after winning Group A of the biennial championship of the North American,
Central American and Caribbean region with a 2-0-1 record.
Viewing parties for today’s 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
semifinal game between the U.S. and Jamaica will be held at five locations in Los Angeles County and in Tustin in Orange County.
The opening kickoff from Atlanta is set for 3 p.m. The game will be televised in English by cable’s Fox Sports 1 and in Spanish by UniMas.
The Los Angeles and Orange County watch parties will be held at:
— House of Wings Sportsbar, 2317 D St., La Verne
— The Man Cave Ultimate Sports Bar and Lounge, 3575 Cahuenga Blvd.,
Universal City;
— Q’s Billiard Club, 11835 Wilshire Blvd., Brentwood;
— Shannon’s On Pine, 209 Pine Ave., Long Beach;
— Underground Pub & Grill, 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach; and
— The Auld Dubliner, 2497 Park Ave., Tustin.
The viewing parties are organized by various chapters of American Outlaws, a nationwide support group for the U.S. men’s and women’s national soccer teams.
The U.S. advanced to the semifinals by defeating Cuba, 6-0, Saturday after winning Group A of the biennial championship of the North American, Central American and Caribbean region with a 2-0-1 record.
Jamaica defeated Haiti, 1-0, in a quarterfinal Saturday and won Group B with a 2-0-1 record.
The U.S. is 27th in the rankings compiled by FIFA, soccer’s international governing body. Jamaica is ranked 76th.
The U.S. is 13-1-8 against the team known as the Reggae Boyz. Since the lone loss in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in 2012, the U.S. has defeated Jamaica three consecutive times, all in World Cup qualifiers.
The 21-player Jamaican team consists of eight players who play on club teams in England, six in Major League Soccer, two each in Jamaica and Sweden, and one each in the second-tier North American Soccer League and third-tier United Soccer League. Midfielder Rodolph Austin is unattached.
Jamaican forward Giles Barnes is a teammate of U.S. defender DaMarcus Beasley on Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo.
The winner will advance to Sunday’s final against the winner of the Mexico-Panama semifinal, which is set to begin at 6 p.m. The semifinal losers will play in the third-place game Saturday.
