Group C at the 2015 Gold Cup looked as though it was going to be nothing more than a series of warm-up games for Mexico, with the 2 other teams all battling out for a spot in the final 8. Mexico have risen to 2nd place, taking 4 points from their first 2 games. The surprise of the group round came a few days ago when Guatemala was able to hold off Mexico for a 0-0 tie. The Guatemalans now head into their final game against Cuba on Wednesday night knowing that a win might well be enough to put them into the next round.
GK – Arael Arguellez (Cienfuegos/Cuba); Diosvelis Guerra (Artemisa/Cuba); Sandy Sanchez (Las Tunas/Cuba)
DF – Jorge Luis Clavelo (Villa Clara/Cuba); Jorge Luis Corrales (Pinal Del Rio/Cuba); Adrian Diz Pe (La Habana/Cuba); Hanier Dranguet (Guantanamo/Cuba); Angel Horta (Camaguey/Cuba); Yasmany Lopez (Ciego De Avila/Cuba); Yenier Marquez Molina (Villa Clara/Cuba); Yaisnier Napoles (Camaguey/Cuba); Andy Vaquero (La Habana/Cuba);
MF – Alain Cervantes (Ciego De Avila/Cuba); Alberto Gomez (Guantanamo/Cuba); Felix Guerra (Granma/Cuba); Aricheel Hernandez (Villa Clara/Cuba);Daniel Luis (La Habana/Cuba); Ariel Martinez (F.C. Sancti Spiritus/Cuba); Liban Dairon Perez (Camaguey/Cuba); Dario Suarez (La Habana/Cuba);
FW – Armando Coroneaux (Camaguey/Cuba); Keiler Garcia (Camaguey/Cuba); Maikel Reyes (Pinar Del Rio/Cuba)
GK – Victor Ayala (Antigua GFC/Guatemala); Ricardo Jerez (Alianza Petrol/Colombia); Paulo Motta (Municipal/Guatemala)
DF – Carlos Castrillo (Comunicaciones, Guatemala/Guatemala); Stefano Cincotta (Chemnitzer/Germany); Moises Hernandez (FC Dallas/USA); Wilson Lalin (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Deniss Lopez (Municipal/Guatemala); Ruben Morales (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Elias Enoc Vasquez (Real Salt Lake/USA)
MF – Jorge Aparicio (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Gerardo Arias (Petapa/Guatemala); Jose Contreras (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Carlos Figueroa (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Kendel Herrarte (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Brandon De Leon (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Jonathan Marquez (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Carlos Mejia (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Marco Pappa (Seattle Sounders/USA);
FW – Jairo Arreola (Comunicaciones/Guatemala); Edgar Chinchilla (Antigua GFC/Guatemala); Minor Lopez (Atlético CP/Portugal); Carlos Ruiz (Municipal/Guatemala)
Anyone looking for a lot of goals may be better served by tuning in to the Mexico/Trinidad game. I expect this one to be tight and a little nervy, with Guatemala eventually doing enough to get the 1-0 win.
Guatemala finishes a man down, but still holds on to tie Mexico in Gold Cup match, 0-0. pic.twitter.com/L8tut3wAsX
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 13, 2015