Mexico made short work of Cuba in their 2019 Gold Cup opener as they scored early and often to pick up a 7-0 victory.
Mexico are one of the favorites to win the tournament, and no one expected Cuba to put up much resistance – and they didn’t. Uriel Antuna, a last-minute addition to the team in place of the injured Jorge Sánchez, finished off a rebound off the post in just the second minute to put Mexico up 1-0 with his first goal for the senior national team.
The 2019 Gold Cup gets underway this Saturday, with Group A kicking off the tournament with a doubleheader at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The opener is Canada vs Martinique, but Mexico gets underway right after that as they face Cuba.
Mexico is one of the favorites to win the tournament, and Cuba is not expected to provide much resistance. El Tri has won all four of their games this year, all friendlies, as they took down Chile 3-1 and Paraguay 4-2 back in March, and then downed Venezuela 3-1 and Ecuador 3-2 this month in Gold Cup warm-up games.
Mexico will finish their Gold Cup preparations with a friendly against Ecuador this Sunday.
El Tri earned a 3-1 victory against Venezuela in their last friendly to keep them perfect this year.
Ecuador drew Venezuela 1-1 in their most recent friendly, on June 1st, which kept La Tricolor winless in three. They’ll hope for a better result here to build confidence ahead of the Cops América.
With the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup just days away, all 16 national teams have made their 23-player rosters official, and 21 Liga MX players have made the cut.
A total of 11 Liga MX teams will have players in this summer’s tournament, with Monterrey the most heavily-represented club with four.
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of the Liga MX contingent – 15 players – will be suiting up for the Mexican national team, with the remaining six players representing Honduras, Costa Rica, and Canada.
With the 2019 Gold Cup fast approaching, all teams have submitted their final 23-player rosters to CONCACAF. Mexico’s original provisional squad was reduced from 29 to 27 as Miguel Layún and Hirving Lozano were ruled out due to injury; the provisional roster was then reduced to the final 23 players on June 5th.
El Tri’s roster features 15 domestic-based players, one from MLS, and seven europeos.
The complete 23-man roster is as follows:
Mexico earned a come-from-behind 3-1 victory against Venezuela in the first of two pre-Gold Cup friendlies.
The Vinotinto grabbed a surprise lead in the 18th minute, when Jhon Murillo scored from outside the box with an effort that appeared to have been intended as a cross – only to go over goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco and then go in off the underside of the crossbar.
Mexico is gearing up for the 2019 Gold Cup with a friendly against the Venezuelan national team. This is the first of two pre-tournament friendlies for El Tri, while the Vinotinto are preparing for their own summer tournament, the Copa América.
Mexico is unbeaten under new coach Tata Martino, who oversaw victories against Chile and Paraguay in March, but the team has been hit hard by injuries and their depth will be tested in the coming weeks.
Venezuela played out a 1-1 draw with Ecuador in a friendly just a few days ago, and has won just one of their last five matches – a surprise 3-1 victory against Argentina back in March. They’ll look to surprise Mexico as well in this one.
Every match of the 2019 Gold Cup will be available live in both English and Spanish via the Fox and Univision family of networks. The CONCACAF championship runs from June 15th to July 7th and features 16 teams from the region.
Group A: Mexico, Canada, Martinique, Cuba
Group B: Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua, Bermuda
Group C: Honduras, Jamaica, El Salvador, Curaçao
Group D: USA, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago
The group stage will kick off on June 15th and run through June 26th; the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stages, which will begin June 29th with the quarterfinals.
All times are Eastern.
The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup is just over two months away, and the draw for groups has been held. The tournament expanded to 16 teams for this year’s iteration, which has resulted in some unbalanced groups mixing the region’s giants and minnows.
The group stage will kick off on June 15th and run through June 26th; the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stages, which will begin June 29th with the quarterfinals. The semifinals will be held July 2nd and 3rd, with the final coming July 7th in Chicago.
Mexico will finish up the March FIFA break with an international friendly against Paraguay in Santa Clara, California.
El Tri snapped a three-game friendly losing streak on Friday with a 3-1 victory against Chile, and they’ll look to build on that when they face a Paraguayan side mired in their own poor run of form.
La Albirroja suffered a 1-0 loss to Peru on Friday, a result that keeps them winless in five matches, with four losses in that span.
Both teams are preparing for summer tournaments: the CONCACAF Gold Cup for Mexico, and the Copa América for Paraguay.
