2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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.

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2011 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJune 5–25
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored80 (3.2 per match)
Attendance1,140,602 (45,624 per match)
Top scorer(s) Javier Hernández
(7 goals)[1]
Best player(s) Javier Hernández[1]
Best goalkeeper Noel Valladares
Fair play award Mexico

The competition started on June 5, 2011 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, and ended with the final on June 25, 2011 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California,[2] with Mexico beating the United States 4–2.

This competition was the fifth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their sixth Gold Cup, and ninth CONCACAF Championship overall. It was the third consecutive Gold Cup final and second consecutive win also.

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

Qualified teams

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performance FIFA Ranking
North American zone
 United States Automatic 11th Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007) 22
 Mexico (TH) Automatic 11th Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009) 28
 Canada Automatic 10th Champions (2000) 77
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2010 Caribbean Cup
 Jamaica Winners 8th Third Place (1993) 55
 Guadeloupe Runners-up 3rd Semifinals (2007) N/A
 Cuba Third Place 6th Quarterfinals (2003) 81
 Grenada Fourth Place 2nd Group stage (2009) N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2011 Copa Centroamericana
 Honduras Winners 10th Runners-up (1991) 43
 Costa Rica Runners-up 10th Runners-up (2002) 56
 Panama Third Place 5th Runners-up (2005) 67
 El Salvador Fourth Place 7th Quarterfinals (2002, 2003) 87
 Guatemala Fifth Place 9th Fourth Place (1996) 124

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 Carson 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: 18,000
June 5 June 6 June 7 June 9 June 10
Tampa Chicago Harrison 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 Washington, D.C. Houston Pasadena
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
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 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.

Suspension of Mexican players

On June 9, 2011, the names of five Mexican players were released announcing Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Sinha, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the start of the 2011 Gold Cup. They were withdrawn from the squad a few days after their June 5 Gold Cup starting match and 5-0 win against El Salvador.[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]

El Salvador match fixing

On September 20, 2013, the Salvadoran Football Federation banned 14 Salvadoran players banned for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (Dennis Alas, Luis Anaya, captain Marvin González, Reynaldo Hernández, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Osael Romero, Ramón Sánchez and Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5-0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

Group stage

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

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarterfinals

Group A
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3300141+139
 Costa Rica 311175+24
 El Salvador 31117704
 Cuba 3003116−150
Costa Rica 5–0 Cuba
Ureña  7', 46'
Saborío  41'
Mora  47'
Campbell  71'		 Report
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington
Attendance: 80,108
Mexico 5–0 El Salvador
Juárez  55'
De Nigris  58'
J. Hernández  60', 67', 90+5' (pen.)		 Report
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington
Attendance: 80,108
Costa Rica 1–1 El Salvador
Brenes  90+5' Report Zelaya  45'
Attendance: 46,012
Cuba 0–5 Mexico
Report J. Hernández  35', 76'
Dos Santos  63', 68'
De Nigris  65'
Attendance: 46,012
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
El Salvador 6–1 Cuba
Zelaya  13', 71'
Romero  29'
Blanco  69'
Álvarez  84'
Quintanilla  90+4'		 Report Márquez  83'
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mexico 4–1 Costa Rica
Márquez  17'
Guardado  19', 26'
Barrera  38'		 Report Ureña  69'
Attendance: 62,000

Group B
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica 330070+79
 Honduras 311172+54
 Guatemala 311142+24
 Grenada 3003115−140
Jamaica 4–0 Grenada
Shelton  21'
Johnson  39'
Phillips  79'
O. Daley  84'		 Report
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 21,507
Honduras 0–0 Guatemala
Report
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 21,507
Jamaica 2–0 Guatemala
Phillips  66', 76' Report
FIU Stadium, Miami
Attendance: 18,057
Grenada 1–7 Honduras
Murray  20' Report Bengtson  26', 37'
Costly  28', 67', 71'
W. Martínez  88'
Mejía  90+3'
FIU Stadium, Miami
Attendance: 18,057
Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)
Guatemala 4–0 Grenada
del Aguila  16'
Pappa  22'
Ruiz  54'
Gallardo  59'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Honduras 0–1 Jamaica
Report Johnson  36'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group C
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Panama 321064+27
 United States 320142+26
 Canada 311123−14
 Guadeloupe 300325−30
Panama 3–2 Guadeloupe
Pérez  29'
Tejada  31'
Gómez  57' (pen.)		 Report Jovial  65', 78'
Attendance: 28,209
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
United States 2–0 Canada
Altidore  15'
Dempsey  62'		 Report
Attendance: 28,209
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Canada 1–0 Guadeloupe
De Rosario  51' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 27,731
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
United States 1–2 Panama
Goodson  66' Report Goodson  19' (o.g.)
Gómez  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,731
Canada 1–1 Panama
De Rosario  62' (pen.) Report Tejada  90+1'
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 20,109
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Guadeloupe 0–1 United States
Report Altidore  9'
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 20,109
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

Ranking of third-placed teams
Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B Guatemala 311142+24
A El Salvador 31117704
C Canada 311123−14

Knockout stage
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
June 19 – Washington
 
 
 Jamaica0
 
June 22 – Houston
 
 United States2
 
 United States1
 
June 19 – Washington
 
 Panama0
 
 Panama (pen.)1 (5)
 
June 25 – Pasadena
 
 El Salvador1 (3)
 
 United States2
 
June 18 – East Rutherford
 
 Mexico4
 
 Costa Rica1 (2)
 
June 22 – Houston
 
 Honduras (pen.)1 (4)
 
 Honduras0
 
June 18 – East Rutherford
 
 Mexico (a.e.t.)2
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Guatemala1
 

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

Quarterfinals
Costa Rica 1–1 (a.e.t.) Honduras
Marshall  56' Report Bengtson  49'
Penalties
Borges
Ruiz
Saborío
Campbell 		2–4 Costly
Bernárdez
Palacios
Bengtson
New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 78,807
Mexico 2–1 Guatemala
De Nigris  48'
J. Hernández  66'		 Report Ruiz  5'
New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford
Attendance: 78,807
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Jamaica 0–2 United States
Report Jones  49'
Dempsey  79'
Attendance: 45,424
Panama 1–1 (a.e.t.) El Salvador
Tejada  90' Report Zelaya  78' (pen.)
Penalties
Barahona
Rentería
Godoy
Henríquez
Tejada 		5–3 Alas
Romero
Zelaya
Flores
Attendance: 45,424

Semifinals
United States 1–0 Panama
Dempsey  76' Report
Reliant Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 70,627
Honduras 0–2 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Report De Nigris  93'
J. Hernández  99'
Reliant Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 70,627

Final
Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
United States 2–4 Mexico
Bradley  8'
Donovan  23'		 Report Barrera  29', 50'
Guardado  36'
Dos Santos  76'
Attendance: 93,420
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Statistics

Goalscorers
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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[12]  Mexico

The Fair Play Award was awarded to Mexico because they accumulated the fewest cards.

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Mexico 6 6 0 0 22 4 +18 18 Champions
2  United States (H) 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Runners-up
3  Panama 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8 Eliminated in
Semi-finals
4  Honduras 5 1 2 2 8 5 +3 5
5  Jamaica 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Costa Rica 4 1 2 1 8 6 +2 5
7  El Salvador 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5
8  Guatemala 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4
9  Canada 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Guadeloupe 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
11  Grenada 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
12  Cuba 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2011. Source:
(H) Host.

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