Editor's Note: Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but It bends toward justice”. Sometimes we American soccer fans get wrapped up in the day-to-day, Monday morning quarterbacking (or centerbacking), knee-jerk reactions and miss out on the big picture.
Just 54 days before the start of the tournament, CONCACAF debutedthe 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup trophy at a press conference on Tuesday in Mexico City.
The new trophy uses the original design of the cup and is sculpted in metal with gold plating. It also features larger handles than the prior version, formed at a sharper angle.
One issue that had plagued the Gold Cup in the past is that countries have stacked their rosters with back-up players in the year that the winners did not qualify for the Confederations Cup.
Not anymore!!
CONCACAF announced on Friday that the winners of the 2013 Gold Cup will play the winners of the 2105 Gold Cup in a single-game playoff for a place in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Just two days after CONCACAF announced that the 2013 Gold Cup would open at the Rose Bowl with the Mexican National Team, sources have confirmed to SBI that the 2013 Gold Cup Final will take place at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Soldier Field hosted the 2007 Gold Cup Final won by the United States (which defeated Mexico thanks to Benny Feilhaber's memorable game-winning goal).
Today's links are heavily USMNT-focused as the players in the January camp prepare for the upcoming friendly against Canada and CONCACAF comes out with some 2013 Gold Cup news. Enjoy!
CONCACAF names 13 US cities as 2013 Gold Cup hosts The Gold Cup hosts were named this morning, and there's a familiar stadium on the list.
Today CONCACAF announced the host cities for the 2013 Gold Cup. Seattle and CenturyLink Field will host for the third time in the last nine years. Our southern neighbors in Portland for the first time. CONCACAF follows the FIFA rules and allows artificial surfaces to host matches as long as they meet certain standards.
Between the buzz and excitement of the MLS Cup Final, rumors of a new SSS being built in Tampa and the naming of a new commissioner for the North American Soccer League, a press release on Tuesday that may have been overlooked by many seems to hold some big implications. Traffic Sports USA who has [.
CONCACAF announced on Tuesday that Traffic Sports won the bid to become the Confederation's 'commercial rights partner' for the 2013 Gold Cup and the 2014/15 Champions League. "The strategic alliance with Traffic is the result of a long assessment process that showcases the vast and growing interest in the market for our Confederation properties and tournaments," CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb said.
South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL will hold a special Copa America tournament in 2016 in the United States to commemorate the organization's 100th year.
CONMEBOL said at a meeting of its executive committee in Argentina Wednesday that the tournament would include the 10 South American teams, plus the United States, Mexico and four others from the CONCACAF.
Look everyone has a rough day at The Office now and then. (Ouch...)
With Jamaica riding two free kicks to victory Friday night in the Caribbean, it's up to the USA
to author their own Redemption Song Tuesday in Columbus. The arrangement tonight was sour for the
States to the tune of a 2-1 loss to the Reggae Boyz who celebrated their country's national
independence by liberating Jamaica from its winless streak against the visitors.
KC will have a second player represented in the upcoming international window along with Roger
Espinoza. Joining Espinoza on international duty is the Haitian Xavi, Peterson Joseph. Joseph has
been called up for the Haitian national team for the first round of the Caribbean Championships
qualifying.
ARLINGTON, Va. With a busy June featuring three World Cup qualifiers serving as the chief priority for the U.S. Men's National Team this summer, the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup has long been as seen as a secondary task, and a likely showcase for the plethora of young American players currently on the fringes of the national team radar.
Union will take the draw against Columbus but feel better finishing could have meant three points. Union academy now part of US Development Academy. Corey Hertzog scores for Vancouver. More news.
About five months from now, U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann will have some serious decisions to make. A trio of World Cup qualifiers will be looming in June, a mini-tournament of sorts that will go a long way in determining how well the USMNT qualifying campaign is going.
"There is a gap. It would be foolish not to recognize that." Jürgen Klinsmann was not hired to
beat Mexico. The US had been regularly beating Mexico since 2002. To the extent he was haired
to beat anyone; it was the major powers of Europe and South America that were to be his targets.
The US didn't even need to beat Mexico to qualify for the World Cup, and that was the prize
Klinsmann wanted.
A little over a year ago, the US Men's National Team took the pitch against Mexico at Lincoln
Financial Field. Only a month earlier the two sides had met on the other side of the continent,
at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the Gold Cup final. Mexico had stormed back from two down at the
half, capturing the regional championship and thoroughly trouncing Bob Bradley's World Cup
veterans.
Juergen Klinsmann's side achieved their first ever victory in Azteca Stadium after a 1-0 win over
Mexico on Wednesday. Although only a friendly, the historic victory was celebrated by Americans as
a landmark moment against our eternal rivals, particularly considering the experimental lineup
employed by the Yanks.
The 2013 Gold Cup schedule was released today and we now know who’ll be visiting Houston in the tournament. BBVA Compass Stadium will host a double header on July 15 starting with El Salvador vs Haiti and Honduras vs Trinidad and Tobago as the late match.
Both of these matches should be a good draw for Houston with pretty solid support for El Salvador and Honduras in the city.
El Salvador and Honduras, two Central American nations with large followings in Houston, will likely have home-field advantages when they anchor a Gold Cup group stage doubleheader at BBVA Compass Stadium on July 15.
El Salvador will play Haiti, and Honduras will face Trinidad and Tobago in the Gold Cup matches.
Hoffman scores in Union scrimmage against DC. Union SuperDraft pick Stephen Okai training with Seattle. Carlos Ruiz back in MLS and now with DC. More news.
Hartford will playhostto CONCACAF Gold Cup action for thefirst time after the venues for the 2013 tournament were released on Wednesday.
Rentschler Field, located in nearby East Hartford, is among 13 stadiums that won bids following the selection process, which was conducted by Soccer United Marketing (SUM).
Yes, I know I'm late, but Happy New Year to everyone! Soccermetrics is keeping me busy as always, but I had a great reason to come back. Belize is going to the Gold Cup! Yes, Belize, currently ranked 164 in the FIFA World Ranking (and last among Central American countries), is headed to the Gold Cup after finishing in fourth place in the Copa Centroamericana, formerly known as the Copa UNCAF.
Three of the four Central American entrants into the 2013 Gold Cup have now been decided as the group phase of the 2013 Copa Centroamericana is in the books. The tournament serves as qualifying for the Gold Cup, with the four semifinalists earning a spot in the confederation championship this summer.
Soldier Field is definitely one of the premier venues that is always mentioned for big soccer games. Whether it is USMNT games or friendlies (like Fire/Manchester United in 2011), Soldier Field is always a great venue to watch a game. Crowds are big, support is loud, and it's an experience everyone should try if you haven't already.
Sporting Kansas City acquired midfielder Benny Feilhaber from the New England Revolution on Tuesday in exchange for allocation money, Sporting KC's natural first round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, and natural second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The 27-year old playmaker has been added to Sporting Kansas City's roster and will occupy a senior roster spot.
The U.S. is going after its first win in World Cup qualfying at "The Office"
For all you stat folks out there, get yourself set up for tonight's World Cup qualifier with the
full USA-Jamaica game notes. Just in case, here's the crib version:
Eighteen players on the roster were part of the group that earned four points from the first
two World Cup Qualifiers this past June, including all three goal scorers: Clint Dempsey (2),
Carlos Bocanegra and Herculez Gomez.
Earlier today on Twitter @ussoccer, we asked if fans could name the U.S. players on this current
roster who have scored against Jamaica. The correct is three, and for one it was a very special
moment in his U.S. Soccer career.
In front of more than 45,000 fans at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Jermaine Jones scored his
first goal in a U.
The day is finally here for a soccer rivalry that is always full of fight, intrigue, and
normally hostile play. When the US and Mexico butt heads, it's usually not pretty. It also doesn't
help that the Americans will be playing tonight in Aztec Stadium, which has been an impenetrable
fortress for the Yanks.
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is a significant competition on the international calendar, and with the United States hosting the 2013 tournament, there are plenty of available venues for matches. In a significant honor for Portland and JELD-WEN Field, it was selected amongst 13 host venues for the month long tournament in July.
Big news and interesting info today. Obviously the focus is the announcement that Denver will be one of the hosts for this summer's Gold Cup in July for the first time. The Gold Cup is CONCACAF's continental championship consisting of 12 teams. The qualifiers for this year's tournament are the United States, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Martinique, Costa Rica, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, and the winner of Friday's Guatemala - Panama match.
MLS fans will be able to plan the rest of their year come Wednesday. The league is set to release the rest of the 2013 schedule on Wednesday at 11am Central time. KC already knows their first three games on the season, playing at Philadelphia, at Toronto, and then opening Livestrong for the season against Chicago.
Se viene el Digicel Caribbean Championships 2012, con la participación de 25 selecciones: 20
arrancan en la fase inicial, en la segunda se suman Grenada, Guadalupe y Cuba, y en la fase final
Antigua & Barbuda (país anfitrión) y Jamaica, poseedora del título.
Iniciado en 1989 bajo el auspicio de la petrolera Shell, se llamó Caribbean Cup y comenzó a
oficiar como una previa clasificatoria para la Gold Cup de la Concacaf.
Manchester United and Liverpool in tussle to sign Mexican Hector Herrera - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Manchester United and Liverpool are locked in a transfer battle to sign highly-rated Mexican
midfielder Hector Herrera. The 22-year-old played a significant role in his country's shock success
at the Olympic Games this summer, in which the Central American side beat Brazil 2-1 in the
final.
