CONCACAF announces venues, dates for 2017 Gold Cup
CONCACAF announced Monday the venues and dates for the 2017 Gold Cup, with 14 different stadiums chosen for the tournament, which is set to kick off on July 7 at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.
Here are the venues and dates for the group stage of the competition:
- July 7: Group A - Red Bull Arena (Harrison, N.J.)
- July 8: Group B - Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tenn.)
- July 9: Group C - Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)
- July 11: Group A - BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston)
- July 12: Group B - Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)
- July 13: Group C - Sports Authority Field (Denver)
- July 14: Group A - Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
- July 15: Group B - FirstEnergy Stadium (Cleveland)
- July 16: Group C - Alamodome (San Antonio)
Knockout-round matches will be played in five different stadiums across the United States: Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.), AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas), the Rose Bowl (Los Angeles), Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia), and University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz).
While venues for the knockout stage have been announced, no dates were provided.
The 2017 Gold Cup will be the 14th edition of the North and Central American-based tournament, with the United States, Mexico, and Canada automatically qualifying and Curacao, Martinique, French Guiana, and Jamaica qualifying from the Caribbean zone.
The U.S. has already been seeded in Group B and will play its group stage matches in Nashville, Tampa, and Cleveland on July 8, 12, and 15.
The winner, runner-up, third- and fourth-place finishers from the 2017 Copa Centroamericano (Central American cup) will also compete in the Gold Cup next summer, as will one more team that emerges victorious in a playoff match between a Caribbean and Central American fifth-place finisher rounds out of the 12-team tournament.