{"id":9592,"date":"2025-06-19T07:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/concacaf-gold-cup-power-rankings-why-this-u-s-team-isnt-top-3\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:05:41","slug":"concacaf-gold-cup-power-rankings-why-this-u-s-team-isnt-top-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/concacaf-gold-cup-power-rankings-why-this-u-s-team-isnt-top-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Concacaf Gold Cup Power Rankings: Why this U.S. Team Isn&#8217;t Top 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" comments=\"[object Object]\" overlaytype=\"article\" storycard_image=\"[object Object]\" social_image=\"[object Object]\" show_advertisements=\"true\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\" data-v-bf6c5cbc=\"\">\n<div class=\"story-by-line\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-contributors\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/personalities\/alexi-lalas\" class=\"contributor-wrapper pd-t-b-10 flex\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\">\n<div class=\"headshot-wrapper flex-circle border-grey-d\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 36 36'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/72\/72\/alexi_lalas.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Alexi Lalas\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" class=\"lazyload contributor-headshot\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"contributor flex mg-l-10\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\">\n<div class=\"contributor-texts\" data-v-dc5faa1a=\"\">\n<p>\n                Alexi Lalas\n              <\/p>\n<p>\n                Soccer Analyst\n              <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/a><\/div>\n<p> <!----><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup is underway on FOX, which means my power rankings are back in action.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">As I like to say, these are <i>my <\/i>power rankings. You may agree, you may disagree \u2014 it doesn&#8217;t matter, these are mine. Get your own power rankings!<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">As we go through the tournament, day after day, they might change, but these are my power rankings as we sit today:<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-1 expanded\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Odds to win: <\/strong>+10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-1 expanded last-ranking-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">I loved them last night. I love the environment, I love the performance on the field. Costa Rica could have slid in here, but I&#8217;m not buying this Costa Rica team.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-2 expanded\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Odds to win: <\/strong>+200 (bet $10 to win $30 total)<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-2 expanded last-ranking-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">The United States is here at No. 4. I know it was a big victory but it was Trinidad and Tobago, so they&#8217;re only at the four-spot.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-3 expanded\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Odds to win: <\/strong>+1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-3 expanded last-ranking-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">Panama wasn&#8217;t great, but they get the benefit of the doubt because they have a history at this tournament, and obviously with the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-4 expanded\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Odds to win <\/strong>+170 (bet $10 to win $27 total)<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-4 expanded last-ranking-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">Mexico is just Mexico. There&#8217;s no drama, no dysfunction, but give it time \u2014 that will happen.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-5 expanded\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><strong>Odds to win:<\/strong> +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content ranking-content power-rankings-5 expanded last-ranking-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\">Our good friends Canada are No. 1 for what they&#8217;re doing on the field and certainly what they&#8217;re doing off the field with Jesse Marsch, who just keeps injecting energy and interest into this team with the things that he says.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-24ed9219=\"\"><i>Alexi Lalas is a soccer analyst for FOX Sports and host of &#8220;Alexi Lalas&#8217; State of the Union Podcast.&#8221; He represented the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/united-states-men-team\"><i><u>USMNT<\/u><\/i><\/a><i> at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and had a nine-year professional career. 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