It has been 15 years since a CONCACAF Gold Cup final has been played without the U.S. or Mexico. And both countries will need big performances in this year's tournament semifinals Wednesday to prevent that from happening again.
The U.S., which scored only four times in group play, will face in a semifinal game a Jamaica defense that hasn't given up a goal in 278 minutes. Mexico, which has won only once in regular time in its last 11 tries, will meet Panama in the other semifinal game. Both games will be played in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, with the U.