Curacao reserve goalkeeper Jairzinho Pieter has died after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Curacao reserve goalkeeper Jairzinho Pieter died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Monday in Haiti while on international duty.
Pieter, 31, felt unwell and passed away in the early hours of Monday morning at the Marriott Hotel in Port-au-Prince, where the Curacao team are staying ahead of Tuesday’s CONCACAF Nations League match against Haiti.
Haiti sports minister Edwin Charles announced on Twitter that Pieter had suffered a “cardiac arrest” and died.
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U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter credits Curacao for their strong attacking play, but believes his side needs to be better in the final third.
Former U.S. forward Herculez Gomez calls the USMNT’s performance against Curacao “lethargic and disjointed,” placing the blame with Gregg Berhalter.
ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle says the U.S. ‘have a lot to work on’ after they labored to a 1-0 victory over Curacao to reach the Gold Cup semifinals.
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The United States held on for an ugly 1-0 win against Curacao at the Gold Cup quarterfinals in Philadelphia on Sunday night to reach the last four of the tournament.
Christian Pulisic, wearing the captain’s armband for just the second time, led Gregg Berhalter’s first-choice lineup against Curacao and nearly scored twice inside the first five minutes but missed wide on one shot and had another miraculously saved by goalkeeper Eloy Room.
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ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports on the USMNT’s preparations for their Gold Cup quarterfinal vs. Curacao, one of the tournament’s surprise packages.
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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Jurien Gaari belted a 25-yard goal in second-half stoppage time, lifting Curacao to a 1-1 tie with Jamaica on Tuesday in Los Angeles and keeping his team’s hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Curacao (1-1-1) moved level on points with El Salvador (1-0-1) on the final day of Group C action. El Salvador was set to take on already-eliminated Honduras (0-2-0) in the second game on the Los Angeles doubleheader.
The draw was enough to guarantee Jamaica (1-0-2) a spot in the…
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Nelson Bonilla was on target in El Salvador’s 1-0 win over Curacao on Monday.
El Salvador got their Gold Cup campaign off to a winning start on Monday with a 1-0 win over Curacao in Jamaica.
Nelson Bonilla ran on to a through ball from Oscar Ceren in the dying seconds of the first half and his angled shot into the bottom right-hand corner of the net proved the winner.
The Group C game was held at Kingston’s Independence Park as part of the Gold Cup expansion plans promoted by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
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Angel Sepulveda scored Mexico’s opener, and El Tri went on to beat Curacao 2-0 on Sunday night.
SAN ANTONIO — Mexico finished top of Group C in the Gold Cup thanks to its 2-0 victory over Curacao in front of 44,232 in the Alamodome in San Antonio. Angel Sepulveda opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, with Edson Alvarez wrapping up the scoring in second half injury time.
The win sets up a quarterfinal against Honduras on Thursday in Phoenix. Here are three takes from the match:
1. Corona stars in goal for El Tri
The fact Mexico goalkeeper Jesus Corona was the man of the match tells…