Grp D: Outlaws roar US on to Curacao quarter final
USA 1 Panama 0
By Andrew Warshaw at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City
June 26 – They banged their drums, sung their songs and waved their flags in a sea of patriotic fervour.
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Grp D: Guyana and Trinidad share the honours
By Andrew Warshaw at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City
June 26 – Guyana were 10 minutes away from departing their first ever Gold Cup with a priceless three-points tonight, only to concede an equaliser to Trinidad and Tobago in a 1-1 draw that sent the Caribbean rivals home winless.
Grp D: US and Panama square off in sold-out Kansas City
By Andrew Warshaw at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City
June 26 – The United States and Panama, two of Concacaf’s fiercest rivals, square off Wednesday for the right to win Group D at the Gold Cup and keep momentum going as they enter the business end of the tournament.
Apart from the occasional blip, the US has dominated matches between the pair with a 13-1-6 record but there is no doubting how much it must have hurt to see Panama strutting their stuff at the World Cup in Russia last summer after their own ignominious failure to qualify.
Grp C: High drama in LA as El Salvador crash out
Honduras 4 El Salvador 0
By Paul Nicholson at the Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles
June 25 – Road signs on the way to the stadium flashed Sold Out. El Salvador vs Honduras was the hottest ticket in Los Angeles Tuesday night and what an evening of passion and excitement it was for those that were going.
Grp C: Curacao keep the fairytale alive with last gasp equaliser
Jamaica 1 Curacao 1
By Paul Nicholson at the Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles
June 25 – It wasn’t an act of giant killing but it was a giant act. Curacao, who had never scored a goal in the Gold Cup until last Friday, stunned the Reggae Boyz with a goal in stoppage time to give them a lifeline to the next round.
Comeback kings Haiti and the power of love
June 26 – Haiti’s proud footballers have revealed the secret behind their remarkable come-from-behind 2-1 upset of Costa Rica on Monday.
Grp C: Curaçao ready for more giant killing
By Paul Nicholson at the Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles
June 25 – Curaçao caused the upset of the tournament so far when they beat top seeded Honduras 1-0 in Houston. It was a giantkilling act that put Honduras out of the competition and put Curaçao in a position to make history against Jamaica in Los Angeles.
Grp B: Haiti shock Costa Rica to top group
Haiti 2 Costa Rica 1
By Andrew Warshaw at the Red Bull stadium in New Jersey
June 25 – With heroes all over the pitch, underdogs Haiti stunned Costa Rica with a dramatic second-half comeback to win Group B at the Gold Cup tonight and condemn the joint tournament hosts and group seeds to ignominious defeat and a scary-looking quarterfinal clash with mighty Mexico.
Grp B: Bermuda sign off with historic win
Bermuda 2 Nicaragua 0
By Andrew Warshaw at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey
June 25 – Footballing history was made today as tiny Bermuda marked their farewell to their first ever Gold Cup appearance with a thoroughly merited 2-0 win over Nicaragua that will be celebrated throughout the island nation, do wonders for the development of the game there and represented a key landmark for the expanded tournament.
Mexico vs Canada Gold Cup match-up is top rated TV game in 2019
June 25 – The Concacaf Gold Cup is catching the imagination of Spanish-language TV viewers in the US.
Grp B: Haiti and Costa Rica battle for top billing
By Andrew Warshaw at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey
June 24 – It’s a winner-takes-all Group B showdown in New Jersey on Monday with one huge extra incentive for Costa Rica and Haiti – avoiding big-hitters Mexico in the last eight.
Grp A: Canada hammer Cuba, Mexico glide past Martinique
June 24 – Group A concluded in Charlotte, North Carolina, with another goal fest and Mexico and Canada rubberstamping their progression to the quarter finals.
Haiti’s Derrick Etienne in his Red Bull home from home
By Andrew Warshaw at the Red Bull Stadium in New Jersey
June 24 – No-one will be more motivated to make a name for himself in Monday’s Gold Cup Group B showdown than Haiti’s Derrick Etienne.
Grp A preview: Mexico gave Canada a lesson, did they learn it?
MEX vs MTQ; CAN vs CUB
June 22 – The Mexican roadshow is in Charlotte, Sunday, with Martinique looking like the unlucky victims for the form team of the 2019 Gold Cup so far.
Grp D: US send Mexico a message, we can score too
USA 6 Trinidad and Tobago 0
By Paul Nicholson at the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland
June 22 – The US marched into the quarter finals with another commanding attacking display putting five unanswered goals past Trinidad and Tobago and reinforcing their credentials as Gold Cup contenders.