The U.S. national team has a clear path to a sixth straight CONCACAF Gold Cup final, but will need to improve to ensure winning another title.
Just how easy is the U.S. national team's path to a record seventh straight Gold Cup final? If you had asked Jurgen Klinsmann to hand-pick the teams to avoid in a quarterfinal bracket there is a good chance he would have drawn up the very bracket that has shaken out.
The U.S. faces Cuba in the quarterfinals, a team that was outscored 8-1 in the group stage, and a team that will enter Saturday's meeting with the Americans as one of the biggest underdogs in Gold Cup history.