2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Host Cities and Venues for Mexico!
Over the weekend the details of the schedules, venues and seeds for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches was released. Nothing new on the tournament’s seeded nations as the United States and Mexico were giving each a Group, while the third will be occupied following the UNCAF Central America Cup held in Panama early next year.
Seeded Nations
Group A — To be determined
Group B — United States
Group C — Mexico
Mexico’s Group Stage Venues & Dates:
July 9, Group C — San Diego — Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)
July 13, Group C — Denver — Sports Authority Field (Denver, CO)
July 16, Group C — San Antonio — Alamodome (San Antonio, TX)
According the official press release from CONCACAF:
“…To date, seven of the twelve national teams scheduled to participate have qualified for next year’s tournament: Canada, Mexico and the United States from North America, as well as Curacao, French Guiana, Jamaica, and Martinique, from the Caribbean, will compete for the Confederation crown in July.
Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualify for the Gold Cup in representation of North America. The four Caribbean nations already qualified did so by winning their groups in the recently completed semifinal stage of the Scotiabank CFU Caribbean Cup. The top four finishers from January’s UNCAF Central American Cup, to be played in Panama, will also qualify.
Three additional Caribbean nations, Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago, have qualified for an additional series of matches in January, the winner of which will face-off next year in a two-leg playoff against the fifth-place team from the UNCAF Central American Cup to determine the final participant in the 2017 Gold Cup.
Taking place every two years, the CONCACAF Gold Cup is the official national team championship of the region, which includes North and Central America and the Caribbean, and will be broadcast next year in the United States on the FOX and Univision family of networks. Drawing large crowds and millions of television viewers across the region, the Gold Cup is a celebration of soccer, sportsmanship, and culture. The winner of the 2017 tournament will take home continental bragging rights and an assured spot in the next CONCACAF Cup, a play-in game to qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup, in the case two separate champions emerge from the next two editions of the Gold Cup. …”
