The CONCACAF or also stand for Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football finally announce the 2019 Gold Cup details. As the final will hold at Chicago’s Soldier Field. CONCACAF will bring once more premier games to Chicago which is a remarkable city that unites fans all over the regions who love the tournament. The 2019 match will mark Soldier Field for the third time as the host of final games. The Soldier Field will be hosting Gold Cup Matches for the sixth time like done so in 2007 and 2013.

CONCACAF will expand the field from 12 teams to 16 teams and choose fourteen other U.S. venues to host the match, including the Caribbean and Central America. The teams that participated in the final qualifying round of World Cup 2018 will automatically qualify for the 2019 Gold Cup. Six teams that already joining the 2019 Gold Cup based on the result of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, and for the remaining teams, their performance will be qualified by CONCACAF. This competition will be playing in the official FIFA match in September, October, and November 2019. As for the final championship will take on March 2020.

Based on the game’s format, the association will be dividing the teams into groups. The top two of each group will be joining the top two and third place in quarterfinals. Among the 16 teams, the top two sides in each group will compete to the Gold Cup knockout round in 2019. The six teams that are already joining the match will be separated into different groups. The top four teams in CONCACAF regions, which are Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, and The United States, will be in separate groups. The remaining two sides, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama will be joining the other ten teams who will qualify by the CONCACAF Nation League. The first six teams will be participating in League A, the next 16 groups will joining to League B, and the last 12 teams will qualifying for League C. This qualifying phase will take time from 6 September 2018 to 26 March 2019. After the association was done observing all the teams, they will announce the complete groups and schedule in early 2019.

Based on the game’s format, the association will be dividing the teams into groups. The top two of each group will be joining the top two and third place in quarterfinals. Among the 16 teams, the top two sides in each group will compete to the Gold Cup knockout round in 2019. The six teams that are already joining the match will be separated into different groups.

The top four teams in CONCACAF regions, which are Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, and The United States, will be in separate groups. The remaining two sides, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama will be joining the other ten teams who will qualify by the CONCACAF Nation League. The first six teams will be participating in League A, the next 16 groups will joining to League B, and the last 12 teams will qualifying for League C. This qualifying phase will take time from 6 September 2018 to 26 March 2019. After the association was done observing all the teams, they will announce the complete groups and schedule in early 2019.

CONCACAF Gold Cup Final will take place in Soldier Field in 2019. The Gold Cup will be the third time that the final tournament held at Soldier Field. Beside the Soldier Field, 14 more venues in the U.S. will host the matches. The Association is organizing this tournament every two years to determine the champion of North and Central America and The Caribbean. The final game is scheduled for 07 July 2019. The competition is expanding the field for 16 teams across the region. Based on the CONCACAF ranking index, there is four group with the highest rank, and they are Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, and the United States.

There are 34 participants will joining the Gold Cup. The participants will be qualified based on earning points, goal difference, and additional tiebreaks. The association will rank the participants based on the ends and goal difference of all qualifying matches, goals scored and away goal scored of all qualifying matches, fair play points (yellow card : -1 , indirect red card/second yellow card: -3 points, direct red card : -4 points yellow card and direct red card : -5 points), and last, drawing of lots. After the qualifying phase, the association will rank them from 1 to 34 and dividing them into League A, B, and C. League A for six teams that have joined the 2018 World Cup Qualifying Hexagonal Round. League B for rank 1-16 after the A’s side, and League C for the remaining teams. League A will contain four groups, and the winner of each group will qualify to the Concacaf Nation League Final Championship. The remaining sides of League A will be joining to League B for the next games. League B contains four groups from four teams. The winner of each group will be joining League A, and the remaining teams will relegate to League C.

The four highest ranked groups, which is Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, and the United States, will play as follow:

Group A: Mexico
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA on June 15
Broncos Stadium at Mile High, Denver, CO on June 19
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC on June 23

Group B: Costa Rica
Non-US venue to be determined on June 16
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX on June 20
Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ on June 24

Group C: Honduras
Non-US venue to be determined on June 17
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX on June 21
Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, CA on June 25

Group D: United States
Allianz Field, Saint Paul, MN on June 18
First Energy Stadium, Cleveland, OH on June 22
Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS on June 26

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Concacaf announces the venues and dates for the quarterfinal and semifinal. The quarterfinal will take place at NRG Stadium, Houston, on June 29, and at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, on June 30. The Semifinals will hold at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, on July 2, and Nissan Stadium, Nashville, on July 3. Finally, the final games will take place at Soldier Field, Chicago, on July 7.