With a year to go until the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, the importance of this summer’s Concacaf Gold Cup isn’t lost on the Canadian men’s national team.

Joshua Ofori of Edmonton struck gold over the weekend at the World Boxing Challenge Cup, with a 5-0 decision over Italy's Rotani Guidi in the men's 75-kilogram division in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.

The Gold Cup runs June 14 to July 6. It opens with the group stage and we’ll be tracking each group until eight teams qualify for the knockout stage.

It was six years ago when Niko Sigur last stepped into BC Place, where Canada will begin its 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup campaign Tuesday night. Born and raised in nearby Burnaby, British Columbia, Sigur was not in the stadium as a fan.

Canada’s lone Gold Cup win against Honduras came on January 10, 1996, in Group B action in Anaheim. Carlo Corazzin (7’) and Kevin Holness (27’, 60’) were the scorers in a 3-1 victory, with Presley Carson Wood (40’) pulling one back for Honduras.

Canada coach Jesse Marsch drew a line in the sand with the U.S. men's national team ahead of the Concacaf Gold Cup.

Jesse Marsch claims his comments weren't a dig at the USMNT and star Christian Pulisic, but the aren't many other ways to read into them.

Defending champion Mexico opens the 16-nation CONCACAF Gold Cup on Saturday against the Dominican Republic. Here's the latest.