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Well two weeks before the start of the Gold Cup 2019, which will be held on June 18 in Mexico, Costa Rica and the United States, the US national football team uses the opportunity for a friendly match. Opponent in the night of Wednesday to Thursday European time in the Audi field of Washington is the national team of Jamaica. The six-time Gold Cup winner and defending champion USA also goes one of the big favorites for the title in the tournament this year. Among the bookmakers, the Soccer Boys number two on the overall victory just behind Mexico.
The hot phase just before the start of the finals will be heralded by the reissue of the 2017 Gold Cup finals for both nations. On July 26, 2017, the USA won the Gold Cup’s sixth victory with a 2-1 victory over Jamaica, and are now only one title behind Mexico’s record winners. For Jamaica, the defeat had been the second consecutive runner-up in the Gold Cup. This year, the bookmakers see the Reggae Boyz in fifth place overall. Before the test match USA vs. Jamaica speak the odds but against the Jamaicans who go into the game as a clear outsider. The betting base also expects the US and sets in the game USA vs. Jamaica their tip even on “USA wins to zero”.
UNITED STATES :
Since December 2018, the former Cottbus and 1860 professional Gregg Berhalter coach of the US national team. The Testspiel-Bilanz under the new coach can be seen with three wins and a draw. The three wins were all retracted to zero. The only point loss the US boys had to accept against Chile. Berhalter has appointed a squad of 28 professionals for the friendly against Jamaica. Among them are Joe Gyau (MSV Duisburg), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen) and Weston McKennie (Schalke) also three players who earn their money in Germany.
Christian Pulisic, who changes from BVB to Chelsea in the coming season, and Tyler Adams of RB Leipzig join the squad just before the start of the Gold Cup. Immediately after the match against the “Reggae Boyz” Berhalter must announce his final 23-man squad for the finals. Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath and defenders John Brooks and DeAndre Yedlin are currently missing. Jozy Altidore was invited back to the national team for the first time since 2017. The second and final pre-season preliminaries will be played by the United States against Venezuela on Sunday. In the 2019 Gold Cup, defending champion USA then faces Group D in Panama, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana.
Jamaica:
In 2015, Jamaica became the first team from the Caribbean to reach the final of the Gold Cup. This feat was repeated by the “Reggae Boyz” two years later. But both times, the Jamaicans had to settle for second place. In 1998, Jamaica had qualified for the first and only time for a World Cup. After defeats by Argentina (0: 5) and Croatia (1: 3) and a win over Japan (2: 1), the finals for the “Reggae Boyz” but had already been over after the group stage. Six times the Jamaicans have already won the Football Caribbean Championship. This year, Jamaica is one of the co-hosts of the Gold Cup. The first group game against Honduras may carry the selection in the domestic Independence Park in Kingston. The following two group games against El Salvador and Curacao but then take place in Houston and Los Angeles. On El Salvador and Curacao, Jamaica already met in the group stage of the Gold Cup 2017. At that time, the Central Americans reached the next round as group runners behind Mexico.
Since 2016, the national team of Theodore Whitmore is trained. Whitmore, who had been in charge of the country from 2009 to 2013, played 120 times for his country and scored 24 goals. In addition, today’s head coach was in the squad for the 1998 World Cup. This year, the “Reggae Boyz” completed two internationals, against El Salvador and Costa Rica, both of which were lost to zero. Previously, Jamaica had qualified for the Gold Cup in the Concacaf Nations League with wins against the Kaiman Islands (4-0), Bonaire (6-0) and Suriname (2-1). Coach Whitmore’s 23-man squad includes 12 Major League Soccer players. The star of the team is certainly Leon Bailey of Bayer Leverkusen, who should make his debut for the senior team of Jamaica, after he had accumulated so far only for the U23 selection of the Caribbean state. The men from Jamaica, of course, dream of the third final participation in a row and then the first Gold Cup victory in the history of the country.
USA vs Jamaica head to head matches
27.07.17 GC USA Jamaica 2 : 1
04.02.17 FI USA Jamaica 1 : 0
22.07.15 GC USA Jamaica 1 : 2
11.10.13 WC USA Jamaica 2 : 0
08.06.13 WC Jamaica USA 1 : 2