[GOLD CUP 2011 COUNTDOWN] Eleven of the 12 Gold Cup finalists — every team except Guadeloupe — will play at least one friendly during FIFA’s double fixturedates. Panama, which the USA will face at the Gold Cup, will host Bolivia on Friday and then travel to Cuba on Tuesday. Canada, against which the USA opens in Detroit, will play at Belarus on Tuesday.Mexico will play Paraguay Saturday in front of a sellout crowd in Oakland, Calif., before heading down the coast to face Venezuela Tuesday in San Diego.

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