Tonight the 2021 Gold Cup semifinals will kickoff and for the first time in the modern/Gold Cup era, CONCACAF’s regional tournament will not feature a side from either Central America or the Caribbean.
In all the tournaments going back to 1991, even with South American and other invited teams, there was always a Costa Rica or Jamaica or Trinidad or Panama or even a Guadeloupe in the final four. Not so this year, with all three North American teams and invitee Qatar left in the bracket, the hierarchy of CONCACAF has changed.