2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B

Group B of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was one of three groups competing of nations at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The group's matches were played in July. Four group matches were played at venues in the United States and two were played in Canada. Matches were played at Carson's StubHub Center on July 8, Houston's BBVA Compass Stadium on July 11 and Toronto's BMO Field on July 14.^[1]

It was the first time Canada had hosted a CONCACAF Gold Cup match.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Zone	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
								November 2014[nb 1]	Start of event
B1	Costa Rica	UNCAF	2014 Copa Centroamericana 1st place	7 September 2014	12th	2013	Runners-up (2002)	16	14
B2	El Salvador	UNCAF	2014 Copa Centroamericana 4th place	10 September 2014	9th	2013	Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013)	93	89
B3	Jamaica	CFU	2014 Caribbean Cup 1st place	16 November 2014	9th	2011	Third place (1993)	71	65
B4	Canada	NAFU	Co-hosts / Automatic	N/A	12th	2013	Winners (2000)	110	109

Notes

1. The rankings of November 2014 were used for seeding for the draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
3	El Salvador	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Canada (H)	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

In the quarter-finals:

• Jamaica advanced to play Haiti (runner-up of Group A).
• Costa Rica advanced to play Mexico (runner-up of Group C).

Matches

All times EDT (UTC−4). If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is given in parentheses.^[2]

Costa Rica vs Jamaica

Costa Rica	2–2	Jamaica
Miller 33' Ramírez 37'	Report	McCleary 13' McAnuff 48'

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)

20:00 (17:00 PDT)

StubHub Center, Carson

Attendance: 22,648

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Costa Rica

Jamaica

GK 23 Esteban Alvarado RB 16 Cristian Gamboa CB 3 Giancarlo González CB 19 Roy Miller LB 15 Júnior Díaz RM 5 Celso Borges CM 17 Johan Venegas  59' LM 22 José Miguel Cubero AM 10 Bryan Ruiz (c)  69' AM 12 Joel Campbell CF 21 David Ramírez  74' Substitutions: FW 9 Álvaro Saborío  59' MF 7 Elías Aguilar  69' MF 14 Deyver Vega  74' Manager: Paulo Wanchope

GK 13 Dwayne Miller RB 19 Adrian Mariappa CB 17 Rodolph Austin (c) CB 4 Wes Morgan LB 20 Kemar Lawrence RM 22 Garath McCleary CM 21 Jermaine Taylor CM 15 Je-Vaughn Watson  64' LM 10 Jobi McAnuff  80' CF 9 Giles Barnes  61' CF 18 Simon Dawkins Substitutions: FW 11 Darren Mattocks  61' DF 6 Lance Laing  80' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

Assistant referees: Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala) Cristian Ramírez (Honduras) Fourth official: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)[3]

El Salvador vs Canada

El Salvador	0–0	Canada
	Report

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)

22:30 (19:30 PDT)

StubHub Center, Carson

Attendance: 22,648

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

El Salvador

Canada

GK 22 Derby Carrillo RB 2 Xavier Garcia CB 5 Alexander Méndoza CB 3 Milton Molina LB 13 Alexander Larín  56' CM 20 Pablo Punyed  86' CM 10 Jaime Alas  73' CM 6 Richard Menjivar RW 7 Darwin Cerén LW 12 Arturo Alvarez (c) CF 11 Nelson Bonilla  10' Substitutions: FW 19 Irvin Herrera  10' MF 14 Andrés Flores  73' MF 15 Néstor Renderos  86' Manager: Albert Roca

GK 22 Kyriakos Stamatopoulos RB 2 Nikolas Ledgerwood CB 5 David Edgar (c) CB 12 Dejan Jakovic LB 17 Marcel de Jong CM 23 Tesho Akindele CM 15 Adam Straith CM 8 Kyle Bekker  86' RWB 9 Tosaint Ricketts LWB 14 Samuel Piette  83' CF 21 Cyle Larin  69' Substitutions: FW 11 Marcus Haber  69' MF 7 Russell Teibert  83' MF 13 Jonathan Osorio  86' Manager: Benito Floro

Assistant referees: Daniel Williamson (Panama) CJ Morgante (United States) Fourth official: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)[4]

Jamaica vs Canada

Jamaica	1–0	Canada
Austin 90+2'	Report

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)

18:30 (17:30 CDT)

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 22,017

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Jamaica

Canada

GK 13 Dwayne Miller RB 19 Adrian Mariappa CB 4 Wes Morgan CB 21 Jermaine Taylor LB 20 Kemar Lawrence CM 17 Rodolph Austin (c) CM 15 Je-Vaughn Watson RW 22 Garath McCleary LW 10 Jobi McAnuff CF 18 Simon Dawkins  64' CF 9 Giles Barnes Substitutions: FW 11 Darren Mattocks  64' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

GK 22 Kyriakos Stamatopoulos RB 2 Nikolas Ledgerwood  89' CB 5 David Edgar  58' CB 12 Dejan Jakovic LB 17 Marcel de Jong RM 14 Samuel Piette  26'  79' CM 15 Adam Straith LM 6 Julian de Guzman (c) RF 9 Tosaint Ricketts CF 21 Cyle Larin  46' LF 23 Tesho Akindele  70' Substitutions: FW 11 Marcus Haber  46' MF 7 Russell Teibert  70' DF 4 André Hainault  79' Manager: Benito Floro

Assistant referees: Hiran Dopico (Cuba) Cristian Ramírez (Honduras) Fourth official: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)[5]

Costa Rica vs El Salvador

Costa Rica	1–1	El Salvador
Ruiz 61'	Report	Corea 90+2'

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)

21:00 (20:00 CDT)

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 22,017

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Costa Rica

El Salvador

GK 23 Esteban Alvarado RB 2 Francisco Calvo CB 3 Giancarlo González CB 19 Roy Miller LB 8 David Myrie DM 5 Celso Borges DM 20 David Guzmán  90+2' AM 10 Bryan Ruiz (c) RW 12 Joel Campbell  9'  53' LW 21 David Ramírez  63' CF 9 Álvaro Saborío  76' Substitutions: MF 17 Johan Venegas  89'  53' MF 7 Elías Aguilar  63' DF 4 Michael Umaña  76' Manager: Paulo Wanchope

GK 22 Derby Carrillo RB 2 Xavier Garcia CB 5 Alexander Méndoza  56' CB 3 Milton Molina LB 13 Alexander Larín DM 6 Richard Menjivar  29' DM 7 Darwin Cerén  62' AM 20 Pablo Punyed  70' RW 12 Arturo Alvarez (c) LW 10 Jaime Alas  77' CF 19 Irvin Herrera  63' Substitutions: FW 9 Rafael Burgos  63' MF 21 Dustin Corea  70' MF 8 Jairo Henríquez  77' Manager: Albert Roca

Assistant referees: Charles Morgante (United States) Gersón López (Guatemala) Fourth official: Walter López (Guatemala)[6]

Jamaica vs El Salvador

Jamaica	1–0	El Salvador
McCleary 72'	Report

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14)

18:00

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 16,674

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Jamaica

El Salvador

GK 13 Dwayne Miller  22' RB 4 Wes Morgan CB 17 Rodolph Austin (c)  43' CB 19 Adrian Mariappa LB 21 Jermaine Taylor  8' CM 10 Jobi McAnuff CM 15 Je-Vaughn Watson  65' RW 20 Kemar Lawrence LW 22 Garath McCleary  72' CF 11 Darren Mattocks  45'  80' CF 9 Giles Barnes  69' Substitutions: DF 3 Michael Hector  8' GK 23 Ryan Thompson  22' DF 5 Alvas Powell  69' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

GK 22 Derby Carrillo RB 2 Xavier Garcia  85' CB 3 Milton Molina CB 5 Alexander Méndoza  76' LB 6 Richard Menjivar CM 10 Jaime Alas CM 13 Alexander Larín RW 7 Darwin Cerén LW 14 Andrés Flores (c)  3'  61' CF 19 Irvin Herrera  60' CF 20 Pablo Punyed  68' Substitutions: FW 11 Nelson Bonilla  60' MF 12 Arturo Alvarez  61' MF 21 Dustin Corea  76' Manager: Albert Roca

Assistant referees: Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala) Gersón López (Guatemala) Fourth official: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)[7]

Canada vs Costa Rica

Canada	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14)

20:30

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 16,674

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Canada

Costa Rica

GK 22 Kyriakos Stamatopoulos RB 20 Karl Ouimette CB 12 Dejan Jakovic CB 5 David Edgar LB 17 Marcel de Jong DM 15 Adam Straith CM 13 Jonathan Osorio  68' CM 6 Julian de Guzman (c) RW 9 Tosaint Ricketts  67' LW 16 Maxim Tissot  66' CF 11 Marcus Haber Substitutions: FW 21 Cyle Larin  66' MF 7 Russell Teibert  79'  67' DF 4 André Hainault  68' Manager: Benito Floro

GK 23 Esteban Alvarado RB 2 Francisco Calvo CB 15 Júnior Díaz CB 3 Giancarlo González LB 16 Cristian Gamboa CM 20 David Guzmán  80'  81' CM 10 Bryan Ruiz (c) RW 5 Celso Borges  67' LW 14 Deyver Vega  73' CF 17 Johan Venegas CF 21 David Ramírez  76' Substitutions: DF 19 Roy Miller  73' FW 12 Joel Campbell  76' MF 22 José Miguel Cubero  81' Manager: Paulo Wanchope

Assistant referees: CJ Morgante (United States) Daniel Williamson (Panama) Fourth official: Jair Marrufo (United States)[8]