Provisional 40 Player Rosters Announced for 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) revealed today the preliminary 40-player rosters submitted by the twelve participating member associations for this summer’s marquee Confederation championship, the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will crown a CONCACAF champion. 

A mix of rising stars including Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund and USA), Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo and Honduras) and Kemar Lawrence (New York Red Bulls and Jamaica), together with high-profile veterans such as Oribe Peralta (Club America and Mexico), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC and USA), and Bryan Ruiz (Sporting Clube de Portugal and Costa Rica) are among the notable inclusions to the twelve national team rosters. 

The Gold Cup returns to Houston with a doubleheader featuring Costa Rica vs. Canada in match one and Honduras vs. French Guiana in the second match on Tuesday, July 11 at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Tickets to the Houston Group Stage Doubleheader can be purchased here. 

Among the preliminary roster inclusion is five members of the Houston Dynamo, three of which are scheduled to play in the Houston group stage:

Midfielders: Oscar Boniek García (Hondouras)

Forwards: Alberth Elis (Hondouras), Romell Quioto (Hondouras); Erick Torres (Mexico)

Defender: Adolfo Machado (Panama)

In accordance with the Competition Regulations, the preliminary rosters submitted are binding and will serve as the basis for the final 23-player lists for each participating member association. As in past years, teams that qualify for the quarterfinals of this year's Gold Cup will be permitted to amend their 23-player roster following the group stage, by replacing up to six players with new players from the 40-player provisional rosters published today. 

Final 23-player rosters will be announced by CONCACAF in the final week of June. After that official announcement, only injury-related changes are allowed, until 24 hours before each team’s first match of the group stage, at which point rosters are final for the group stage. Any injury replacements must come from the preliminary 40-player rosters and must be approved by the Gold Cup Medical Committee.

The 40-player provisional rosters have been selected and submitted by the Participating Member Associations, and are published as such. In order to be eligible to play in Gold Cup, all players are subject and must fully comply with the criteria stipulated in the applicable FIFA and Gold Cup player eligibility regulations.

The 14th edition of the continental championship will begin Friday, July 7 at Red Bull Arena in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area. That opening double header features a Group A match-up of perennial Central American rivals, Honduras and Costa Rica and 2000 champion Canada facing newcomer French Guiana.

Group B will kick off on July 8, in Nashville, with a rematch of the 2015 Gold Cup third-place match between USA and Panama, followed by Martinique and Nicaragua.

Defending champion Mexico will begin its title defense on July 9 in San Diego, versus El Salvador as the second match of a doubleheader. Curacao and Jamaica will begin play in Group C in the first match of that day.