Championship, or Copa America, but at least there were some good teams, and most teams sent their biggest stars, other than Germany. But it ended a while ago at this point.

The Gold Cup clearly wasn't very important to the two main participants, which sent B or C teams, so it was hard to take it very seriously. Even Costa Rica was missing its best player. The fact that Jamaica got to the final tells you all you need to know about the level of competition.

I went to one ICC match, and watched two others on TV (the Clasico in Miami was cool, although it's too bad Ronaldo didn't play), but they're preseason exhibition matches and just aren't the same as the regular season. Likewise, I just can't get too excited about the NFL preseason matches that started last week, or the NBA summer league a month or two ago.