Copa de Oro

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I'm a little surprised there isn't a thread for this already since it starts in two weeks. I am not a hardcore soccer fan but I love this tournament, second only to WC. US are the defending champs, are they a possibility to repeat?
https://www.concacaf.com/gold-cup/
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The Gold Cup?
There will be threads probably a day or two before the first games, but until then we just have generic US soccer catch-all stuff.
Also the Nations League game is before that, and that will get its own thread too.
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I love the Gold Cup! It's such a fun tournament. I watch all of the games, most are on the spanish channels…
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Let's get through Nations League and get a God Cup roster announced...
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Here's your Gold Cup roster. Woof.

Milwaukees Best Light
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Why is Zendejas in red?
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Woof? We always knew this would be more of a B team roster.

There are some names on there I love seeing:

Gaga Slonina
Bryan Reynolds
Miles Robinson
Djordje Mihailovic
Aidan Morris
Alan Soñora
Julian Gressel
Brandon Vazquez
Alex Zendejas

Need to start building depth on the roster, lots of depth potential here.
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Milwaukees Best Light said:

Why is Zendejas in red?
Because he is pictured.
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This is the perfect tournament to bloody the newbs and see if anyone is worth building up to a World Cup roster spot…
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Aston94 said:

Woof? We always knew this would be more of a B team roster.

There are some names on there I love seeing:

Gaga Slonina
Bryan Reynolds
Miles Robinson
Djordje Mihailovic
Aidan Morris
Alan Soñora
Julian Gressel
Brandon Vazquez
Alex Zendejas

Need to start building depth on the roster, lots of depth potential here.
I will join Jeff and proudly woof at any roster that includes Cristian Roldan.
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aggiephoenix02 said:

This is the perfect tournament to bloody the newbs and see if anyone is worth building up to a World Cup roster spot…
Agree completely. I don't need to see Musah, McKennie and Pulisic out there against Jamaica, Nicaragua and whatever small Caribbean Island gets the last spot in our group. Those guys need a rest after this year anyway. Want to see how the new faces respond in an international atmosphere.
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deadbq03 said:

Aston94 said:

Woof? We always knew this would be more of a B team roster.

There are some names on there I love seeing:

Gaga Slonina
Bryan Reynolds
Miles Robinson
Djordje Mihailovic
Aidan Morris
Alan Soñora
Julian Gressel
Brandon Vazquez
Alex Zendejas

Need to start building depth on the roster, lots of depth potential here.
I will join Jeff and proudly woof at any roster that includes Cristian Roldan.
I will join you in woofing at Christian Roldan, but not the remainder of the roster. At this point he has become a bit of a punching bag.
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Just because I knew it'd be a B team, doesn't mean I can't woof.

That midfield and forward list is ruff.

Kidding aside, it'll be good to get these young/new/fringe guys a lot of competitive reps and I have no idea if the other nations are sending their A teams or not, so we could end up winning the thing anyway.
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I'll be surprised if Roldan the vibes guy sees a lot of the field. It's also a low stakes tournament for us. Good opportunity for us to get younger guys out there and see if they can push for roster spots in the future.
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What happened to Matthew Hoppe? I figured he would be a part of this roster considering he played a significant role in the previous Gold Cup.
KCup17
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Struggled for playing time this season
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Busio is a total headscratcher for me on that list; would've rather seen Pomykal.
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KCup17 said:

Struggled for playing time this season
Bummer. Luckily our cup overfloweth on the wings, but I liked what I saw from him in 2021.
deadbq03
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This sums it up nicely:



akm91
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Do teams have to release players for Gold Cup? I heard on the TSS podcast that it's not a FIFA window so they don't have to release players.

Also, some of those already played the U-20 WC so may have been negotiated with their teams to release for one and not the other.
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Good point. I would say that this is where MLS being a single entity and in-bed with USSF makes things very interesting. On one hand, you're not gonna get a renegade owner who doesn't want to play nice. On the other hand, USSF is going to be willing to go along with whatever agenda the MLS has for who's needed at their club, who needs international caps to be more marketable, etc.
Aston94
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No they do not have to release players for the Gold Cup.
jeffk
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Do y'all want individual game threads for the US Gold Cup matches or can we just use this thread for all of them?
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the winter world cup really screwed up the schedule. Nations League became the priority. meanwhile, LLL Trash is bringing their full strength squad again because they are desperate not to get their asses handed to them again which I have to say is quite funny.
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Honestly, I'd just do it all on here at least until the knockouts
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Furlock Bones said:

the winter world cup really screwed up the schedule. Nations League became the priority. meanwhile, LLL Trash is bringing their full strength squad again because they are desperate not to get their asses handed to them again which I have to say is quite funny.
Damage is already done. They're on their interim coach after sacking their manager after 5 months. They're turning into the WV of CONCACAAF.
"And liberals, being liberals, will double down on failure." - dedgod
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Knockout matches should have their own threads, at least for the USA matches…
TRM
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Last 3 spots up for grabs today.

Guadeloupe vs Guyana
Martinique vs Puerto Rico
St. Kitts and Nevis vs French Guiana
aggiebird02
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Any place to watch the games?
jeffk
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FS2 I think.
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I'm not going to do USA game threads until the knockout rounds. Someone else is obviously welcome to or we can just use this thread for all of them.
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Here's what I don't understand....

The games with our A team were behind a paywall, and the Gold Cup games with our B/C team, are on Fox Sports.

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Rudyjax said:

Here's what I don't understand....

The games with our A team were behind a paywall, and the Gold Cup games with our B/C team, are on Fox Sports.


packages were sold to different tv providers
Aston94
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Are you trying to get us to explain the decision making at CONCACAF?
 
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