Latino blood drives the advance of the US team in the Gold Cup

The United States has advanced as the leader of group A with 7 points along with Jamaica towards the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, an indisputable success, achieved with Latino blood in their ranks.

The US team has relied on the expertise of its star striker, the Colombian Jesús Ferreira, 24, who scored his second consecutive hat-trick in the tournament last Sunday against Trinidad and Tobago.

Ferreira is accompanied by two other strikers, the Mexican born in Ciudad Juárez Alejandro Zendejas and Brandon Vázquez, who, although of Latin roots, was born in Chula Vista, California.

Cristian Roldán, 28 years old, is another of the flyers, also born in California, but to a Guatemalan father and a Salvadoran mother.

A sensitive loss for the team is that of midfielder Alan Soñora, born in New York, who injured his right hamstring after Sunday’s game. The United States Soccer Federation announced the trade of him for midfielder Jackson Yueill, who was immediately added to the roster for the knockout rounds, it said. Associated Press.

He is selected from the United States will face Canada on Sunday, July 9 at the TQLStadium in Cincinnati at 7:30 pm (Eastern time) as one of the keys to Group A, while Guatemala and Jamaica will do so shortly before at 5:00 pm

Since 1991, when this regional tournament is held as the Gold Cup, the US has bagged 7 championships against 8 of its Mexican archrivals.

The United States has become the permanent headquarters of the competition due, in part to its high level of infrastructure, but also to the cultural diversity among the fans, something that also influences the fact that the team is more diverse as well.

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