Women’s Gold Cup Sked

NEW YORK (13 April 2000): The inaugural Women’s Gold Cup will be held in three U.S. cities from 23 June – 4 July, Chuck Blazer, General Secretary of the Football Confederation, today announced.
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​Eight teams – including a pair of powerhouse guest countries and the top three finalists in the last Women’s World Cup – will participate in the first-ever Women’s Gold Cup, the format of which closely parallels the men’s
​competition of the same name, the continental championship for national teams which is the showpiece event for the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean of Association Football.
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​The three sites which will host matches in Women’s Gold Cup 2000 – and the dates of scheduled first-round matches, are as follows:
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​· Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pa. – Friday 23 June and Monday 26 June
​· Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. – Saturday 24 June and Tuesday 27 June
​· Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Ky. – Sunday 25 June and Wednesday 28 June
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​The semifinals are set for Saturday 1 July at Louisville, with the final and third-place match set for Foxboro on Monday 3 July.
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​Six members of the Football Confederation will take part: USA, the defending Women’s World Cup champion, Mexico and Canada, both of which participated in the 1999 WWC, and Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala.
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​They will be joined by two guest countries: China, which lost to the USA in the thrilling Women’s World Cup final on penalty kicks, and Brazil, defeated by the USA in the WWC semifinals before a huge crowd at Stanford, Calif.
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​The tournament will consist of two groups of four teams each, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. Participating in Group A will be USA, Brazil, Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago. Group B will consist
​of Canada, China, Guatemala and Mexico.
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​WOMEN’S GOLD CUP 2000
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​GROUP A: USA, BRAZIL, COSTA RICA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
​GROUP B: CANADA, CHINA, GUATEMALA, MEXICO
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​VENUES
​HERSHEY, Pennsylvania: Hersheypark Stadium
​FOXBORO, Massachusetts: Foxboro Stadium
​LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium
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​FIRST ROUND
​23.06.00 Hershey
​Brazil v Costa Rica 17:30
​USA v Trinidad & Tobago 20:00
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​24.06.00 Foxboro
​China v Guatemala 12:00
​Canada v Mexico 14:30
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​25.06.00 Louisville
​Brazil v Trinidad & Tobago 13:30
​USA v Costa Rica 16:00
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​26.06.00 Hershey
​Mexico v Guatemala 17:30
​China v Canada 20:00
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​27.06.00 Foxboro
​Costa Rica v Trinidad & Tobago 17:30
​USA v Brazil 20:00
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​28.06.00 Louisville
​Guatemala v Canada 17:30
​China v Mexico 20:00
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​01.07.00 Louisville
​SEMI-FINAL 1 17:00
​SEMI-FINAL 2 20:00
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​03.07.00 Foxboro
​THIRD-PLACE MATCH 18:30
​FINAL 21:00
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