SOCCER CONCACAF ARTICLES

Panama's soccer team made no bones out of the fact that it felt like it was screwed, for lack of better terms, out of the Gold Cup. The team will get to play in the Third Place Game at PPL Park on Saturday, but the prize for either this team or the United States is nothing but a little bit of recognition.... 

Mexico and Panama should both be counting their lucky stars that they were able to survive their quarterfinal matchups to reach this point in the Gold Cup.Both will be heading to Philadelphia when this match in Atlanta is said and done with, but there will be a big difference between winning this duel, thus getting into the Gold Cup Final, and being relegated to the third place game instead.... 

More or less the first shot the United States has of reasonably being knocked out of the Gold Cup will be on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the tournament when it takes on up and coming Jamaica.... 

There's no pressure whatsoever on the United States in its final group stage match of the Gold Cup. The Americans' foes from Panama though, know that they are going to need a result in this match and some help to have any chance to get into the knockout rounds.... 

Three crucial points separate both Haiti and Honduras from the knockout rounds of the Gold Cup, but a maximum of one of these two teams can get into the next phase of the competition....