The summer of 2025 brings both the Club World Cup and the Gold Cup to the United States. Americans at both club and country level will have the opportunity to play in front of fans across the country. However, for the elite players from the United States, they face a decision. They can either play […]

Soccer has developed a reputation as being a largely money-driven sport as club owners and organizers hunt for profit. Over the last several years, there have been more tournaments and games across the globe. More teams have more access to playing in contests, which puts stress on players and more money in organizers’ pockets. The […]

CONCACAF has officially revealed the 14 host stadiums in the USA and Canada for the 2025 Gold Cup. The biennial men's soccer tournament features national teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean. Like previous iterations of the competition, a majority of the matches will be in the United States. Only one city outside […]

In a significant development for international soccer, Spain and France are reportedly among the non-CONCACAF teams invited to participate in the 2025 Gold Cup. According to Bolavip, CONCACAF aim to expand the tournament from 16 to 24 teams, transforming it into a mini-World Cup. This ambitious plan seeks to provide the best possible preparation for […]

The Mexico Women's National Team picked up a monumental win over the USWNT to round out the group stage in the 2024 W Gold Cup. The Americans had already clinched a spot in the knockout stage, which means it did not have much to play for. However, a dominant performance ensured La Tri finished as […]

Official scheduling of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is beginning to take shape. The world's governing body of the sport previously announced that the expanded tournament will be played in the United States. Now, according to The Athletic, a vast majority of the competition's games are set to be played on the country's east […]

Concacaf released the sites and dates for the debut edition of the 2024 Women's Gold Cup. This tournament marks the first edition of the Gold Cup specifically for national teams in the region. The qualification process is currently in progress and is set to continue until February 2024. The competition will take place at four […]

Unsurprisingly, both the United States and Panama meet in the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal on Wednesday evening. It's not surprising because between 2005 and 2019, USA has played Panama a total of nine times at all eight Gold Cups. Two of those games were in the final which the US both won (2005 and 2013). […]

Jesús Ferreira scored his second hat trick in as many games as the USMNT dumped Trinidad & Tobago to reach the Gold Cup quarterfinals. The Americans topped the group with a pair of dominant 6-0 victories following an opening draw against Jamaica. Now, it faces the runner-up of Group D. That can be one of […]

The Gold Cup did not start well for the United States Mens National Team (USMNT), as they opened play in Group A with a 1-1 draw against Jamaica. Fortunately, they followed that up with a 6-0 thumping of Gold Cup debutants St. Kitts & Nevis. That leaves the top spot in Group A up for […]

The high from the USMNT winning the Nations League seems to have worn off rather quickly. A 3-0 win over Mexico and a 2-0 win over Canada gave way to a disappointing 1-1 draw with Jamaica. The USMNT has only won five of its last fifteen games, dating back to June of 2022. In those […]

The USMNT has been the dominant force in CONCACAF for several years now. It won the 2021 Nations League and the 2021 Gold Cup. The squad successfully defended its Nations League title last week. Now, the USMNT must look to successfully defend the Gold Cup title. The trophy defense begins against Jamaica. A much-revised squad […]

The 2023 Gold Cup on FOX Sports features a familiar commentator schedule. With popular names like John Strong, JP Dellacamera and Keith Costigan serving play-by-play roles for FOX, the group stage commentator schedule for Gold Cup coverage on FOX Sports is now available. Joining those three voices in the booth are some returning faces to […]

This episode of the World Soccer Talk podcast, featuring Jon Arnold's preview of the Gold Cup, is presented by Sling. Jon Arnold, a freelance journalist and the author of the popular newsletter "Getting CONCACAFed," joins the World Soccer Talk Podcast to give a preview of the upcoming Gold Cup. Fresh off winning the CONCACAF Nations […]

CONCACAF has announced that they have banned Nicaragua from competing in the upcoming 2023 Gold Cup. The decision was based on the Central American team fielding an ineligible player for a series of matches in recent months. As a result, Nicaragua faces relegation to Nations League B as well. Upcoming USMNT matches affected by move […]