With the death of the Confederations Cup how much does the Gold Cup actually matter?

I just hate the attitude that everything outside the World Cup, is just practice for the World Cup, even to the point some act like you should sit your starters in the Gold Cup Championship Game to "develop" young players for the 3 or 4 WC games every 4 years, NO, every tournament matters, GC is not practice for WC, it's an end unto itself.

 

Umm not an expert on El Tri but that looks pretty close to their A team to me. We're in transition but we've got pretty much all our top guys here.

Agree, but that doesn't mean this tournament doesn't and shouldn't count.

I do think it should be only every four years. Wish FIFA would mandate that. But it won't happen because US based Mexico fans are the ATM machine for Concacaf and Gold Cups are their primary chance to make money off of them.

But even with two every cycle the first one is always the more important one because it's the easiest to get players released so more top players. Hence the reason THIS Gold Cup matters.

 

I do, it's JUST A TV SHOW, if you don't watch stuff like friendlies or the GC then what's the use? There's only 3-4 games to watch every 4 years. I live in Baltimore, I went to the GC when they played here 4 years ago, I'd go if it was local to me. So you don't care, you only want to see the "important" games, that's fine. I love the GC, it's 4+ games every couple years to watch with the USMNT in a competition that they can realistically in, I don't care who they play, I enjoy it. In fact I'd enjoy it less if I was watching them lose to Brazil 5-0. I'd rather see close game vs. Curacao. IT'S NOTHING BUT ENTERTAINMENT, so I watch.

How many people show up doesn't determine if it "matters" or not.

 

The US' games will be sold out ... for the other teams' fans. Our own fans usually root against the team.