CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007

With summer now here and with no European Championships or World Cups to occupy our minds there is the small matter of the CONCACAF Gold Cup to fill our footballing conscience.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is an international tournament for the nations of North America, however in recent years Brazil have been invited to come along to give the competition a little bit of glamour. This year however the glamour has been provided from French colony Guadaloupe who have managed to make it through from the group stages into the quarter finals after securing a draw with Haiti and a sensational 2-1 victory over the Canadians with two of the most sublime long range goals you'll ever see:



They face Honduras in today's quarter finals. A match the players must feel they have an excellent chance of winning. With countries such as USA, Costa Rica and an albeit weakened Mexico left in the tournament lifting the Gold Cup come the end of June but a semi final place may still be on the cards for the Guadaloupeans.