World Cup

Familiar foes must face each other one more time in order to reach the promised land. Team USA will take on Mexico for the fifth time with the Gold Cup trophy on the line. Of course, these to nations have a much bigger history against one another, but it always seems to come to a head at the Gold Cup. Both teams took a long, winding road to get here.

While this isn't exactly the championship game, it's just as important. We've nearly reached the end of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, which begins to wrap up this weekend. In this game, England takes on Sweden for third place in this year's tournament. Both teams played some grueling games in the early going, reached the knockout rounds, and both came up short in the semifinals. But they still get to play one last game to prove that they are among the world's best.

The 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup takes place June 15-July 7 with the United States, Costa Rica and Jamaica serving as co-hosts. The U.S. previously co-hosted both the 1993 and 2003 Gold Cup events with Mexico, and shared the 2015 edition with Canada. But this year's event will mark the first time that Gold Cup matches have been played outside of North America. Beyond that the United States has hosted every Gold Cup game.

Two teams that are very familiar with each other are about to battle again. When the United States takes on Jamaica in the semifinals of the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, it'll be a rematch of the 2017 Gold Cup championship game. A trip to this year's title game is at stake here but for these teams, there's something extra on the line as well.

It's all come down to this. The semifinals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup are upon us and the competition will be raised another level. England has reached the semifinal round for the second consecutive time (were eliminated by Japan in 2015 but won the third-place match), where they look to finally turn the corner in pursuit of their first-ever Women's World Cup trophy.