The United States national team has participated in all eighteen editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup since its foundation in 1991 to replace the CONCACAF Championship. The United States is also the second-most successful team in the tournament, having won seven titles since the beginning of the Gold Cup era, behind only Mexico by three titles. Before the Gold Cup however, the United States only qualified for two of the previous ten CONCACAF Championships (1985 and 1989).

Since its inception in 1991, the CONCACAF Gold Cup is continually hosted or co-hosted by the United States (due to the United States being the only country that can host a profitable tournament), therefore the United States have frequently participated in the tournament and are considered to be one of the two major teams alongside Mexico. They have reached the final thirteen times, losing six out of eight times when facing Mexico, but winning the other five finals against various opponents.

Overall record CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup recordYearResultPositionSquad 1963Did not enter 1965 1967 1969Did not qualify 1971Did not enter 1973Did not qualify 1977 19811985Group stage6th421143Squad1989Runners-up2nd843163Squad 1991Champions 1st5410103Squad 1993Runners-up 2nd540155Squad 1996Third place3rd430183Squad 1998Runners-up 2nd430162Squad 2000Quarter-finals5th321062Squad 2002Champions 1st541091Squad 2003Third place3rd5401134Squad 2005Champions1st6420113Squad 20071st6600133Squad 2009Runners-up2nd6411128Squad 20112nd640296Squad 2013Champions1st6600204Squad 2015Fourth place4th6321125Squad 2017Champions1st6510134Squad 2019Runners-up 2nd6501152Squad 2021Champions1st6600111Squad 2023Semi-finals4th5230164Squad 2025Runners-up 2nd6411136SquadTotal20/287 Titles10879171221272

Winning finals

With three titles, Bruce Arena is the most successful coach in tournament history. Bora Milutinovic went on to win the 1996 tournament as head coach of Mexico.

YearOpponentResultCoachGoalscorer(s)Final location19910–0 Bora Milutinovic— Los Angeles20022–0 Bruce ArenaJ. Wolff, J. Agoos Pasadena20050–0 Bruce Arena— East Rutherford20072–1 Bob BradleyL. Donovan, B. Feilhaber Chicago20131–0 Jürgen KlinsmannB. Shea Chicago20172–1 Bruce ArenaJ. Altidore, J. Morris Santa Clara20211–0 Gregg BerhalterM. Robinson Paradise

Record by opponent CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)Opponent10016110232342069301012283213181060062321001107108201100140100110510611210014041059361071236118146300311330698181001306511214910011010011010016010011010012191010295

1985 CONCACAF Championship

Group 3 RankTeam16422062+425421143+131401327−5

1989 CONCACAF Championship

Final round width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=258512106+411843163+311833275+29611447−33602428−62width=165  – 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 – X–X 0–0 0–1 1–0 X–X – 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 – 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 –

The Championship also served as 1990 World Cup qualification, which helped the U.S. to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1950.

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts330083+5631025502310234−12310215−42

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1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

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Final

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts220052+362 1 0 1 3 4 −132 0 0 2 4 6 −20

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Third place match

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C Team220051+46210184+432002210−80

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2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts220040+46201112−11201114−31

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2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1

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2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0

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Third place match

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B Team321061+57321041+37310224−23300339−60

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2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B Team330070+7931112204310226−43301225−31

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2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B Team321082+67320152+36311143+143003010−100

4 July 20090–4 8 July 20092–0 11 July 20092–2

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Quarter-finals

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2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group D

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Quarter-finals

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2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group D

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Record players

Landon Donovan is both the CONCACAF Gold Cup's record player and scorer with 18 goals in 34 matches. In addition, he and DaMarcus Beasley are the only players to win the Gold Cup four times.

RankPlayerMatchesGold Cups1Landon Donovan342002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 20132Michael Bradley252007, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 20193Clint Dempsey242005, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 20174Kasey Keller231996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007DaMarcus Beasley232002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 20156Gyasi Zardes222015, 2017, 2019 and 20217Eric Wynalda211991, 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000Frankie Hejduk211998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 20079Cobi Jones201993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 200210John Harkes191989, 1993, 1996 and 1998Carlos Bocanegra192002, 2003, 2007 and 2011

Top goalscorers

Landon Donovan is not only the CONCACAF Gold Cup's record scorer, but is also the only player to score at six separate tournaments, and the only player to be (shared) top scorer at three tournaments.

In 2007, he scored all his four goals from the penalty spot.

RankPlayerGoalsGold Cups (goals)1Landon Donovan182002 (1), 2003 (4), 2005 (3), 2007 (4), 2011 (1) and 2013 (5)2Clint Dempsey132005 (1), 2007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (7) and 2017 (1)3Eric Wynalda91991 (1), 1993 (2), 1996 (4), 1998 (1) and 2000 (1)4Brian McBride82000 (1), 2002 (4) and 2003 (3)5Jesús Ferreira720236DaMarcus Beasley62002 (1), 2005 (3) and 2007 (2)Gyasi Zardes62015 (1), 2019 (3) and 2021 (2)8Chris Wondolowski52013Jozy Altidore52011 (2), 2017 (2) and 2019 (1)10Bruce Murray31989 (1) and 1991 (2)Carlos Bocanegra32003 (2) and 2007 (1)Eddie Johnson32007 (1) and 2013 (2)Stuart Holden32009 (2) and 2013 (1)Clarence Goodson32009, 2011 and 2013Michael Bradley32011 (1) and 2015 (2)Joe Corona32013 (2) and 2017 (1)Omar Gonzalez32015 (1) and 2017 (2)Jordan Morris32017Christian Pulisic32019Brandon Vázquez32023Diego Luna32025Malik Tillman32025

Awards and records

Team awards Champions: 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021 Runners-up: 1989, 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2025 Third place: 1996, 2003 Fair Play Award: 2003, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025

Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Brian McBride (2002) Landon Donovan (2013) Michael Bradley (2017) Golden Boot: Eric Wynalda (1996, 4 goals) Brian McBride (2002, 4 goals) Landon Donovan (2003, 4 goals) (shared) DaMarcus Beasley (2005, 3 goals) Landon Donovan (2013, 5 goals) (shared) Chris Wondolowski (2013, 5 goals) (shared) Clint Dempsey (2015, 7 goals) Jesús Ferreira (2023, 7 goals) Best Goalkeeper: Brad Guzan (2015) Matt Turner (2021) Best Young Player: Christian Pulisic (2019)

Team records Most finals played in a row (5: 2005–2013) Most Top 3 finishes in a row (7: 2002–2013) Highest defeat in a final (0–5 against Mexico, 2009)

Individual records Most titles as player: Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley (4: 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2013) Most titles as manager: Bruce Arena (3: 2002, 2005 and 2017) Most matches played: Landon Donovan (34: 2002–2013) Most goals scored: Landon Donovan (18: 2002–2013) Longest time span between first and last goal: Clint Dempsey (12 years, 15 days: July 7, 2005 – July 22, 2017)

See also United States at the Copa América United States at the FIFA Confederations Cup United States at the FIFA World Cup

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