Concacaf Gold Cup draw results: USA grouped with Saudi Arabia, Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti for summer tourney

The United States men's national team will face Saudi Arabia, a guest team, for this summer's Concacaf Gold Cup

The road to the Concacaf Gold Cup final is set as the groups were drawn on Thursday, with the United States being placed in Group D alongside Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. Kicking off on June 14 and running until July 6 with the final at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, this will be a slightly different Gold Cup than in years past. The United States hasn't always sent its top team to the tournament but that could change following a poor Concacaf Nations League Finals with new coach Mauricio Pochettino at the helm.

With the Gold Cup taking place one year prior to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, it's the final chance that the three nations will have to play competitive matches before the World Cup kicks off. As host nation, the U.S. won't be involved in Concacaf World Cup qualifying, which raises the stakes of this Gold Cup tournament. 

This tournament will also see games take place in Canada alongside the United States with Vancouver being among the host cities for the first time. The other venues will be in the United States, with the tournament being split into regions from the Midwest to the West Coast, as it will run alongside the FIFA Club World Cup for some of the summer.