RS Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/four-mls-venues-host-2011-gold-cup-matches Gold Cup venues: Detroit - Ford Field Charlotte - Bank of America Stadium Tampa - Raymond James Stadium Kansas City - KC Soccer Stadium Arlington, TX - Cowboys Stadium Carson, CA - Home Depot Center Miami - FIU Stadium Chicago - Soldier Field Harrison, NJ - Red Bull Arena East Rutherford, NJ - New Meadowlands Stadium Washington, DC - RFK Stadium Houston - Reliant Stadium Pasadena, CA - Rose Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 ^ Wow...they are ensuring none of the games will be sell-outs and tickets will be available for all.....seating for all in the 60-70K seat football stadiums. How many of these are artificial turf venues....I know FIU and Ford Field, but I don't know of anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Us Southern Ontario V's can only hope for Canada to be based in Detroit at Ford Field! Looks like long road trips for any Canadians at any other venues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomurphy1 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 ^Roadtrip to Detroit! That sounds incredibly scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villus Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 ^Roadtrip to Detroit! That sounds incredibly scary. Stay in Windsor Ford Field is literally 10 minutes away in downtown Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Stay in Windsor Ford Field is literally 10 minutes away in downtown Detroit. I agree X1000000000000. My car got smashed into when I went to the thanksgiving day classic in Detroit. Jacked my overnight bag with my new boxers and my electric rasor. Not a whole lot of fun driving home with no window. Its pretty easy to take the shuttle across the boarder. Hit up Tunnel BBQ before you head there for some authentic old-style BBQ meats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleA Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 6-7 hours to the two New Jersey stadiums from Montreal by car. 9-10 hours to travel down to Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktci Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Qwest is conspicuous by its absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 All right! Another tournament zipping between nine thousand different stadiums as we play in a different venue for every game! Because that was so awesome last time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 You know the gold cup dog and pony show. Hit as many venues as possible to increase the $$$ for the Concaca$h Gold Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Nearest venue a mere 1324km from my fair city. Nothing like a tournament being held in a neighbouring country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Amazingly, looking at the CONCACAF press release which actually says which venues are used on which dates it's possible to predict where some of the teams will play already (remember, there's no draw). First Round June 5 – Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas) June 6 – The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) June 7 – Ford Field (Detroit) June 9 – Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte) June 10 – FIU Stadium (Miami) June 11 – Raymond James Stadium (Tampa) June 12 – Soldier Field (Chicago) June 13 – Red Bull Arena (Harrison, N.J.) June 14 – KC Soccer Stadium (Kansas City, Kan.) Quarterfinals June 18 – New Meadowlands Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) June 19 – Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (Washington) Semifinals June 22 – Reliant Stadium (Houston) Final June 25 – Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) The way the dates are staggered, you can also tell where each group will play when. You can take it to the bank that Mexico will be in Group 1 playing in Dallas, Charlotte, and Chicago leading to a quarterfinal at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. You can also take it to the bank that the Yanks will be in Group 3 playing in Detroit, Tampa, and Kansas City leading to a quarterfinal at RFK. I'm confident group 2 playing in LA, Miami, and New Jersey will include Jamaica and at least two central american teams. As long as El Salvador qualifies they'll be in group 2 because they're a huge draw in LA. I'm hoping we'll be in group 3 with the yanks so we can play in Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I swear to god that if we're in LA again, Miami again, and New Jersey, I'm burning Jack Warner's house down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I swear to god that if we're in LA again, Miami again, and New Jersey, I'm burning Jack Warner's house down. At this point there is a 33% chance of that happening. How serioux are you about doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 PS...Has anyone looked at our FIFA ranking yet. As of right now we are 8th meaning we would be in the 3rd pot. How the $hit is that possible. 18 1 USA 867 27 2 Mexico 795 58 3 Jamaica 522 59 4 Honduras 516 62 5 Cuba 512 64 6 Panama 501 69 7 Costa Rica 467 84 8 Canada 411 89 9 Trinidad and Tobago 373 90 10 Haiti 367 When is the CSA going to wake up and see that these standings matter. As stupid as they are, they help determine the difficulty of our group. Why are our domestic players not playing all year round against the minnows as Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, ect do. They don't bring home their european based players for home matches frequently as they are not required due to the level of competition. However they do stay high in the rankings makeing it easier for them to qualify further in tournaments like the Gold Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 PS...Has anyone looked at our FIFA ranking yet. As of right now we are 8th meaning we would be in the 3rd pot. How the $hit is that possible. 18 1 USA 867 27 2 Mexico 795 58 3 Jamaica 522 59 4 Honduras 516 62 5 Cuba 512 64 6 Panama 501 69 7 Costa Rica 467 84 8 Canada 411 89 9 Trinidad and Tobago 373 90 10 Haiti 367 When is the CSA going to wake up and see that these standings matter. As stupid as they are, they help determine the difficulty of our group. Why are our domestic players not playing all year round against the minnows as Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, ect do. They don't bring home their european based players for home matches frequently as they are not required due to the level of competition. However they do stay high in the rankings makeing it easier for them to qualify further in tournaments like the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup doesn't have a draw. The groups are hand picked. It's always been done that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 The Gold Cup doesn't have a draw The groups are hand picked. It's always been done that way. Canada will be in it's own group, as we're the only other team ever to have won a Gold Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/four-mls-venues-host-2011-gold-cup-matches Gold Cup venues: Detroit - Ford Field Charlotte - Bank of America Stadium Tampa - Raymond James Stadium Kansas City - KC Soccer Stadium Arlington, TX - Cowboys Stadium Carson, CA - Home Depot Center Miami - FIU Stadium Chicago - Soldier Field Harrison, NJ - Red Bull Arena East Rutherford, NJ - New Meadowlands Stadium Washington, DC - RFK Stadium Houston - Reliant Stadium Pasadena, CA - Rose Bowl Well, this confirms that we aren't going to repeat our Columbus road-trip. It was an interesting little city -- and one that is so far off the radar that I would never have visited it if not for the 2009 tournament. Let's see, how many soccer-specific stadiums are on the list? Three, I guess. The brand new stadiums in Salt Lake and Newark, and Home Depot in LA. I LIKE the Gold Cup. A lot. It allows me to watch our national team, in North America, in the summer when I usually have vacation time. And we sometimes win the trophy, which can't be said about any other competition. And this year, I'll probably travel to a Canadian game wherever it is being held. Maybe more than one if I can swing the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Canada will be in it's own group, as we're the only other team ever to have won a Gold Cup. That does seem like a trend. If it holds true this time then we'll be in Group 2 playing in Carson, Miami, and New Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 If you divide the sked into the group games Canada will either have a game in New York, Chicago or Kansas City for all us east coast people (although Kansas isn't great travel wise) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 If you divide the sked into the group games Canada will either have a game in New York, Chicago or Kansas City for all us east coast people (although Kansas isn't great travel wise) Kansas City took us 17hrs straight to get there. Not a whole lot of fun considering you can make trips to much more fun cities in half the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 For any Winnipeg-based Vs, Kansas City is actually the closest venue, at a mere 1300 km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeelaw Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 If a game ends up in Detroit, count me to help you guys sort out the Windsor pre-night/game and post game celebrations. Spent the last 4 years there. Surely they'll give Detroit one of our games right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emlyn Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I don't know if this is a dumb question, but can anyone tell me why the gold cup is always hosted by the U.S.? I feel like Mexico or Canada could easily host, central american or caribbean nations maybe not. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finchster Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I don't know if this is a dumb question, but can anyone tell me why the gold cup is always hosted by the U.S.? I feel like Mexico or Canada could easily host, central american or caribbean nations maybe not. . . $$$ But Canada should host it, there were rumours that we were going to host the last Gold Cup but it never happened. We should at least get a group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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