2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Tournament details
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	55 (2.2 per match)
Attendance	819,592 (32,784 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alphonso Davies Kévin Parsemain Jordan Morris (3 goals each)
Best player	Michael Bradley
Best young player	Alphonso Davies
Best goalkeeper	Andre Blake
Fair play award	United States

The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's football championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship overall. According to the FIFA International Match Calendar, the tournament was played between July 7–26, 2017.^[1] It was hosted by the United States.^[2]

The United States won their sixth title with their 2–1 victory over Jamaica in the final.^[3]

As the winners of this tournament, the United States will play against the winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the 2019 CONCACAF Cup, a one-match play-off to determine CONCACAF's qualifier for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup. If the United States win the 2019 Gold Cup, they will automatically qualify for the Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams

A total of 12 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	Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship)	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking at start of event
North American zone
United States	Automatic	14th (16th)	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013) Runners-up (1989)	35
Mexico (Title holders)	Automatic	14th (22nd)	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977)	16
Canada	Automatic	13th (16th)	Champions (2000) Champions (1985)	100
Central American zone qualified through the 2017 Copa Centroamericana
Honduras	Winners	13th (19th)	Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981)	72
Panama	Runners-up	8th (9th)	Runners-up (2005, 2013)	52
El Salvador	Third Place	10th (16th)	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013) Runners-up (1963, 1981)	103
Costa Rica	Fourth Place	13th (19th)	Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989)	26
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2017 Caribbean Cup
Curaçao	Winners	1st (5th)1	Third place (1963, 1969)	68
Jamaica	Runners-up	10th (12th)	Runners-up (2015)	76
French Guiana	Third Place	1st (1st)	None	N/A2
Martinique	Fourth Place	5th (5th)	Quarterfinals (2002)	N/A2
Play-off winners between Caribbean zone fifth place and Central American zone fifth place
Nicaragua	Play-off	2nd (4th)	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.^[2] Levi's Stadium was announced as the venue of the final on February 1, 2017.^[4]

Arlington	Cleveland	Denver	Frisco	Glendale
AT&T Stadium	FirstEnergy Stadium[nb 1]	Sports Authority Field	Toyota Stadium	University of Phoenix Stadium
32°44′52″N 97°5′34″W / 32.74778°N 97.09278°W / 32.74778; -97.09278 (AT&T Stadium)	41°30′22″N 81°41′58″W / 41.50611°N 81.69944°W / 41.50611; -81.69944 (FirstEnergy Stadium)	39°44′38″N 105°1′12″W / 39.74389°N 105.02000°W / 39.74389; -105.02000 (Sports Authority Field)	33°9′16″N 96°50′7″W / 33.15444°N 96.83528°W / 33.15444; -96.83528 (Toyota Stadium)	33°31′39″N 112°15′45″W / 33.52750°N 112.26250°W / 33.52750; -112.26250 (University of Phoenix Stadium)
Capacity: 100,000	Capacity: 67,431	Capacity: 76,125	Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 63,400
Harrison	Pasadena Cleveland Santa Clara Harrison Tampa Denver Arlington Houston Frisco San Antonio Philadelphia Glendale San Diego Nashville   Group stage venue    Quarter-final venue    Semi-final venue    Final venue			Houston
Red Bull Arena				BBVA Compass Stadium
40°44′12″N 74°9′1″W / 40.73667°N 74.15028°W / 40.73667; -74.15028 (Red Bull Arena)				29°45′8″N 95°21′9″W / 29.75222°N 95.35250°W / 29.75222; -95.35250 (BBVA Compass Stadium)
Capacity: 25,000				Capacity: 22,000
Nashville				Pasadena
Nissan Stadium[nb 1]				Rose Bowl
36°9′59″N 86°46′17″W / 36.16639°N 86.77139°W / 36.16639; -86.77139 (Nissan Stadium)				34°9′41″N 118°10′3″W / 34.16139°N 118.16750°W / 34.16139; -118.16750 (Rose Bowl)
Capacity: 69,000				Capacity: 90,000
Philadelphia	San Antonio	San Diego	Santa Clara	Tampa
Lincoln Financial Field	Alamodome[nb 1]	Qualcomm Stadium	Levi's Stadium[nb 1]	Raymond James Stadium
39°54′3″N 75°10′3″W / 39.90083°N 75.16750°W / 39.90083; -75.16750 (Lincoln Financial Field)	29°25′1″N 98°28′44″W / 29.41694°N 98.47889°W / 29.41694; -98.47889 (Alamodome)	32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°W / 32.78306; -117.11944 (Qualcomm Stadium)	37°24′11″N 121°58′12″W / 37.40306°N 121.97000°W / 37.40306; -121.97000 (Levi's Stadium)	27°58′33″N 82°30′12″W / 27.97583°N 82.50333°W / 27.97583; -82.50333 (Raymond James Stadium)
Capacity: 69,596	Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 70,561	Capacity: 68,500	Capacity: 65,890

Notes

Draw

The United States and Mexico were announced as the seeded teams of Groups B and C respectively on December 19, 2016.^[2] Honduras, the winners of the 2017 Copa Centroamericana title were announced as being the seeded team in Group A on February 14, 2017.^[5]

The groups and match schedule were revealed on March 7, 2017, 10:00 PST (UTC−8), at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.^[6][7] 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.

Seeded teams

Group A	Honduras
Group B	United States
Group C	Mexico

Squads

The 12 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 40 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.^[8]

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.^[8]

Match officials

The match officials, which included 17 referees and 25 assistant referees, were announced on June 23, 2017.^[9]

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:^[8]

1. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned;
5. 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

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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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

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The best two third-placed teams which advance to the knockout stage played the winners from another group in the quarter-finals.^[8]

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

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.^[8] Unlike the previous edition of the competition, there was no third place play-off.

Bracket

	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

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

55 goals were scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

Winners

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners
United States Sixth title

Individual awards

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

• Golden Ball Award: Michael Bradley^[20]
• Golden Boot Award: Alphonso Davies^[21]
• Golden Glove Award: Andre Blake^[22]
• Young Player Award: Alphonso Davies^[23]
• Fair Play Award:  United States^[24]

Best XI

The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.^[25]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielder	Attackers
Andre Blake	Graham Zusi Omar Gonzalez Jermaine Taylor Kemar Lawrence	Darlington Nagbe Jesús Dueñas Michael Bradley Alphonso Davies	Jozy Altidore Jordan Morris

Sponsors

• Allstate
• Cerveza Modelo de México
• Nike, Inc.
• Post Consumer Holdings
• Scotiabank
• Sprint Corporation

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.^[26]

"Thunder" and "Whatever It Takes" by American rock band Imagine Dragons also served as official anthems of the tournament.

Broadcasting rights

Territory	Channel	Ref
Canada	TSN (English) Univision Canada (Spanish) RDS (French)	[27]
China	CCTV, PPTV
MENA	beIN Sports (MENA)
Turkey	Tivibu Spor
Mexico	Televisa, TV Azteca and Sky Sports
Europe	Eurosport 1
United States	Fox Sports (English) Univision (Spanish)
South America	DIRECTV Sports
Brazil	BandSports	[28]
South Africa	SuperSport
Croatia	SportKlub	[29]
France	beIN Sports
Netherlands	Fox Sports
Australia	beIN Sports
Portugal	Sport TV
Poland	TVP Sport*	[30]
Spain	beIN Sports GOL
Albania	SuperSport
United Kingdom	BT Sport
Jamaica	Flow sports

• Only two matches live (opening and final). 12 matches as a first run at 8 am in Poland.

Notes

References

External links

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