Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and the City of Denver, will host a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C doubleheader on Thursday, July 13, with the Mexican National Team as one of the featured teams for the doubleheader gamedate.

Denver is one 14 venues in 13 markets, and nine returning metropolitan areas, that will host the region’s premier national team championship. The Broncos’ stadium were hosts during the 2013 Gold Cup, with a doubleheader that featured Mexico against Martinique, and Panama against Canada.

Prior to the 2013 tournament, the Mexican National Team last played in Colorado on June 2, 2011 when they defeated New Zealand 3-0 in front of over 45,000 fans at the Broncos' home building. El Tri has also played three matches at Dick's Sporting Goods Park – September 9, 2015 and March 11, 2009 against Bolivia and August 22, 2007 against Colombia.

WATCH as Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado Rapids Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni and Denver Broncos kicker Brandon McManus share today’s news regarding the 2017 Gold Cup.

CONCACAF has taken steps to expand its footprint to five new emerging soccer markets, allowing more fans across the country to take part in the continental championship first-hand. The 2017 Gold Cup will feature four first-time hosts: the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas; FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio; Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California; and Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

The dates for Gold Cup matches scheduled for each group stage city were also announced, as well as the groups to be headed up by each of the tournament’s two seeded teams: the United States (Group B) and Mexico (Group C). Group A will be filled out pending the completion of the tournament field, with the UNCAF Central American Cup set to determine that region’s qualifiers in January.

Complete groups and schedule, including selection of dates and assignment of matches for the knockout round and the awarding of the Final, will be announced next year.

To date, seven of the 12 national teams scheduled to participate have qualified for next year’s tournament, and include Canada, Curacao, French Guiana, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico and the United States. They will compete for the Confederation crown in July.

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Pre-sale opportunities will be available to Colorado Rapids Full Season Ticket Members. For fans interested in being part of an exclusive presale offering for the Gold Cup game date at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, please contact the Colorado Rapids at 303-825-GOAL or visit www.GoldCup.org.

About CONCACAF Gold Cup

Taking place every two years, the CONCACAF Gold Cup is the official national team championship of the region, which includes North and Central America and the Caribbean. Drawing large crowds and millions of television viewers across the region, the Gold Cup is a celebration of soccer, sportsmanship, and culture. The winner of the 2017 tournament will take home continental bragging rights and an assured spot in the next CONCACAF Cup, a play-in game used to qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup, in the case two separate champions emerge from the next two editions of the Gold Cup.