Raise your hand if you had Martinique on top of Group B after the first batch of matches at the 2017 Gold Cup.
Ex-Seattle Sounders striker Kevin Parsemain and Legia Warsaw forward Steeven Langil scored on either side of halftime as Martinique topped Nicaragua 2-0 in Nashville on Saturday.
The win comes after the USMNT drew Panama 1-1 in the first half of the doubleheader. Martinique plays the USMNT on Wednesday, while Nicaragua meets Panama.
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Martinique is not a FIFA side, and thus does not have a ranking, while Nicaragua is 105th in the world.
Martinique won its Gold Cup qualifying group over Trinidad and Tobago, while Nicaragua advanced via a playoff tie with Haiti.
GOL Martinica, Kévin PARSEMAIN No. 17 @LFM972_officiel @FENIFUT #CopaOro2017 pic.twitter.com/xI3NnLrSh1
— Gold Cup (@GoldCup) July 9, 2017
It’s an exceptional start for Les Matinino, not unlike the 2013 Gold Cup when they beat Canada 1-0 in an opener before finishing third in a group behind Panama and Mexico.
Nicaragua was swept in its last Gold Cup, 2009, when it went goalless in losses to Mexico, Guadelope, and Panama.
GOL Martinica, Steeven LANGIL No. 11 @LFM972_officiel @FENIFUT #CopaOro2017 pic.twitter.com/zyoNnCDT89
— Gold Cup (@GoldCup) July 9, 2017