2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2011 (Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 5–25, 2011
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	80 (3.2 per match)
Attendance	1,140,602 (45,624 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Javier Hernández (7 goals)[1]
Best player	Javier Hernández[1]
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The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation; with over 93,000 in attendance, the final was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on June 25, 2011.^[2]

As winner of the tournament, Mexico qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from CONCACAF.^[3][4]

Participating nations

Team	Qualification	Appearance in the Gold Cup	Previous best performance
North American zone
United States	Host	11th	Winner (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Mexico	Automatic	11th	Winner (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009)
Canada	Automatic	10th	Winner (2000)
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2010 Caribbean Championship
Jamaica	Winner	8th	Fourth Place (1993)
Guadeloupe	Runner-up	3rd	Semifinals (2007)
Cuba	Third Place	6th	Quarterfinals (2003)
Grenada	Fourth Place	2nd	First Round (2009)
Central American zone qualified through the 2011 Copa Centroamericana
Honduras	Winner	10th	Runner-up (1991)
Costa Rica	Runner-up	10th	Runner-up (2002)
Panama	Third Place	5th	Runner-up (2005)
El Salvador	Fourth Place	7th	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003)
Guatemala	Fifth Place	9th	Fourth Place (1996)

Venues

The set of thirteen venues–the same number as the 2009 Gold Cup–was announced on December 16, 2010.^[5] Each stadium hosted a doubleheader, except the Rose Bowl which hosted the final.

Group stage
Arlington (Dallas)	Carson (Los Angeles)	Detroit	Charlotte	Miami
Cowboys Stadium	The Home Depot Center	Ford Field	Bank of America Stadium	FIU Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 73,778	Capacity: 23,500
June 5	June 6	June 7	June 9	June 10
Tampa	Chicago	Harrison (New Jersey)	Kansas City
Raymond James Stadium	Soldier Field	Red Bull Arena	Livestrong Sporting Park
Capacity: 68,857	Capacity: 61,500	Capacity: 25,189	Capacity: 18,500
June 11	June 12	June 13	June 14
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals		Semifinals	Final
East Rutherford (New Jersey)	Washington, D.C.	Houston	Pasadena (Los Angeles)
New Meadowlands Stadium	RFK Stadium	Reliant Stadium	Rose Bowl
Capacity: 82,566	Capacity: 45,596	Capacity: 71,500	Capacity: 91,136
June 18	June 19	June 22	June 25

Squads

Each team can register a squad of 23 players.

Suspension of Mexican players

It was announced during the tournament on June 9, 2011, that five Mexican players, Antônio Naelson Sinha, Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Guillermo Ochoa, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the Gold Cup and have therefore been withdrawn from the squad.^[6] Mexican officials said they believed the positive tests were caused by eating meat tainted with the drug.^[7] CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said a meeting of the confederation's national teams committee, which also serves as the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, was to be convened on June 10 to consider the situation, including possibly allowing Mexico to replace the five players. However, the meeting was postponed to allow for more information to be gathered.^[8] The Mexican Football Federation said on June 14 that the "B" samples of those five involving players were negative.^[9] The CONCACAF Gold Cup Organizing Committee announced on June 19 that Mexico would be allowed to replace the suspended players.^[10]

Draw

The teams learned their path to the regional title when CONCACAF announced the groups and match schedule for the 2011 Gold Cup on concacaf.com Tuesday, March 8 at 12 pm ET. The confederation championship ran from June 5 to 25 in 13 different stadiums across the United States, culminating at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the championship final.^[11]

Group stage

For the first round, or group stage, the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group, as well as the two best-placed third teams among all groups, qualified for the quarter-finals.

If two or more teams are equal on points (including ties among third place teams), the manner in which teams advance to the next round are resolved as follows and in the order indicated:^[12]

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
6. Drawing of lots.

All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
El Salvador	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

June 5, 2011 18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)	Costa Rica	5 – 0	Cuba	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Attendance: 80,108 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Ureña  7', 46' Saborío  41' Mora  47' Campbell  71'	Report

June 5, 2011 20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)	Mexico	5 – 0	El Salvador	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Attendance: 80,108 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	Juárez  55' de Nigris  58' J. Hernández  60', 67', 90+5' (pen.)	Report

June 9, 2011 19:00 (19:00 UTC−4)	Costa Rica	1 – 1	El Salvador	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Attendance: 46,012 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
	Brenes  90+5'	Report	Zelaya  45'

June 9, 2011 21:00 (21:00 UTC−4)	Cuba	0 – 5	Mexico	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Attendance: 46,012 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
		Report	J. Hernández  35', 76' dos Santos  63', 68' de Nigris  65'

June 12, 2011 18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)	El Salvador	6 – 1	Cuba	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Zelaya  13', 71' Romero  29' Blanco  69' Alvarez  84' Quintanilla  90+4'	Report	Márquez  83'

June 12, 2011 20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)	Mexico	4 – 1	Costa Rica	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Márquez  17' Guardado  19', 26' Barrera  38'	Report	Ureña  69'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Honduras	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Grenada	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

June 6, 2011 21:00 (18:00 UTC−7)	Jamaica	4 – 0	Grenada	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 21,507 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
	Shelton  21' Johnson  39' Phillips  79' O. Daley  84'	Report

June 6, 2011 23:00 (20:00 UTC−7)	Honduras	0 – 0	Guatemala	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 21,507 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
		Report

June 10, 2011 19:00 (19:00 UTC−4)	Jamaica	2 – 0	Guatemala	FIU Stadium, Miami Attendance: 18,057 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
	Phillips  66', 76'	Report

June 10, 2011 21:00 (21:00 UTC−4)	Grenada	1 – 7	Honduras	FIU Stadium, Miami Attendance: 18,057 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)
	Murray  20'	Report	Bengtson  26', 37' Costly  28', 67', 71' W. Martínez  88' Mejía  90+3'

June 13, 2011 19:00 (19:00 UTC−4)	Guatemala	4 – 0	Grenada	Red Bull Arena, Harrison Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
	del Aguila  16' Pappa  22' Ruiz  54' Gallardo  59'	Report

June 13, 2011 21:00 (21:00 UTC−4)	Honduras	0 – 1	Jamaica	Red Bull Arena, Harrison Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
		Report	Johnson  36'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panama	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

June 7, 2011 18:00 (18:00 UTC−4)	Panama	3 – 2	Guadeloupe	Ford Field, Detroit Attendance: 28,209 Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)
	Pérez  29' Tejada  31' Gómez  57' (pen.)	Report	Jovial  65', 78'

June 7, 2011 20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)	United States	2 – 0	Canada	Ford Field, Detroit Attendance: 28,209 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
	Altidore  15' Dempsey  62'	Report

June 11, 2011 18:00 (18:00 UTC−4)	Canada	1 – 0	Guadeloupe	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 27,731 Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
	De Rosario  51' (pen.)	Report

June 11, 2011 20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)	United States	1 – 2	Panama	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Attendance: 27,731 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Goodson  66'	Report	Goodson  19' (o.g.) Gómez  36' (pen.)

June 14, 2011 19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)	Canada	1 – 1	Panama	Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City Attendance: 20,109 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
	De Rosario  62' (pen.)	Report	Tejada  90+1'

June 14, 2011 21:00 (20:00 UTC−5)	Guadeloupe	0 – 1	United States	Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City Attendance: 20,109 Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)
		Report	Altidore  9'

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
A	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
C	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	June 19 – Washington
	Jamaica	0
					June 22 – Houston
	United States	2
					United States	1
	June 19 – Washington
					Panama	0
	Panama (pen.)	1 (5)
									June 25 – Pasadena
	El Salvador	1 (3)
									United States	2
	June 18 – East Rutherford
									Mexico	4
	Costa Rica	1 (2)
					June 22 – Houston
	Honduras (pen.)	1 (4)
					Honduras	0
	June 18 – East Rutherford
					Mexico (a.e.t.)	2
	Mexico	2
	Guatemala	1

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local times in parentheses)

Quarterfinals

June 18, 2011 17:00 (17:00 UTC−4)	Costa Rica	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 78,807 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Marshall  56'	Report	Bengtson  49'
		Penalties
	Borges Ruiz Saborío Campbell	2 – 4	Costly Bernárdez Palacios Bengtson

June 18, 2011 20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)	Mexico	2 – 1	Guatemala	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 78,807 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	de Nigris  48' J. Hernández  66'	Report	Ruiz  5'

June 19, 2011 15:00 (15:00 UTC−4)	Jamaica	0 – 2	United States	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 45,424 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
		Report	Taylor  49' (o.g.) Dempsey  79'

June 19, 2011 18:00 (18:00 UTC−4)	Panama	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 45,424 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
	Tejada  90'	Report	Zelaya  78'
		Penalties
	Barahona Rentería Godoy Henríquez Tejada	5 – 3	Alas Romero Zelaya Flores

Semifinals

June 22, 2011 19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)	United States	1 – 0	Panama	Reliant Stadium, Houston Attendance: 70,627 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	Dempsey  76'	Report

June 22, 2011 22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)	Honduras	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Reliant Stadium, Houston Attendance: 70,627 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
		Report	de Nigris  93' J. Hernández  99'

Final

June 25, 2011 21:00 (18:00 UTC−7)	United States	2 – 4	Mexico	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 93,420 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Bradley  8' Donovan  23'	Report	Barrera  29', 50' Guardado  36' dos Santos  76'

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Javier Hernández

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Jermaine Taylor (playing against USA)
• Clarence Goodson (playing against Panama)

Team statistics

Rnd	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
F	Mexico	6	6	0	0	22	4	+18
F	United States	6	4	0	2	9	6	+4
S	Panama	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1
S	Honduras	5	1	2	2	8	5	+3
Q	Jamaica	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5
Q	Costa Rica	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2
Q	El Salvador	4	1	2	1	8	8	0
Q	Guatemala	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1
1	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
1	Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3
1	Grenada	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14
1	Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15

Awards

Winners

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners
Mexico Sixth title

Individual awards

Golden Boot Award	Most Valuable Player Award	Best Goalkeeper Award	Fair Play Award
Javier Hernández	Javier Hernández	Noel Valladares	Mexico

The Fair Play Award was awarded to Mexico because they accumulated the least amount of cards.

Best Saves [13] # Individual Rival 1 Tim Howard Canada 2 Alfredo Talavera Honduras 3 Noel Valladares Costa Rica 4 Noel Valladares Mexico 5 Keylor Navas Mexico 6 Jaime Penedo United States 7 Miguel Montes Costa Rica 8 Dennis Marshall Honduras 9 Ricardo Jerez Grenada 10 Franck Grandel United States

Best Goals [14] # Individual Rival 1 Giovani Dos Santos United States 2 Landon Donovan Mexico 3 Andrés Guardado Costa Rica 4 Jozy Altidore Guadeloupe 5 Rodolfo Zelaya Costa Rica 6 Javier Hernández Guatemala 7 Joel Campbell Cuba 8 Omar Daley Grenada 9 Carlos Ruiz Mexico 10 Pablo Barrera United States

References

External links

• Official website

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