The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup starts on July 7 at Red Bull Arena with the opening games of Group A, and concludes on July 26 with the final at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
Twelve teams have qualified and Mexico or the USA is expected to win. In its present "Gold Cup" incarnation, CONCACAF's regional championship has only once been won by a team that wasn't Mexico or the USA: Canada won the 2000 edition. In the Gold Cup, not getting to the final is a failure for El Tri or USMNT; a team that breaks the regional duopoly and makes the final can celebrate a successful tournament.