2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation.

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates7–28 July
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runners-up Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored67 (2.68 per match)
Attendance907,208 (36,288 per match)
Top scorer(s) Landon Donovan
Gabriel Torres
Chris Wondolowski
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Landon Donovan
Best goalkeeper Jaime Penedo
Fair play award Panama

The competition began on 7 July 2013 at the Rose Bowl,[1] and ended with the final on 28 July 2013 at Soldier Field,[2] with the United States defeating Panama 1–0. In this edition of the Gold Cup, Mexico participated with an alternative squad due to the main players competing at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup prior to the Gold Cup. Despite not playing with their full squad, they successfully reached the semi-finals where they lost to eventual runners-up Panama with a score of 1–2.

United States won the tournament, which qualified them for a play-off match against the champions of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, to decide which team would represent CONCACAF in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.[3] The playoff was played in a single match held on 10 October 2015, which Mexico won 3–2.

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 12th Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007) 22
 Mexico (TH) Automatic 12th Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011) 20
 Canada Automatic 11th Champions (2000) 88
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2012 Caribbean Cup
 Cuba Winners 7th Quarterfinals (2003) 82
 Trinidad and Tobago Runners-up 8th Semi-finals (2000) 87
 Haiti Third Place 5th Quarter-finals (2002, 2009) 69
 Martinique Fourth Place 4th Quarter-finals (2002) N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2013 Copa Centroamericana
 Costa Rica Winners 11th Runners-up (2002) 39
 Honduras Runners-up 11th Runners-up (1991) 55
 El Salvador Third Place 8th Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011) 94
 Belize Fourth Place 1st Debut 130
 Panama Fifth Place 6th Runners-up (2005) 51

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

Thirty venues across the United States participated in the start of the stadium selection process with Soccer United Marketing, the event partner for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.[4]

CONCACAF announced the 13 host cities and venues for the tournament on 23 January 2013.[5] Each venue will host two matches, with the final being held at Chicago's Soldier Field:

Pasadena Arlington Denver Miami Gardens Atlanta
Rose Bowl AT&T Stadium Sports Authority Field at Mile High Hard Rock Stadium Georgia Dome
Capacity: 92,542 Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 76,125 Capacity: 74,918 Capacity: 71,228
Group A Semi-finals Group A Group B Quarter-finals
Baltimore
Seattle
M&T Bank Stadium CenturyLink Field
Capacity: 71,008 Capacity: 67,000
Quarter-finals Group A
Chicago East Hartford
Soldier Field Rentschler Field
Capacity: 61,500 Capacity: 40,000
Final Group C
Harrison Houston Portland Sandy
Red Bull Arena BBVA Compass Stadium Jeld-Wen Field Rio Tinto Stadium
Capacity: 25,189 Capacity: 22,039 Capacity: 20,438 Capacity: 20,213
Group B Group B Group C Group C

Squads
Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Each team can register a squad of 23 players; 3 of them must be goalkeepers. Any team that qualifies for the knockout stage may replace up to four players in the squad after completion of the group stage, where the new players must come from a provisional list of 35 players chosen before the tournament.[6][7]

Match officials

Each CONCACAF federation submitted a list of match officials to the CONCACAF Referee's Commission for the 2013 Gold Cup Tournament.

Group stage

CONCACAF announced the groups, where the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams, and the match schedule for the 2013 Gold Cup on 13 March 2013.[2][8]

In the group stage, if two or more teams are equal on points (including among third-placed teams in different groups), the ranking of teams will be determined as follows:[6]

  1. Greater goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned (applicable only to ranking in each group)
  4. Drawing of lots by the Gold Cup Organizing Committee

This was changed from previous tournaments, where head-to-head record was used as the primary tiebreaker.[7]

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advance to the quarter-finals

All times given are US Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A
Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Panama 321031+27
 Mexico 320163+36
 Martinique 310224−23
 Canada 301203−31
Canada 0–1 Martinique
Report Reuperné  90+3'
Attendance: 56,822
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Mexico 1–2 Panama
Fabián  45+2' Report G. Torres  7' (pen.), 48'
Attendance: 56,822
Panama 1–0 Martinique
G. Torres  85' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 28,354
Referee: Armando Castro Oviedo (Honduras)
Mexico 2–0 Canada
R. Jiménez  42'
Fabián  57' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 28,354
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Panama 0–0 Canada
Report
Sports Authority Field, Denver
Attendance: 30,000
Martinique 1–3 Mexico
Parsemain  43' (pen.) Report Fabián  21'
Montes  34'
Ponce  90'
Sports Authority Field, Denver
Attendance: 30,000

Group B
Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 320132+16
 Trinidad and Tobago 31114404
 El Salvador 31113304
 Haiti 310223−13
El Salvador 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Zelaya  22', 69' Report Daniel  11'
K. Jones  73'
Attendance: 20,000
Haiti 0–2 Honduras
Report R. Martínez  4'
M. Chávez  78'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hugo Cruz Alvarado (Costa Rica)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Haiti
Report J. Maurice  16', 53'
Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens
Attendance: 28,713
Referee: Jeffrey Solis Calderón (Costa Rica)
Honduras 1–0 El Salvador
Claros  90+2' Report
Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens
Attendance: 28,713
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
El Salvador 1–0 Haiti
Zelaya  76' Report
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 21,783
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
Honduras 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Report K. Jones  48' (pen.)
Molino  67'
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 21,783

Group C
Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300112+99
 Costa Rica 320141+36
 Cuba 310257−23
 Belize 3003111−100
Costa Rica 3–0 Cuba
Barrantes  52', 77'
Arrieta  71'		 Report
Jeld-Wen Field, Portland
Attendance: 18,724
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Belize 1–6 United States
Gaynair  40' Report Wondolowski  12', 37', 41'
Holden  58'
Orozco  72'
Donovan  76' (pen.)
Jeld-Wen Field, Portland
Attendance: 18,724
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)
United States 4–1 Cuba
Donovan  45+2' (pen.)
Corona  57'
Wondolowski  66', 85'		 Report Alfonso  36'
Attendance: 17,597
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Costa Rica 1–0 Belize
Eiley  49' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 17,597
Cuba 4–0 Belize
Martínez  38', 61', 84'
Márquez  90+3'		 Report
Rentschler Field, East Hartford
Attendance: 25,432
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Shea  82' Report
Rentschler Field, East Hartford
Attendance: 25,432
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Ranking of third-placed teams
Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
C  Cuba 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
A  Martinique 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.[6]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 July – Georgia Dome
 
 
 Mexico1
 
24 July – AT&T Stadium
 
 Trinidad and Tobago0
 
 Mexico1
 
20 July – Georgia Dome
 
 Panama2
 
 Panama6
 
28 July – Soldier Field
 
 Cuba1
 
 Panama0
 
21 July – M&T Bank Stadium
 
 United States1
 
 Honduras1
 
24 July – AT&T Stadium
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Honduras1
 
21 July – M&T Bank Stadium
 
 United States3
 
 United States5
 
 
 El Salvador1
 

Quarter-finals
Panama 6–1 Cuba
G. Torres  25' (pen.), 37'
C. Rodríguez  68'
B. Pérez  78', 88'
Jiménez  85'		 Report Alfonso  21'
Attendance: 54,229
Mexico 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
R. Jiménez  84' Report
Attendance: 54,229
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
United States 5–1 El Salvador
Goodson  21'
Corona  29'
E. Johnson  60'
Donovan  78'
Diskerud  83'		 Report Zelaya  39' (pen.)
Attendance: 70,540
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica
Najar  49' Report
Attendance: 70,540
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Semi-finals
United States 3–1 Honduras
E. Johnson  11'
Donovan  27', 53'		 Report Medina  52'
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington
Attendance: 81,410
Panama 2–1 Mexico
B. Pérez  13'
R. Torres  61'		 Report Montes  26'
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington
Attendance: 81,410
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Final
Main article: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
United States 1–0 Panama
Shea  69' Report
Attendance: 57,920
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Statistics

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

Awards

Winners
 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners 

United States
Fifth title

Individual awards
State Farm Fair Play Award Sprint Golden Glove[9] Santander Golden Boot[10] 1 Miller Lite Golden Ball[11]
 Panama Jaime Penedo Gabriel Torres Chris Wondolowski Landon Donovan Landon Donovan
Notes

1 Award is shared between the three players. It was the third time that Landon Donovan has been the competition's top scorer and also the third time he has shared the award with others.

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  United States (H) 6 6 0 0 20 4 +16 18 Champions
2  Panama 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Runners-up
3  Mexico 5 3 0 2 8 5 +3 9 Eliminated in
Semi-finals
4  Honduras 5 3 0 2 5 5 0 9
5  Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 4 2 +2 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
7  El Salvador 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
8  Cuba 4 1 0 3 6 13 −7 3
9  Haiti 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Martinique 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
11  Canada 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
12  Belize 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2013. Source:
(H) Host.

Official song
Main article: Cups (song)

"Cups" by actress Anna Kendrick (from the film Pitch Perfect) is the official song of the tournament.[12]

Marketing

In December 2012, Traffic Sports USA were awarded the rights to manage the marketing of the tournament, which continued a relationship between CONCACAF and the parent company Traffic Sports Marketing.[13] In 2015, this business deal led to charges in the 2015 FIFA corruption case, which identified bribes given from top Traffic officials to CONCACAF chairman, Jeffrey Webb.[14]

Game notes

References
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  3. "Gold Cup Winner to Qualify to FIFA Confederations Cup™ Playoff Match". CONCACAF.com. 5 April 2013.
  4. "Thirty venues mull Gold Cup". CONCACAF.com. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
  5. "CONCACAF Announces 2013 Gold Cup Host Cities and Venues". CONCACAF.com. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
  6. "Regulations in English: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  7. "Changes to CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations". CONCACAF.com. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  8. "CONCACAF unveils groups and complete schedule for 2013 Gold Cup". mlssoccer.com. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  9. "Panama's Penedo captures Golden Glove award". concacaf.com. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  10. "Three share Golden Boot award". concacaf.com. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  11. "Donovan named Golden Ball winner". concacaf.com. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  12. Sam Wilbur (2 April 2013). "Anna Kendrick, 'Cups' – New Song". AOL Radio Blog. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  13. Quarstad, Brian (1 December 2012). "Traffic Sports Win Marketing Rights to 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup". IMSoccer News. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  14. Viswanatha, Aruna; Robinson, Joshua; Morse, Andrew; Matthews, Christopher M. (27 May 2015). "FIFA Rocked as U.S. Charges 14 in Corruption Investigation". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  15. David Zahniser, Mariachi Guinness World Record broken at Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2013
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