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Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile Jamaica

Jamaica

Qualification:

Jamaica qualified for the Gold Cup following a wildly successful CONCACAF Nations League debut, finishing unbeaten at the top of the group, scoring 21 goals and conceding only 1 over the span of 6 games. However, since they secured CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification in November 2019, Jamaica have suffered a series of notable defeats; losing 3-0 to Saudi Arabia, then 4-1 to Gold Cup rivals USA in what could be a telling game in predicting Jamaica’s effectiveness against the bigger sides.

Gold Cup 2021

Wells’ Gold Cup record sets Bermuda up winner-takes-all Haiti tie

Prelims Qualifier: Bermuda 8 Barbados 1

July 2 – It took just 17 seconds for Nakhi Wells to put Bermuda a goal ahead in the Gold Cup preliminary play-offs and begin what was a night of pain for Barbados as they crashed to an 8-1 defeat.

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Haiti extinguish St Vincent challenge

Prelims Qualifier: Haiti 6 St Vincent and the Grenadines 1:

July 2 – Haiti did what was expected of them in rolling over St Vincent and the Grenadines in the opening preliminary qualifier for the Group Stages of the Gold Cup. Duckens Nazon, Haiti’s free scoring forward was their hero. St Vincent had 13 heroes.

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Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile Mexico

Mexico

Qualifying

Mexico enter the Concacaf Gold Cup after finishing top of their qualifying group, easing past Bermuda and Panama as expected, winning every game of the group stage. Their most recent outing in the Concacaf Nations League in June saw them lose out to USA following a 114th minute winner courtesy of Chelsea star Christian Pulisic. During the group stage of Nations League qualifying, they scored a convincing 13 goals in 4 games,

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Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile Curaçao

Curaçao

How they qualified

Curaçao booked their ticket for the finals as one of the four group runners-up in the A League of the inaugural Concacaf Nations League. In Group D, they finished behind Costa Rica, but ahead of Haiti.

Tournament Record

This is the team’s third participation. In 2017, Curaçao debuted in the tournament in group D with Mexico, El Salvador and Jamaica, but failed to garner a single point.

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Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile Suriname

Suriname

How they qualified

The Surinamese progressed to the main draw as one of four group winners in the 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League B. They punched their ticket by bossing group B, even though Saint Vincent and the Grenadines proved to be tricky challengers. Suriname garnered 13 points and scored an impressive 16 goals. Gleofilo Vlijter was the League’s top scorer with ten strikes.

Tournament Record

The country returns for the first time in 36 years to the Gold Cup.

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From volcanoes to visas. St Vincent’s Gold Cup journey has not been smooth

July 2 – The Concacaf Gold Cup is the kind of championship that will guarantee stories of triumph over adversity, of teams and individuals doing remarkable things to inspire countries large and small.

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Haiti open Gold Cup prelims as favourites to secure one of three group berths

July 1 – At the 2019 Gold Cup, Haiti were the surprise package, battling their way to to a semi-final against the tournament’s class act Mexico, a glorious run that was ended in a penalty shoot-out.

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Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile Qatar

Qatar

How they qualified

The team was invited to participate for the first time. Qatar will also feature in the 2023 Gold Cup.

Tournament Record

None.

Star Man

Akram Afif

It still has to be Afif, even though he is never reached the heights of his 2019 Asian Cup winning performances. However, he still makes Qatar tick going forward and his link-up play with Almoez Ali is unmatched.

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Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile El Salvador

El Salvador

How they qualified

The team sealed a finals spot as one of four group winners in the 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League B. They dominated Group B, seeing off the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia, and Monserrat. On matchday two, El Salvador suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to the Dominican Republic, but they still topped the group on 15 points.

Olympics

Tokyo Olympics stadia to be limited to 10,000 capacities; ticket lottery will decide access

June 24 – Football is one of eight sports at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this August that will use a lottery system to decide which ticketholders can attend matches.

Copa America

Venezuela lose 13 players to positive covid tests before Brazil Copa America opener

June 14 – Brazil defeated a depleted Venezuela 3-0 in the curtain raiser of the Copa America, a tournament that was shifted away from both Colombia and Argentina at the eleventh hour but has still been badly hit by the coronavirus.

Copa America

Boycott talks off as Brazil players set to commit to Copa America at home

June 8 – Brazil won’t boycott the Copa America on home soil despite the team’s players expected release of a statement today (Tuesday) expressing their criticism at the way organisers and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have pressed ahead with the tournament in the pandemic-stricken country.

Broadcast

Optus agree deal rerun of Women’s World Cup 2023 rights for Aussie

June 4 – FIFA have awarded the TV rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 to Optus Sport in the host market Australia, the world federation announced on Thursday.

Copa America

Brazil picks venues for Copa America but public health concerns dominate agenda

By Samindra Kunti

June 2 – Brazil has confirmed Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Cuiaba and Goiania as the host cities for the 2020 Copa America in a fortnight’s time after both Argentina and Colombia were stripped of the hosting only for Jair Bolsonaro and Brazil, one of the epicenters of the global health crisis, to step in at the eleventh hour.