2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was primarily hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.
Jamaica
United States
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Costa Rica Jamaica United States |
| Dates | June 15 – July 7 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue | 17 (in 16 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 96 (3.1 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,043,168 (33,651 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Jonathan David (6 goals) |
| Best player | Raúl Jiménez |
| Best young player | Christian Pulisic |
| Best goalkeeper | Guillermo Ochoa |
| Fair play award | United States |
← 2017 2021 → | |
The United States were the defending champions, having won the 2017 tournament. With the abolition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the CONCACAF Cup was annulled and the Gold Cup did not qualify the winner to a major tournament for the first time since 2009.
In February 2018, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12.[1][2]
Mexico won their record-extending eighth Gold Cup title (their eleventh CONCACAF championship overall) with their 1–0 victory over the United States in the final.[3]
Venues
In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States.[1][2][4] This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean, with all previous matches having taken place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.
United States
In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States which would host matches.[5] Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on September 27, 2018, as the venue of the final.[6]
| Pasadena (Los Angeles Area)[4] |
Denver[7][4] | Houston[8][4] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Bowl | Broncos Stadium at Mile High | NRG Stadium | BBVA Stadium |
| Capacity: 90,888 | Capacity: 76,125 | Capacity: 71,795 | Capacity: 22,039 |
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| Bank of America Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 75,525 | |||
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| Philadelphia[4] | |||
| Lincoln Financial Field | |||
| Capacity: 69,176 | |||
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| Nashville[4] | |||
| Nissan Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 69,143 | |||
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| Cleveland[9][4] | Glendale (Phoenix Area)[4] |
Chicago[10][4] | Harrison (New York City Area)[11][4] |
| FirstEnergy Stadium | State Farm Stadium | Soldier Field | Red Bull Arena |
| Capacity: 67,895 | Capacity: 63,400 | Capacity: 61,500 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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| Los Angeles[12][4] | Frisco (Dallas Area)[13][4] |
Saint Paul (Minneapolis Area)[14][4] |
Kansas City (Kansas City Area)[15][4] |
| Banc of California Stadium | Toyota Stadium | Allianz Field | Children's Mercy Park |
| Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 20,500 | Capacity: 19,400 | Capacity: 18,467 |
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Costa Rica
On November 26, 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on June 16, 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional in San José.[16]
Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in Costa Rica. |
San José |
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| Estadio Nacional | |
| Capacity: 35,175 | |
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Jamaica
On April 2, 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on June 17, 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston.[17]
Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in Jamaica. |
Kingston |
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| Independence Park | |
| Capacity: 35,000 | |
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Teams
Qualification
The qualification system was changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal, while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.[18]
Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.
| Team | Qualification[A] | Date of qualification |
Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship) |
Last appearance | Previous best Gold Cup performance[B] (+ CONCACAF Championship) |
FIFA Ranking at start of event[19] |
CONCACAF Ranking at start of event[20] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico |
Hex 1st place | 7 March 2018[C] | 15th (23rd) | 2017 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977) |
18 | 1 |
 Costa Rica (co-hosts) |
Hex 2nd place | 7 March 2018[D] | 14th (20th) | 2017 | Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989) |
39 | 3 |
 Panama |
Hex 3rd place | 7 March 2018[D] | 9th (10th) | 2017 | Runners-up (2005, 2013) | 75 | 5 |
 Honduras |
Hex 4th place | 7 March 2018[E] | 14th (20th) | 2017 | Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981) |
61 | 4 |
| United States (title holders & co-hosts) |
Hex 5th place | 7 March 2018[E] | 15th (17th) | 2017 | Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017) Runners-up (1989) |
30 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Hex 6th place | 7 March 2018[D] | 10th (16th) | 2015 | Semi-finals (2000) Runners-up (1973) |
92 | 11 |
 Haiti |
CNLQ 1st place | 24 March 2019 | 7th (14th) | 2015 | Quarter-finals (2002, 2009) Champions (1973) |
101 | 10 |
| Canada |
CNLQ 2nd place | 24 March 2019 | 14th (17th) | 2017 | Champions (2000) Champions (1985) |
78 | 6 |
 Martinique |
CNLQ 3rd place | 23 March 2019 | 6th (6th) | 2017 | Quarter-finals (2002) | N/A[F] | 12 |
 Curaçao |
CNLQ 4th place | 23 March 2019 | 2nd (6th) | 2017 | Group stage (2017) Third place (1963, 1969) |
79 | 15 |
 Bermuda |
CNLQ 5th place | 24 March 2019 | 1st (1st) | None | Debut | 174 | 20 |
 Cuba |
CNLQ 6th place | 24 March 2019 | 9th (11th) | 2015 | Quarter-finals (2003, 2013, 2015) Fourth place (1971) |
175 | 13 |
 Guyana |
CNLQ 7th place | 23 March 2019 | 1st (1st) | None | Debut | 177 | 22 |
 Jamaica (co-hosts) |
CNLQ 8th place | 23 March 2019 | 11th (13th) | 2017 | Runners-up (2015, 2017) | 54 | 7 |
 Nicaragua |
CNLQ 9th place | 24 March 2019 | 3rd (5th) | 2017 | Group stage (2009, 2017) Sixth place (1967) |
129 | 14 |
 El Salvador |
CNLQ 10th place | 24 March 2019 | 11th (17th) | 2017 | Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) Runners-up (1963, 1981) |
69 | 9 |
- Hex indicates 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal, CNLQ indicates 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.
- Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
- Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on March 29, 2016.
- Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on September 2, 2016.
- Confirmed as Gold Cup participants on March 7, 2018, but qualified for the Hexagonal on September 6, 2016.
- Martinique are not a FIFA member, and so do not have a FIFA Ranking.
Squads
Each team had to submit a list of 23 players (three players had to be goalkeepers).[21]
Seeding
On August 31, 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:[22]
| Rank | Seeded team | Pts[23] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico |
2,042 |
| 2 | United States |
1,872 |
| 3 | Costa Rica |
1,798 |
| 4 | Honduras |
1,632 |
The groups and full match schedule were revealed on April 10, 2019, 18:00 EDT (15:00 local time, PDT), in Los Angeles, California, United States.[24][25][26]
Match officials
Match officials were announced on May 15, 2019.[27]
- Referees
Juan Gabriel Calderón- Henry Bejarano
Yadel Martínez
Mario Escobar- Walter López
Said Martínez
Daneon Parchment
Adonai Escobedo- Fernando Guerrero
- Marco Ortíz
John Pitti
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
Iván Barton
Jair Marrufo- Armando Villarreal
- Ismail Elfath
- Assistant Referees
Micheal Barwegen
Kedlee Powell- Juan Carlos Mora
- William Arrieta
Helpys Feliz- Gerson López
- Humberto Panjoj
- Christian Ramírez
- Walter López
- Nicholas Anderson
- Alberto Morín
- Miguel Hernández
Henri Pupiro- Taleb Al Marri
- Saoud Al Maqaleh
- Juan Francisco Zumba
- David Morán
Zachari Zeegelaar
Caleb Wales- Frank Anderson
- Ian Anderson
- Corey Parker
- Kyle Atkins
- Targeted advanced referee program (TARP)
- Keylor Herrera
- Randy Encarnación
Reon Radix- Oshane Nation
- Diego Montaño
- Oliver Vergara
- José Kellys
José Torres
Group stage
The match dates and the assignments were announced by CONCACAF on October 9, 2018.[28] The quarter-final pairings were later amended on October 12, 2018.[29] The top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.[21]
All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[21]
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | |
| 3 | Martinique |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cuba |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bermuda |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Curaçao |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | El Salvador |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| Curaçao | 0–1 | El Salvador |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Panama |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Guyana |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time was played, where a fourth substitute was allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[21]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 June – Houston (NRG) | ||||||||||
| Haiti | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 July – Glendale | ||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||||||
| Haiti | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 June – Houston (NRG) | ||||||||||
| Mexico (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Mexico (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 7 July – Chicago | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 June – Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 July – Nashville | ||||||||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 June – Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||
| Curaçao | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 96 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Dante Leverock- Lejuan Simmons
- Scott Arfield
- Celso Borges
- Allan Cruz
- Mayron George
- Bryan Oviedo
- Bryan Ruiz
- Álvaro Saborío
Leandro Bacuna- Juriën Gaari
- Nelson Bonilla
Djimy Alexis- Hervé Bazile
- Wilde-Donald Guerrier
- Steeven Saba
- Bryan Acosta
- Jorge Álvarez
- Emilio Izaguirre
- Anthony Lozano
- Damion Lowe
- Darren Mattocks
Stéphane Abaul- Jordy Delem
- Kévin Fortuné
- Joris Marveaux
- Kévin Parsemain
- Roberto Alvarado
- Jonathan dos Santos
- Fernando Navarro
- Diego Reyes
- Alexis Vega
- Abdiel Arroyo
- Yoel Bárcenas
- Armando Cooper
- Erick Davis
- Gabriel Torres
- Kevin Molino
- Jozy Altidore
1 own goal
Terence Vancooten (against Panama)- Manuel Rosas (against Haiti)
Awards
The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[61][62][63][64][65]
| Golden Ball | ||
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| Raúl Jiménez | ||
| Golden Boot | ||
| Jonathan David | ||
| 6 goals, 2 assists 306 minutes played | ||
| Golden Glove | ||
| Guillermo Ochoa | ||
| Young Player Award | ||
| Christian Pulisic | ||
| Fair Play Trophy | ||
| United States | ||
Best XI
The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.[66]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Attacker |
|---|---|---|---|
Marketing
Broadcasting rights
- CONCACAF
| Country | Broadcaster | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| United States (co-host) |
FOX Sports (English) | [67] |
| Univision (Spanish) | [68] | |
| Costa Rica (co-host) |
Repretel | |
| Teletica | ||
| Jamaica (co-host) |
TVJ | |
| Canada |
TSN (English) | [69] |
| RDS (French) | ||
| Mexico |
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| ESPN | [70][71] | |
| Imagen Televisión | ||
| TV Azteca | ||
| El Salvador |
TCS | |
 Guatemala |
Canal 3, Televisiete, Teleonce, Trecevisión | |
| Honduras |
Televicentro | |
| Panama |
TVMax | |
| TVN |
- International
| Broadcaster | Ref | |
|---|---|---|
| International (selected unsold markets) | Concacaf GO | |
 Austria |
DAZN | [72] |
 Brazil | ||
 Germany | ||
 Spain | ||
 Switzerland | ||
| Sport Klub | ||
 Ireland |
FreeSports | [73] |
 United Kingdom | ||
 Israel |
Charlton | |
 Netherlands |
Fox Sports | [74] |
 Norway |
TV2 | |
 Portugal |
Sport TV | |
 Russia |
Match TV | |
 Singapore |
StarHub | [75] |
 Slovakia |
Arena Sport | [76] |
 Sweden |
CMore Sport | |
 Tajikistan |
TV Varzish | |
 Turkey |
D-Smart |
