USA and Canada play Gold Cup semi-final bye with pending accounts

United States and Canada They will meet this Sunday in the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup just two weeks after the two sides met in the Concacaf Nations League final.

UNITED STATES won their second consecutive Nations League title on July 18 by beating Team Canada 2-0 with goals from Chris Richards and Folarin Balogun.

These Nations League teams are not very similar to those in the Gold Cup, because for this tournament the Americans do not have their references who compete in European football, such as striker Christian Pulisic, and the Canadians miss also the presence of its great star, Alphonso Davies.

In any case, TQL Stadium in Cincinnati will host this quarter-final match starting at 7:30 p.m. local time (23:30 GMT).

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The winner of this crossing will meet next Wednesday in San Diego the winner of the quarter-final match to be played this Saturday Panama And Taste.

Colombian-American Jesús Ferreira is the big star for the USA in this Gold Cup with two consecutive hat-tricks against Saint Kitts and Nevis (0-6) and Trinidad and Tobago (6-0).

The side under interim coach BJ Callaghan qualified first from Group A by having a better goal difference than Jamaica, with whom they drew 1-1 in the tournament opener.

For its part, Canada, winners of the Gold Cup in 2000, had to sweat until the end to certify their passage to the quarter-finals as second in group D.

The Canadian team drew against Guadeloupe (2-2) and Guatemala (0-0) and clinched the playoff ticket by beating Cuba 4-2 on the final day.

The United States dominate the records against Canada with 17 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses.

Probable compositions:

– United States: Turner; Reynolds, Robinson, Neal, Jones; Busio, Sands, Mihailović; Zendejas, Ferreira, Roldan.

Coach: BJ Callaghan

– Canada: Sainte-Claire; Laryea, McGraw, Miller, Ahmed; Osorio, Bombito, Fraser, Hoilett; Cavallini, Miller.

Coach: John Herdman.

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