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Mexico isn't the only team enjoying a dominant Gold Cup.

Jamaica improved to 3-0-0 after a 1-0 victory over Group B challenger Honduras to clinch the top spot in the group Monday night at Red Bull Arena. Jamaica didn't concede a goal in the group stage and finished with a +7 goal differential.

1) The USA's loss to Panama is only their 6th in 51 Gold Cup games, and first in the group stage (as you might've heard by now). Previously, they had only lost to Brazil and Mexico. Both the Americans and the Mexicans now have six defeats each, though the USA have played three more games.
2) Ominously for the US, no team has ever won the Gold Cup with a loss.

GOLD CUP: Surveying the Standings - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Heading into the final round of group stage games I thought it would be a good idea to survey where the teams stand. While group A seems to be a foregone conclusion, groups B and C are much less settled. Teams can still jump from third to first and change the landscape of the knockout rounds.

Friday night's gold cup action featured Group B action with Jamaica facing Guatemala and Grenada playing Honduras in Miami.
In the night's first match, Jamaica picked up a 2-0 victory against Guatemala thanks to a Demar Phillips brace in the second half. With two wins in its first two matches of the tournament, Jamaica has qualified for the quarterfinals and is proving to be the best Caribbean side in the 2011 Gold Cup.

Group B favorites Jamaica and Honduras each face one more test before their group-stage showdown, and both could use victories Friday night to feel a bit more secure ahead of that final bout.

Group-leading Jamaica takes on Guatemala (7 p.m., Telefutura) fresh off a 4-0 pasting of Grenada in its tournament opener.

Paul Scholes: a tribute to a player born in the wrong country - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything.

The New England Revolution revealed this afternoon in a press release that captain Shalrie Joseph has changed his mind concerning his call-up to the Grenadian National Football Team for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup and will be staying in Foxboro with the Revs. The MLS All-Star midfielder was set to miss at least the next two league matches while on international duty.

According to an official team release this morning, New England Revolution captain Shalrie Joseph has accepted his call-up to the Grenadian National Team for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup. He (along with USA international Benny Feilhaber) will play against the Galaxy on Saturday before departing for his country's camp.

Por Halftown
Que nadie se deje llevar por los Adebayores, Affelays, Cassanos y Andy Carrolls. El mercado de invierno siempre ha sido el refugio de los inútiles del mundo del fútbol: de los presidentes que buscan parchear sus plantillas a cualquier precio y de los jugadores que pretenden redecorar su vida donde les quieran.