July 3rd, 2021 Mexico 4-0 Nigeria (friendly) LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 53,258
River Plate has been holding their preseason in Orlando, but really had a problem pulling off any international friendlies. They had a friendly with America de Cali that didn't happen nor the two with Barcelona of Ecuador. Eventually, they played The Villages SC of USL League 2 today. https://www.world-today-news.com/ri...e-suspended-and-they-are-looking-for-a-rival/
July 4th, 2021 Club America 1-0 Santos Laguna (friendly) Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT Attendance: 15,109
Gold Cup Prelims - Final Round July 6th, 2021 T&T 1-1 (8-7 PKs) French Guiana Haiti 4-1 Bermuda Guatemala 1-1 (9-10 PKs) Guadeloupe DRV PNK Stadium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Attendance: N/A
Wednesday, July 7 D.C. United 1-0 Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (Costa Rica) Capital Cup 2021 Audi Field, Washington DC Reported Attendance 6000 Actual Attendance was maybe 1500 at best
2021 Gold Cup July 10th, 2021 Mexico 0-0 T&T AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX Attendance: 41,229 Note that the game was originally scheduled as a doubleheader (as are all Gold Cup group matches), but Curacao had to drop out because of Covid-19 positives and was replaced by Guatemala. Since this happened on Friday, the new El Salvador/Guatemala match has been moved to July 11th and will be played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco. (And this result is a huge shocker & won't please Mexican fans at all.)
July 10th, 2021 Pretemporada MX 2021 Club America 1-0 UANL Tigres (friendly) Alamodome, San Antonio, TX Attendance: 27,160
July 11th, 2021 Pretemporada MX 2021 Monterrey 1-0 Chivas (friendly) Alamodome, San Antonio, TX Attendance: N/A
The game was never scheduled as a doubleheader. Curacao was going to play El Salvador at Toyota Stadium on Saturday away from AT&T Stadium. All of Mexico's group stage games are stand alone. On Wednesday, July 14, T&T will play El Salvador in a single game at Toyota Stadium. Following that game Mexico will play Guatemala at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The same thing will happen on Sunday, July 18. Mexico will play the only game at the Cotton Bowl that day. The other Group A game will be a double-header with a Group B game at Toyota Stadium. USA will play Canada in a single game at Children's Mercy Park that day. The schedule always looked like this. The only change was the date for the Guatemala/El Salvador game.
Another Liga MX friendly tonight: Pumas UNAM v Queretaro FC Mon • Jul 12 • 7:30 PM Toyota Field, San Antonio, TX
Sunday, July 11th D.C. United 1-0 Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (Costa Rica) DCU wins 2-0 on aggregate Capital Cup 2021 Audi Field, Washington DC Attendance: ?
July 12th, 2021 Queretaro 2-2 Pumas (Friendly) Toyota Field, San Antonio, TX Attendance: N/A 2021 Gold Cup July 12th, 2021 Jamaica 2-0 Suriname Costa Rica 3-1 Guadeloupe Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL Attendance: 6,403
Because of Covid-19 crowd restrictions in their home country, El Salvador might play its WCQ matches in the US: Only in the United States can another country consider playing their home matches for WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS!El Salvador Fed. Pres. Hugo Carrillo confirmed there's a possibility the national team could play their home games in Houston, DC or LA due to new lockdown measures in SLV pic.twitter.com/TiCM8FYbWU— Nico Cantor (@Nicocantor1) July 13, 2021
2021 Gold Cup July 13th, 2021 Qatar 3-3 Panama Honduras 4-0 Grenada BBVA Stadium, Houston, TX Attendance: 10,625
El Salvador has talked to DC United about hosting their "home" WCQ matches: D.C. United approached about staging El Salvador's World Cup home qualifier Sept 2 at Audi Field vs US, source says. DC area is ES hotbed. RFK Stadium (decommissioned) no longer available. ES seeking alternatives because of pandemic-related crowd restrictions at home. #dcu #usmnt— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) July 14, 2021
Some suggestion that El Salvador will use FedEx field for their WCQs, which of course means that there's no way US fans will be shut out of getting to attend: Washington DC could host #ElSalvador ‘s first two games of the Octogonal. Game’s would most likely be played at Fedex Field (In MD) since organizers think they could sell more than 40K tix for the game’s against #USA & #Honduras @Telemundo44 @nbcwashington— Moises Linares (@MlinaresDC) July 14, 2021
July 14th, 2021 2021 Gold Cup El Salvador 2-0 T&T Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX Attendance: N/A Mexico 3-0 Guatemala Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX Attendance: 15,391 Still not sure what Concacaf was thinking in using 2 different stadiums for the games.
It is pretty obvious. CONCACAF thought Mexico would sell lots of tickets by themselves. It looks like that's not necessarily true although we'll see what happens this weekend.
2021 Gold Cup July 17th, 2021 Grenada 0-4 Qatar Panama 2-3 Honduras BBVA Stadium, Houston, TX Attendance: N/A (reported before the game as a sell-out ~22,000)
Busy day yesterday. July18th, 2021 Liga MX Campeon de Campeones Leon 1-2 Cruz Azul Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA Attendance: 27,674 Gold Cup 2021 Guatemala 1-1 T&T Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX Attendance: N/A Haiti 2-1 Martinique Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX Attendance: N/A Mexico 1-0 El Salvador Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX Attendance: 45,792 (only lower bowl was available for sale)
Arsenal pulls out of US friendlies: 🚨 EXCL: Arsenal pre-season tour to USA cancelled because of #COVID19 cases in #AFC camp. Small number of positives in travelling party, all asymptomatic. Club working through alternate plans as virus wreaks more havoc ahead of new PL season @TheAthleticUK https://t.co/vUi7ElyuYZ— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 20, 2021
The court case from Relevant Sports to force USSF to authorize La Liga league matches in the US has failed: 1417584964737150976 is not a valid tweet id
I miss the ICC. I know it wasn't popular among a lot of fans but I always enjoyed it as a summer thing.
2021 Gold Cup July 20th, 2021 Costa Rica 1-0 Jamaica Panama 3-1 Grenada Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL Attendance: 10,264 Suriname 2-1 Guadeloupe Honduras 0-2 Qatar BBVA Stadium, Houston, TX Attendance: 22,570