2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament will primarily be hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica also hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.

The United States are the defending champions, having won the 2017 tournament. With the abolition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the Gold Cup will 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.

Qualified teams
The qualification system has been changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualify directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal, while the other 10 teams qualify through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.

Bermuda and Guyana will be making their Gold Cup debuts.

Venues
In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches will be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States. This will be the first time that the Gold Cup is held in either region, with all previous matches having taken place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.

United States
In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the 15 venues in the United States which will host matches. Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on 27 September 2018 as the venue of the final.

Costa Rica
On 26 November 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on 16 June 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José.

Jamaica
On 2 April 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on 17 June 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston.

Seeding and schedule
On 31 August 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:

The groups and full match schedule were revealed on 10 April 2019, 18:00 EDT (15:00 local time, PDT), in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Squads
Each team has to submit a list of 23 players (3 must be goalkeepers).

Officials
Match officials were announced on 15 May.


 * Referees


 * Juan Gabriel Calderon
 * Henry Bejarano
 * Yadel Martinez
 * Mario Escobar
 * Walter Lopez
 * Said Martinez
 * Daneon Parchment
 * Adonai Escobedo
 * Fernando Guerrero
 * Marco Ortiz
 * John Pitti
 * Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
 * Ivan Barton
 * Jair Marrufo
 * Armando Villarreal


 * Assistant Referees


 * Micheal Barwegen
 * Kedlee Powell
 * Juan Carlos Mora
 * William Arrieta
 * Helpys Feliz
 * Gerson Lopez
 * Humberto Panjoj
 * Christian Ramirez
 * Walter Lopez
 * Nicholas Anderson
 * Alberto Morin
 * Miguel Hernandez
 * Henri Pupiro
 * Taleb Al Marri
 * Saoud Al Maqaleh
 * Juan Francisco Zumba
 * David Moran
 * Zachari Zeegelaar
 * Caleb Wales
 * Frank Anderson
 * Ian Anderson
 * Corey Parker
 * Kyle Atkins


 * Targeted advanced referee program (TARP)


 * Keylor Herrera
 * Randy Encarnacion
 * Reon Radix
 * Oshane Nation
 * Diego Montano
 * Oliver Vergara
 * Jose Kellys
 * Jose Torres

Group stage
The match dates and the venue assignments were announced by CONCACAF on 9 October 2018. The quarter-final pairings were later amended on 12 October 2018. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals.

''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.''

Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
 * 1) Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
 * 2) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3) Number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 5) Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 6) Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
 * 7) Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
 * Yellow card: −1 points;
 * Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
 * Direct red card: −4 points;
 * Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
 * Drawing of lots.

Group A
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is tied after 90 minutes, extra time is played, where a fourth substitute will be allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Quarter-finals
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Sponsors

 * Allstate
 * Camarena Tequila
 * Cerveza Modelo de México
 * Nike, Inc.
 * Scotiabank
 * Sprint Corporation
 * Toyota
 * Valvoline