The National Team of Guatemala made its first training in Los Angeles, California, with a view to the expected debut in the Gold Cup 2025where he will face Jamaica the next Monday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m.. The session was held in one of the sports complexes near the concentration hotel, in the midst of an environment of optimism and commitment.
Under the direction of the technician Luis Fernando Tena, The team trained with full squad, including soccer players who militate abroad and the last to integrate the group. It was a practice focused on physical conditioning and tactical exercises, Looking for the best way for a rival that will require total concentration from the first minute.
One of the aspects that most attracted attention was the presence of new additions They will live their first gold cup with the blue and white. Among them, Damián Rivera, Phoenix Rising footballer of the USL Championship, He actively participated in the works, showing good rhythm and adaptation to the indications of the coaching staff.
They were also present Matth Evans and Archímides OrdonezFC Zimburu striker, who had already been working with the group in previous calls. Its integration has strengthened a template that combines youth, talent and consolidated players in national football.
The atmosphere within the group has been positive, with a lot of focus but also companionship, which reflects the good internal moment that the selected one lives. The team is expected to have Two more training sessions Before the match against Jamaica, in which the tactical aspects and the approach to the debut will refine.
Guatemala is part of the Group cnext to Panama, Jamaica and Guadalupeand will seek in this edition to advance again to the direct elimination phase, as it did in the last edition. However, the first step will be key and the players know it: the duel against the reggae Boyz will be a real test.
In the next few days, the coaching staff will define the initial eleven, although a mixture of experience and youth is expected, with figures such as José Pinto, Óscar Santis, Nicholas Hagenand the reinforcements that have come to provide dynamism and depth.
The opening party of Guatemala will be on Monday at the Dignity Health Sports Parkone of the most imposing scenarios of this Gold Cup, where an important presence of chapines fans supporting the bicolor is expected. The World Cup illusion is underway, and in Los Angeles the countdown has already begun.