2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	7–26 July
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	14 (in 14 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	51 (2.22 per match)
Attendance	530,613 (23,070 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alphonso Davies Kévin Parsemain (3 goals each)
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The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup is the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organised by CONCACAF. The tournament is being held from 7 to 26 July.

The winners of this tournament will play against the winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the 2019 CONCACAF Cup, a one-match play-off to determine CONCACAF's qualifier for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup. If the same team wins both the 2017 and 2019 Gold Cups, it automatically qualifies for the Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams

A total of 12 teams will qualify for the tournament. Three berths are allocated to North America, four to Central America, four to the Caribbean, and one to the winners of the play-off between the two fifth-placed teams of the Caribbean zone and the Central American zone.

Team	Qualification	Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship)	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking at start of event
North American zone
United States	Automatic	14th (16th)	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013)	35
Mexico (Title holders)	Automatic	14th (22nd)	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977)	16
Canada	Automatic	13th (16th)	Champions (2000) Champions (1985)	100
Central American zone qualified through the 2017 Copa Centroamericana
Honduras	Winners	13th (19th)	Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981)	72
Panama	Runners-up	8th (9th)	Runners-up (2005, 2013)	52
El Salvador	Third Place	10th (16th)	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013) Runners-up (1963, 1981)	103
Costa Rica	Fourth Place	13th (19th)	Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989)	26
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2017 Caribbean Cup
Curaçao	Winners	1st (5th)1	Third place (1963, 1969)	68
Jamaica	Runners-up	10th (12th)	Runners-up (2015)	76
French Guiana	Third Place	1st (1st)	None	N/A2
Martinique	Fourth Place	5th (5th)	Quarterfinals (2002)	N/A2
Play-off winners between Caribbean zone fifth place and Central American zone fifth place
Nicaragua	Play-off	2nd (4th)	Group stage (2009) Sixth place (1967)	105

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
1. This is Curaçao's first appearance since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, as its direct successor (with regards to membership in football associations), inheriting the former nation's FIFA membership and competitive record.
2. French Guiana and Martinique are not FIFA members, and so do not have a FIFA Ranking.

Venues

The venues were announced on December 19, 2016. Levi's Stadium was announced as the venue of the final on February 1, 2017.

  Group stage venue    Quarter-final venue    Semi-final venue    Final venue

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

Draw

The United States and Mexico were announced as the seeded teams of Groups B and C respectively on December 19, 2016. Honduras, the winners of the 2017 Copa Centroamericana title were announced as being the seeded team in Group A on February 14, 2017.

Seeded teams

Group A	Honduras
Group B	United States
Group C	Mexico

Squads

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament will be required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads will be eligible to take part in the tournament.

A provisional list of 40 players per national team will be submitted to CONCACAF by June 2, 2017. The final list of 23 players per national team will be submitted to CONCACAF by June 27, 2017. Three players per national team must be goalkeepers.

National teams that reach the quarter-final stage are able to swap up to six players in the final squad with six players from the provisional list within 24 hours of their final group stage game.

Match officials

The match officials, which include 17 referees and 25 assistant referees, were announced on June 23, 2017.

Referees

• Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
• Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
• Drew Fischer (Canada)
• Roberto Garcia Orozco (Mexico)
• Mark Geiger (United States)
• Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
• Walter López (Guatemala)
• Jair Marrufo (United States)
• Yadel Martinez (Cuba)
• Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)
• Oscar Moncada (Honduras)
• Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
• John Pitti (Panama)
• Cesar Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
• Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)
• Armando Villarreal (United States)
• Kimbell Ward (St. Kitts and Nevis)

Assistant referees

• Frank Anderson (USA)
• Joseph Bertrand (TRI)
• Graeme Browne (SKN)
• Ronald Bruna (PAN)
• Jose Luis Camargo (MEX)
• Keytzel Corrales (NCA)
• Melvyn Cruz (HON)
• Carlos Fernandez (CRC)
• Geonvany Garcia (SLV)
• Miguel Hernandez (MEX)
• Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
• Gerson Lopez (GUA)
• Juan Carlos Mora (CRC)
• Charles Morgante (USA)
• Alberto Morin (MEX)
• Marcos Quintero (MEX)
• Christian Ramirez (HON)
• Ainsley Rochard (TRI)
• Corey Rockwell (USA)
• Jesus Tabora (HON)
• Marvin Torrentera (MEX)
• William Torres (SLV)
• Gabriel Victoria (PAN)
• Daniel Williamson (PAN)
• Juan Francisco Zumba (SLV)

Group stage

The top two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams qualify for the quarter-finals.

All match times listed are in EDT (|UTC−4). If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

1. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned;
5. Drawing of lots by the Gold Cup Committee

Group A

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Costa Rica (Q)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
Canada (Q)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Honduras (Q)	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
French Guiana	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Group B

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
United States	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
Panama	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Martinique	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3	Possible knockout stage
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Group C

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
Jamaica	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
El Salvador	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Possible knockout stage
Curaçao	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Ranking of third-placed teams

The best two third-placed teams which advance to the knockout stage must play the winners from another group in the quarter-finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
A Honduras	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
C El Salvador	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
B Martinique	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Knockout stage

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if a match is tied after 90 minutes extra time is not played, and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, if a match is tied after 90 minutes extra time is played, where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Unlike the previous edition of the competition, there will be no third place play-off.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
		Costa Rica	1
		Panama	0
							Costa Rica	0
							United States	2
		United States	2
		El Salvador	0
												United States	0
												Jamaica	1
		Mexico	1
		Honduras	0
							Mexico
							Jamaica
		Jamaica	2
		Canada	1

Quarter-finals

July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) 18:00	Costa Rica	1–0	Panama	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
	Godoy  77' (o.g.)	Report

July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) 21:00	United States	2–0	El Salvador	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 31,615 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
	O. Gonzalez  41' Lichaj  45+2'	Report

July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20) 19:30 16:30 MST (UTC−7)	Jamaica	2–1	Canada	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
	Francis  6' Williams  50'	Report	Hoilett  61'

July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20) 22:00 19:00 MST (UTC−7)	Mexico	1–0	Honduras	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
	Pizarro  4'	Report

Semi-finals

July 22, 2017 (2017-07-22) 22:00 21:00 CDT (UTC−5)	Costa Rica	0–2	United States	AT&T Stadium, Arlington Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
		Report	Altidore  72' Dempsey  82'

July 23, 2017 (2017-07-23) 20:30 17:30 PDT (UTC−7)	Mexico	0–1	Jamaica	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 42,393 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
		Report	Lawrence  88'

Final

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) 21:30 18:30 PDT (UTC−7)	United States	Match 25	Jamaica	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
		Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 51 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.22 goals per match.

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

3 goals

• Alphonso Davies
• Kévin Parsemain

2 goals

• Nelson Bonilla
• Darren Mattocks
• Romario Williams
• Gabriel Torres
• Omar Gonzalez
• Jordan Morris

1 goal

• Scott Arfield
• Junior Hoilett
• Dejan Jakovic
• Francisco Calvo
• David Ramírez
• Ariel Francisco Rodríguez
• Marco Ureña
• Rodney Wallace
• Gerson Mayen
• Rodolfo Zelaya
• Roy Contout
• Sloan Privat
• Shaun Francis
• Steeven Langil
• Edson Álvarez
• Elías Hernández
• Hedgardo Marín
• Orbelín Pineda
• Rodolfo Pizarro
• Ángel Sepúlveda
• Carlos Chavarría
• Abdiel Arroyo
• Miguel Camargo
• Ismael Díaz
• Michael Amir Murillo
• Jozy Altidore
• Joe Corona
• Clint Dempsey
• Dom Dwyer
• Eric Lichaj
• Matt Miazga
• Kelyn Rowe

1 own goal

• Aníbal Godoy (against Costa Rica)

External links

• Official website
• CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF.com