What to Watch This Weekend: The Gold Cup and Hoping to Win the Group Edition

The final rounds of the 2017 Gold Cup Group Stages are upon us and the big question for the Red, White and Blue is clear:

Can we win the group?

Or maybe the bigger question:

What is the identity of this team? (Sound familiar Colorado Rapids fans?)

Saturday will tell us a lot. Speaking of Saturday, here is what I am watching this weekend:

Canada vs Honduras—Friday, 8:00 PM MDT—Fox Sports 1

This one is interesting. The Canadians have played well so far with a win and a draw and sit on top of Group A. Alphonso Davies has shown that he is all that and a bag of chips and has three goals so far, but Canada takes on a Honduras team that so far has looked like crap. They do have a win, but it was a forfeit victory over French Guiana who used an ineligible player. Canada should be able to grind out a result and for a national team that is looking for good news, that would be huge.

Nicaragua vs United States of America, Saturday, 5:00 PM MDT—FXX, Univision

First off, thanks FOX for putting this game on a channel that sounds like a rating for an adult film.

Secondly, the big thing to watch with this game is whether the United States can play a cohesive game. They have not looked good so far against Martinique and Panama and they blew a 2-0 lead against the country with four snakes on their flag (which is kind of cool in retrospect).

Third, I am still trying to discover what the identity of this team actually is since Bruce Arena took over late last year. I know he is still relatively new in the job, but I do not feel like I know what this team is or what they are about.

Jamaica vs El Salvador, Sunday, 4:00 PM MDT—Fox Sports 2

This one is a curiosity to me. I don’t think that either team is that good, but here they are—both with a chance to advance out of the group. Jamaica was stout in defense against Mexico in Denver and El Salvador played a fair game against a terrible Curacao team.

The winner will advance out of their group and a draw may be enough to see both teams through.

So that is what is on my soccer menu for the weekend. How about you? Anything else you are following?