Canada to face the U.S. and Cuba in CONCACAF Nationals League group:
The Canadian men will have to win the group if they are to reach the semifinals of the tournament that covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Canada has not beaten the U.S. since 1990, when it won 1-0 in Burnaby, B.C. The Canadian men have gone 0-9-6 since. Canada has defeated Cuba in three straight matches, holding a career 6-2-3 edge. Mexico is the top-ranked CONCACAF team in the FIFA rankings at No. 17, compared to No. 25 for the U.S., No. 37 for Costa Rica and No. 63 for Honduras.The top six in qualifying automatically slotted into League A, along with Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S., which skipped the preliminary round by virtue of having qualified for the hexagonal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The 68-match qualifying round also earned Gold Cup berths for the top 10 in qualifying: Haiti, Canada, Martinique, Curacao, Bermuda, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Nicaragua and El Salvador. They will join Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. in the expanded 16-team field."We have opened the doors of CONCACAF and its football to all," CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani, a Vancouver native, said in talking up the Nations League.
League A of the Nations League consists of four pools of three with the winner of each group advancing to the tournament semifinals. The bottom team in each pool will be relegated to League B for the next edition of the tournament.
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