MIAMI (AP) — Next year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup will not have any sites on the U.S. East Coast, a sign FIFA may place games along the Eastern Seaboard in its expanded 32-team Club World Cup.
CONCACAF said Wednesday that BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, PayPal Park in San Jose, California, and U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis are the three new venues among 14 sites in 11 areas picked for the tournament, which runs from June 14 to July 6.
FIFA has not announced sites for the Club World Cup, which is slated to start June 15 and end July 13.
The U.S. sent second-string rosters to the 2021 and ’23 Gold Cups to give most Europe-based players time off following their club seasons.
Mexico has won nine Gold Cups, including 2023. The U.S. has won seven, including 2021, and Canada won in 2000.
Two sites in Houston were picked, NRG Stadium and Shell Energy Stadium, along with two sites in the Los Angeles area, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and PayPal Park were chosen from the area south of San Francisco.
Other Gold Cup sites are Arlington, Texas (AT&T Stadium); Austin, Texas (Q2 Stadium); Glendale, Arizona (State Farm Stadium); Las Vegas (Allegiant Stadium); San Diego (Snapdragon Stadium and St. Louis (Citypark).
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Mauricio Pochettino, the newly appointed head coach of the United States men's national soccer team, smiles after a press conference Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air defenses battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours, officials said Thursday, as missiles and drones again hammered the Ukrainian power grid.
The Kyiv attack injured at least two people, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said. A kindergarten, a gas pipe and around 20 cars were damaged in the city, said the Kyiv Military Administration.
Long-range strikes have been a hallmark of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, now deep in its third year, often hitting civilian areas. Attacks on the electricity network have knocked out around 70% of Ukraine’s energy generation capacity, according to the United Nations, bringing blackouts as winter approaches.
Air defense systems are a critical need for Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to meet President Joe Biden in Washington on Thursday in an effort to ensure continuing U.S. military support for his country.
Energy infrastructure was hit in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk region, causing a blackout in parts of the regional capital of the same name, regional Gov. Svitlana Onyshchuk said.
The power grid was also targeted in the southern Mykolaiv region, local authorities said without immediately providing further details.
Russia launched six missiles and 78 Shahed drones at Ukraine overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Ukraine’s air force said. Defenses destroyed four of the missiles and 66 drones in the air, it said.
In the south, a missile killed a 62-year-old woman in the Odesa region, where homes and cars were damaged, regional Gov. Oleh Kiper said.
In the city of Zaporizhzhia, at least eight people were injured in the overnight attack, including a 14-year-old, said regional governor Ivan Fedorov. He published photographs of houses with their windows blown out and walls riddled with shrapnel. The Emergency Service said 12 residential buildings were damaged in the city and 18 people were evacuated.
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In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry press service on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, Russian serviceman stands next to a BM-21 Grad self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher being prepared to operate on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, A Russian serviceman fires Giatsint-B gun towards Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry press service on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, a Russian BM-21 Grad self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
