No group stage exit, no worries. Caribbean’s competitive base is deepening
July 4 – This Gold Cup was the first time that a Caribbean nation has not make it out of the group stage since 1996 when the competition had just nine national teams and went from three groups straight to a semi-final.
In every Gold Cup since then the Caribbean has always had a representative in the knock-out rounds and usually Jamaica, who were losing finalists in 2015 and 2017, or Haiti.
The performance in 2025 has propagated some discussion amongst FA presidents in the region that the Caribbean is now at its lowest competitive edge ever.
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