2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match that took place on July 26, 2009, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, to determine the winner of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[1]

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Giants Stadium, venue
Event	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Mexico 0 5
Date	July 26, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-26)
Venue	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
Man of the Match	Giovani dos Santos (Mexico)
Referee	Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Attendance	79,156
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Mexico won their 5th. Gold Cup (and 8th. continental title to date including the CONCACAF Championship) after thrashing United States 5–0.^[2]

Background

This was the eighth CONCACAF Gold Cup final that featured the United States. They had won the title four times, most recently in 2007. Their opponent, Mexico, had won the tournament seven times, most recently in 2003. The two teams are longtime rivals and met twice before, splitting wins.^[3] The 2009 final was the last U.S. match to be played at Giants Stadium before its demolition.^[4][5]

Route to the final

See also: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

United States		Round	Mexico
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Grenada	4–0	Match 1	Nicaragua	2–0
Honduras	2–0	Match 2	Panama	1–1
Haiti	2–2	Match 3	Guatemala	2–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7  Honduras 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6  Haiti 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4  Grenada 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7  Guadeloupe 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6  Panama 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Panama	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Quarter-finals	Haiti	4–0
Honduras	2–0	Semi-finals	Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)

Match

Details

United States	0–5	Mexico
	Report	Torrado 56' (pen.) Dos Santos 62' Vela 67' Castro 79' Franco 90'

26 July 2009 (2009-07-26)

15:00 UTC-4

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 79,156

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

United States

Mexico

United States GK 1 Troy Perkins RB 4 Chad Marshall CB 3 Clarence Goodson CB 16 Jay Heaps  24'  88' LB 2 Heath Pearce DM 8 Logan Pause  27'  65' RM 5 Kyle Beckerman  81' CM 7 Robbie Rogers LM 10 Stuart Holden AM 22 Davy Arnaud  64' CF 11 Brian Ching (c) Substitutes FW 17 Kenny Cooper  64'  90' FW 20 Santino Quaranta  65' FW 15 Sam Cronin  81' Manager Bob Bradley

Mexico GK 1 Guillermo Ochoa RB 15 José Antonio Castro  88' CB 21 Juan Carlos Valenzuela CB 2 Jonny Magallón LB 5 Fausto Pinto RM 6 Gerardo Torrado (c) CM 8 Israel Castro CM 22 Efraín Juárez LM 17 Giovani dos Santos CF 7 Alberto Medina  45'  46' CF 14 Miguel Sabah  69' Substitutes FW 11 Carlos Vela  46' FW 10 Guillermo Franco  69'  72' FW 16 Carlos Esquivel  88' Manager Javier Aguirre

Man of the Match

Giovani dos Santos

Assistant referees

Ricardo Morgan
Willian Torres

Fourth official

Joel Aguilar