When we last left the power rankings, I was hopeful that the quarterfinals and knockout rounds would provide some better soccer or at the very least more drama to prop up a dismal group stage.
For the most part, it did not. While the knockout stages improved considerably (it couldn’t the overall feeling of the Gold Cup did not change much. The games were largely drab affairs from an offensive standpoint lacking in creativity and did more to highlight the “B” teams sent by the United States and Mexico in particular.