2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2003 (in Spanish)
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	Mexico United States
Dates	July 12–27
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (4th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	50 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Centeno Landon Donovan (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jesús Arellano
Best goalkeeper	Oswaldo Sánchez
Fair play award	United States
← 2002 2005 →

For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both United States and Mexico.^[1] The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern U.S. city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.

The United States' Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5–0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semi-finals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2–1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1–0 in extra time.

Venues

Mexico	United States
Mexico City	Miami	Foxborough
Estadio Azteca	Orange Bowl	Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 105,000	Capacity: 72,319	Capacity: 68,756
Mexico City Foxborough Miami Location of the host cities of the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Teams

Qualification

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking[2]
North American zone
Mexico	Automatic	7th	2002	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998)	11
United States (TH)	Automatic	7th	2002	Champions (1991, 2002)	9
Canada	Automatic	6th	2002	Champions (2000)	78
Caribbean zone qualified through the CFU Qualifying Tournament
Jamaica	Group A Winners	5th	2000	Third place (1993)	48
Cuba	Group B Winners	3rd	2002	Group stage (1998, 2002)	63
Martinique	Qualifying round	3rd	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
Costa Rica	Winners	6th	2002	Runners-up (2002)	18
Guatemala	Runners-up	6th	2002	Fourth Place (1996)	65
El Salvador	Third Place	4th	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	85
Honduras	Qualifying round	6th	2000	Runners-up (1991)	42
Other
Brazil	Invitation	3rd	1998	Runners-up (1996)	1
Colombia	Invitation	2nd	2000	Runners-up (2000)	22

Squads

Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Brazil	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Honduras	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: CONCACAF

July 13, 2003

12:00

Mexico	1–0	Brazil
Borgetti 70'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

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July 15, 2003

21:00

Brazil	2–1	Honduras
Maicon 16' Diego 84'	Report	De León 90' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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July 17, 2003

21:00

Honduras	0–0	Mexico
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alfaro Nery (El Salvador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Jamaica	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Guatemala	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 13, 2003

15:00

Jamaica	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Patiño 42'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 15,423

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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July 15, 2003

20:00

Guatemala	0–2	Jamaica
	Report	Lowe 30' Williams 73' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, U S.

Attendance: 10,323

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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July 17, 2003

Colombia	1–1	Guatemala
Molina 79'	Report	Ruiz 21' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 11,233

Referee: Grevin Porras (Costa Rica)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Martinique	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 12, 2003

United States	2–0	El Salvador
Lewis 28' McBride 76'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 33,652

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

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July 14, 2003

Martinique	0–2	United States
	Report	McBride 39', 43'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 8,780

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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July 16, 2003

El Salvador	1–0	Martinique
González 76'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 10,361

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Cuba	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Canada	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 12, 2003

13:00

Canada	1–0	Costa Rica
Stalteri 59'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 33,652

Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)

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July 14, 2003

Cuba	2–0	Canada
Moré 15', 46'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 8,780

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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July 16, 2003

Costa Rica	3–0	Cuba
Centeno 45' Bryce 72' Scott 77'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 10,361

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 July – Foxborough
	United States	5
					23 July – Miami
	Cuba	0
					United States	1
	19 July – Miami
					Brazil (a.s.d.e.t.)	2
	Colombia	0
									27 July – Mexico City
	Brazil	2
									Brazil	0
	20 July – Mexico City
									Mexico (a.s.d.e.t.)	1
	Mexico	5
					24 July – Mexico City
	Jamaica	0
					Mexico	2
	19 July – Foxborough
					Costa Rica	0			Third place play-off
	Costa Rica	5
									26 July – Miami
	El Salvador	2
									United States	3
									Costa Rica	2

Quarter-finals

July 19, 2003

United States	5–0	Cuba
Donovan 22', 25', 55', 76' Ralston 42'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,627

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

July 19, 2003

Costa Rica	5–2	El Salvador
Scott 11' Centeno 45+2', 68' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Bryce 72'	Report	Murgas 34' (pen.) Pacheco 54'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,627

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

July 19, 2003

Colombia	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Kaká 42', 66'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 23,425

Referee: Ken Stott (United States)

July 20, 2003

Mexico	5–0	Jamaica
Bravo 38' García 42' Osorno 55' Borgetti 61' Rodríguez 83'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Semi-finals

July 23, 2003

United States	1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Brazil
Bocanegra 62'	Report	Kaká 89' Diego 100' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 35,211

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

July 24, 2003

Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica
Márquez 19' Borgetti 28'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Alfaro Nery (El Salvador)

Third place play-off

July 26, 2003

United States	3–2	Costa Rica
Bocanegra 29' Stewart 56' Convey 67'	Report	Fonseca 24', 39'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 5,093

Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final

Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

27 July 2003 (2003-07-27)

Mexico	1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Brazil
Osorno 97'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

4 goals

• Walter Centeno
• Landon Donovan

3 goals

• Kaká
• Jared Borgetti
• Brian McBride

2 goals

• Diego
• Steven Bryce
• Rolando Fonseca
• Erick Scott
• Lester Moré
• Daniel Osorno
• Carlos Bocanegra

1 goal

• Maicon
• Paul Stalteri
• Mauricio Molina
• Jairo Patiño
• Marvin González
• Gilberto Murgas
• Alfredo Pacheco
• Carlos Ruiz
• Julio César de León
• Onandi Lowe
• Andy Williams
• Omar Bravo
• Rafael García
• Rafael Márquez
• Juan Pablo Rodríguez
• Bobby Convey
• Eddie Lewis
• Steve Ralston
• Earnie Stewart

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).^[3][4][5][6]

Golden Ball
Jesús Arellano
Golden Boot
Walter Centeno Landon Donovan
4 goals
Golden Glove
Oswaldo Sánchez
Fair Play Trophy
United States