup in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central Bobby Massie Jerseys America and the Caribbean) delivered plenty of drama and even some surprises as three direct tickets to Qatar were claimed in addition to a World Cup playoff berth for the fourth-place team.

Canada (1st, 28 points) was the first team to mathematically qualify on the penultimate day, and it also finished atop the group against all predictions. The Canadian men are going to their first World Cup since 1986.

Mexico (2nd, 28 points) and theUSA (3rd, 25 points) followed suit, claiming the other two automatic berths to Qatar by finishing in second and third. The USA only made it by virtue of their superior goal difference over Costa Rica.

Costa Rica (4th, 25 points) completed an incredible comeback to lock up fourth place and the playoff berth, coming Brandon McManus Jerseys within a single result of snatching one of the automatic World Cup spots. With their qualifying campaign on life support, Los Ticos went on a sensational run of positive results in the second half of the schedule (6W-0L-1D) tofor a single-game showdown with a ticket to Qatar on the line.

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying standings & results

The first standings tiebreakers below were (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, and (3) most points obtained from matches between teams that are tied.

The full list of tiebreakers and results for Matchdays 1-14 followat the bottomof this post.

TeamPTSGPWLDGFGAGD1.* Canada-X2814824237+162.* Mexico-X2814824178+93.* USA-X25147342110+114.* Costa Rica-Y2514734138+55. Panama (E)21146531719-26. El Salvador (E)1014284818-107. Jamaica (E)11142751222-108. Honduras (E) 4140104726-19

*The top three teams earn direct berths to Qatar 2022, while fourth place will head to .

X = qualified to World Cup; Y = advanced to playoff;E = Eliminated

Matchday 14 of 14Date Match Wed, March 30, Bradley Chubb Jerseys 2022Panama 1, Canada 0Wed, March 30, 2022Jamaica 2, Honduras 1Wed, March 30, 2022Mexico 2, El Salvador 0Wed, March 30, 2022Costa Rica 2, USA 0CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying results & highlightsMatchday 1 of 14Date Match Thurs, Sept. 2, 2021Canada 1, Honduras 1 Thurs, Sept. 2, 2021Panama 0, Costa Rica 0 Thurs, Sept. 2, 2021Mexico 2, Jamaica 1 Thurs, Sept. 2, 2021El Salvador 0, USA 0 Matchday 2 of 14Date Match Sun, Sept. 5, 2021Jamaica 0, Panama 3 Sun, Sept. 5, 2021Costa Rica 0, Mexico 1 Sun, Sept. 5, 2021El Salvador 0, Honduras 0 Sun, Sept. 5, 2021USA 1, Canada 1 Matchday 3 of 14Date Match Wed, Sept. 8, 2021Canada 3, El Salvador 0 Wed, Sept. 8, 2021Panama 1, Mexico 1 Wed, Sept. 8, 2021Costa Rica 1, Jamaica 1 Jamar Johnson Jerseys Wed, Sept. 8, 2021Honduras 1, USA 4 Matchday 4 of 14Date Match Thurs, Oct. 7, 2021USA 2, Jamaica 0 Thurs, Oct. 7, 2021Honduras 0, Costa Rica 0 Thurs, Oct. 7, 2021Mexico 1, Canada 1 Thurs, Oct. 7, 2021El Salvador 1, Panama 0 Matchday 5 of 14Date Match Sun, Oct. 10, 2021Panama 1, USA 0 Sun, Oct. 10, 2021Jamaica 0, Canada 0 Sun, Oct. 10, 2021Costa Rica 2, El Salvador 1 Sun, Oct. 10, 2021Mexico 3, Honduras 0 Matchday 6 of 14Date Match Wed, Oct. 13, 2021USA 2, Costa Rica 1 Wed, Oct. 13, 2021Canada 4, Panama 1 Wed, Oct. 13, 2021Honduras 0, Jamaica 2 Wed, Oct. 13, 2021El Salvador 0, Mexico 2 Matchday Bryce Callahan Jerseys 7 of 14Date Match Fri, Nov. 12, 2021Honduras 2, Panama 3 Fri, Nov. 12, 2021USA 2, Mexico 0 Fri, Nov. 12, 2021Canada 1, Costa Rica 0 Fri, Nov. 12, 2021El Salvador 1, Jamaica 1 Matchday 8 of 14Date Match Tues, Nov. 16, 2021Jamaica 1, USA 1 Tues, Nov. 16, 2021Costa Rica 2, Honduras 1 Tues, Nov. 16, 2021Panama 2, El Salvador 1 Tues, Nov. 16, 2021Canada 2, Mexico 1 Matchday 9 of 14Date Match Thurs, Jan. 27, 2022USA 1, El Salvador 0 Thurs, Jan. 27, 2022Jamaica 1, Mexico 2 Thurs, Jan. 27, 2022Honduras 0, Canada 2 Thurs, Jan. 27, 2022Costa Rica 1, Panama 0 Matchday 10 of 14Date Match Sun, Jan. 30, 2022Canada 2, USA 0 Sun, Jan. 30, 2022Panama 3, Jamaica 2 Sun, Jan. 30, 2022Mexico 0, Costa Rica 0 Sun, Jan. 30, 2022Honduras 0, El Salvador 2 Matchday 11 of 14Date Match Wed, Feb. 2, 2022Jamaica 0, Costa Rica 1 Wed, Feb. 2, 2022USA 3, Honduras 0Wed, Feb. 2, 2022El Salvador 0, Canada Adrian Killins Jr. Jerseys 2Wed, Feb. 2, 2022Mexico 1, Panama 0Matchday 12 of 14Date Match Thurs, March 24Jamaica 1, El Salvador 1Thurs, March 24Panama 1, Honduras 1Thurs, March 24Mexico 0, USA 0Thurs, March 24Costa Rica 1, Canada 0Matchday 13 of 14Date Match Sun, March 27Canada 4, Jamaica 0Sun, March 27El Salvador 1, Costa