The USA literally left it to the last minute, but they managed to clinch Group B in the Gold Cup with a 2-2 draw against Haiti in Foxborough, Massachusetts on July 11th. If Haiti could have just hung on a little longer it would have been their first win over the Americans in 40 years. [...]
Mexico rebounded form their 1-1 draw with to beat Guadeloupe 2-0 in front of 24,000 fans in Glendale, Arizona on July 12th. The win assured the Mexicans of top spot in Group C in the Gold Cup with seven points. Mexican manager Javier Aguirre served the first of his three-game suspension in this match after [...]
Canada took the top spot in Group A of the Gold Cup after battling to a 2-2 draw with Costa Rica in Miami, Florida on July 10th. The draw gave Canada seven points after they had already beaten Jamaica, and El Salvador. They now advance to the quarterfinals, but have to sit around for a [...]
It was bound to happen sooner or later. You just knew things would turn a little physical and nasty after a relatively calm Gold Cup tournament so far. Well it all came to a boiling point in a red hot Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on July 9th as Panama held Mexico to a 1-1 [...]
The USA continued their fine play of late with a 2-0 win over Honduras in their Gold Cup Group B game in front of 26,000 at RFK Stadium in Washington DC on July 8th. The Americans cemented the win with two goals in the last 15 minutes. Santino Quaranta scored his first international goal in [...]
Canada has been doing pretty well recently, since Stephen Hart took over as manager and they won their second-straight in Group A at the Gold Cup in front of about 7,000 fans in Columbus, Ohio on July 7th. Hart has been using the 4-3-3 formation and has found it works out well for him, especially [...]
In the second game of a doubleheader in Oakland, California on July 5th, Guadeloupe opened their Group C campaign with a 2-1 win over Panama. However, Panama did the majority of attacking and outshot their opponents by a 21 to 8 margin, It was also the most physical game of the Gold Cup so far, [...]
Mexico has done quite a bit better since the often-sacked Sven Goran Eriksson was rightly booted out as manager in April. They now play an attacking style like they used to and it paid off in their opening Group C game of the Gold Cup in as they beat Nicaragua 2-0 in front of 32,000 [...]
The Gold Cup continued over the weekend with games on July 4th and 5th. The United States, ranked 12th in the world by FIFA and fresh of their Confederations Cup Final loss to Brazil, were in great form as they rendered a 4-0 hammering to Grenada. The score could have been quite a bit higher [...]
Honduras beat Haiti 1-0 in Seattle, Washington, on July 4th in the opening Group B games for both teams. Carlos Costly scored the winner as he headed in a Walter Martinez free kick in the 76th minute. Martinez drove in his cross on the free kick from the left side of the penalty area and [...]
