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Martinique

What to expect

Martinique qualified through the preliminary play-offs with a win over up and coming Puerto Rico. They are making their fourth consecutive Gold Cup appearance and eighth overall. In a group with Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador they have the strength and ability to be the surprise package and cold make it into the knockout rounds. Crucial to that will be getting a result against El Salvador. Panama may be too strong but a rebuilding and physically smaller Costa Rica could offer that opportunity of progression.

Gold Cup 2023 Teams

Qatar

What to expect

This is Qatar’s second appearance at a Concacaf Gold Cup as a guest team. In 2021, the Asian champions made it all the way to the semi-finals under coach Felix Sanchez before losing to the US. Carlos Queiroz is in charge now, having left Iran, and is bringing a young and developing team. They are in the toughest group with Mexico and Honduras and first opponents will be Haiti.

Gold Cup 2023 Teams

St Kitts & Nevis

What to expect

Saint Kitts and Nevis are the first team from the third tier of Concacaf’s Nations League to make it to the Gold Cup final. Qualifying via two penalty shoot out wins in the preliminary knock out rounds, they are in a group with the US, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidad game will be their biggest opportunity to get a result but this is a team that has already played twice and will be starting to get weary.

Gold Cup 2023 Teams

Trinidad and Tobago

What to expect

Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the group stage directly but only after Nicaragua were banned for fielding an illegible player. The team does not have the star players of the past or is anything like the team that qualified for the 1998 World Cup, but it is rebuilding, slowly, under a Normalisation Committee. Its leagues have restarted and although there is little funding for the players, they are at least playing again.

Concacaf

MLS’s new San Diego franchise gets to work immediately with EPP targeting youth talent

May 22 – The acquisition of the new San Diego franchise in the MLS by an ownership group led by Mohamed Mansour has already been followed up with a statement of business intent with a deal announced with Elite Performance Partners (EPP) – a high-performance business that supports teams in elite sport.

Concacaf

Tragedy in El Salvador as 12 killed in fan crush at Cuscatlán Stadium

May 22 – At least 12 people have died after a crush at a football stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, local authorities have said.

Concacaf Nations League

US, Mexico, Panama and Canada release expanded rosters for Nations League finals

May 22 – The four nations in the Concacaf Nations League Finals to be played June 15-18 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, have released preliminary rosters of up to 60 players.

Gold Cup 2023 Stadiums

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

The 25,000-capacity home to the New York Red Bulls of the MLS and the NJ/NY Gotham FC of the NWSL is situated in Harrison, New Jersey, seven miles west of Lower Manhattan, on the waterfront in the Riverbend district.

Originally planned to be built for the MetroStars in the MLS in 2004, various planning issues prevented the build from starting until the start of 2005 when drinks company Red Bull bought the MetroStars MLS franchise from Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) and renamed the club.

Gold Cup 2023 Stadiums

Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, TX

Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, Texas

Home to MLS side the Houston Dynamo and the Houston Dash in the National Women’s Soccer League, the 22,039-capacity Shell Energy (formerly the BBVA Compass Stadium) was built as a soccer-specific stadium but has been used for lacrosse, rugby, and concerts.

Architecturally, the stadium features a faceted facade of expanded metal mesh with orange polycarbonate enclosed entrances and spectator facilities that reflects the industrial heritage of the East Downtown location.

Gold Cup 2023 Stadiums

Soldier Field, Chicago, IL

Soldier Field, Chicago

The iconic Soldier Field stadium in Chicago,Illinois, will host the opening match of the 2023 Gold Cup between the USA and Jamaica on Saturday June 24.

The multi-purpose stadium opened in 1924 and was reconstructed in 2003. It has been the home of the Chicago Bears NFL team since 1971 and Chicago Fire FC in the MLS from 1998 to 2005 and since 2020.

With a capacity of 61,500 for American football,

Concacaf

Concacaf draws group qualifiers for 2023 Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup

May 19 – Concacaf has released more details of its inaugural W Gold Cup, the confederation’s new women’s national team championship to be played February 17 – March 10, 2024, in the US.

Concacaf

Mansour ownership group puts down $500m to secure San Diego MLS franchise

May 18 – The MLS has awarded it 30th franchise to San Diego in California, and an investment group led by Egyptian Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.

Gold Cup 2023 Stadiums

State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ

State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ (Quarterfinals; 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021; 63,400 to 72,200 to 78,600)

The State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, has been a regular stop on the Gold Cup schedule, hosting a semi final in 2019 and will host a quarter final this edition.

Designed by New York architect Peter Eisenman in partnership with HOK Sports and Hunt Construction Group, State Farm Stadium opening in 2006,

Concacaf

Concacaf draws groups for 2023/24 edition of Nations League

May 18 – The draw for the third edition of the expanded 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) has seen Panama, Guatemala and El Salvador in a Central America-heavy group in League A. Haiti and Jamaica headline Group B which has an all-Caribbean profile, bar the challenge from Honduras.

Concacaf

USL names first teams for launch of pro women’s Super League to rival NWSL

May 17 – The NWSL professional women’s league in the US is set to have a new rival with the USL Super League announcing the first eight teams and markets for the top tier licensed league that is scheduled to start play in August 2024.