First up: sites divulged. So much for the “Gold Cup West Coast, CWC East Coast” theory. Sure, all the stadia are west of the MS River…
Concacaf said Wednesday that BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, PayPal Park in San Jose, California, and U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis are the three new venues
Two sites in Houston were picked for the Gold Cup, NRG Stadium and Shell Energy Stadium, along with two sites in the Los Angeles area, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and PayPal Park were chosen from the area south of San Francisco.
Other Gold Cup sites are Arlington, Texas (AT&T Stadium); Austin, Texas (Q2 Stadium); Glendale, Arizona (State Farm Stadium); Las Vegas (Allegiant Stadium); San Diego (Snapdragon Stadium and St. Louis (Citypark).
Oh, and before anyone gets their hopes up for USMNT:
The U.S. sent second-string rosters to the 2021 and '23 Gold Cups to give most Europe-based players time off following their club seasons.
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OK, USMNT off to a flying start, even without their best XI.
Attendance was dismal even in the small park. 2/3 of the 18K capacity for the USMNT.
Did people not know they were playing?? 75-76 degrees a game time. it was Father’s Day, but hey, Fathers like soccer, too.
Nice that the quarterfinals are two-fer-one affairs. So, let’s check the Glendale, AZ tix prices…
$97.11 for the top level, corner.
$124.02 for lowest level, corner.
Can’t find which winners/runners-up of Groups go to which stadiums. The general method is to keep USA and MEX from meeting before the final, so A (MEX) and B play each other, then winners play in semis, while C and D (USA) play each other, meet in semi’s.
This has the disadvantage of two teams in the same group meeting in the Semi’s instead of the Finals, but CONCACAF prefers a USA-MEX final, and fuck the way others do it.
Again, need to play this in Summer Olympic years, same as Copa and Euros. Not every odd year. Will make it seem more important, and maybe players won’t skip, skip Nations League matches instead.