By Paul Nicholson in Los Angeles
June 13 – It is fitting that the 2019 Gold Cup should kick off in the iconic 92,000 capacity Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, this Saturday. The expanded Concacaf event enters a new era this month with 16 nations, and a 17 venue schedule that will showcase US stadia and facilities like never before.
June 13 – Strong Gold Cup ticket sales are seeing a number of sell-outs and stadia nearing sell-out prior to the opening game in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, this Saturday.
June 7 – The final 23-player rosters have been submitted by the 16 participating nations in the Concacaf Gold Cup that kicks off June 15 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
June 6 – The next few weeks are exciting ones for Concacaf. The Women’s World Cup in France sees the US defends its crown, and in just over a week the confederation’s expanded blue riband men’s national team event, the Gold Cup, kicks off at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.
By Paul Nicholson in Paris
June 4 – After the revolution comes evolution. If no-one has ever coined that phrase then Concacaf should claim it because it aptly describes the regional confederation’s emergence from the dark days of May 2015 and the movement towards the light of new competitions, better governed operations and, perhaps most importantly, a return to international parity in the eyes of the rest of the world.
May 30 – Major League Soccer from the US and Mexico’s Liga MX have released details of their new Leagues Cup to be played between eight teams from the two leading professional leagues in the Concacaf region.
May 22 – Tickets for the Jamaican round of this summer’s Concacaf Gold Cup on June 17, to be played in the National Stadium in Kingston have gone on sale.
May 9 – Concacaf have unveiled details of their restructured 2020 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship which will be played over three rounds by 32 nations.
May 7 – Concacaf has added car lubricants brand Valvoline as an official partner of the expanded 2019 Gold Cup.
May 3 – Mexican clubs have kept their grip on the Concacaf Champions League trophy for 14th consecutive season with Liga MX side Monterrey taking the title for the fourth time after the 1-1 draw in the second leg of the final against Tigres.
By Paul Nicholson in Los Angeles
April 11 – The tag line is ‘This is Ours’ and yesterday in Los Angeles the full detail of how the expanded Concacaf Gold Cup is being shared across the US and for the first time into Jamaica and Costa Rica was unveiled.
April 1 – Puerto Vallerta in Mexico will be the venue for the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship, scheduled to take place May 13-19.
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
March 29 – The draw for the inaugural Concacaf Nations League has taken place in Las Vegas, US, preceding the governing bodies annual congress with all 41 member federations set to participate in an official regional tournament for the first time.
March 26 – All 16 teams for the expanded Concacaf Gold Cup have now been decided following the conclusion of the Concacaf Nations League qualifying round last weekend.
By Paul Nicholson
March 5 – The offer by the US Soccer Federation to South America’s 10 national federations to discuss the opportunity of playing a tournament in 2020 in the US is still open, USSF federation president Carlos Cordeiro has told Insideworldfootball.