USA-GUYANA EXPRESSJune 18 in St. Paul, MinnesotaUSA 4 Guyana 0. Goals: Arriola 28, Boyd 51, 81,Zardes 55.Att.: 19,418. The USA opened its Gold Cup campaign with a 4-0 win over Guyana, the lowest rated team (177th in the FIFA World Ranking) in the 16-teamtournament. Although a U.S. win never seemed in doubt — Guyana’s first […]
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Gold Cup: Winning head coaches
Mexico (7): 1993 (Miguel Mejia Baron, 1st), 1996 (Bora Milutinovic, 2nd), 1998 (Manuel Lapuente, 2nd), 2003 (Ricardo LaVolpe, 2nd), 2009 (Javier Aguirre, 1st), 2011 (Chepo de la Torre, 1st), 2015 (Miguel Herrera, 3rd). USA (6): 1991(Milutinovic, 1st), 2002 (Bruce Arena, 4th), 2005 (Arena, 7th), 2007 (Bob Bradley, 1st), 2013 (Jurgen Klinsmann, 3rd), 2017 (Arena, 1st). […]
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Players to Watch: MLS players at the Gold Cup
1. Andre Blake (Jamaica). Philadelphia keeper injured hand in the2017 final. 2. Alberth Elis (Honduras). One of three Catrachos from 2019 surprise Houston Dynamo. 3. Mark-AnthonyKaye (Canada). Key part of MLS’s best midfield at LAFC. 4. Nick Lima (USA). With Tyler Adams out, spotlight will be on San Josedefender. 5. Michael Murillo (Panama). Strong play […]
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Gold Cup: What's new in 2019
The 15th edition of the Concacaf championship begins Saturday with a new format and new co-hosts. Format. The tournamenthas been expanded from 12 to 16 teams. With four groups of four instead of three groups of four, only the top two teams in each group will advance. Co-hosts. The USA has been host or co-host […]
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Tata Martino's Mexico remains Gold Cup favorite despite heavy losses
The 2019 Gold Cup kicks off on Saturday with adoubleheader at the Rose Bowl, where a crowd of at least 60,000 is expected for the main attraction, Mexico’s opening game against Cuba, the second game in a doubleheader that also featuresCanada-Martinique. Mexico has won seven of the 14 previous editions and is favored over the […]
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Summer call-ups: MLS clubs lose 70 players for Gold Cup and Copa America
For every positive development comes acomplicating factor for MLS. As MLS teams use increased TAM funds to up their spending on international talent, that means more established players will be unavailable during tournamentslike the Gold Cup and Copa America, which both open next week. A record 59 MLS players were named to Gold Cup rosters […]
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U.S. Gold Cup camp: Berhalter brings in 28 players to Annapolis
U.S. national team coach Gregg Berhalter called in 28 players for the final preparations for the Gold Cup. The final camp roster doesn’t include Christian Pulisic andTyler Adams, but they are expected to be named to the final 23-player Gold Cup roster that is due by midnight on Wednesday and will be submitted to Concacaf […]
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Canada's Gold Cup team includes four teenagers
Bayern Munich’s 18-year-old Alphonso Davies is one of four teenagers named to Canada’s roster for the Gold Cup, where it faces Martinique, Mexico and Cuba in group play. Alsopicked were Jonathan David (19), Liam Miller (19) and Noble Okello (18). In all, eight of the 23 players in John Herdman‘s squad are 21 or younger. […]
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Summer of Soccer: Scheduling 'error' creates pile-up — three finals on same day
With Tuesday’s announcement that ESPN+will carry the 2019 Copa America, we now know the viewing options for the three summer tournaments: Women’s World Cup (schedule): English-language: Fox, FS1, FS2; Spanish-language: Telemundo, Universo,Telemundo Deportes. Gold Cup (schedule): English-language: FS1, FS2; Spanish-language: Univision, UniMas, UDN. Copa America (schedule):English-language: ESPN+; Spanish-language: Telemundo, Universo. For some time now, though, […]
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U.S. provisional Gold Cup roster contains several surprise names
Concacaf released the 40-player provisional rosters for the 2019 Gold Cup from which 16 teams must select their 23 players for the tournament. Gold Cup: Preliminary Lists