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On Saturday the final of the Gold Cup will be played out between the CONCACAF giants: Mexico and the United States. This will be the third time in a row the two have played the final and the Americans will surely be looking to avenge their 5-0 thrashing from 2009.
The Mexican national team has run riot in this year’s edition of the Gold Cup, and not surprisingly, it has been 3 of Mexico’s biggest exports that have been at the center of it. The seemingly overnight sensation Javier Hernandez, along with Giovanni Dos Santos and Andrés Guardado, are the young members of this trio.
Tim Howard may well be the best U.S. soccer player, but it’s hard to compare goalies when only one is on show. Instead it would duly serve any fair-weather soccer fan to know whom to really watch on the field: Landon Donovan or Clint Dempsey?
