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A lot of thought went into deciding where, and when, the final of this summer’s Gold Cup would be held. It is, after all, a showpiece occasion for Concacaf, the body that governs soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Discussions about logistics of it began more than a year ago, according to Victor Montagliani, Concacaf’s president. Montagliani and his staff consulted “all of their stakeholders,” he said: chief among them, Major League Soccer and Mexico’s Liga MX, to work out “when would be the best time for them.