The draw for the CONCACAF Gold Cup will take place on Tuesday at Noon on CONCACAF.com and we will find out just which teams the U.S. men's national team will take on in the group stage.
As a regional power, the United States isn't expected to struggle out of its group, but with several smaller teams looking more formidable than usual, the Americans figure to have at least one or two tough tests in the group phase.
CONCACAF will do it's part to ensure that the United States and Mexico are in separate groups, with Honduras a potential top seed in the third tournament group. If those three are the pre-seeds, that still leaves several tricky opponents. Jamaica, Costa Rica and Canada are all capable of causing problems in the group stage as well as the knockout rounds.
So here's our question to you. Which of the aforementioned teams would you like to see the United States face in the group stage?
Would you like seeing how the Americans match up against the speedsters from Jamaica? Want a re-match with Bryan Ruiz and Costa Rica? Eager to see the United States face Dwayne DeRosario and the Canadians so we can finally stop hearing about the offside call in the 2007 Gold Cup semifinal?
Which opponent would you like to see? Cast your vote here:
Who did you pick, and why? Which team do you want to see the United States avoid? Worried about the United States slipping up in the group stages? Think a USA-Mexico final is inevitable?
Share your thoughts below.
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They eliminated guest teams
Voting for Canada. Any chance to stomp the Junior Varsity to the north is always worth it.
There will be a US game in LA, the Final!
I’m a die hard US fan.
… yep, I’m scared of Costa Rica.
keep dreaming
Please have some games at the home depot center i LIVE in carson so going to a game is pretty easy. PLEASE HAVE A USA GAME IN LA
Wjo is the wild card this year ? Like who is the guest team this year ?
I would love to see Canada and USA in Detroit. Great opportunity for good support from both sides of the border there as well. I would definitely be making the drive across the river to hopefully witness a Canadian upset of the Americans.
Just put them in the KC doubleheader….that’s all I care about!
I picked Jamaica because we haven’t played them since like 2006. Haven’t played Canada in a while though too. Either one would be interesting. I wouldn’t be as interested to play Costa Rica because we played them a lot more recently.
I chose Canada as I probably won’t have time to watch games that don’t include the US, and I’d like to see how this version of the Canadian team can play.
I’m also interested in seeing the rivalry intensify with a stronger Canadian team.
No, I’d rather see the US play Costa Rica in the knockout stage. It’ll be more exciting as a “win or go home” game.
It’s not really about being scared, it’s more about an easy alternative choice. Why play Rica when you can play easier teams like the Jamaica & Canada. If anyone is scared, it should be all the Concacaf teams playing us. Ooooh snap!lol
Haha No one wants U.S to face costa rica. What to scare to face them?
I’ll be going to match in Charlotte, NC. I don’t care who’s playing. But I can’t wait for the draw on Tuesday.
Anyone know when tickets go on sale? I want seats for the games at Ford Field, hopefully with the USMNT playing there!
I voted Canada. Anyone but Costa Rica – they’ve got too much against us after 2010 WCQ.
I pick Canada, not that i want to see play, but I choose them to get off their as$es and host a Gold Cup. Or at the very least one group.
+1
he doesn’t have as much tiger blood as Omar Cummings does.
I pick Canada. Let’s address that North American rivalry straightaway. As long as they don’t draw a “group of death” like Group A in ’09. I’d like to see the top 6 world ranked teams (US, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama) reach the knockout stage. It probably won’t work out that way though.
Canada sucks the most of those three. I feel Jamaica makes a deep run into the semi-finals.
Ives, where is my CONCACAF Best XI? Please gimme one before the tourney.
Does it really matter, it will be US vs. Mexico again, and probably the next three Gold Cups.
Because Usain Bolt is not as good a player as he claims. Rather, he is suffering from too much Charlie Sheen.
He’s the best short distance sprinter in the world and can pretty much name his price for any meet. Also, you can’t waste a second of training at that high of a level to play soccer. If he took even a summer off to play he’d lose his edge and never get it back.
Just curious… if Usain Bolt is as good a soccer player as he claims to be, why does he not play for Jamaica?
Ives, 2007 wasn’t an offside call, it was a total screw-up by the refs.
give us Canada…
I don’t care who is in their group. Just fall in group B so I can see them in Jersey twice.
I’m hoping for a US pairing in Detroit.
Haven’t been to a game since ’09 Mexico vs. US in Cbus
Canadian Bacon all over again.