The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was primarily hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.
The United States were the defending champions, having won the 2017 tournament. With the abolition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the CONCACAF Cup was annulled and the Gold Cup did not qualify the winner to a major tournament for the first time since 2009.
In February 2018, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12.
Mexico won their record-extending eighth Gold Cup title (their eleventh CONCACAF championship overall) with their 1–0 victory over the United States in the final.
Venues In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States. This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean, with all previous matches having taken place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.
United States In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States which would host matches. Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on September 27, 2018, as the venue of the final.
Pasadena(Los Angeles Area) DenverHouston Rose Bowl Broncos Stadium at Mile High NRG Stadium BBVA Stadium Capacity: 90,888 Capacity: 76,125 Capacity: 71,795 Capacity: 22,039 Charlotte Bank of America Stadium Capacity: 75,525 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Capacity: 69,176 Nashville Nissan Stadium Capacity: 69,143 Cleveland Glendale(Phoenix Area) Chicago Harrison(New York City Area) FirstEnergy Stadium State Farm Stadium Soldier Field Red Bull Arena Capacity: 67,895 Capacity: 63,400 Capacity: 61,500 Capacity: 25,000 Los Angeles Frisco(Dallas Area) Saint Paul(Minneapolis Area) Kansas City(Kansas City Area) Banc of California Stadium Toyota Stadium Allianz Field Children's Mercy Park Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 19,400 Capacity: 18,467
Costa Rica On November 26, 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on June 16, 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional in San José. San JoséEstadio NacionalCapacity: 35,175
Jamaica On April 2, 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on June 17, 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston. KingstonIndependence ParkCapacity: 35,000
Teams Qualification
The qualification system was changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal, while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.
Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.
Team Qualification Date ofqualificationGold Cup appearances Last appearance Previous best Gold Cup performance FIFA Rankingat start of event CONCACAF Rankingat start of event 15th 2017 (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015) 18 1 (co-hosts) 14th 2017 (2002) 39 3 9th 2017 (2005, 2013) 75 5 14th 2017 (1991) 61 4 (title holders & co-hosts) 15th 2017 (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017) 30 2 10th 2015 (2000) 92 11 7th 2015 (2002, 2009) 101 10 14th 2017 (2000) 78 6 6th 2017 (2002) N/A 12 2nd 2017 (2017) 79 15 1st None 174 20 9th 2015 (2003, 2013, 2015) 175 13 1st None 177 22 11th 2017 (2015, 2017) 54 7 3rd 2017 (2009, 2017) 129 14 11th 2017 (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) 69 9
Squads
Each team had to submit a list of 23 players (three players had to be goalkeepers).
Seeding On August 31, 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:
Rank Seeded team 1 2,042 2 1,872 3 1,798 4 1,632
The groups and full match schedule were revealed on April 10, 2019, 18:00 EDT (15:00 local time, PDT), in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Match officials Match officials were announced on May 15, 2019.
Referees
Juan Gabriel Calderón Henry Bejarano Yadel Martínez Mario Escobar Walter López Saíd Martínez Daneon Parchment Adonai Escobedo Fernando Guerrero Marco Ortíz John Pitti Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Iván Barton Jair Marrufo Armando Villarreal Ismail Elfath
Assistant Referees
Micheal Barwegen Kedlee Powell Juan Carlos Mora William Arrieta Helpys Feliz Gerson López Humberto Panjoj Christian Ramírez Walter López Nicholas Anderson Alberto Morín Miguel Hernández Henri Pupiro Taleb Al Marri Saoud Al Maqaleh Juan Zumba David Morán Zachari Zeegelaar Caleb Wales Frank Anderson Ian Anderson Corey Parker Kyle Atkins
Targeted advanced referee program (TARP)
Keylor Herrera Randy Encarnación Ismael Cornejo Reon Radix Oshane Nation Diego Montaño Oliver Vergara José Kellys José Torres
Group stage The match dates and the assignments were announced by CONCACAF on October 9, 2018. The quarter-final pairings were later amended on October 12, 2018. The top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
Points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time was played, where a fourth substitute was allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).
Golden Ball Raúl Jiménez Golden Boot Jonathan David6 goals, 2 assists 306 minutes playedGolden Glove Guillermo OchoaYoung Player Award Christian PulisicFair Play Trophy
Best XI The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForward Guillermo Ochoa Luis Rodríguez Carlos Salcedo Aaron Long Jesús Gallardo Michael Bradley Andrés Guardado Jonathan dos Santos Jonathan David Christian Pulisic Raúl Jiménez
Marketing
Broadcasting rights
CONCACAF CountryBroadcasterRef (co-host)FOX Sports (English)Univision (Spanish) (co-host)RepretelTeletica (co-host)TVJTSN (English)RDS (French) (co-host)
Televisa Sky SportsESPNImagen TelevisiónTV AztecaTCSCanal 3, Televisiete, Teleonce, TrecevisiónTelevicentroTVMaxTVN
International BroadcasterRefInternational (selected unsold markets)Concacaf GO DAZNSport KlubFreeSportsCharltonFox SportsTV2Sport TVMatch TVStarHubArena SportCMore SportTV VarzishD-Smart
Sponsorship Allstate Camarena Tequila Chick-fil-A Gatorade Cerveza Modelo de México Nike, Inc. Scotiabank Sprint Corporation Toyota Valvoline
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