The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious in the final against an upstart Panama team led by tournament MVP Luis Tejada. After regulation and 30 minutes of extra time ended scoreless, the U.S. won 3–1 on penalties.
For this edition, the format was switched from four groups of three teams each to the three groups of four teams. As a result, there was one more group stage game for each team, and the likelihood of teams advancing on a coin toss was much less. The top two teams from each group and the two best third-place teams would advance to the quarterfinals.
As usual for the Gold Cup, several of the top teams fielded less than their top squads, including guest teams Colombia and South Africa. Mexico and the United States were missing at least half their usual starters, and a few top name players on smaller nations (Paulo Wanchope and Amado Guevara, among others) also declined to participate. During the tournament, matches in Miami's Group A had to be postponed because of Hurricane Dennis.
This was the last edition of the tournament to have guest participants from other confederations until the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Qualified teams TeamQualificationAppearancesLast appearancePrevious best performanceFIFA RankingNorth American zone (TH) Automatic 8th 2003 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)6 Automatic 8th 2003 Champions (1991, 2002) 10 Automatic 7th 2003 Champions (2000) 85Caribbean zone qualified through the 2005 Caribbean Cup Winners 6th 2003 Third place (1993) 41 Runners-up 4th 2003 Quarterfinals (2003) 70 Third Place 6th 2002 Third place (2000) 58Central American zone qualified through the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup Winners 7th 2003 Runners-up (2002) 24 Runners-up 7th 2003 Runners-up (1991) 50 Third Place 7th 2003 Fourth Place (1996) 59 Fourth Place 2nd 1993 Group stage (1993) 98Other Invitation 1st None Debut 39 Invitation 3rd 2000 Runners-up (2000) 25
Venues Foxborough East Rutherford Carson Los Angeles Gillette Stadium Giants Stadium Home Depot Center Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Capacity: 68,756 Capacity: 80,042 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 93,607 Miami Seattle Houston Orange Bowl Qwest Field Reliant Stadium Capacity: 72,319 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 71,500
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.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Goalscorers 3 goals
DaMarcus Beasley (Golden Boot Winner) Landon Donovan Carlos Ruiz Wilmer Velásquez Luis Tejada
2 goals
Abel Aguilar Jairo Patiño Randall Brenes Jafet Soto Ricardo Fuller Jermaine Hue Jared Borgetti Jorge Dely Valdés Ricardo Phillips Lungisani Ndlela
1 goal
Ali Gerba Atiba Hutchinson Jaime Castrillon Héctor Hurtado Tressor Moreno Christian Bolaños Bryan Ruiz Alain Cervantes Maykel Galindo Lester More Gonzalo Romero Samuel Caballero Mario Ivan Guerrero Maynor Figueroa Milton Núñez Danilo Turcios Teafore Bennett Luton Shelton Damion Stewart Andy Williams Omar Bravo Gerardo Galindo Gonzalo Pineda Alberto Medina Francisco Rodríguez Philip Evans Elrio Van Heerden Solace Nkosi Siyabango Nomvete Abram Raselemane Marvin Andrews Chris Birchall Cornell Glen Clint Dempsey John O'Brien Oguchi Onyewu Josh Wolff
Awards Winners
Individual awards Top Scorer:Most Valuable Player:Top Goalkeeper:Fair Play Award: DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Carlos Ruiz Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez(3 goals each) Luis Tejada Jaime Penedo Honduras
All-Star TeamGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Jaime Penedo Felipe Baloy Samuel Caballero Oguchi Onyewu DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Jairo Patiño Luis Ernesto Pérez Tressor Moreno Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez
Honorable MentionGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Kasey Keller Tyrone Marshall Michael Umaña Philip Evans John O'Brien Jorge Dely Valdés Jafet Soto
References
Full match details at RSSF.com Match details at WorldFootball.net