2017 Concacaf Gold Cup
The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship overall.
The tournament was played between July 7–26, 2017 in the United States.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 7–26 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 14 (in 14 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Jamaica |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 25 |
| Goals scored | 58 (2.32 per match) |
| Attendance | 875,667 (35,027 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Alphonso Davies Kévin Parsemain Jordan Morris(3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Michael Bradley |
| Best young player | Alphonso Davies |
| Best goalkeeper | Andre Blake |
| Fair play award | United States |
The United States won their sixth title with their 2–1 victory over Jamaica in the final.
Qualified teams
A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, four to Central America, four to the Caribbean, and one to the winners of the play-off between the two fifth-placed teams of the Caribbean zone and the Central American zone.
| Team | Qualification | Appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship) | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking |
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| North American zone | |||||
| United States | Automatic | 14th (16th) | 2015 | Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013) Runners-up (1989) | 35 |
 Mexico (TH) | Automatic | 14th (22nd) | 2015 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977) | 16 |
| Canada | Automatic | 13th (16th) | 2015 | Champions (2000) Champions (1985) | 100 |
| Central American zone qualified through the 2017 Copa Centroamericana | |||||
 Honduras | Winners | 13th (19th) | 2015 | Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981) | 72 |
 Panama | Runners-up | 8th (9th) | 2015 | Runners-up (2005, 2013) | 52 |
 El Salvador | Third Place | 10th (16th) | 2015 | Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013) Runners-up (1963, 1981) | 103 |
 Costa Rica | Fourth Place | 13th (19th) | 2015 | Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989) | 26 |
| Caribbean zone qualified through the 2017 Caribbean Cup | |||||
 Curaçao | Winners | 1st (5th)1 | None | Debut Third place (1963, 1969) | 68 |
| Jamaica | Runners-up | 10th (12th) | 2015 | Runners-up (2015) | 76 |
 French Guiana | Third Place | 1st (1st) | None | Debut | N/A2 |
| Martinique | Fourth Place | 5th (5th) | 2013 | Quarterfinals (2002) | N/A2 |
| Play-off winners between Caribbean zone fifth place and Central American zone fifth place | |||||
 Nicaragua | Play-off | 2nd (4th) | 2009 | Group stage (2009) Sixth place (1967) | 105 |
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
1. This was Curaçao's first appearance since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, as its direct successor (with regards to membership in football associations), inheriting the former nation's FIFA membership and competitive record.
2. French Guiana and Martinique are not FIFA members, and so did not have a FIFA Ranking.
Venues
The venues were announced on December 19, 2016. Levi's Stadium was announced as the venue of the final on February 1, 2017.
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Draw
The United States and Mexico were announced as the seeded teams of Groups B and C respectively on December 19, 2016. Honduras, the winners of the 2017 Copa Centroamericana title were announced as being the seeded team in Group A on February 14, 2017.
The groups and match schedule were revealed on March 7, 2017, 10:00 PST (UTC−8), at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. At the time of the announcement, 11 of the 12 qualified teams were known, with the identity of the CFU–UNCAF play-off winners not yet known.
| Group A | Honduras |
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| Group B | United States |
| Group C | Mexico |
Squads
The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
A provisional list of forty players per national team was submitted to CONCACAF by June 2, 2017. The final list of 23 players per national team was submitted to CONCACAF by June 27, 2017. Three players per national team had to be goalkeepers.
National teams that reached the quarter-final stage were able to swap up to six players in the final squad with six players from the provisional list within 24 hours of their final group stage game.
Match officials
The match officials, which included 17 referees and 25 assistant referees, were announced on June 23, 2017.
- Referees
Drew Fischer
Ricardo Montero
Yadel Martínez
Walter López
Melvin Matamoros- Óscar Moncada
- Héctor Rodríguez
Roberto García Orozco- Fernando Guerrero
- César Ramos
John Pitti
Kimbell Ward
Joel Aguilar
Mark Geiger- Jair Marrufo
- Armando Villarreal
- Assistant Referees
- Carlos Fernández
- Juan Carlos Mora
- Hermenerito Lea
- Gerson López
- Melvyn Cruz
- Christian Ramírez
- Jesús Tábora
- José Luis Camargo
- Miguel Hernández
- Alberto Morín
- Marcos Quintero
- Marvin Torrentera
- Ronald Bruna
- Gabriel Victoria
- Daniel Williamson
- Graeme Browne
- Geonvany García
- William Torres
- Juan Francisco Zumba
Joseph Bertrand- Ainsley Rochard
- Frank Anderson
- Charles Morgante
- Corey Rockwell
Group stage
The top two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals.
All match times listed are in EDT (UTC−4). If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.
Tiebreakers
The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:
- Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned;
- Drawing of lots by the Gold Cup Committee
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | French Guiana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| Honduras | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Honduras | 3–0 Awarded | French Guiana |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | Martinique | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| United States | 3–2 | Martinique |
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| Report |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Curaçao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| Mexico | 3–1 | El Salvador |
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| Report |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
The best two third-placed teams which advanced to the knockout stage played the winners from another group in the quarter-finals.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | C | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | B | Martinique | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.
Knockout stage
In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time would not have been played and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, if the match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time would have been played, where each team would have been allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Unlike the previous edition of the competition, there was no third place play-off.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 19 – Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 | |||||||||
| July 22 – Arlington | ||||||||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||
| July 19 – Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| July 26 – Santa Clara | ||||||||||
| El Salvador | 0 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| July 20 – Glendale | ||||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| July 23 – Pasadena | ||||||||||
| Honduras | 0 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
| July 20 – Glendale | ||||||||||
| Jamaica | 1 | |||||||||
| Jamaica | 2 | |||||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| United States | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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| Report |
Semi-finals
Final
| United States | 2–1 | Jamaica |
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| Report | Watson  50' |
Goalscorers
There were 55 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Scott Arfield
- Junior Hoilett
- Dejan Jakovic
- Francisco Calvo
- David Ramírez
- Ariel Francisco Rodríguez
- Marco Ureña
- Rodney Wallace
- Gerson Mayen
- Rodolfo Zelaya
Roy Contout- Sloan Privat
Shaun Francis- Kemar Lawrence
- Je-Vaughn Watson
Steeven Langil- Edson Álvarez
- Elías Hernández
- Hedgardo Marín
- Orbelín Pineda
- Rodolfo Pizarro
- Ángel Sepúlveda
Carlos Chavarría- Abdiel Arroyo
- Miguel Camargo
- Ismael Díaz
- Michael Amir Murillo
- Joe Corona
- Clint Dempsey
- Dom Dwyer
- Eric Lichaj
- Matt Miazga
- Kelyn Rowe
1 own goal
- Aníbal Godoy (against Costa Rica)
Awards
Winners
| 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners |
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 United States Sixth title |
Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
- Golden Ball Award: Michael Bradley
- Golden Boot Award: Alphonso Davies
- Golden Glove Award: Andre Blake
- Young Player Award: Alphonso Davies
- Fair Play Award: United States
Best XI
The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Attackers |
|---|---|---|---|
Sponsors
Theme songs
"The Arena" and "Don't Let This Feeling Fade" by American violinist Lindsey Stirling served as the official songs of the tournament. The latter features Rivers Cuomo of the band Weezer and rapper Lecrae.
"Bia Beraghsim" by Persian-Swedish singer Mahan Moin served as the official anthem of the tournament
"Levántate" by Puerto Rican singer Gale served as the official Spanish-language song of the tournament.
"Thunder" and "Whatever It Takes" by American rock band Imagine Dragons also served as official anthems of the tournament.