United States at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The United States line-up during the national anthem before their 2015 quarter-final against Cuba. The United States ended up winning 6–0, their joint-highest Gold Cup victory of all time.

The United States national team has participated in all sixteen 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, behind Mexico by just two 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 twelve times, losing five out of seven times when facing Mexico, but winning the other five finals against various opponents.

Overall record[edit]

Winning finals[edit]

Bruce Arena led the U.S. team to three continental championships.

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.

Record by opponent[edit]

Group 3[edit]

Final round[edit]

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.

Group B[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group A[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group C[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Group C[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
 Peru 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
 Haiti 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1

Quarter-finals[edit]

Group B[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group C[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Group B[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group B[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group B[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group C[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group C[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group A[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Group B[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group D[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Group B[edit]

Source: CONCACAF
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Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Record players[edit]

Landon Donovan, CONCACAF’s record player and scorer at continental championships, taking a corner kick in the 2013 final. The 1–0 victory over Panama ensured his fourth Gold Cup title.

Landon Donovan is both the CONCACAF Gold Cup’s record player and scorer with 18 goals in 33 matches. In addition, he and DaMarcus Beasley are the only players to win the Gold Cup four times.

Rank Player Matches Gold Cups
1 Landon Donovan 33 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013
2 Michael Bradley 25 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019
3 Clint Dempsey 24 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017
4 Kasey Keller 23 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007
DaMarcus Beasley 23 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2015
6 Gyasi Zardes 22 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021
7 Eric Wynalda 21 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Frankie Hejduk 21 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007
9 Cobi Jones 20 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002
10 John Harkes 19 1989, 1993, 1996 and 1998
Carlos Bocanegra 19 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2011

Top goalscorers[edit]

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.

Rank Player Goals Gold Cups (goals)
1 Landon Donovan 18 2002 (1), 2003 (4), 2005 (3), 2007 (4), 2011 (1) and 2013 (5)
2 Clint Dempsey 13 2005 (1), 2007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (7) and 2017 (1)
3 Eric Wynalda 9 1991 (1), 1993 (2), 1996 (4), 1998 (1) and 2000 (1)
4 Brian McBride 8 2000 (1), 2002 (4) and 2003 (3)
5 DaMarcus Beasley 6 2002 (1), 2005 (3) and 2007 (2)
Gyasi Zardes 6 2015 (1), 2019 (3) and 2021 (2)
7 Chris Wondolowski 5 2013
Jozy Altidore 5 2011 (2), 2017 (2) and 2019 (1)
9 Bruce Murray 3 1989 (1) and 1991 (2)
Carlos Bocanegra 3 2003 (2) and 2007 (1)
Eddie Johnson 3 2007 (1) and 2013 (2)
Stuart Holden 3 2009 (2) and 2013 (1)
Clarence Goodson 3 2009, 2011 and 2013
Michael Bradley 3 2011 (1) and 2015 (2)
Joe Corona 3 2013 (2) and 2017 (1)
Omar Gonzalez 3 2015 (1) and 2017 (2)
Jordan Morris 3 2017
Christian Pulisic 3 2019

Awards and records[edit]

Team awards[edit]

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

Individual awards[edit]

  • Most Valuable Player:
  • Golden Boot:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Young Player:

Team records[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
  2. ^ The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
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  6. ^ “United States vs. Martinique – 13 July 2017”. Soccerway. Perform Group. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  7. ^ “Nicaragua vs. United States – 16 July 2017”. Soccerway. Perform Group. July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  8. ^ “United States vs. El Salvador – 20 July 2017”. Soccerway. Perform Group. July 19, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  9. ^ “Costa Rica vs. United States – 23 July 2017”. Soccerway. Perform Group. July 22, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
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  12. ^ “United States vs. Trinidad and Tobago”. ESPN. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  13. ^ “Panama vs. United States”. ESPN. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  14. ^ “United States vs. Curaçao”. ESPN. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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