Allianz Field, the 19,400-seat stadium MLS’s Minnesota United will open in 2019, LAFC’s new Banc of California Stadium and Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field have been selected as host venuesfor the 2019 Gold Cup. L-R: Minnesotagovernor Mark Dayton, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul mayor Melvin Carter, ESPN’s Taylor Twellman, Concacaf Deputy general secretary Jurgen Mainka, MNUFC […]
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Concacaf will explore giving expanded Gold Cup 'pan-regional footprint'
Concacaf will expand the Gold Cup to include 16 teams for the 2019 edition and beyond. The qualifying process will be will be revealed at the Concacaf Nations League launch event, on March 7 in MiamiBeach. As part of the expansion, Concacaf announced it is considering the creation of “a pan-regional footprint” for the Gold […]
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Gold Cup final on FS1 tops evening's cable ratings
The 2017 Gold Cup final between the USA and Jamaica drew almost 4.3 million viewers on Univision and FS1. The latter’s 0.7 rating was the highest for any original cable telecast in the adults 18-49demographic on Wednesday. The total of 1,772,000 viewers on FS1 was up 117 percent over the 2015 Gold Cup final between […]
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'Lots of guys' step up as USA earns sixth Gold Cup title
By Ridge Mahoney The day before taking on Jamaica in the 2017 Gold Cup final, U.S. defender Omar Gonzalez firmly put things into perspective. Thirteenstraight games unbeaten since Bruce Arena took over from Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach had revived the Hexagonal qualifying campaign and restored confidence, yet nodefinitive outcome had been attained. “I think […]
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Gold Cup: Where does the USA's 2017 title rank?
Ranking the USA’s six Gold Cup titles isn’t easy. It’s hard to beat the first one in 1991, at the first Gold Cup in Los Angeles. The USA-Mexico rivalry as week know it was born whenBora Milutinovic‘s boys beat El Tri, 2-0, in the semifinals. The 2007 Gold Cup title was probably the sweetest, the […]
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USA-Jamaica Gold Cup Player Ratings
USA-JAMAICA EXPRESS: July 26 in Santa Clara, California USA 2 Jamaica 1. Goals: Altidore 45, Morris88; Watson 50.Att.: 63,032. Jordan Morris, the 22-year-old who had already struck twice in the tournament, scored the biggest goal of his career– the 2017 Gold Cup final gamewinner in the 88th minute for a 2-1 victory over Jamaica. The USA […]
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What They're Saying: Jermaine Taylor
“I know for sure they are going to be watching tapes of our games, but I suspect they are going to take us lightly, knowing that they are America and they think they are world giants and that’sgood for us. We want to go into the game as underdogs and prove to the world what […]
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Scouting Report: U.S. strategy to counter Jamaica threat
While Jamaica’s 1-0 victory over Mexico in the semifinals killed the prospect of a sixth USA-Mexico final in the Gold Cup, the USA isn’t underestimating the Reggae Boyz, back in the final for thesecond straight tournament. Since it exited World Cup 2018 qualifying in the semifinal round, Theodore Whitmore has rebuilt Jamaica. Earlier in the […]
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Making a List: Multiple U.S. Gold Cup champions
Of the 23 players on the U.S. roster, only Clint Dempsey has played in and won more than one Gold Cup final. But four other players — Matt Besler, Joe Corona,Omar Gonzalez and Tim Howard — could add their names to a list of 10 multiple U.S. Gold Cup champions. One player — Landon Donovan […]