The Gold Cup's group stage was pretty noneventful until last night's game between Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago.
Wait, let me rephrase. The Gold Cup's group stage was pretty noneventful until the second half of last night's game between Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago, because this goal from Paul Aguilar was all that happened in the first.
Rivaldo and his son, the appropriately-named Rivaldinho, both play for Brazilian second division club Mogi Mirim (Rivaldo is also the club's president).
Given that Rivaldo is one of the best players of all-time (he's 43, but still), and Rivaldinho is the progeny of one of the greatest players of all-time, it's not surprising that they should both score in the same game.
It's a bittersweet moment when you do something amazing that doesn't count.
On one hand, you did something amazing. On the other hand, in the long run it doesn't count for anything.
Paderborn midfielder Marcel Ndjeng must be feeling this way after his insane volley in a preseason game against Bolton.
On one hand, holy cra did you see that? On the other, meh, it was the preseason. He has set the bar awfuly high though.
The USMNT tied Panama 1-1 in the last match of the Gold Cup group stage. The U.S. had already wrapped up the group, having won their two previous games, so there wasn't really any pressure on them.
Blas Perez scored for Panama in the 34th minute and Michael Bradley scored for the U.S. in the 55th minute.
USA center back John Brooks received a yellow card, his second of the tournament, which means he will miss Saturday's quarterfinal contest.
In a game that left many disappointed, Mexico struggled to a 0-0 draw with Guatemala, a team Mexico were expected to beat easily, and a team that was down to 10 men for the final 15-ish minutes.
Mexico's Andres Guardado was named man of the match, but had a close-range volley saved that would have put Mexico ahead.
Guatemala's Jose Contreras was shown a second yellow in the 76th minute, forcing Guatemala to go down a man.
Mexico couldn't finish, shooting 19 times and controlling about 80 percent of the possession but still failing to find the net.
Since their promotion back to the Premier League in 2013, Crystal Palace have been one of the most impressive newly promoted clubs. Finishing eleventh in their first season back to top flight football, they have continued to improve on that record both in the table and within their squad.
England will be wondering what could have been after losing a heartbreaker to Japan in the Women's World Cup semifinals.
Laura Bassett scored an own goal during injury time to send the defending champions into the final against the United States.
Japan opened the scoring on a 33rd minute penalty from Amy Miyama. England equalized on a Fara Williams penalty seven minutes later.
The score remained 1-1 until Bassett's own-goal in the 92nd minute.
Japan will play the U.S. on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.
Highlights (or lowlights, if you're an England fan) below:
After a lackluster display against Bolivia in their first match of the Copa Amerca, Mexico’s “B” team had little to be optimistic about coming into a tough match against host Chile. The Chileans, one of the favorites of the tournament, were also the favorites of the match between the two. La Roja had just come off a 2-0 win in their first match against Ecuador and are the host of the tournament.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's weekend was better than your weekend.
Zlatan bagged a brace in Sweden's Euro 2016 qualifier against Montenegro. That's not unusual in and of itself. Well, for non-Zlatan persons it is. It's pretty standard for Ibra though.
Mexico’s pre-Copa America preparations are done and over with. The real deal has started for El Tri, but their performance against their first opponent, Bolivia, has fans wondering whether they are up for the challenge.
In their Group A match in the Estadio Sausalito in Vina de Mar, Mexico left fans hoping for more. They failed to spark into life in their first Copa America test, drawing the match against Bolivia 0-0.