First, a list of the winners for reference:
- 2015: Gold Cup XVII - TEN
- 2016: Gold Cup XVIII - MIN
- 2017: Gold Cup XIX - PIT
- 2018: Gold Cup XX - SPR
- 2019: Gold Cup XXI - MIN
- 2020: Gold Cup XXII - SPR
- 2021: Gold Cup XXIII - MIN
- 2022: Gold Cup XXIV - TEN
- 2023: Gold Cup XXV - WCH
- 2024: Gold Cup XXVI - GBY
- The National Conference has won 7 of the last 10 Gold Cups
- Of those 7 National Conference victories, ALL of them have been teams in the North Division
- 0 Pacific Division teams represented the National Conference in the last 10 Gold Cups
- Tennessee and Minnesota are tied for the most appearances with 4, with 2 of those against one another - 2021 & 2022
- Of Tennessee's 4 total appearances, 3 of those were in consecutive seasons - 2021, 2022 & 2023
- Pittsburgh and Springfield are tied for the second most appearances with 3
- All of Pittsburgh's 3 appearances were in consecutive seasons - 2017, 2018, 2019
- 3 of the 10 games were decided by 1 point, all National Conference wins (2019, 2020, 2023)
- 5 of 10 championship games have been decided by 5 points or less
- The largest margin of victory is 17 points - Pittsburgh over Wichita in 2017 (27-10), and Minnesota over Tennessee in 2021 (24-7)
Questions to be answered: Will the American Conference start their own decade of dominance? Will the Pacific Division send a team to the Gold Cup in the next 10 years? Feel free to post your own
-TC