2007 CONCACAF GOLD CUP™ TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY
NEW YORK (Monday, 26 March 2007) – CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is proud to announce tickets for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™, that takes place from 6-24 June in six cities across the USA, will be available and on sale to the public starting on Thursday, 29 March.
Information on ticket prices and availability for games at each venue, including a ticket hotline number in the USA and overseas, will be made available on CONCACAF.com and through a media release on Thursday.
The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ will consist of three groups of four teams for the first round with the top two from each group, along with the best two third-placed teams progressing to the quarterfinals.
Group A, the first of three First Round Groups, which will be based in Miami’s Orange Bowl, includes the Central American champions Costa Rica, Canada from the North American Zone, Caribbean winners Haiti along with Gold Cup newcomers Guadeloupe.
Group B, with games at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California and Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, includes the defending Gold Cup Champions USA, both El Salvador and Guatemala from Central America and Trinidad & Tobago from the Caribbean.
The final quadrangular, Group C, will see games between Mexico of the North American Zone, Honduras and Panama from Central America and Cuba from the Caribbean. The Group C encounters will take place in two venues; starting at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (near New York City) before heading to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the last day of first round play.
The quarterfinal matches are set for Saturday, 16 June (two games in Foxboro) and Sunday, 17 June (two games in Houston).
The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ semifinals and final are scheduled for Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, 21 June and Sunday 24 June, respectively.
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ (DOWNLOAD MATCH SCHEDULE)
* All kick off times are in local time
GROUP A: COSTA RICA, HAITI, CANADA, GUADELOUPE
GROUP B: USA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, GUATEMALA, El SALVADOR
GROUP C: MEXICO, PANAMA, HONDURAS, CUBA
First Round – Group A, Orange Bowl; Miami, Florida
6 June 2007
Match 1: COSTA RICA – CANADA (7pm)
Match 2: GUADELOUPE – HAITI (9pm)
First Round – Group B, Home Depot Center; Carson, California
7 June 2007
Match 3: USA – GUATEMALA (6pm)
Match 4: EL SALVADOR – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (8pm)
First Round – Group C, Giants Stadium; East Rutherford, New Jersey
8 June 2007
Match 5: PANAMA – HONDURAS (7pm)
Match 6: MEXICO – CUBA (9pm)
First Round – Group B, Home Depot Center; Carson, California
9 June 2007
Match 7: GUATEMALA - EL SALVADOR (12pm)
Match 8: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – USA (2pm)
First Round – Group A, Orange Bowl; Miami, Florida
9 June 2007
Match 9: CANADA – GUADELOUPE (7pm)
Match 10: HAITI – COSTA RICA (9pm)
First Round – Group C, Giants Stadium; East Rutherford, New Jersey
10 June 2007
Match 11: HONDURAS – MEXICO (4pm)
Match 12: PANAMA – CUBA (6pm)
First Round – Group A, Orange Bowl; Miami, Florida
11 June 2007
Match 13: COSTA RICA – GUADELOUPE (7pm)
Match 14: HAITI – CANADA (9pm)
First Round – Group B, Gillette Stadium; Foxboro, Massachusetts
12 June 2007
Match 15: USA – EL SALVADOR (7pm)
Match 16: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – GUATEMALA (9pm)
First Round – Group C, Reliant Stadium; Houston, Texas
13 June 2007
Match 17: CUBA – HONDURAS (7 pm)
Match 18: MEXICO – PANAMA (9 pm)
Quarterfinals – Gillette Stadium; Foxboro, Massachusetts
16 June 2007
Match 19: A1 vs. B2 (1pm)
Match 20: B1 vs. A3/C3 (4pm)
Quarterfinals – Reliant Stadium; Houston, Texas
17 June 2007
Match 21: C1 vs. A3/B3 (2pm)
Match 22: C2 vs. A2 (5pm)
Semifinals – Soldier Field; Chicago, Illinois