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This post ended up helping me do something.
This is kinda crappy but...I hook the VGUIMenu, if its the first appearance, I move the client to spectator to get rid of the menu, then I show a new team menu one 0.1 seconds later.

The difference is the new menu doesn't have the countdown of mp_force_pick_time seconds. Also I want people to see the menu just without a countdown.

Some questions:

• Is there a better way to block the first occurance of the usermessage?
• Is there a way to handle which team a user joins normally if mp_force_pick_time reaches 0
• Yes I know I could have just set mp_force_pick_time to a really high value

PHP Code:

public Action UserMessage_VGUIMenu(UserMsg msg_id, Protobuf msg, const int[] players, int playersNum, bool reliable, bool init)
{
  char buffermsg[64];
  
  PbReadString(msg, "name", buffermsg, sizeof(buffermsg));
  
  if (StrEqual(buffermsg, "team", true)) {
    int client = players[0];
    
    if (g_IsFirstTeamSelection[client]) {
      g_IsFirstTeamSelection[client] = false;
      RequestFrame(UserMessage_VGUIMenu_NextFrame, client);
    }
  }
  
  return Plugin_Continue;
}

void UserMessage_VGUIMenu_NextFrame(int client)
{
  if (IsClientInGame(client)) {
    //Change client team to spectator to remove VGUIMenu
    ChangeClientTeam(client, CS_TEAM_SPECTATOR);
    CreateTimer(0.1, Timer_ShowTeamMenu, client);
  }
}

public void OnClientConnected(int client)
{
  g_IsFirstTeamSelection[client] = true;
}

public Action Timer_ShowTeamMenu(Handle Timer, int client)
{
  if (IsClientInGame(client))
    UTIL_TeamMenu(client);
}

// This helper procedure will re-display the team join menu
// and is equivalent to what ClientCommand(client, "chooseteam") did in the past
void UTIL_TeamMenu(int client)
{
    int clients[1];
    Handle bf;
    clients[0] = client;
    bf = StartMessage("VGUIMenu", clients, 1);
    
    if (GetUserMessageType() == UM_Protobuf) {
        PbSetString(bf, "name", "team");
        PbSetBool(bf, "show", true);
    }
    else {
        BfWriteString(bf, "team"); // panel name
        BfWriteByte(bf, 1); // bShow
        BfWriteByte(bf, 0); // count
    }
    
    EndMessage();
}