2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious in the final against an upstart Panama team led by tournament MVP Luis Tejada. After regulation and 30 minutes of extra time ended scoreless, the U.S. won 3–1 on penalties.

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 6–24
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	73 (2.92 per match)
Attendance	340,018 (13,601 per match)
Top scorer(s)	DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Carlos Ruiz Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Luis Tejada
Best goalkeeper	Jaime Penedo
Fair play award	Honduras
← 2003 2007 →

For this edition, the format was switched from four groups of three teams each to the three groups of four teams. As a result, there was one more group stage game for each team, and the likelihood of teams advancing on a coin toss was much less. The top two teams from each group and the two best third-place teams would advance to the quarterfinals.

As usual for the Gold Cup, several of the top teams fielded less than their top squads, including guest teams Colombia and South Africa. Mexico and the United States were missing at least half their usual starters, and a few top name players on smaller nations (Paulo Wanchope and Amado Guevara, among others) also declined to participate. During the tournament, matches in Miami's Group A had to be postponed because of Hurricane Dennis.

This was the last edition of the tournament to have guest participants from other confederations until the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking[1]
North American zone
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	8th	2003	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)	6
United States	Automatic	8th	2003	Champions (1991, 2002)	10
Canada	Automatic	7th	2003	Champions (2000)	85
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2005 Caribbean Cup
Jamaica	Winners	6th	2003	Third place (1993)	41
Cuba	Runners-up	4th	2003	Quarterfinals (2003)	70
Trinidad and Tobago	Third Place	6th	2002	Third place (2000)	58
Central American zone qualified through the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup
Costa Rica	Winners	7th	2003	Runners-up (2002)	24
Honduras	Runners-up	7th	2003	Runners-up (1991)	50
Guatemala	Third Place	7th	2003	Fourth Place (1996)	59
Panama	Fourth Place	2nd	1993	Group stage (1993)	98
Other
South Africa	Invitation	1st	None	Debut	39
Colombia	Invitation	3rd	2000	Runners-up (2000)	25

Venues

Foxborough	East Rutherford	Carson	Los Angeles
Gillette Stadium	Giants Stadium	Home Depot Center	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 68,756	Capacity: 80,042	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 93,607
Miami	Seattle	Houston
Orange Bowl	Qwest Field	Reliant Stadium
Capacity: 72,319	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 71,500
Los Angeles Miami Foxborough East Rutherford Carson Seattle Houston Location of the host cities of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Squads

Main article: 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 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	Honduras	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Panama	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 6, 2005

19:00

Colombia	0–1	Panama
	Report	Tejada 70'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 10,311

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 6, 2005

21:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Honduras
Birchall 28'	Report	Figueroa 43'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 10,311

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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July 10, 2005

21:00

Panama	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Tejada 24', 90+1'	Report	Andrews 17' Glenn 90'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 17,292

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

July 10, 2005

19:00

Honduras	2–1	Colombia
Velásquez 79', 82'	Report	Moreno 30' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 17,292

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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July 12, 2005

17:00

Colombia	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Aguilar 77' Hurtado 79'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 8,457

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

July 12, 2005

19:00

Honduras	1–0	Panama
Caballero 80'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida, U.S.

Attendance: 8,457

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 7, 2005

17:30

Canada	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report	Soto 30' (pen.)

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,831

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

July 7, 2005

19:30

Cuba	1–4	United States
Moré 18'	Report	Dempsey 45' Donovan 87', 90+2' Beasley 90'

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,831

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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July 9, 2005

11:30

Costa Rica	3–1	Cuba
Brenes 61', 85' (pen.) Soto 81' (pen.)	Report	Galindo 72'

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,109

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

July 9, 2005

13:30

United States	2–0	Canada
Hutchinson 48' (o.g.) Donovan 90'	(Report)

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,109

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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July 12, 2005

19:00

United States	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,211

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

July 12, 2005

21:00

Canada	2–1	Cuba
Gerba 69' Hutchinson 87'	Report	Cervantes 90'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,211

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Jamaica	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 8, 2005

19:00

South Africa	2–1	Mexico
Evans 28' Van Heerden 41'	Report	Rodríguez 83'

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

July 8, 2005

21:00

Guatemala	3–4	Jamaica
Ruiz 11' (pen.), 45', 87'	Report	Shelton 3' Fuller 5' Williams 45' (pen.) Hue 57'

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

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July 10, 2005

12:00

Mexico	4–0	Guatemala
Borgetti 5', 14' Galindo 54' Bravo 65'	Report

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 30,710

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

July 10, 2005

14:00

Jamaica	3–3	South Africa
Hue 35' Stewart 45' Bennett 80'	Report	Raselemane 35' Ndlela 41' Nomvethe 56'

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 30,710

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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July 13, 2005

19:00

Guatemala	1–1	South Africa
Romero 37'	Report	Nkosi 45'

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 45,311

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

July 13, 2005

21:00

Mexico	1–0	Jamaica
Medina 19'	Report

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 45,311

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	July 16 – Foxboro
	Honduras	3
					July 21 – East Rutherford
	Costa Rica	2
					Honduras	1
	July 16 – Foxboro
					United States	2
	United States	3
									July 24 – East Rutherford
	Jamaica	1
									United States	0 (3)
	July 17 – Houston
									Panama	0 (1)
	Mexico	1
					July 21 – East Rutherford
	Colombia	2
					Colombia	2
	July 17 – Houston
					Panama	3
	South Africa	1 (3)
	Panama	1 (5)

Quarter-finals

July 16, 2005
13:00

Honduras	3–2	Costa Rica
Velásquez 6' Turcios 27' Núñez 30'	Report	Bolaños 40' Ruiz 81'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 22,108

Referee: Benito Archundia (MEX)

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July 16, 2005
16:00

United States	3–1	Jamaica
Wolff 6' Beasley 42', 83'	Report	Fuller 88'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 22,108

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (GUA)

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July 17, 2005
15:00

Mexico	1–2	Colombia
Pineda 65'	Report	Castrillón 58' Aguilar 74'

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 60,050

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (SLV)

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July 17, 2005
18:00

South Africa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
Ndlela 68'	Report	Jo. Dely Valdés 48'
Penalties
Evans Gaxa Katza Lekgwathi	3–5	Tejada Rodríguez Baloy Blanco Gómez

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 60,050

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Semi-finals

July 21, 2005
18:00

Honduras	1–2	United States
Guerrero 30'	Report	O'Brien 86' Onyewu 90+2'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 41,721

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

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July 21, 2005
21:00

Colombia	2–3	Panama
Patiño 63', 89'	Report	Phillips 11', 73' Jo. Dely Valdés 26'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 41,721

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (SLV)

Final

Main article: 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

July 24, 2005
15:00

United States	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Panama
	Report
Penalties
Quaranta Armas Donovan Davis	3–1	Tejada Jo. Dely Valdés Baloy Blanco

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 31,018

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (GUA)

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

• DaMarcus Beasley (Golden Boot Winner)
• Landon Donovan
• Carlos Ruiz
• Wilmer Velásquez
• Luis Tejada

2 goals

• Abel Aguilar
• Jairo Patiño
• Randall Brenes
• Jafet Soto
• Ricardo Fuller
• Jermaine Hue
• Jared Borgetti
• Jorge Dely Valdés
• Ricardo Phillips
• Lungisani Ndlela

1 goal

• Ali Gerba
• Atiba Hutchinson
• Jaime Castrillon
• Héctor Hurtado
• Tressor Moreno
• Christian Bolaños
• Bryan Ruiz
• Alain Cervantes
• Maykel Galindo
• Lester More
• Gonzalo Romero
• Samuel Caballero
• Mario Ivan Guerrero
• Maynor Figueroa
• Milton Núñez
• Danilo Turcios
• Teafore Bennett
• Luton Shelton
• Damion Stewart
• Andy Williams
• Omar Bravo
• Gerardo Galindo
• Gonzalo Pineda
• Alberto Medina
• Francisco Rodríguez
• Philip Evans
• Elrio Van Heerden
• Solace Nkosi
• Siyabango Nomvete
• Abram Raselemane
• Marvin Andrews
• Chris Birchall
• Cornell Glen
• Clint Dempsey
• John O'Brien
• Oguchi Onyewu
• Josh Wolff

Awards

Winners

2005 Gold Cup winners
United States Third title

Individual awards

Top Scorer:	Most Valuable Player:	Top Goalkeeper:	Fair Play Award:
DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Carlos Ruiz Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez (3 goals each)	Luis Tejada	Jaime Penedo	Honduras

All-Star Team
Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Jaime Penedo	Felipe Baloy Samuel Caballero Oguchi Onyewu	DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Jairo Patiño Luis Ernesto Pérez	Tressor Moreno Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez

Honorable Mention
Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kasey Keller	Tyrone Marshall Michael Umaña	Philip Evans John O'Brien	Jorge Dely Valdés Jafet Soto