July 1 – The Gold Cup final at Soldier Field in Chicago this Sunday July 7, is officially sold out. Semi-finals between Mexico and Haiti, in Phoenix on Tuesday, and the US and Jamaica, on Wednesday in Nashville, will decide the final two teams.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 2 – As the first expanded Gold Cup draws towards its close after arguably its most successful edition in history, the minnows who lit up the tournament can only grow as a result. The problem is whether they can get sufficient backing back home to move forward with their development.
By David Owen
July 1 – International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has dropped a strong hint that the doors of sport’s most prestigious club might finally be opened to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 1 – Go through the start lists of teams at this year’s Gold Cup and one common denominator screams out at you: the number of players plying their trade in the MLS.
July 1 – PSG have confirmed the extension of their kit deal with Nike in a new agreement that now covers their women’s team and will take them through to 2032.
July 30 – The growing demand by online gaming businesses for shirt sponsor positions with Spain’s top-flight clubs has seen Valencia hook up with Bwin as their jersey sponsor in a three-year deal starting next season.
July 1 – Arsenal have extended their global partnership with Konami for a further three years, taking them through to June 2022.
USA 1 Curacao 0
July 30 – The US came into this quarter final with everything to lose against the tournament giantkillers Curacao, who have played with no fear and have revelled in the heroics of pulling off the unexpected.
July 30 – Jamaica bundled Panama out of the Gold Cup at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Sunday, to set up a semi-final against with the USA or fellow Caribbean island Curacao in Nashville on Wednesday.
June 30 – The US and Curacao will decide the final slot in 2019 Gold Cup semi finals when they meet at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on tonight.
Mexico 1 (5) Costa Rica 1 (4)
By Paul Nicholson at the NRG Stadium, Houston
June 29 – Earlier in the day thunder and lightening swept across Houston. It was nothing compared to the explosion of football that was to take place in the evening at the NRG Stadium.
By Paul Nicholson at the NRG Stadium in Houston
Canada 2 Haiti 3
June 29 – Canada snatched defeat from the jaws of victory letting a two-goal half-time lead become a 3-2 full time loss to Haiti in the first of the Gold Cup quarter finals at the NRG Stadium in Houston.
By Paul Nicholson at the NRG Stadium, Houston
June 29 – The Gold Cup quarter final between Mexico and Costa Rica pitches the two best Spanish language speaking teams of the past 10 years in the Concacaf region against each other.
June 28 – The 2034 World Cup might still be in the distant future with the bidding process for the 2030 iteration yet to be properly administered, but Australia and Indonesia are mulling over a joint bid for the tournament.
By Paul Nicholson in Houston
June 28 – With the first 12 days of Gold Cup double header group games finished, Concacaf is reporting four of the stadia as sell outs and three near sell outs. Tickets for the knock out rounds disappearing fast.