2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

2017 CONCACAF
Gold Cup Final

United States Jamaica 2 1
Report
Event	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Date	July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)
Venue	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Player of the Match	Jordan Morris (United States)
Referee	Walter López (Guatemala)
Attendance	63,032
Weather	Sunny 79 °F (26 °C) 47% humidity
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The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final is an upcoming football match to determine the winners of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match will be held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States, on July 26, 2017 and will be contested by the United States and Jamaica.

Route to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

United States		Round	Jamaica
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Panama	1–1	Match 1	Curaçao	2–0
Martinique	3–2	Match 2	Mexico	0–0
Nicaragua	3–0	Match 3	El Salvador	1–1
Group B winners 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		Final standings	Group C runners-up 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
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
El Salvador	2–0	Quarter-finals	Canada	2–1
Costa Rica	2–0	Semi-finals	Mexico	1–0

Match

Summary

Jozy Altidore opened the scoring for the U.S. in the last minute of the first half with a free-kick from 30 yards which went over the wall and into the top left corner of the net with his right foot.

Jamaica equalized in the 50th minute from Je-Vaughn Watson after he met a corner from the right on the volley with his right foot at the back post from five yards out. With two minutes to go, Jordan Morris got the winning goal with a right foot shot to the right corner of the net from fifteen yards out after the ball broke to him in the penalty area.

Details

July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) 21:30 18:30 PDT (UTC−7)	United States	2–1	Jamaica	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Attendance: 63,032 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
	Altidore  45' Morris  88'	Report	Watson  50'

United States

Jamaica

GK 24 Tim Howard 90+2' RB 19 Graham Zusi 76' CB 3 Omar Gonzalez CB 5 Matt Besler LB 2 Jorge Villafaña RM 20 Paul Arriola 76' CM 23 Kellyn Acosta 37' 55' CM 26 Michael Bradley (c) LM 25 Darlington Nagbe 90+1' CF 8 Jordan Morris CF 27 Jozy Altidore Substitutions: FW 28 Clint Dempsey 55' MF 9 Gyasi Zardes 76' MF 13 Dax McCarty 90+1' Manager: Bruce Arena

GK 1 Andre Blake (c) 23' CB 3 Damion Lowe CB 4 Ladale Richie 57' 87' CB 21 Jermaine Taylor RWB 5 Alvas Powell LWB 20 Kemar Lawrence CM 8 Oniel Fisher CM 15 Je-Vaughn Watson CM 18 Owayne Gordon CF 22 Romario Williams CF 10 Darren Mattocks 32' 90' Substitutions: GK 13 Dwayne Miller 23' MF 17 Kevon Lambert 87' FW 11 Cory Burke 90' Manager: Theodore Whitmore

Man of the Match: Jordan Morris (United States) Assistant referees: Gerson López (Guatemala) Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala) Fourth official: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

External links

• Official website