By Canadian Press

Canada to face Mexico, Martinique and Cuba at this summer’s Gold Cup

Apr 10, 2019 | 4:28 PM

Canada will play in a group with Mexico, Martinique and Cuba at this summer’s Gold Cup.

The Canadian men, currently ranked 78th in the world, will play Martinique — which is unranked because it is not a member of FIFA — on June 15 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., before facing No. 18 Mexico on June 19 in Denver and No. 174 Cuba on June 23 in Charlotte.

The four groups were announced at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, 100 days from the 15th edition of the CONCACAF championship, which has been expanded to 16 teams.

It was already known that Mexico, No. 38 Costa Rica, No. 61 Honduras and the No. 24 Americans would head up the groups.

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The top two in each pool will advance to the knockout quarterfinals.

The seeded nations were the four highest-ranked teams in the region based on the CONCACAF ranking index for September 2018: Mexico (No. 1), U.S. (2), Costa Rica (3) and Honduras (4). Canada was No. 6 after Panama.

The tournament runs June 15 to July 7, with the final slated for Soldier Field in Chicago

There are three host countries with Honduras and Costa Rica joining the U.S., which will be home for most of the matches. 

CONCACAF, whose president is Canadian Victor Montagliani, covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press