after playing 2 games each in the 2011 Gold Cup Group Phase,there were a few minor upsets.
Group A : Costa Rica 1 - 1 El Salvador
Costa Rica(Fifa 56) wasn't able 2 break down El Salvador(Fifa 87) that was 31 places below them in the June 2011 Fifa rankings. Only manage a 1-all draw.
Group B : Honduras 0 - 0 Guatemala
Honduras(Fifa 43) wasn't able 2 break down Guatemala(Fifa 124) that was 81 places below them in the June 2011 Fifa rankings. Only manage a nil-all draw.
Group C : USA 1 - 2 Panama
USA(Fifa 22) lost 2 Panama(Fifa 67) tis morning.
Panama is 45 places below USA in the June 2011 Fifa ranking.
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Gold Cup: Panama shock the US
Panama shocked the highly fancied USA side in Florida, defeating the Americans 2-1.
As well as bringing the hosts' 26-game undefeated streak 2 a close, the result secured Panama a place in the QF fr Group C.
Luis Tejada & Gabriel Gomez put their side 2 up inside 36mins b4 Clarence Goodson pulled 1 back in the 66th minute.
Canada edged past 10-man Guadeloup when Dwayne De Rosario converted a penalty in the 51st minute.
Guadeloupe had midfielder Jean-Luc Lambourde sent off in the 4th minute & could not find a response 1s they finally fell behind following a brave resistance.