CONCACAF has announced the host sites for the 2013 Gold Cup
CONCACAF today announced the 13 US Cities that will play host to the 2013 Gold Cup, the Confederation's international football championship. Among those 13 cities are 5 MLS venues, 3 of which will play host for the first time.
The Five MLS venues are:
Rio Tinto Stadium: Sandy, Utah. (RSL)
Jeld-Wen Field: Portland, Oregon. (Portland Timbers)
BBVA Compass Stadium: Houston, Texas. (Houston Dynamo)
CenturyLink Field: Seattle, Washington (Seattle Sounders FC)
Red Bull Arena: Harrison, New Jersey. (New York Red Bulls)
The other eight sites are as follows:
Cowboys Stadium: Dallas, Texas.
Georgia Dome: Atlanta, Georgia.
M&T Bank Stadium: Baltimore, Maryland
Soldier Field: Chicago, Illinois.
Sports Authority Field at Mile High: Denver, Colorado.
Rentschler Field: Hartford, Connecticut.
Rose Bowl: Pasadena, California.
Sun Life Stadium: Miami Gardens, Florida.
The host city for the final has yet to be announced.
The field for this year's tournament is filling out as well. The USA, Mexico, and Canada all qualify automatically from North America. Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, and Martinique will join from the Caribbean. Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Belize will be in from Central America. This will be the debut for Belize in this competition. Guatemala and Panama will play for the final Central American spot on Friday.
This year's tournament will be affected by the ongoing qualification process for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, 2014. The USA is expected to field a squad largely made up of the U-23 team that failed to reach the London Olympics. In addition, Mexico will playing in the Confederation's Cup this summer, so perhaps will field an Olympic type squad as well. It will be interesting to see if this opens the door for another country to sneak in and grab the trophy. The tournament will take place from July 7th-28th.
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