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| Mexico will try to win their seventh Gold Cup in 2017 Photo by Darla Tamulitis, La Vita Loca Copyright 2017, All Rights Reserved |
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (July 9, 2017) The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup kicked off on Friday, July 7, 2017 with two games at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. Canada downed French Guiana 4-2 and Costa Rica beat Honduras 1-0 in Group A action. Next up in Group A, with July 11 matchups, finds Costa Rica facing Canada and Honduras playing French Guiana.
Group B action saw the United States and Panama battle to a
one-all draw, while Martinique downed Nicaragua 2-0 at Nissan Stadium in
Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, July 8, 2017. All four teams will play on
July 12 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Group C kicks off on
Sunday, July 9 with Curacao and Jamaica playing the first game at Qualcomm
Stadium in San Diego, California. That will be followed by Mexico taking on El
Salvador. Each team will play three matches in the group stages, with the top two teams
in each group advancing to the knockoff stage. The best two third-place teams
in group play will also advance to the knockout round.
The CONCACAF Gold Cup began in 1991 with the United States
winning the first of their five titles (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013). Mexico
took the title in 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2011 and 2015. Canada is the only other
country to win the title, in 2000.
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