Gold Cup Groups Coming Thursday

CONCACAF has announced that the groups and schedules for the 2009 Gold Cup will be announced Thursday afternoon. The 13 venues for the regional championship have already been determined, and by this time tomorrow the U.S. will have been given the road map to navigate their title defense.

The U.S. rallied from a goal down to earn a 2-1 win against Mexico in the 2007 championship match, collecting their second consecutive regional crown and earning a place in this summer's Confederations Cup in South Africa where they will face Brazil, defending World Cup champions Italy and Egypt.