Tournament draws are designed to provide some clarity. They establish a structure, a set of opponents and help lay out a technical and tactical road map toward a desired destination. You should know a lot more about what’s ahead once it’s over than you did going in.
Then there’s Monday night’s Concacaf Gold Cup draw, which prompts as many questions as it answered. Yes, the USA and coach Gregg Berhalter learned they’ll be facing Canada, Martinique, and the survivor of a playoff featuring Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bermuda and Barbados in the group stage of next summer’s continental championship tournament.