The six venues will be the Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla., The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas and Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill.

"Once again the Gold Cup will be in six cities across the USA and will draw upon the host country’s unique position as home to soccer fans from every corner of the world," CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said in a media conference call Thursday. "In 2005, over one-third of a million people attended Gold Cup games and this time around we are confident that the tournament will prove just as popular with 12 CONCACAF teams competing for the famous Gold Cup trophy and a place in the next FIFA Confederations’ Cup. All the venues selected have a rich pedigree as hosts of major soccer events and everyone is really excited about the tournament."

The tournament quarterfinal matches will take place at Gillette and Reliant Stadiums with the semifinals and finals taking place at Soldier Field. Chicago is hosting Gold Cup games for the first time in the history of the event.

With the exception of the final on June 24, all match dates will be double- headers with specific dates of games to be announced early in 2007 and the full tournament match schedule to be announced at the start of March 2007, after Central American and Caribbean qualifying has concluded.

The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup champion will represent CONCACAF at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Previous Gold Cup Champions:

2005 - USA

2003 - Mexico

2002 - USA

2000 - Canada

1998 - Mexico

1996 - Mexico

1993 - Mexico

1991 - USA