By Paul Nicholson in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
June 21 – St Kitts and Nevis caused the upset of the Gold Cup preliminary round to qualify for the group stages and place on the big stage with matches against USA Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago in Group A of Concacaf’s.
June 21 – Martinique muscled their way through to the group stages of the Gold Cup with a 2-0 win over Puerto Rico the surprise team of the knock-out rounds.
June 20 – It was a stop-start evening at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the second and final round of Gold Cup qualifying.
June 20 – The USA have dropped 18 of the 23-man squad that won the second edition of the Nations League in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
June 18 – The US continued where they left off against Mexico with a comfortable 2-0 win over Canada to retain their Nations League title.
June 18 – Mexico, with a goal by Jesus Gallardo, ended their five game no-win streak to take third place in the Concacaf Nations League with a 1-0 win over Panama.
June 17 – Concacaf have renewed their deal with Mediapro and IMG for international broadcast sales representation for their national team tournaments and their rebranded Champions League, from 2024 to be called the Champions Cup.
June 16 – Concacaf have wasted no time issuing a statement “strongly condemning” the discriminatory chanting by Mexican fans in the CNL semi-final against the United States.
June 15 – Canada brushed Panama aside for a spot in the final with a 2-0 win that saw the return of Alphonso Davies.
June 15 – USA versus Mexico rarely disappoints. In a feisty, chaotic, intense, end-to-end battle with four sendings off and tempers unravelling wherever you looked, the US walked away 3-0 winners.
June 15 – Concacaf is opening the North American commercial door to FIFA in an agreement to co-operate on the joint sales of the 2026 World Cup and Concacaf’s major national team events, that will include two Gold Cups.
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
June 15 – The showpiece semi-final between USA and Mexico in recent years would have been the final.
June 15 – Expect fireworks as Panama and Canada open the Nations League finals in Las Vegas tonight.
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
June 14 – The Concacaf Nations League finals kick off on Thursday at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
