Haiti, Cuba to play Gold Cup matches at Inter Miami Stadium
3 min readSouth Florida soccer lovers are in for a hectic, enjoyable July 4 weekend as the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Preliminary Spherical will characteristic 12 national groups playing at Inter Miami Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
Amid the teams participating July 2-6: Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas and Guadeloupe.
The 12 nations will contend for the last three places in the Gold Cup Team Stage, which kicks off July 10 and runs through Aug. 1 at many destinations.
“We appear ahead with great anticipation to this summer’s Gold Cup, which will without doubt be increased by this new preliminary round,” mentioned CONCACAF president and FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani. “The previous yr has been incredibly complicated in our area and our thoughts are with all the communities that have endured. We hope the prospect to check out the most effective men’s nationwide groups in CONCACAF contend in our flagship match can present lovers with some hope and satisfaction.”
“All 12 of the competing nations in the prelims will get a total Gold Cup expertise at the superb Inter Miami services and we search ahead to a excellent established of video games.”
The groups will be able to practice and compete at a central area as Inter Miami Stadium has 18,000 seats and is adjacent to the club’s 50,000 sq.-foot coaching facility, which incorporates 7 fields.
“We appear ahead to web hosting the Gold Cup prelims match in our stadium,” said Inter Miami controlling operator Jorge Mas. “Our facilities in Fort Lauderdale have been crafted with the intent of providing our supporters alternatives to love the world’s recreation recognizing that our vibrant lifestyle and sportscentric location would be desirable for world groups and competitions. This is just the commencing of the good matters that lie ahead.”
The first-spherical matchups on July 2-3 are: Haiti vs St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Match 1), Guatemala vs Guyana (Match 2), Trinidad and Tobago vs Monserrat (Match 3), Cuba vs French Guiana (Match 4), Guadeloupe vs Bahamas (Match 5), Bermuda vs Barbados (Match 6).
The six initially-round winners will qualify for the 2nd round and will play on July 6 as follows:
Matchup #7: Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 6
Matchup #8: Winner Match 2 vs Winner Match 5
Matchup #9: Winner Match 3 vs Winner Match 4
The winning nation in every of the a few Round 2 matchups will progress to the group phase of the 2021 Gold Cup, wherever they were drawn into Team A, B and C as follows:
Team A: Mexico, El Salvador, Curacao, and Winner Prelims 9
Group B: United states of america, Canada, Martinique, and Winner Prelims 7
Group C: Costa Rica, Jamaica, Suriname, and Winner Prelims 8
Team D: Honduras, Panama, Grenada, and Qatar.
The Gold Cup group stage will kick off on July 10 and run through August 1. Qatar was invited to the match as the latest winner and agent of the Asian Soccer Confederation.
Particulars for the Preliminary Round, such as game occasions and ticket information and facts, will be declared in the coming months.
Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman has coated 14 Olympics, 6 Environment Cups, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, NCAA Basketball Tournaments, NBA Playoffs, and has been the University of Miami basketball defeat author for 20 several years. She was born in Frederick, Md., and grew up in Miami.
