2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean regions organized by CONCACAF.

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa Oro de la CONCACAF 2021 (Spanish)
This Is Ours Spanish: Esto Es Nuestro
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 10 – August 1
Teams	16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	89 (2.87 per match)
Attendance	636,770 (20,541 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Almoez Ali (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Héctor Herrera
Best young player	Tajon Buchanan
Best goalkeeper	Matt Turner
Fair play award	United States
← 2019 2023 →

The tournament was originally scheduled from 2 through July 25, 2021, but was later rescheduled for July 10 through August 1.^[1][2] Mexico were the defending champions. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used at the tournament.^[3]

The United States won their seventh Gold Cup title by defeating Mexico 1–0 in the final at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

Qualified teams

Further information: 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League and 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

  Team qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup

  Team failed to qualify

  Team withdrew

Twelve teams qualified directly via the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. These were the four group winners of League A, four group runners-up of League A and the four group winners of League B.

Furthermore, twelve teams were entered into the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament (GCQ), also based on the results of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. These teams were the four group third-placed teams of League A, the four group runners-up of League B, and the four group winners of League C.

In the original format as announced in September 2019, four teams were to advance out of the GCQ.^[4] However, in September 2020, CONCACAF announced that 2019 AFC Asian Cup champions and 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar would participate as a guest in the 2021 and 2023 tournaments.^[5] It was the first time since 2005 that a non-CONCACAF association took part in the tournament. Consequently, just three teams qualified for the 2021 edition via the qualifiers.^[6]

On July 9, 2021, CONCACAF announced that Curaçao, which had originally qualified as the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A Group D runners-up, would not participate in the tournament because of its high number of COVID-19 cases. They were replaced in Group A by Guatemala, the next-highest ranked team in qualifying.^[7]

Team	Qualification[A]	Date of qualification	Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship)	Last appearance (+ CONCACAF Championship)	Previous best Gold Cup performance[B] (+ CONCACAF Championship)	FIFA Ranking at start of event[8]	CONCACAF Ranking at start of event[9]
Canada	CNL League A Group A runners-up	October 11, 2019	15th (18th)	2019	Champions (2000) Champions (1985)	70	3
Honduras	CNL League A Group C winners	October 13, 2019	15th (21st)	2019	Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981)	67	5
Grenada	CNL League B Group A winners	November 14, 2019	3rd (3rd)	2011	Group stage (2009, 2011)	160	23
Jamaica	CNL League B Group C winners	November 15, 2019	12th (14th)	2019	Runners-up (2015, 2017)	45	6
United States (host)	CNL League A Group A winners	November 15, 2019	16th (18th)	2019	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017)	20	2
Mexico (title holders)	CNL League A Group B winners	November 15, 2019	16th (24th)	2019	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977)	11	1
El Salvador	CNL League B Group B winners	November 16, 2019	12th (18th)	2019	Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) Runners-up (1963, 1981)	69	10
Costa Rica	CNL League A Group D winners	November 17, 2019	15th (21st)	2019	Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989)	50	4
Martinique	CNL League A Group C runners-up	November 17, 2019	7th (7th)	2019	Quarter-finals (2002)	—[C]	11
Suriname	CNL League B Group D winners	November 18, 2019	1st (3rd)	N/A (1985)	Debut 6th place (1977)	136	15
Panama	CNL League A Group B runners-up	November 19, 2019	10th (11th)	2019	Runners-up (2005, 2013)	78	7
Qatar	Invited guest	September 2, 2020	1st	N/A	Debut	58	N/A
Trinidad and Tobago	GCQ winners	July 6, 2021	11th (16th)	2019	Third place (2000)	103	13
Haiti	GCQ winners	July 6, 2021	8th (16th)	2019	Semi-finals (2019) Champions (1973)	83	9
Guadeloupe	GCQ winners	July 6, 2021	4th (4th)	2011	Semi-finals (2007)	—[C]	16
Guatemala	Next best-ranked team from GCQ[7]	July 9, 2021	11th (19th)	2015	Fourth place (1996) Champions (1967)	127	8

1. CNL indicates 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League, GCQ indicates 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers.
2. Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting or co-hosting the event.
3. Martinique and Guadeloupe are not FIFA members, so they have no FIFA ranking.

Venues

On April 13, 2021, CONCACAF announced that the final would take place on August 1, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.^[10] On April 22, CONCACAF confirmed the tournament would be held across 9 cities in the U.S.^[11]

Dallas	Arlington (Dallas/Fort Worth Area)	Houston
Cotton Bowl	AT&T Stadium	NRG Stadium	BBVA Stadium
Capacity: 92,100	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 71,795	Capacity: 22,039
Glendale (Phoenix Area)	Orlando Glendale Kansas City Arlington Frisco Dallas Austin Paradise Houston Location of the host cities of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.		Paradise (Las Vegas Area)
State Farm Stadium			Allegiant Stadium
Capacity: 63,400			Capacity: 61,000
Orlando	Austin	Frisco (Dallas/Fort Worth Area)	Kansas City
Exploria Stadium	Q2 Stadium	Toyota Stadium	Children's Mercy Park
Capacity: 25,500	Capacity: 20,500	Capacity: 20,500	Capacity: 18,467

Final draw

The group stage draw took place in Miami, Florida, United States on September 28, 2020, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), along with the draw for the preliminary round. This was the first ever group stage draw for the Gold Cup.^[12] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of August 2020. The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with Mexico in Group A, the United States in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Honduras in Group D. Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 and pre-drawn into Group D, which began play on the latest date, as they were also slated to participate in the 2021 Copa América prior to the Gold Cup before subsequently withdrawing from that tournament.

Seeding

The following was the composition of the draw pots (pots were based on the August 2020 CONCACAF Rankings, and teams in italics are prelim winners whose identity was not known at the time of the seeding):^[13]

Pot 1 Team Rank  Mexico 1  United States 2  Costa Rica 3  Honduras 4

Pot 2 Team Rank  Jamaica 5  Canada 6  Panama 8  El Salvador 10

Pot 3 Team Rank  Martinique 11  Curaçao 13  Suriname 15  Grenada 20

Pot 4 Team Rank  Haiti —  Guadeloupe  Trinidad and Tobago  Qatar

Draw results and group fixtures

The draw resulted in the following groups (teams in italics are prelim winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw):

Group A Pos Team A1  Mexico A2  El Salvador A3  Guatemala[a] A4  Trinidad and Tobago

Group B Pos Team B1  United States B2  Canada B3  Martinique B4  Haiti

Group C Pos Team C1  Costa Rica C2  Jamaica C3  Suriname C4  Guadeloupe

Group D Pos Team D1  Honduras D2  Panama D3  Grenada D4  Qatar

1. Guatemala failed to qualify for the tournament, but replaced  Curaçao after the team had to withdraw following a COVID-19 outbreak.

Group stage schedule

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	July 10–13, 2021	2 v 3, 1 v 4
Matchday 2	July 14–17, 2021	4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3	July 18–20, 2021	1 v 2, 3 v 4

Squads

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Each team had to submit a list of 23 players, of which 3 players must be goalkeepers.^[14]

Match officials

On June 29, 2021, CONCACAF announced a total of 19 referees, 25 assistant referees and 12 video assistant referees (VAR) appointed for the tournament. In addition, the CONCACAF Referee Committee approved the participation of 12 referees from CONCACAF's Targeted Advanced Referee Program (TARP) who trained with elite officials in order to prepare for future competitions.^[15]

Gambian referee Bakary Gassama and Senegalese assistant referee Djibril Camará participated in the tournament as part of a referee exchange between the Confederation of African Football and CONCACAF.^[16][17] Originally, the African refereeing team was also conformed by referee Maguette N'Diaye and assistant referee El Hadji Malick Samba, both from Senegal. However, these two officials had problems with their visas, preventing them from traveling.^[18][19]

Referees

• Drew Fischer
• Ricardo Montero
• Juan Gabriel Calderón
• Bakary Gassama
• Reon Radix
• Mario Escobar
• Bryan López
• Selvin Brown
• Said Martínez
• Oshane Nation
• Daneon Parchment
• Adonai Escobedo
• Fernando Guerrero
• Fernando Hernández
• César Ramos
• Iván Barton
• Ismael Cornejo
• Jair Marrufo
• Armando Villarreal
• Ismail Elfath

Assistant referees

• Iroots Appleton
• Micheal Barwegen
• William Arrieta
• Juan Carlos Mora
• Gerson López
• Walter López
• Christian Ramírez
• Roney Salinas
• Nicholas Anderson
• Ojay Duhaney
• Jassett Kerr
• Miguel Hernández
• Michel Morales
• Alberto Morin
• Henri Pupiro
• Geovany García
• David Morán
• Juan Francisco Zumba
• Djibril Camará
• Zachari Zeegelaar
• Caleb Wales
• Frank Anderson
• Kyle Atkins
• Logan Brown
• Kathryn Nesbitt
• Corey Parker

Video assistant referees

• David Gantar
• Carlos Ayala
• Arturo Cruz
• Leon Barajas
• Erick Miranda
• Angel Monroy
• Joel Rangel
• Tatiana Guzmán
• Allen Chapman
• Tim Ford
• Edvin Jurisevic
• Chris Penso

Targeted advanced referee program (TARP)

• Pierre-Luc Lauzière
• Keylor Herrera
• Benjamin Pineda
• Diego Montaño
• José Torres
• Tristley Bassue
• Nima Saghafi
• Rubiel Vazquez

Group stage

The match schedule was announced on May 13, 2021.^[20]

All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue was located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:^[14]

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	El Salvador	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: CONCACAF

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10)

22:30 (21:30 UTC−5)

Mexico	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 41,229

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)^[7]

23:00 (22:00 UTC−5)

El Salvador	2–0	Guatemala
Roldan 81' Rivas 90+6'	Report

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 8,494

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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14 July 2021 (2021-07-14)

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	El Salvador
	Report	Henríquez 30' Martinez 90+1'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 5,494

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

14 July 2021 (2021-07-14)

22:30 (21:30 UTC−5)^{[note 1]}

Guatemala	0–3	Mexico
	Report	Funes Mori 29', 55' Pineda 79'

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 15,391

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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18 July 2021 (2021-07-18)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Mexico	1–0	El Salvador
L. Rodríguez 26'	Report

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 45,792

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

18 July 2021 (2021-07-18)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Guatemala	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Gordillo 78'	Report	Moore 12'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 5,476

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Group B

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Haiti	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Martinique	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)

18:30 (17:30 UTC−5)

Canada	4–1	Martinique
Larin 16' Osorio 20' Eustáquio 26' Corbeanu 89'	Report	Rivière 10'

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 12,664

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)

21:00 (20:00 UTC−5)

United States	1–0	Haiti
Vines 8'	Report

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 12,664

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

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15 July 2021 (2021-07-15)

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Haiti	1–4	Canada
Lambese 56'	Report	Eustáquio 5' Larin 51', 74' (pen.) Hoilett 79' (pen.)

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 7,511

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

15 July 2021 (2021-07-15)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Martinique	1–6	United States
Rivière 64' (pen.)	Report	Dike 14', 59' Camille 23' (o.g.) Robinson 50' Zardes 70' Gioacchini 90'

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 7,511

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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18 July 2021 (2021-07-18)

17:00 (16:00 UTC−5)

Martinique	1–2	Haiti
Fortuné 53'	Report	Antoine 3' Adé 61'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 243

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

18 July 2021 (2021-07-18)

17:00 (16:00 UTC−5)

United States	1–0	Canada
Moore 1'	Report

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 18,467

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Group C

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Suriname	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: CONCACAF

12 July 2021 (2021-07-12)

18:30

Jamaica	2–0	Suriname
Nicholson 6' Decordova-Reid 26'	Report

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 6,403

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

12 July 2021 (2021-07-12)

21:00

Costa Rica	3–1	Guadeloupe
Campbell 6' Lassiter 21' Borges 70'	Report	Mirval 45+5'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 6,403

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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16 July 2021 (2021-07-16)

18:30

Guadeloupe	1–2	Jamaica
Ramothe 4'	Report	Burke 14' Flemmings 87'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 6,527

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

16 July 2021 (2021-07-16)

21:00

Suriname	1–2	Costa Rica
Vlijter 52'	Report	Campbell 58' Borges 59'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 6,527

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

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20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)

19:00^{[note 2]}

Costa Rica	1–0	Jamaica
Ruiz 53'	Report

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 10,264

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)

19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)

Suriname	2–1	Guadeloupe
Vlijter 14' Hasselbaink 79'	Report	Phaëton 20'

BBVA Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 10,625

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Group D

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Panama	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
4	Grenada	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: CONCACAF

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)

20:50 (19:50 UTC−5)^{[note 3]}

Qatar	3–3	Panama
Afif 48' Ali 53' Al-Haydos 63' (pen.)	Report	Blackburn 51', 58' Davis 79' (pen.)

BBVA Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 10,625

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)

23:10 (22:10 UTC−5)^{[note 4]}

Honduras	4–0	Grenada
Bengtson 28' Solano 52' Leverón 86' Quioto 88'	Report

BBVA Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 10,625

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

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17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Grenada	0–4	Qatar
	Report	Hatem 11' Afif 22' Muntari 36' Ali 46'

BBVA Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 7,173

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)

21:30 (20:30 UTC−5)

Panama	2–3	Honduras
Davis 32' (pen.) Yanis 45+1'	Report	Quioto 22', 65' A. López 61'

BBVA Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 3,508

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)

21:30 (20:30 UTC−5)

Honduras	0–2	Qatar
	Report	Ahmed 25' Hatem 90+5'

BBVA Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 12,630

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)

23:30^{[note 5]}

Panama	3–1	Grenada
Quintero 7' Rodríguez 27', 64'	Report	Frank 76'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 1,548

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each), with each team being allowed to make a sixth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[14]

As with every tournament since 2005 (except 2015), there was no third place play-off.

All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue was located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 July – Glendale
	Qatar	3
					29 July – Austin
	El Salvador	2
					Qatar	0
	25 July – Arlington
					United States	1
	United States	1
									1 August – Paradise
	Jamaica	0
									United States (a.e.t.)	1
	24 July – Glendale
									Mexico	0
	Mexico	3
					29 July – Houston (NRG)
	Honduras	0
					Mexico	2
	25 July – Arlington
					Canada	1
	Costa Rica	0
	Canada	2

Quarter-finals

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)

19:30 (16:30 UTC−7)

Qatar	3–2	El Salvador
Ali 2', 55' (pen.) Hatem 8'	Report	Rivas 63', 66'

State Farm Stadium, Glendale

Attendance: 64,211

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)

22:30 (19:30 UTC−7)

Mexico	3–0	Honduras
Funes Mori 26' Dos Santos 31' Pineda 38'	Report

State Farm Stadium, Glendale

Attendance: 64,211

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)

Costa Rica	0–2	Canada
	Report	Hoilett 18' Eustáquio 69'

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 41,318

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

21:30 (20:30 UTC−5)

United States	1–0	Jamaica
Hoppe 83'	Report

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 41,318

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Semi-finals

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Qatar	0–1	United States
	Report	Zardes 86'

Q2 Stadium, Austin

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)

22:15 (21:15 UTC−5)

Mexico	2–1	Canada
Pineda 45+2' (pen.) Herrera 90+9'	Report	Buchanan 57'

NRG Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 70,304

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Final

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

August 1, 2021 (2021-08-01)

21:00 (18:00 UTC−7)

United States	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Robinson 117'	Report

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise

Attendance: 61,114

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 89 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.87 goals per match.

4 goals

• Almoez Ali

3 goals

• Stephen Eustáquio
• Cyle Larin
• Joaquín Rivas
• Romell Quioto
• Rogelio Funes Mori
• Orbelín Pineda
• Abdulaziz Hatem

2 goals

• Junior Hoilett
• Celso Borges
• Joel Campbell
• Emmanuel Rivière
• Rolando Blackburn
• Eric Davis
• José Luis Rodríguez
• Akram Afif
• Gleofilo Vlijter
• Daryl Dike
• Miles Robinson
• Gyasi Zardes

1 goal

• Tajon Buchanan
• Theo Corbeanu
• Jonathan Osorio
• Ariel Lassiter
• Bryan Ruiz
• Jairo Henríquez
• Walmer Martinez
• Alex Roldan
• Romar Frank
• Raphaël Mirval
• Matthias Phaëton
• Dimitri Ramothe
• Gerardo Gordillo
• Ricardo Adé
• Carnejy Antoine
• Stéphane Lambese
• Jerry Bengtson
• Johnny Leverón
• Alexander López
• Edwin Solano
• Cory Burke
• Bobby Decordova-Reid
• Junior Flemmings
• Shamar Nicholson
• Kévin Fortuné
• Jonathan dos Santos
• Héctor Herrera
• Luis Rodríguez
• Alberto Quintero
• César Yanis
• Homam Ahmed
• Hassan Al-Haydos
• Mohammed Muntari
• Nigel Hasselbaink
• Reon Moore
• Nicholas Gioacchini
• Matthew Hoppe
• Shaq Moore
• Sam Vines

1 own goal

• Amari'i Bell (against Guadeloupe)
• Samuel Camille (against United States)

Source: CONCACAF

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

• Golden Ball Award: Héctor Herrera^[29]
• Golden Boot Award: Almoez Ali^[30]
• Golden Glove Award: Matt Turner^[31]
• Young Player Award: Tajon Buchanan^[32]
• Goal of the Tournament: Bobby Decordova-Reid (against  Suriname)^[33]
• Fighting Spirit Award: Bryan Tamacas^[34]
• Fair Play Award:  United States^[35]

Best XI

The following players were chosen as the tournament's best eleven.^[36]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Matt Turner	Miles Robinson Edson Álvarez Shaq Moore Damion Lowe	Héctor Herrera Celso Borges Tajon Buchanan	Akram Afif Rogelio Funes Mori Almoez Ali

Prize money

Each team received a participation fee of $200,000, with the runners-up earning $500,000 and the winners earning $1 million.^{[37][additional citation(s) needed]}

Round achieved	Amount	Teams
Final tournament	$200,000	16
Runners-up	$500,000	1
Winners	$1,000,000	1

Marketing

Logo and slogan

The official logo was unveiled on September 28, 2020, during the final draw in Miami, Florida. The official slogan of the tournament was "This Is Ours".

Sponsors

• Allstate,
• Angry Orchard,
• Chick-Fil-A,
• Coca-Cola,
• Grubhub,
• Grupo Modelo,
• Guaranteed Rate,
• MGM Resorts,
• Nike,
• O'Reilly Auto Parts,
• Powerade,
• Scotiabank,
• Qatar Airways,
• Toyota,
• Walgreens,
• Valvoline,
• Visit Las Vegas

Match ball

Flight by Nike was the tournament's official match ball.

Official songs and anthems

Main article: All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)

"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)" by Canadian musicians Widelife and Simone Denny, and "Cool" by Irish singer-songwriter Samantha Mumba, served as the two official songs of the tournament. Mumba's first singles "Baby Come on Over" and "Gotta Tell You" were initially selected but were replaced as Mumba's previous label Polydor rejected the usage.

"Glorious" by English-Canadian girl group All Saints served as the official anthem of the tournament.

"Fútbol a la Gente" by Puerto Rican singer Guaynaa and Mexican cumbia group Los Ángeles Azules, and "Pa'lante" by Colombian singer Lao Ra and Dominican DJ Happy Colors, served as the two official Spanish-language songs of the tournament, the former being selected by Univision as part of their coverage.^[38]

"Juega" was the official Spanish anthem, by Colombian duo Cali y El Dandee featuring Jamaican singer Charly Black.

Broadcasting rights

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup broadcasting rights

Controversy

At the 88th minute of the semifinal match between Mexico and Canada, the referee briefly suspended the match because the Mexican fans had been heard yelling the homophonic chant "Puto". Mexico was able to catch a crucial break and ended up scoring the match winning goal at the 99th minute.

Notes

1. The Guatemala vs Mexico match, originally scheduled at 21:30 CDT (UTC−5), was delayed until 22:30 CDT due to torrential rain in the area.^[21]
2. The Costa Rica vs Jamaica match was stopped after two minutes of play due to thunderstorms in the area. The match was resumed at 21:20 EDT (UTC−4).^[22][23]
3. The Qatar vs Panama match, originally scheduled at 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), was delayed until 20:50 EDT due to thunderstorms in the area.^[24][25][26]
4. The Honduras vs Grenada match, originally scheduled at 21:00 EDT (UTC−4), was delayed until 23:10 EDT due to the weather delay in the first match between Qatar and Panama.^[27]
5. The Panama vs Grenada match, originally scheduled at 21:30 EDT (UTC−4), was delayed until 23:30 EDT due to the weather delay in the Group C match between Costa Rica and Jamaica.^[28]