CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017
Number of nations	12  (of 35 applicants)
North American champions	USA (6th title)
venue	United States
Opening game	7th July 2017
Endgame	July 26, 2017
Games	25th
Gates	55  (⌀: 2.2 per game)
spectator	819,592  (⌀: 32,784 per game)
Top scorer	Alphonso Davies , Kévin Parsemain , Jordan Morris (3 goals each)
Best player	Michael Bradley
Best goalkeeper	Andre Blake
yellow cards	66  (⌀: 2.64 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.04 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.04 per game)

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 was the 24th game of the continental football championship for North, Central America and the Caribbean and the 14th under the name Gold Cup . It took place in the United States from July 7-26, 2017 . It was initially played in a group stage in three groups of four teams and then in the knockout system .

The winner for the sixth time was the USA team , which defeated Jamaica 2-1 in the final. The defending champion was Mexico .

Attendees

The qualification for the Gold Cup was organized by the three regional associations of CONCACAF .

North America

All three associations from North America were automatically qualified for the Gold Cup:

•  Canada
•  Mexico
•  United States

Central America

Due to the suspension of Guatemala , only six of the seven associations of the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF) took part in the Copa Centroamericana 2017 , which took place in Panama in January 2017 . The first four teams qualified directly for the Gold Cup. The fifth-placed team played two play-off games against a representative of the CFU to participate in the Gold Cup.

Qualified were:

•  Honduras
•  Panama
•  El Salvador
•  Costa Rica

Caribbean

→ Main article : 2017 Caribbean Football Championship

25 of the 31 associations of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) took part in qualifying for the 2017 Caribbean Football Championship . In the three qualifying rounds, the four final round participants who qualified directly for the Gold Cup were determined. The three best runners-up in the third round played out the fifth-placed team. This played against a representative of the UNCAF two play-off games for participation in the Gold Cup.

Qualified were:

•  Curacao
•  Martinique
•  French Guiana
•  Jamaica

Play-off games

Two play-off games for the last starting place in the Gold Cup took place between the respective fifth-placed teams in the Central American and Caribbean Cup. The first leg was played on March 24 and the second leg on March 28, 2017.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Haiti	3: 4	Nicaragua	3: 1	0: 3

Venues

Arlington Cleveland Denver Frisco Glendale Harrison Houston Nashville Pasadena Philadelphia San Antonio San Diego Santa Clara Tampa

Venues of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017

The venues were announced by CONCACAF in December 2016. It was played in 14 cities and 14 stadiums. Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara was chosen as the final stadium in February 2017 . Gold Cup games were held for the first time at Levi's Stadium, FirstEnergy Stadium , Nissan Stadium and Alamodome .

Nine of the 14 stadiums had a capacity of between 60,000 and 80,000 spectators. The largest planned stadium was the AT&T Stadium in Arlington with a capacity of 100,000, the smallest stadium, the Toyota Stadium in Frisco , only had space for 16,000.

Arlington	Cleveland	Denver	Frisco	Glendale
AT&T Stadium Capacity: 100,000	FirstEnergy Stadium Capacity: 67,431	Sports Authority Field Capacity: 76,125	Toyota Stadium Capacity: 16,000	University of Phoenix Stadium Capacity: 63,400
Harrison	Houston	Nashville	Pasadena	Philadelphia
Red Bull Arena Capacity: 25,000	BBVA Compass Stadium Capacity: 22,000	Nissan Stadium Capacity: 69,000	Rose Bowl Stadium Capacity: 90,000	Lincoln Financial Field Capacity: 69,596
San Antonio	San Diego	Santa Clara	Tampa
Alamodome Capacity: 65,000	Qualcomm Stadium Capacity: 70,561	Levi's Stadium Capacity: 68,500	Raymond James Stadium Capacity: 65,890

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up qualified together with the two best third-placed group for the quarter-finals, the remaining third-placed and fourth-placed were eliminated from the competition.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Canada	3	1	2	0	005: 300	+2	05
3.	Honduras	3	1	1	1	003: 100	+2	04th
4th	French Guiana	3	0	0	3	002:100	−8	00

July 7, 2017 in Harrison
French Guiana	-	Canada	2: 4 (0: 2)
Honduras	-	Costa Rica	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 11, 2017 in Houston
Costa Rica	-	Canada	1: 1 (1: 1)
Honduras	-	French Guiana	3: 0 (value.) 1
July 14, 2017 in Frisco
Costa Rica	-	French Guiana	3: 0 (1: 0)
Canada	-	Honduras	0-0

annotation

¹French Guiana put in the game (0-0) the ineligible former French international Florent Malouda . The CONCACAF then rated the game with a 3-0 win for Honduras.

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	Panama	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
3.	Martinique	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	001: 700	−6	00

July 8, 2017 in Nashville
United States	-	Panama	1: 1 (0: 0)
Martinique	-	Nicaragua	2: 0 (1: 0)
July 12, 2017 in Tampa
Panama	-	Nicaragua	2: 1 (0: 0)
United States	-	Martinique	3: 2 (0: 0)
July 15, 2017 in Cleveland
Panama	-	Martinique	3: 0 (1: 0)
Nicaragua	-	United States	0: 3 (0: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Jamaica	3	1	2	0	003: 100	+2	05
3.	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Curacao	3	0	0	3	000: 600	−6	00

July 9, 2017 in San Diego
Curacao	-	Jamaica	0: 2 (0: 0)
Mexico	-	El Salvador	3: 1 (2: 1)
July 13, 2017 in Denver
El Salvador	-	Curacao	2: 0 (2: 0)
Mexico	-	Jamaica	0-0
July 16, 2017 in San Antonio
Jamaica	-	El Salvador	1: 1 (0: 1)
Curacao	-	Mexico	0: 2 (0: 1)

Third place table

In addition to the six group winners and runners-up, the two best group thirds also qualified for the quarter-finals.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Honduras	3	1	1	1	003: 100	+2	04th
2.	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
3.	Martinique	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03

Final round

In the quarter- and semi-finals, none was when it was tied after regulation time of 90 minutes extra time played, but it was tantamount to a penalty shootout . In the final, however, in such a case, as usual, extra time of 15 minutes would have been played and then (if still no winner had been determined) the penalty shoot-out would have been applied.

game schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	Costa Rica		1
	Panama		0
						Costa Rica		0
						United States		2
	United States		2
	El Salvador		0
											United States		2
											Jamaica		1
	Mexico		1
	Honduras		0
						Mexico		0
						Jamaica		1
	Jamaica		2
	Canada		1

Quarter finals

July 19, 2017 in Philadelphia
Costa Rica	-	Panama	1: 0 (0: 0)
United States	-	El Salvador	2: 0 (2: 0)
July 20, 2017 in Glendale
Mexico	-	Honduras	1: 0 (1: 0)
Jamaica	-	Canada	2: 1 (1: 0)

Semifinals

July 22, 2017 in Arlington
Costa Rica	-	United States	0: 2 (0: 0)
July 23, 2017 in Pasadena
Mexico	-	Jamaica	0: 1 (0: 0)

final

July 26, 2017 in Santa Clara
United States	-	Jamaica	2: 1 (1: 0)

List of goalscorers

All players who have scored more than one goal in the competition are listed.

rank	Nat	player	Gates	Template
01		Alphonso Davies	3	0
		Jordan Morris	3	0
		Kévin Parsemain	3	0
04th		Jozy Altidore	2	0
		Nelson Bonilla	2	0
		Omar González	2	0
		Darren Mattocks	2	2
		Gabriel Torres	2	0
		Romario Williams	2	0

There were also 33 other players, each with a goal and an own goal by Aníbal Godoy from Panama.

Awards

• Golden Ball: Michael Bradley 
• Golden shoe: Alphonso Davies , Kévin Parsemain , Jordan Morris   
• Golden glove: Andre Blake 
• Best Young Player: Alphonso Davies 
• Fair Play Award: USA 

referee

The CONCACAF nominated on 23 June 2017, the 17 referees who conducted games in Gold Cup. The 17 referees were supported by 25 assistants. Of the 17 main referees, three each came from the United States, Mexico and Honduras, and two from Costa Rica. Three referees belonged to an association whose team could not qualify for the competition.

The referees Aguilar and Geiger were allowed to lead games at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . It was the second Gold Cup for the referees Bejarano, Guerrero, Moncada, Montero, Pitti, Ramos and Martínez and the third for Geiger and García. López and Marrufo participated as referees for the fifth time and Aguilar for the sixth time.

referee	country	Sp.	Sp. As 4. O.				Encounters
							Group stage	Final round
Joel Aguilar	El Salvador	2	1	4th	0	0	CAN - HND , July 14th.	CRI - USA , July 22.
Henry Bejarano	Costa Rica	1	1	2	0	0	USA - MTQ , 7/12 .
Drew Fischer	Canada	2	0	7th	0	0	PAN - NIC , July 12.	USA - SLV , July 19
Roberto García	Mexico	1	1	6th	0	0	PAN - MTQ , July 15 .
Mark Geiger	United States	1	0	1	0	0	CRI - CAN , 11.7.
Fernando Guerrero	Mexico	1	2	0	0	0	USA - PAN , 8.7.
Walter López	Guatemala	2	1	160	0	0	HND - CRI , 7.7.	MEX - HND , July 20. USA - JAM , 7/26
Jair Marrufo	United States	1	0	2	0	0	JAM - SLV , July 16.
Yadel Martínez	Cuba	1	2	4th	0	0	HND - GUF , 11.7.
Melvin Matamoros	Honduras	1	1	4th	1	0	NIC - USA , 7/15
Óscar Moncada	Honduras	2	1	7th	0	0	MEX - SLV , 9.7.	CRI - PAN , July 19.
Ricardo Montero	Costa Rica	2	1	5	0	0	MEX - JAM , July 13th	JAM - CAN , July 20.
John Pitti	Panama	2	1	11	0	0	GUF - CAN , 7.7.	MEX - JAM , 23.7.
César Ramos	Mexico	1	2	2	0	1	CRI - GUF , 14.7.
Héctor Rodríguez	Honduras	1	0	1	0	0	SLV - CUW , July 13th .
Armando Villarreal	United States	1	1	3	0	0	CUW - JAM , 7/9
Kimbell Ward	St. Kitts and Nevis	2	0	5	0	0	MTQ - NIC , 8.7. CUW - MEX , July 16 .
total		25th0	15th0	800	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold Cup group-stage matchups, schedule unveiled . In: CONCACAF.com . March 7, 2017. Accessed March 9, 2017. (Eng.)
2. ↑ CONCACAF Gold Cup venues, seeded teams announced . In: CONCACAF.com . December 19, 2016. Accessed March 9, 2017. (Eng.)
3. ↑ Gold Cup Final awarded to Levi's Stadium . In: CONCACAF.com . February 1, 2017. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed March 9, 2017. 
4. ^ CONCACAF Gold Cup Disciplinary Committee Issues Decision in French Guiana Player Eligibility Case . In: GoldCup.org . July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017. (Eng.)
5. ^ Match Officials Announced for Gold Cup . In: GoldCup.org . June 23, 2017. Accessed June 30, 2017.