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2007 CONCACAF GOLD CUP™ GROUPS & SCHEDULED TO BE ANNOUNCED ON 6 MARCH
NEW YORK (Thursday, 1 March 2007) - CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) will announce on Tuesday (6 March) from its offices in New York City the final groups and schedule for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold CupTM.
The announcement of teams and the full tournament match schedule will take place at 2:30 pm ET and be made via a video news release that will be available via satellite and online at www.CONCACAF.com.
This will be followed at 3:00 pm ET by a Media Teleconference Call with CONCACAF General Secretary, Chuck Blazer. Teleconference numbers as well as the satellite information for the video news release will be announced on Monday (5 March).
The 12 CONCACAF-team field for the ninth edition of CONCACAF Gold CupTM is comprised of the previous champions (Canada, Mexico, USA), four Caribbean qualifiers (Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago) and the five Central American qualifiers (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama). The Gold Cup takes place from 6-24 June in six venues across the USA.
The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ opens in Miami’s Orange Bowl on 6 June with the Final scheduled for Soldier Field, Chicago, on 24 June. The four other venues that will host Gold Cup games in 2007 are Giants Stadium (near New York City) in New Jersey, The Home Depot Center (near Los Angeles) in Carson, California, Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, close to Boston, Massachusetts.
GOLD CUP HISTORY
YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP VENUES
1991 USA Honduras Los Angeles, Pasadena (USA)
1993 Mexico USA Dallas (USA); Ciudad de México (México)
1996 Mexico Brazil Anaheim, San Diego, Los Angeles (USA)
1998 Mexico USA Oakland, Miami, Los Angeles (USA)
2000 Canada Colombia San Diego, Miami, Los Angeles (USA)
2002 USA Costa Rica Pasadena, Miami (USA)
2003 Mexico Brazil Foxboro, Miami (USA); Ciudad de México (México)
2005 USA Panama Carson, Foxboro, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, NY/NJ, Seattle (USA)