2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match which determined the winners of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States, on July 26, 2017, and was contested by the United States and Jamaica.^[4][5][6]

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara hosted the final.
Event	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Jamaica 2 1
Date	July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)
Venue	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
Man of the Match	Jordan Morris (United States)[1]
Referee	Walter López (Guatemala)[2]
Attendance	63,032[3]
Weather	Sunny 79 °F (26 °C) 47% humidity
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The United States won the final 2–1 for their sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title.^[7][8]

Route to the final

Further information: 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 Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  United States (H) 3 7 2  Panama 3 7 3  Martinique 3 3 4  Nicaragua 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group C runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Mexico 3 7 2  Jamaica 3 5 3  El Salvador 3 4 4  Curaçao 3 0 Source: CONCACAF
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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Details

United States	2–1	Jamaica
Altidore 45' Morris 88'	Report	Watson 50'

July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)

18:30 PDT

Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara

Attendance: 63,032^[3]

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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 DM 23 Kellyn Acosta  37'  55' CM 26 Michael Bradley (c) CM 25 Darlington Nagbe  90+1' RF 20 Paul Arriola  76' CF 27 Jozy Altidore LF 8 Jordan Morris Substitutions: MF 28 Clint Dempsey  55' FW 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)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Gerson López (Guatemala) Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala) Fourth official: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Match rules[11] 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.