At the end of each CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.
Awards There are currently five post-tournament awards from the Tournament Awards Committee: the Golden Ball for best player, first awarded in 1991; the Golden Boot for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1991; the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 2002; the Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 2002; the Goal of the Tournament, for the best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in 2021.
Best player Gold Cup Golden Ball1991 Tony Meola1993 Ramón Ramírez1996 Raúl Lara1998 Kasey Keller2000 Craig Forrest2002 Brian McBride2003 Jesús Arellano2005 Luis Tejada2007 Julian de Guzman2009 Giovani dos Santos2011 Javier Hernández2013 Landon Donovan2015 Andrés Guardado2017 Michael Bradley2019 Raúl Jiménez2021 Héctor Herrera2023 Adalberto Carrasquilla2025 Edson Álvarez
Top goalscorer Gold Cup Golden BootGoals1991 Benjamín Galindo41993 Zague111996 Eric Wynalda41998 Luis Hernández42000 Carlo Corazzin42002 Brian McBride42003 Walter Centeno Landon Donovan42005 DaMarcus Beasley32007 Carlos Pavón 52009 Miguel Sabah42011 Javier Hernández72013 Gabriel Torres Landon Donovan Chris Wondolowski52015 Clint Dempsey72017 Alphonso Davies32019 Jonathan David62021 Almoez Ali42023 Jesús Ferreira72025 Ismael Díaz6
Best goalkeeper Gold Cup Golden Glove Clean sheets 2002 Lars Hirschfeld2 2003 Oswaldo Sánchez5 2005 Jaime Penedo2 2007 Franck Grandel0 2009 Keylor Navas1 2011 Noel Valladares1 2013 Jaime Penedo2 2015 Brad Guzan2 2017 Andre Blake3 2019 Guillermo Ochoa3 2021 Matt Turner5 2023 Guillermo Ochoa4 2025 Luis Malagón3
Best young player The Young Player Award ("Bright Future Award" 2015) was awarded for the first time at the 2015 Gold Cup in Canada–United States and given to Mexico's Jesús Corona.
The winner of the award has only been part of the winning country one time: Jesús Corona in 2015.
Gold Cup Young PlayerAge2015 Jesús Corona222017 Alphonso Davies162019 Christian Pulisic202021 Tajon Buchanan222025 Olger Escobar18
Team of the Tournament
YearHost(s)GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsRef. 1998 Kasey Keller Eddie Pope Claudio Suárez Zé Maria Ramón Ramírez Preki Paul Hall Cuauhtémoc Blanco Edmundo Romário Paulo Wanchope 2000 Craig Forrest Rafael Márquez Jason de Vos Ramón Ramírez Roberto Palacios Russell Latapy Cobi Jones Arnold Dwarika Carlo Corazzin Carlos Pavón Dwight Yorke 2002 Odelin Molina Luis Marin Jeff Agoos Jason de Vos Alfonso Sosa Mauricio Solis Landon Donovan Kim Nam-il Rónald Gómez Kevin McKenna Brian McBride 2003 2005 Jaime Penedo Felipe Baloy Samuel Caballero Oguchi Onyewu DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Jairo Patiño Luis Ernesto Pérez Tressor Moreno Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez 2007 Franck Grandel Felipe Baloy Richard Hastings Frankie Hejduk Carlos Salcido Walter Centeno Julian de Guzman Pablo Mastroeni Pável Pardo Carlos Pavón Blas Pérez 2009 Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa Mike Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall Julian de Guzman Celso Borges Stéphane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden Álvaro Saborío Walter Martínez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper 2011 2013 2015 2017 Andre Blake Graham Zusi Omar Gonzalez Jermaine Taylor Kemar Lawrence Darlington Nagbe Jesús Dueñas Michael Bradley Alphonso Davies Jozy Altidore Jordan Morris 2019 Guillermo Ochoa Luis Rodríguez Carlos Salcedo Aaron Long Jesús Gallardo Michael Bradley Andrés Guardado Jonathan dos Santos Jonathan David Christian Pulisic Raúl Jiménez 2021 Matt Turner Miles Robinson Edson Álvarez Shaq Moore Damion Lowe Héctor Herrera Celso Borges Tajon Buchanan Akram Afif Rogelio Funes Mori Almoez Ali 2023 Guillermo Ochoa Fidel Escobar Johan Vásquez Jorge Sánchez Luis Chávez Adalberto Carrasquilla Orbelín Pineda Yoel Bárcenas Demarai Gray Jesús Ferreira Ismael Díaz 2025 Luis Malagón Johan Vásquez César Montes Chris Richards Diego Luna Malik Tillman Edson Álvarez Oscar Santis Peter González Raúl Jiménez Ismael Díaz
Fair Play Trophy Gold Cup Fair Play Trophy Winners 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Goal of the Tournament The Goal of the Tournament award was awarded for the first time at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Scores and results list the goal tally of the players' team first.
Gold CupPlayerScored againstScoreMinuteResult RoundRef.2021 Bobby De Cordova-Reid2–026'2–0Group stage2023 Anthony Baron4–050'4–0Group stage
See also FIFA World Cup awards UEFA European Championship awards Copa América awards Africa Cup of Nations awards AFC Asian Cup awards OFC Nations Cup awards
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