Saturday, July 6, 2013

Gold Cup 2013: Who are the Real Contenders?

Gold Cup: What should we expect?

With this explosive final between Brazil and Spain of the Confederation Cup behind us -- there must be a real appetite for some great competition where we can cheer for our team. So let's welcome Gold Cup 2013!!!!!

The Gold Cup and the Conferedation Cup are two tournaments that are inextricably linked as the winner of the Gold Cup is chosen to represent the Concacaf zone in the Confederation Cup. So the stakes are high for all the teams involved in that competition as they battle it out for the Confederation Cup.
Here is how it works: the champion of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup will qualify for a play-off match against the champion of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, to decide which team will represent CONCACAF in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.[3]

The play-off will be played as a single game in 2015 at a venue to be determined. If the same team wins both tournaments, it will qualify directly to the Confederations Cup

Here are the contenders and a schedule to the games:
 

Quarterfinals

July 20 A2 - B2 More info
A1 - B/C3 More info
July 21 B1 - C2 More info
C1 - A/B3 More info

Semifinals

July 24 A2 - B2 - A1 - B/C3 More info
B1 - C2 - C1 - A/B3 More info

Final

July 28 Winner Semi-final 1 - Winner Semi-final 2 More info

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