Hace un par de semanas había alegría en la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol. En un amistoso ante la selección de Panamá, la afición del Tri se había portado súper bien y Guillermo Ochoa hasta felicitó a los espectadores por no recurrir al "¡eh, puuuto!" que tantas sanciones le ha significado al balompié azteca. Sin embargo, esa alegría apenas duró un par de partidos.
Welcome back then Gold Cup.
On Saturday night, the tournament began with Trinidad and Tobago taking a point off Mexico in front of over 41,000 in Arlington, Texas. On Sunday afternoon, the action continued with Martinique taking an early lead on Canada before John Herdman’s side replied with four unanswered.
All this to say: you never know what the hell is going on in Concacaf.
Después del susto, Hirving Lozano está fuera del hospital y recuperándose en el hotel de concentración de la selección de México, en Dallas, Estados Unidos.
El Chucky sufrió una horrenda lesión en el debut del Tri ante Trinidad y Tobago. En el minuto 10 de juego, el delantero del Napoli cayó al piso y al deslizarse estrelló su cabeza con la rodilla del portero trinitano Malvin Phillip.
Hirving Lozano sufrió una espantosa lesión en el duelo inaugural de México en la Copa Oro. El Chucky debió ser retirado del campo en una camilla y enviado a un hospital cercano del AT&T Stadium de Texas, luego de chocar con la rodilla de Marvin Phillip, arquero de Trinidad y Tobago.
Chucky Lozano was carted off on a stretcher early in Mexico’s Gold Cup opener against Trinidad and Tobago. Replays showed a horrific collision between Lozano and Trinidad keeper Marvin Phillip, leaving the Mexican winger face down, bloodied and motionless. The oblivious referee allowed play to continue, and El Tri players seemed more interested in getting a PK out of the collision than tending to their motionless teammate.
El pasado 6 de julio, Guatemala le decía adiós a la Copa Oro. Los chapines eran eliminados en el repechaje de la Copa Oro, por Guadalupe, en los lanzamientos penales. La derrota pegaba fuerte y hasta significó el despido del técnico Amarini Villatoro.
Este sábado, sin embargo, la Bicolor agarraba un avión rumbo a Estados Unidos para meterse al torneo como invitado de emergencia.
Friday evening the day before the 2021 Gold Cup was set to begin, Concacaf sent out a nonchalant email to media with the subject line: “Concacaf Statement — Curaçao Delegation at Gold Cup.” That’s an understated way to announce a team has been expelled from the tournament a day before it was scheduled to play.
Bayern Munich speedster Alphonso Davies will miss the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup due to an ankle injury, Canada Soccer said on Friday.
Davies, who suffered the injury during training earlier this week, has returned to German champions Bayern Munich to begin his recovery ahead of the new Bundesliga season.
A Covid-19 outbreak on the eve of the 2021 Gold Cup could see one of the tournament’s dark horses make an early exit. In a since deleted social media post, Curaçao claimed that its squad is experiencing an outbreak of the virus. If the Curacao Covid situation worsens then there will be no Gold Cup for Curaçao.
Curacao dealing with a Covid outbreak in its squad ahead of its Gold Cup opener tomorrow against El Salavdor.
Given the number of major international soccer tournaments this summer, it’s easy to overlook the Gold Cup. Make no mistake: You absolutely should to pay attention to Concacaf’s premier competition. Here’s why you need to watch the 2021 Gold Cup and, just as importantly, how to watch Gold Cup matches on TV and streaming in the U.S.