Canada drawn with Guatemala, Cuba for Gold Cup this summer
Canada has been drawn in a gaggle with Guatemala, Cuba and a preliminary qualifier nonetheless to be decided for the Gold Cup this summer time, it was revealed on Friday afternoon.
Guatemala is at present ranked 116th by FIFA within the males’s rankings and Cuba one hundred and sixty fifth and will likely be becoming a member of Canada — ranked forty seventh — in Group D for the match.
It’s anticipated that Canada will play at BMO Field, lately named as considered one of 15 host stadiums for this summer time’s match, the place the Canadian males haven’t misplaced since September 2010 once they have been crushed 2-0 by Peru. Canada has gone 15-0-6 on the lakefront stadium since, outscoring the opposition 54-6.
As defending champions, the U.S. was seeded in Group A, and was joined by Jamaica, Nicaragua, and a to-be-determined qualifier. Mexico, twelfth on the planet, heads up Group B, joined by Haiti, Honduras, and invitee Qatar. Costa Rica, No. 34 and the third-ranked group in CONCACAF, tops Group C, joined by Panama, El Salvador, and a qualifier.
The fourth group to hitch Canada in Group D will likely be considered one of Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana or Trinidad and Tobago, who should play first as a way to advance previous the qualifying spherical. All in all, it was a superb consequence for Canada, as they prevented a number of of the higher-ranked CONCACAF groups of their group, in addition to the current World Cup host Qataris.
The seventeenth version of the Gold Cup is scheduled for June 24 via July 16, with 15 stadiums in 14 cities. It will likely be preceded by a 12-team qualifying competitors June 16-20.
The Gold Cup last will likely be held July 16 at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium with particulars on different venues to be introduced after Friday’s draw on the house of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Chargers.
— With information from The Associated Press
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