Chris Richards scored off a second-half free kick to lift the United States to a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Thursday, sending the Americans on to the Gold Cup quarterfinals.

The Gold Cup, the biennial championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, opened play Saturday. Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago both lost their first games in Group D on Sunday.

There will be a new Golden Boot winner at the 2025 Gold Cup as the winner from 2023, U.S. men's national team striker Jesús Ferreira, isn't at this year's tournament.

The U.S. hopes a blowout win over the world’s 100th-ranked team can start to lessen the pessimism created by the Americans’ longest losing streak since 2007.

“So many things can happen in a year.” Gold Cup matches will be played at 14 stadiums in 11 areas, avoiding the Eastern seaboard. The championship is at Houston on July 6.

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup hits matchday 2, and on a day that the USMNT begins their Gold Cup journey, two other matches will serve as the night cap on this Father’s Day.

Mexico's Gold Cup tune-ups against Switzerland and Turkiye will be helpful kickstarters, but perhaps a foreshadowing that the opening group game won't be quite a blowout as some may assume.

“So many things can happen in a year.” Gold Cup matches will be played at 14 stadiums in 11 areas, avoiding the Eastern seaboard. The championship is at Houston on July 6.

Gold Cup games will be available to stream in the U.S. on FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports mobile app. TUDN has the rights in Spanish, while Canadian viewers can access games through OneSoccer.