Provisional 40-Player Rosters For Gold Cup
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football [Concacaf] today revealed the preliminary 40-player rosters submitted by the 16 participating Member Associations — including Bermuda — for this summer’s Concacaf Gold Cup.
Concacaf said, “A mix of rising star including Christian Pulisic [Chelsea FC/United States], Hirving Lozano [PSV Eindhoven/Mexico] and Alberth Elis [Houston Dynamo/Honduras], together with high-profile veterans such as Keylor Navas [Real Madrid/Costa Rica], Raúl Jimenez [Wolverhampton FC/Mexico] and Michael Bradley [Toronto FC/United States] are among the notable inclusions to the sixteen national team rosters.
“In accordance with the Competition Regulations, the submitted rosters will serve as the basis for the final 23-player lists for each team. The final 23-player rosters will be announced by Concacaf the first week of June. After the official announcement, only injury-related changes will be allowed, up until 24 hours before each team’s first match and any injury replacements must come from the preliminary 40-player roster.
“The 40-player provisional rosters have been selected and submitted by each Participating Member Associations and are published as such. In order to be eligible to play in the Concacaf Gold Cup, all players are subject to and must fully comply with the criteria stipulated in the applicable FIFA and Gold Cup player eligibility regulations.
“The 15th edition of the continental championship will kick off on Saturday, June 15 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, with Canada and Martinique marking the start of Group A action. The second match of the day will feature a matchup between seven-time Gold Cup champions Mexico and Cuba.
“As part of this expanded format of the tournament, Group B will debut in the tournament on Sunday June 16, in Costa Rica’s Estadio Nacional, marking the first-time the tournament is played in Central America. Costa Rica and Nicaragua will face-off in Group B’s evening match, while Haiti and Bermuda will open the day’s doubleheader.
“In Group C, the seeded nation, Honduras, will travel to Kingston, Jamaica, to take on the Reggae Boyz, marking the first time the tournament is played in the Caribbean, while Curaçao and El Salvador battle for early group dominance.
“Group D, led by manager Gregg Berhalter’s United States will begin their title defense in Minnesota’s Allianz Field against Guyana, who will be making their Gold Cup debut, while Panama take on Trinidad and Tobago in what is sure to be a tightly contested match to round out the day and the first full round of Group Stage matchups.
“In the Knockout rounds, Houston’s NRG Stadium and Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field will host two Quarterfinal matches each, on June 29 and 30 respectively. The winning teams will move on to State Farm Stadium in Phoenix and Nissan Stadium in Nashville for the Semifinals. The grand final is scheduled to be played on July 7, in Chicago’s iconic Soldier Field.”
The full 40-Player National Team Roster follows below [PDF here]
