Randall Leal will join MLS expansion side Randall Leal.
Nashville SC has signed Costa Rica international and Deportivo Saprissa midfielder Randall Leal, league sources have told ESPN.
Leal’s salary will be above the threshold for a Young Designated Player, but it is unclear if Targeted Allocation Money will be used to buy down his hit to the salary budget.

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Leal, 22, is in his second season with Saprissa, having made 38 league and cup appearances while scoring six goals. He spent the previous three seasons with Belgian side KV Mechelen. In 2013, Leal…

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Herculez Gomez and Shaka Hislop weigh the pros and cons of CONCACAF’s qualifying format for the 2022 World Cup, which emphasizes the FIFA rankings.
Gustavo Matosas has stepped down as manager of the Costa Rica national team after less than a year in the job, blaming the frequent down times between games that made him feel unproductive.
“I realized that in the national side I feel unproductive even though I kill myself watching videos,” Matosas said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“It’s not what I like to be doing.”
An Argentine national who played for Uruguay, Matosas was in charge for just eight games but will stay on for Friday’s friendly…

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Brian McBride reflects on the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and examines the tournament’s impact on the U.S. and Mexico.

ESPN’s Taylor Twellman explains where things went wrong for the USMNT in their 1-0 defeat to Mexico in the 2019 Gold Cup final.
The United States and Mexico are almost certain to go straight to the six-team Hexagonal round of qualifying for Qatar 2022, with CONCACAF announcing new rules for the next World Cup.
The top six-ranked teams in the FIFA rankings after the June 2020 international window will automatically be included in the home-and-away Hexagonal. The top three will qualify for Qatar 2022.
Gold Cup winner Mexico is currently a long way ahead of those outside the top six, meaning it’s virtually inconceivable that…

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Mexico

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Mexico wins 5-4 on Penalty Kicks.

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Guillermo Ochoa saved a sudden death penalty from Keysher Fuller as Mexico overcame Costa Rica 5-4 on penalties on Saturday to advance to the Gold Cup semifinals, after the score finished 1-1 after extra time in front of 70,788 fans in Houston.
Raul Jimenez had handed Mexico the lead in the 44th minute, with Bryan Ruiz leveling from the penalty spot in the 52nd, after a debatable penalty call on Joel Campbell. Costa Rica goalkeeper Leonel Moreira saved Jimenez’s first penalty in the shoot-out, but…

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Gregg Berhalter talks about his decision to start 11 new players, following the USMNT’s 1-0 victory over Panama at the Gold Cup.

We are down to the final eight teams in the Gold Cup. Central American stalwarts Honduras and El Salvador have gone home, while surprises abound like Curacao and Haiti, plus the top teams in the region like Mexico and the United States.
Here is the lowdown on each of the four quarterfinal clashes:

HAITI vs. CANADA
WHERE: NRG Stadium, Houston WHEN: Saturday 7:00 PM ET
THE STORY SO FAR: For the first time in its history, Haiti finished atop their Gold Cup group and head into the knockout round…

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Haiti

Costa Rica

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June 24 (Reuters) – Haiti’s Djimy Alexis picked himself up from scoring an own goal against Costa Rica in their Gold Cup match on Monday to grab a late winner that secured top spot for his side in Group B.Alexis was unable to get out the way in time as Alvaro Saboro’s header ricocheted off him and wrongfooted his own goalkeeper to give Costa Rica a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute.Haiti levelled in the 57th minute through Duckens Nazon’s penalty and the 21-year-old Alexis completed the comeback with less…

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Bermuda

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Goals from Mayron George and Elias Aguilar helped Costa Rica to a 2-1 victory over Bermuda in Texas on Thursday that also earned them a place in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup with a match to spare.
Haiti, who earlier beat Nicaragua 2-0, also qualified for the quarterfinals with Costa Rica’s victory. Both sides have won two games and meet in New Jersey in their final Group B match on Monday.
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George opened the scoring for…

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