It might seem as though the hardest part of the 2023 Gold Cup group stage is over for the U.S. men’s national team.
By holding a Jamaican squad fronted by four Premier League attackers — easily the Americans toughest first round opponent — to a 1-1 tie in Saturday’s tournament opener in Chicago, the USMNT put itself in a solid position to advance from a quartet that also includes Saint Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago.
Their next match is Wednesday against Saint Kitts (9:30 p.m. ET, FS1) and it appears straightforward enough. While the U.S. has never met Saint Kitts before, the Spice Boyz are ranked 139th by FIFA to the Americans’ 13. The nation of fewer than 50,000 lost the first Gold Cup match in its history 3-0 Sunday versus T&T. They will be even more overmatched against the defending champion U.S., READ MORE
