The USA will play Guatemala on Friday night in an international as they prepare for the Gold Cup 2015 tournament that gets underway later this month. Today's game has a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. ET from the Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The game will be shown on TV on the Fox Sports 1 network and can be watched online through live stream via the link below.

The United States should be high on confidence after some big wins in Europe recently. Their games against Germany and the Netherlands saw shock wins for Jurgen Klinsmann's team, and even though they were just friendlies they were good indicators that this team can at the very least compete with the best.

Those wins will also mean the players in the USA squad should be quietly confident that they can go all the way again in this year's Gold Cup and become champions of North America again. Mexico come into the tournament as slight favorites in many people's eyes, but their poor showings recently coupled with USA's excellent wins in Europe should mean the United States have every chance of claiming the title over their southern neighbors.

Guatemala are by no means an elite team, but at the same time they are good enough to provide a stiff test for the USA today, and if the United States are off their game they could cause an upset.

Today's game will see Michael Bradley step up as captain, with Clint Dempsey being relieved of the skipper duties. Bradley will hope he can help lead the team to a solid win and performance today to get their preparations off to the perfect start.

However, they will be missing Geoff Cameron, Jordan Morris, Tim Howard and Jermaine Jones. Howard is on sabbatical where as the other three players are injured at the moment.

Today's game between the USA and Guatemala has a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. ET and takes place from LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, and can be watched on TV on the Fox Sports 1 network or online through live stream by clicking here.