The Gold Cup’s quickly approaching, folks. OK, OK, that one too, but also the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the continent’s international soccer championship (it does seem remarkable, however, that the Virginia Gold Cup web site gets more hits than a bi-annual soccer tournament that crowns the champion of all of North and Central America and the Caribbean). Lucky for us, Washington has been named one of the 13 host cities in this year’s event. Even luckier, we’re one of three cities that will host one of team USA’s first round games: they’ll take on Honduras on Wednesday, July 8 at RFK. The game is part of a double-header starting at 7 p.m., with Haiti and Grenada kicking things off. What’s more, Honduras is the last team in the region to beat the U.S. at home, when they pulled a 3-2 upset at RFK in 2001. Though this is one of three major competitions for the Americans this year—they’ll play in the FIFA Confederations Cup in late June in addition to their ongoing World Cup qualifying slate—they’ve won the tournament 3 out of the last 4 times, and coach Bob Bradley’s men will be looking to win their third straight. The game should also provide a great chance for RFK to flex its pro-Yank muscles (the stadium will also host the integral World Cup qualifying match against Costa Rica on October 14) after being left out of hosting duties for one World Cup cycle. Tickets went on sale this morning.