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Mexico won the Gold Cup, in front of a sold-out NRG Stadium. Seemed like another good preview to the 2026 World Cup!

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Danny Navarro
July 07, 2025

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My Quick Thoughts on the Gold Cup and Club World Cup

  • The Club World Cup ended up being a great idea by Infantino, but greedy ticket prices and poor scheduling really affected the overall vibes of this tournament.

  • The knockout rounds of the Club World Cup appear to have peaked the interested of the fans more so, helped yes by the reduction of ticket prices. I’m afraid people might overpay for the final 3 matches of this tournament, though.

  • Similar aspects affected the Gold Cup as well, but I will admit it was great to see a sold-out NRG Stadium for the Final, with no ICE issues reported. It’s really assuring to see this.

Featured in Germany!

I gave my thoughts on the threat posed by ICE on the Gold Cup and Club World Cup to Germany’s Tagesspiegel. The article is in German so you would need to use Google Translate 😄 

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