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.
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.
June 28 – A free scoring Mexico head into Saturdays’ quarter finals at the NRG Stadium Houston as match and tournament favourites.
June 28 – Opening Gold Cup quarter final play in Houston, Texas, are Canada and Haiti, an intriguing fixture between two aspiring Concacaf nations who have both made their mark in different ways so far in this tournament.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
June 26 – Haiti’s proud footballers have revealed the secret behind their remarkable come-from-behind 2-1 upset of Costa Rica on Monday.
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.
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.
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.
June 25 – The Concacaf Gold Cup is catching the imagination of Spanish-language TV viewers in the US.
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.