CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021
Number of nations	16  (of 42 applicants)
North American champions	USA (7th title)
venue	USA
Opening game	July 10, 2021
Endgame	August 1, 2021
Games	31
Gates	89  (⌀: 2.87 per game)
Top scorer	Almoez Abdulla  (4 goals)
Best player	Héctor Herrera
Best goalkeeper	Matt Turner
yellow cards	98  (⌀: 3.16 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)
Red cards	7  (⌀: 0.23 per game)

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 was the 26th game of the continental football championship for North, Central America and the Caribbean and the 16th under the name Gold Cup . It took place in the United States from July 10 to August 1, 2021 . As in 2019 , 16 teams took part in the final round. It was first played in a group stage in four groups of four teams and then in the knockout system .

The winners for the seventh time were the hosts from the USA , who defeated defending champions Mexico 1-0 after extra time in the final.

Venues

Arlington Austin Dallas Frisco Glendale Houston Kansas City Orlando Paradise

Venues of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021

The venues were announced by CONCACAF in April 2021. It was played in nine cities and ten stadiums. The Allegiant Stadium in Paradise was also designated as the final stadium in April 2021 . Gold Cup matches were held for the first time at Allegiant Stadium, Exploria Stadium and Q2 Stadium .

Four of the ten stadiums each had a capacity of between 20,000 and 30,000 and between 60,000 and 80,000 spectators. The largest stadium was the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas with a capacity of 92,100 spectators, the smallest stadium, the Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City , had space for almost 18,500 spectators.

Arlington	Austin	Dallas	Frisco	Glendale
AT&T Stadium Capacity: 80,000	Q2 Stadium Capacity: 20,500	Cotton Bowl Stadium Capacity: 92,100	Toyota Stadium Capacity: 20,500	State Farm Stadium Capacity: 63,400
Houston		Kansas City	Orlando	Paradise
BBVA Stadium Capacity: 22,039	NRG Stadium Capacity: 71,795	Children's Mercy Park Capacity: 18,467	Exploria Stadium Capacity: 25,500	Allegiant Stadium Capacity: 61,000

participant

qualification

As in the 2019 tournament , no regional qualifying competitions were held. The group stage of the CONCACAF Nations League 2019/20 served as qualification . The two best from each of the four groups in League A and the respective group winners from League B qualified directly for the tournament. The remaining four participants were to be determined through two play-off rounds with a return leg . The group winners from League C, the runners-up from League B and the bottom of the group from League A should take part in these. Since the planned games in March and June 2020 could not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the scheduling difficulties due to the changed World Cup qualification in 2022 , the games finally took place in the week before the start of the finals in a central location in the United States instead of. The Inter Miami Stadium in Fort Lauderdale served as the venue for all games .

First round

The games took place on July 2nd and 3rd, 2021.

	Result
Haiti	6: 1 (3: 1)	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Guatemala	4: 0 (1: 0)	Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago	6: 1 (3: 0)	Montserrat
Cuba	Where	French Guiana
Guadeloupe	2: 0 (0: 0)	Bahamas
Bermuda	8: 1 (4: 1)	Barbados

Second round

The games took place on July 6, 2021.

	Result
Haiti	4: 1 (3: 0)	Bermuda
Guatemala	1: 1 (1: 1) (9:10 i. E. )	Guadeloupe
Trinidad and Tobago	1: 1 (1: 1) (8: 7 i. E. )	French Guiana

draw

The group draw took place on September 28, 2020 in Miami , Florida . It was the first ever draw for the Gold Cup. The teams were divided into four pots according to their position in the CONCACAF ranking from August 2020. The group heads were Mexico in Group A, the USA in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Honduras in Group D. The visiting team from Qatar was set at the end of Group D.

On July 9, 2021, CONCACAF announced that Curaçao could not take part in the tournament due to several COVID-19 cases in the team. As a replacement, Guatemala, the team with the best record in the qualification, was chosen.

Pot 1 :  Mexico (1)  USA (2)  Costa Rica (3)  Honduras (4) Pot 2 :  Jamaica (5)  Canada (6)  Panama (8)  El Salvador (10)

Pot 3:  Martinique (11)  Curacao (13)  Suriname (15)  Grenada (20) Pot 4:  Haiti (winner qualification)  Guadeloupe (Winner Quali)  Trinidad and Tobago (Winner Quali)  Qatar (guest)

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Mexico ( squad )	USA ( squad )	Costa Rica ( squad )	Honduras ( squad )
El Salvador ( squad )	Canada ( squad )	Jamaica ( squad )	Panama ( squad )
Guatemala ( squad )	Martinique ( squad )	Suriname ( squad )	Grenada ( squad )
Trinidad and Tobago ( squad )	Haiti ( squad )	Guadeloupe ( squad )	Qatar ( squad )

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	07th
2.	El Salvador	3	2	0	1	004: 100	+3	06th
3.	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	001: 300	−2	02
4th	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	001: 600	−5	01

July 10, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (July 11, 4:00 p.m. CEST ) in Arlington
Mexico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0-0
July 11, 2021, 10:00 p.m. (July 12, 5:00 p.m. CEST) in Frisco
El Salvador	-	Guatemala	2: 0 (0: 0)
July 14, 2021, 6:30 p.m. (July 15, 1:30 CEST) in Frisco
Trinidad and Tobago	-	El Salvador	0: 2 (0: 1)
July 14, 2021 at 9:30 p.m. (July 15, 4:30 am CEST) in Dallas
Guatemala	-	Mexico	0: 3 (0: 1)
July 18, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (July 19, 4:00 am CEST) in Dallas
Mexico	-	El Salvador	1: 0 (1: 0)
July 18, 2021, 9:00 p.m. (July 19, 4:00 p.m. CEST) in Frisco
Guatemala	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	USA	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	09
2.	Canada	3	2	0	1	008: 300	+5	06th
3.	Haiti	3	1	0	2	003: 600	−3	03
4th	Martinique	3	0	0	3	003:120	−9	00

July 11, 2021, 17:30 pm (July 12 00:30 CEST ) in Kansas City
Canada	-	Martinique	4: 1 (3: 1)
July 11, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. (July 12, 3:00 a.m. EDT) in Kansas City
USA	-	Haiti	1: 0 (1: 0)
July 15, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. (July 16, 1:30 AM CEST) in Kansas City
Haiti	-	Canada	1: 4 (0: 1)
July 15, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (July 16, 4:00 am CEST) in Kansas City
Martinique	-	USA	1: 6 (0: 2)
July 18, 2021, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. CEST) in Frisco
Martinique	-	Haiti	1: 2 (0: 1)
July 18, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. (11:00 PM CEST) in Kansas City
USA	-	Canada	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Suriname	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00

July 12, 2021, 6:30 p.m. (July 13, 0:30 CEST ) in Orlando
Jamaica	-	Suriname	2: 0 (2: 0)
July 12, 2021, 9:00 p.m. (July 13, 3:00 p.m. CEST) in Orlando
Costa Rica	-	Guadeloupe	3: 1 (2: 1)
July 16, 2021, 6:30 p.m. (July 17, 0:30 CEST) in Orlando
Guadeloupe	-	Jamaica	1: 2 (1: 1)
July 16, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (July 17, 3:00 p.m. CEST) in Orlando
Suriname	-	Costa Rica	1: 2 (0: 0)
July 20, 2021, 6:00 p.m. (July 21, 1:00 a.m. CEST) in Houston (BBVA)
Suriname	-	Guadeloupe	2: 1 (1: 1)
July 20, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (July 21, 1:00 am CEST) in Orlando
Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	1: 0 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Qatar	3	2	1	0	009: 300	+6	07th
2.	Honduras	3	2	0	1	007: 400	+3	06th
3.	Panama	3	1	1	1	008: 700	+1	04th
4th	Grenada	3	0	0	3	001:110	−10	00

July 13, 2021, 7:50 p.m. (July 14, 2:50 CEST ) in Houston (BBVA)
Qatar	-	Panama	3: 3 (0: 0)
July 13, 2021, 10:20 pm (July 14, 5:20 am CEST) in Houston (BBVA)
Honduras	-	Grenada	4: 0 (1: 0)
July 17, 2021, 6:30 p.m. (July 18, 1:30 CEST) in Houston (BBVA)
Grenada	-	Qatar	0: 4 (0: 3)
July 17, 2021, 8:30 p.m. (July 18, 3:30 CEST) in Houston (BBVA)
Panama	-	Honduras	2: 3 (2: 1)
July 20, 2021, 8:00 p.m. (July 21, 3:00 a.m. CEST) in Houston (BBVA)
Honduras	-	Qatar	0: 2 (0: 1)
July 20, 2021, 9:00 p.m. (July 21, 3:00 p.m. CEST) in Orlando
Panama	-	Grenada	3: 1 (2: 0)

Final round

→ Main article : CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 / final round

game schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	Qatar		3
	El Salvador		2
						Qatar		0
						USA		1
	USA		1
	Jamaica		0
											USA		11 1
											Mexico		0
	Mexico		3
	Honduras		0
						Mexico		2
						Canada		1
	Costa Rica		0
	Canada		2

¹ win after extra time

Quarter finals

July 24, 2021, 4:30 p.m. (July 25, 1:30 AM CEST ) in Glendale
Qatar	-	El Salvador	3: 2 (2: 0)
July 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. (July 25, 4:30 AM EDT) in Glendale
Mexico	-	Honduras	3: 0 (3: 0)
July 25, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (July 26, 1:00 am CEST) in Arlington
Costa Rica	-	Canada	0: 2 (0: 1)
July 25, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. (July 26, 4:00 p.m. CEST) in Arlington
USA	-	Jamaica	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

July 29, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. (July 30, 1:30 AM CEST ) in Austin
Qatar	-	USA	0: 1 (0: 0)
July 29, 2021, 9:00 p.m. (July 30, 4:00 p.m. CEST) in Houston (NRG Stadium)
Mexico	-	Canada	2: 1 (1: 0)

final

USA		Mexico
	final August 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (August 2, 3:00 am CEST ) in Paradise ( Allegiant Stadium ) Spectators: 61,114 Referee: Said Martínez ( Honduras )   Match report
	Matt Turner - Reggie Cannon (65th Shaquell Moore ), James Sands , Miles Robinson , George Bello (65th Sam Vines ) - Eryk Williamson (87th Gianluca Busio ), Kellyn Acosta , Sebastian Lletget (66th Cristian Roldan ) - Paul Arriola (87th Nicholas Gioacchini ), Gyasi Zardes , Matthew Hoppe (120th + 1 ' Henry Kessler ) Head coach: Gregg Berhalter	Alfredo Talavera - Luis Rodríguez , Néstor Araujo , Héctor Moreno (44th Carlos Salcedo , 106th Gilberto Sepúlveda ), Jesús Gallardo - Héctor Herrera , Edson Álvarez , Jonathan dos Santos (76th Erick Gutiérrez ) - Orbelín Pineda (76th Rodolfo Pizarro ) , Rogelio Funes Mori (106th Alan Pulido ), Jesús Corona (91st Osvaldo Rodríguez ) Head coach: Gerardo Martino ( Argentina )
	1-0 Robinson (117.)
	Acosta (113.)	Herrera (72.), Gallardo (114.), Álvarez (117.)
	Player of the Match: Matt Turner (USA)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers in the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted first according to the number of templates and then according to the game minutes.

rank	Nat	player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
01		Almoez Abdulla	4th	0	401
02		Stephen Eustáquio	3	1	344
03		Orbelín Pineda	3	1	388
04th		Romell Quioto	3	0	124
05		Cyle Larin	3	0	204
06th		Joaquín Rivas	3	0	273
07th		Abdulaziz Hatem	3	0	416
08th		Rogelio Funes Mori	3	0	424
09		Akram Afif	2	3	412
10		Junior Hoilett	2	2	323
11		Gyasi Zardes	2	1	241
12th		Joel Campbell	2	1	358

In addition to these top scorers with at least two goals and one template, there are 8 more with two goals each without template, 39 others with one goal each and two own goals.

referee

On June 30, 2021, CONCACAF published a list of 19 referees and 25 assistant referees for the tournament. Four referees come from Mexico, three from the USA and two each from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica and El Salvador. First is video evidence to be used, for which twelve video assistants were nominated.

Main referee

•  Ricardo Montero
•  Juan Gabriel Calderón
•  Iván Barton
•  Ismael Cornejo
•  Reon Radix
•  Mario Escobar
•  Bryan López
•  Selvin Brown
•  Said Martínez
•  Oshane Nation
•  Daneon Parchment
•  Drew Fischer
•  Adonai Escobedo
•  Fernando Guerrero
•  Fernando Hernández
•  César Arturo Ramos
•  Jair Marrufo
•  Armando Villarreal
•  Ismail Elfath

Assistant Referee

•  Iroots Appleton
•  William Arrieta
•  Juan Carlos Mora
•  Geovany García
•  David Moran
•  Juan Francisco Zumba
•  Gerson López
• Walter López
•  Christian Ramírez
•  Roney Salinas
•  Nicholas Anderson
•  Ojay Duhaney
•  Jassett Kerr
•  Michael Barwegen
•  Miguel Hernández
•  Michel Morales
•  Alberto Morin
•  Henri Pupiro
•  Zachari Zeegelaar
•  Caleb Wales
•  Frank Anderson
•  Kyle Atkins
•  Logan Brown
•  Kathryn Nesbitt
•  Corey Parker

Video assistants

•  David Gantar
•  Carlos Ayala
•  Arturo Cruz
•  Leon Barajas
•  Erick Miranda
•  Angel Monroy
•  Joel Rangel
•  Tatiana Guzman
•  Allen Chapman
•  Tim Ford
•  Edvin Jurisevic
•  Chris Penso

Web links

Commons : 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website for the tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 . In: CONCACAF.com . June 27, 2020. Accessed June 28, 2020.
2. ↑ Concacaf announces host cities and stadiums for 2021 Gold Cup . In: CONCACAF.com . April 22, 2021. Accessed April 24, 2021.
3. ↑ Las Vegas Awarded 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Final . In: CONCACAF.com . April 13, 2021. Accessed April 24, 2021.
4. ↑ Concacaf Nations League to Serve as pathway for 2021 Gold Cup . In: CONCACAF-NationsLeague.com . September 3, 2019. Accessed February 8, 2020.
5. ↑ 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup to begin with Prelims in South Florida this July . In: CONCACAF.com . April 8, 2021. Accessed April 9, 2021.
6. ↑ Draw Delivers Prelims Matchups and Groups for 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup . In: CONCACAF.com . September 29, 2020. Accessed April 24, 2021.
7. ↑ Concacaf Statement - Curacao Delegation at 2021 Gold Cup . In: CONCACAF.com . July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
8. ↑ Match Officials Appointed for 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup . In: CONCACAF.com . June 30, 2021. Accessed July 1, 2021.
9. ↑ Concacaf confirms plans to rollout VAR in 2021 club and men's national team competitions . In: CONCACAF.com . April 6, 2021. Accessed July 1, 2021.