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2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 17th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. Canada and the United States hosted the tournament, which began on June 24, 2023.

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The United States were the defending champions, having won the 2021 edition, but were eliminated by Panama in the semi-finals.

Mexico won a record ninth Gold Cup title, defeating Panama 1–0 in the final on July 16 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.[1]

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Venues

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12 Paradise
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2 Arlington
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Location of the host cities of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

CONCACAF announced the 15 host venues for the 2023 Gold Cup on April 10, 2023. They included a mix of soccer-specific stadiums primarily occupied by Major League Soccer teams and larger American football stadiums. BMO Field in Toronto was the sole venue outside of the United States; it was the first Canadian stadium to host the Gold Cup since the 2015 edition.[2]

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  • A double-dagger () denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.
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Teams

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  Team qualified for CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Qualification

On September 2, 2020, CONCACAF announced that 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar would participate in the 2021 and 2023 tournaments.[4][5] The remaining teams qualified through the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League and the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification:

  • The top eight teams in the Nations League A qualified for the Gold Cup, and the remaining four teams entered the qualifying tournament.
  • The top four teams in the Nations League B qualified for the Gold Cup, and the next best four teams entered the qualifying tournament.
  • The top four teams in the Nations League C entered the qualifying tournament.
  • The top three teams in the qualifying tournament qualified for the Gold Cup.
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Squads

Before submitting their final squad for the tournament, teams named a provisional squad of up to 60 players. Teams were required to have their 60-player roster submitted to CONCACAF by May 25. Teams were required to name their final squads by June 14.

Draw

The final draw was held on April 14, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, completed alongside the draw for the preliminary round.[8] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 2023.[9] The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with the United States in Group A as the title holders, Mexico in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C, and Canada in Group D. Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 alongside the three winners of the preliminary round, whose identities were not known at the time of the draw, indicated by PM (Preliminary Match) and their corresponding Preliminary Match number. In the draw, teams were first selected from their pots, in order from Pot 1 to 4. Then, a ball was drawn from a separate group of pots (Pot 5 to 8) to determine final groupings.[10]

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  1. Nicaragua originally qualified as winners of CONCACAF Nations League B Group C, but were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. They were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago, who was the runners-up in Group C and with the best record among all runners-up in League B and who had originally qualified for the preliminary round.[7]
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Match officials

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On June 7, 2023, CONCACAF announced a total of 13 referees, 6 support referees, 26 assistant referees and 15 video assistant referees (VAR) appointed for the tournament.[11][12]

Referees
Support referees
  • Costa Rica Keylor Herrera
  • Dominican Republic Randy Encarnación
  • Grenada Reon Radix
  • Guatemala Bryan López
  • Mexico Fernando Guerrero
  • United States Joe Dickerson
Assistant referees
  • Canada Micheal Barwegen
  • Costa Rica Juan Carlos Mora
  • Dominican Republic Raymundo Feliz
  • El Salvador David Morán
  • El Salvador Juan Francisco Zumba
  • Guatemala Humberto Panjoj
  • Guatemala Luis Ventura
  • Honduras Walter López
  • Honduras Christian Ramírez
  • Jamaica Ojay Duhaney
  • Jamaica Jassett Kerr-Wilson
  • Mexico Marco Bisguerra
  • Mexico Enrique Bustos
  • Mexico Karen Díaz
  • Mexico Christian Kiabek Espinosa
  • Mexico Alberto Morin
  • Mexico Jorge Sánchez
  • Nicaragua Keytzel Corrales
  • Nicaragua Henri Pupiro
  • Suriname Zachari Zeegelaar
  • Trinidad and Tobago Caleb Wales
  • United States Kyle Atkins
  • United States Logan Brown
  • United States Kathryn Nesbitt
  • United States Corey Parker
  • United States Cory Richardson
Video assistant referees

Group stage

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Group A

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Source: CONCACAF
(H) Co-host
More information United States, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 36,666[14]
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 3–0 ...

More information Jamaica, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 21,216[18]
More information Saint Kitts and Nevis, 0–6 ...
Attendance: 21,216[19]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

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More information Jamaica, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 60,347[21]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Group B

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Source: CONCACAF
More information Haiti, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 66,255[22]
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
More information Mexico, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 66,255[23]

More information Qatar, 1–1 ...
More information Haiti, 1–3 ...

More information Honduras, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 47,382[26]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
More information Mexico, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 60,347[27]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Group C

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Source: CONCACAF
More information El Salvador, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 10,101[28]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
More information Costa Rica, 1–2 ...

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More information El Salvador, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 22,615[31]
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

More information Costa Rica, 6–4 ...
Attendance: 21,531[32]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
More information Panama, 2–2 ...

Group D

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Source: CONCACAF
(H) Co-host
More information Canada, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 15,301[34]
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
More information Guatemala, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 13,426[35]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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More information Guatemala, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 19,766[37]
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

More information Guadeloupe, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 21,531[38]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
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Attendance: 20,002[39]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
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Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if the scores were equal when normal playing time expired, extra time was played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This was followed, if required, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.[13]

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

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 9 – Cincinnati
 
 
 Guatemala0
 
July 12 – Paradise
 
 Jamaica1
 
 Jamaica0
 
July 8 – Arlington
 
 Mexico3
 
 Mexico2
 
July 16 – Inglewood
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Mexico1
 
July 9 – Cincinnati
 
 Panama0
 
 United States (p)2 (3)
 
July 12 – San Diego
 
 Canada2 (2)
 
 United States1 (4)
 
July 8 – Arlington
 
 Panama (p)1 (5)
 
 Panama4
 
 
 Qatar0
 

Quarter-finals

More information Panama, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 60,355
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

More information Mexico, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 60,355

More information Guatemala, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 24,979
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

More information United States, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 24,979[40]
Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Semi-finals


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Attendance: 29,886

Final

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Attendance: 72,963
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Statistics

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Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.39 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offenses:[13]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offenses)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expired after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions were not carried forward to any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the tournament:

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Awards

The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Ball (best overall player), Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Glove (best goalkeeper), Goal of the Tournament, Mark of a Fighter (fighting spirit) and Fair Play Trophy (most disciplined team).

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Best XI

The following players were chosen as the tournament's best eleven.[48]

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Marketing

Branding

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".

Broadcasting rights

Sponsorship

The following were announced as global sponsors of the tournament:

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Symbols

Match ball

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

Music

"I Wrote a Song" by British singer-songwriter Mae Muller served as the main official song of the tournament. It represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, finishing in 25th place.[61]

"Sold Out" by American country singer Hardy served as the official anthem of the tournament.

"One World" by Moroccan DJ RedOne, Kosovo-Albanian singer Adelina and Now United also served as an official song of the tournament.

"No Hay Soló Un Juego" by American singer Akon and Latin American artists Chiquis, Oriana, Lasso, and Adriel Favela served as the official Spanish-language song of the tournament, the first to be selected internally and not via an official broadcaster.[62]

Notes

  1. The United States vs Jamaica match, originally scheduled at 21:30 EDT (UTC−4), was re-scheduled for 22:06 EDT.
  2. The Trinidad and Tobago vs Saint Kitts and Nevis match, originally scheduled at 15:30 EDT (UTC−4), was delayed until 16:00 EDT by weather conditions.[15][16]

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