Less than 24 hours before its first game, Concacaf announced that Curacao was forced to pull out of the Gold Cup due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The Curacao delegation returned what Concacaf described as a “significant number of positive results across their staff and players” in the last round of testing. Between those who tested […]
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Datebook: Updated Gold Cup schedule
The USA will play all three of its three group matches at the Children’s Mercy Park, the home of Sporting Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas. It has played group matches in Kansas City in 2011, 2015 and most recently in 2019 when it beat Panama, 1-0. All group games will be played in Kansas, […]
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Brian Quinn on the USA's greatest Gold Cup, impressing Bora, and coaching youth soccer
The USA may have won the Gold Cup six times, but its first one was extra special. Thirty years ago this month, one year after losing all three of its games at the 1990 World Cup in Italy and three years ahead of hosting the World Cup, Coach Bora Milutinovic guided the USA to its […]
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Friday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Euro 2020, from North Macedonia to Denmark and London, has been a soccer road trip unlike any other By Sam Borden (ESPN) 2. England face UEFA censure after laser pointer shone at Kasper Schmeichel By Ed Aarons (Guardian) 3. Cuba referred to Concacaf’s disciplinary committee: What’s behind the decision? By Jon Arnold (Get Concacafed)
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Gold Cup: Sunday's opener will be special for USA's foe
Three teams have beaten the USA in six or more straight men’s international matches. Two are well known for their dominance over the USA in past years: Brazil and Mexico. The third? Haiti, the USA’s opening opponent on Sunday at the Gold Cup. Les Grenadiers, who qualified for the Concacaf championship on Tuesday thanks to […]
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Results: Gold Cup (Preliminary, Round 2)
Tuesday, July 6 Haiti 4 Bermuda 1. (Goals: Pierrot 23, 28, 45, Nazon 87; Wells 80.) Trinidad & Tobago 1 French Guiana 1. (Goals: Molino 27; Abelinti 44.) (Trinidad & Tobago wins 8-7 on penalties.) Guadeloupe 1 Guatemala 1. (Goals: Phaeton 6; Martinez 17.) (Guadeloupe wins 10-9 on penalties.)
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Sunday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. 15-year-old Olivia Moultrie finally makes NWSL debut as Thorns beat Racing Louisville FC By Caitlin Murray (Oregonian) 2. From a Los Angeles mailroom to the Guatemala national team: Luis Martinez pushes for the Gold Cup dream By Jon Arnold (Get Concacafed) 3. A Scottish-American team helped build football in the U.S. Now they’re going […]
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Results: Gold Cup (Preliminary, Round 1)
Saturday, July 3 Guadeloupe 2 Bahamas 0. (Goals: Phaeton 61, Mirval 67.) French Guiana 3 Cuba 0. (Cuba forfeited.) Guatemala 4 Guyana 0. (Goals: Own goal 21, Martinez 54, 80, Lom 71.)
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Results: Gold Cup (Preliminary, Round 1)
Friday, July 2 Haiti 6 St. Vincent & Grenadines 1. (Goals: Nazon 26, 59, Pierrot 33, Etienne 37, own goal 72, Antoine 90; Edwards 42.) Bermuda 8 Barbados 1. (Goals: Wells 1, 14, pen. 87, Lambe 29, Leverock 39, own goal 60, Crichlow 66, Lewis 67; Holligan 45+1.) Trinidad & Tobago 6 Montserrat 1. (Goals: […]
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USMNT: Gold Cup roster positional breakdown — who's in and who's not
U.S. head coach Gregg Berhalter named his 23 players for the Gold Cup, which begins July 11 in Kansas City. The USA will be without most of his European-based players, stars like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest, Tyler Adams and Gio Reyna all coming off busy seasons on multiple fronts with their clubs, players […]