The road to the final of the Concacaf Gold Cup is established when the groups were drawn on Thursday, and the United States was placed in group D together with Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. Starting on June 14 and until July 6 with the final at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, this will be a slightly different gold glass than in past years. The United States has not always sent its team superior to the tournament, but that could change after a poor final of the Concacaf Nations League with the new coach Mauricio Pochettino to the helm.
Since the Gold Cup takes place a year before the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, it is the last chance that the three nations have to play competitive matches before the World Cup begins. As a host nation, the United States will not participate in the classification of the Concacaf World Cup, which increases the bets of this Gold Cup tournament.
This tournament will also see that the games take place in Canada along with the United States with Vancouver among the host cities for the first time. The other places will be in the United States, and the tournament is divided into regions from the west to the west coast, since it will run next to the FIFA Club World Cup during part of the summer.
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The United States’ disappointment in the Nations LeagueWon by Mexico, it is what could take them to send players like Christian Pulisic to the Gold Cup. The time spent with this team would be the longest that Pochettino has had with the superior team since he took the job. With the USMNT you need to find your identity under the Argentine tactic, this is a good tournament to work on that while creating a positive impulse for the World Cup. With Saudi Arabia as a guest guest for the tournament, the USMNT will have a formidable opposition, but let’s see how the groups shook.
Concacaf Gold Cup Groups
- Group A: Mexico, Costa Rica, Surinam, Dominican Republic
- Group B: Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, Curacao
- Group C: Panama, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guadalupe
- Group D: United States, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia
The two best teams in each group will advance to the elimination stage with the opportunity to lift the Gold Cup championship. Mexico is the current current champion with the United States winning the tournament for the last time in 2021. The memories of Trinidad and Tobago that take them out of the 2018 World Cup race will continue to advance after the draw. The Americans will also face a Saudi Arabia team that designed one of the largest discomfort in the history of the World Cup, defeating the eventual Argentine champions in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This tournament will be a great opportunity for Pochettino to overcome those memories.
While there is no true death group, the drawing of Mexico together with a Surinam side to improve could cause some discomfort if the TRI is not careful. The three United States, Mexico and Canada will be favored to win their respective groups, but with a strong recruitment of dual nationality, Concacaf’s sides are quickly improving, so there will be no easy accessories. The three teams will enter this tournament feeling that they could lift the cup in Houston.
Key dates
- Group stage: June 14 – 24
- Quarter finals: June 28 to 29
- Semifinals: July 2
- End: July 6
