Gold Cup
World Cup host flies against world rankings-106. out
30.06.2025 – 01:48 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Jesse Marsch’s team takes the lead in the quarter -finals, then outnumbered – and loses the penalty shootout. Against the 106th of the world rankings.
WM-CO host Canada surprisingly failed in the quarter-finals at the Gold Cup in the USA. The team of the former Leipzig Bundesliga coach Jesse Marsch lost to Guatemala 5: 6 in a penalty shootout. After 90 and 120 minutes it had stood 1-1.
Jonathan David initially put the Canadians in the lead (30th, penalty), after a red card for his teammate Jacon Shaffelburg (45.+4), Rubio Rubin still equalized in the regular season (69.). After the embarrassment, Canada’s coach was self-critical, but also referred to the tense personnel position with the team of the future World Cup host: “If I am honest, we had to do without half the team. That shouldn’t be an apology now … We were simply not competitive today and that hurts us at the press conference after the game.
Guatemala currently only ranks 106 of the FIFA world rankings, just behind Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Comores. The team from Central America now meets the winner of the game between the USA and Costa Rica. The second semi -finals contest record winners Mexico and Honduras.