2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2011 (Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 5 – 25
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (9th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	80 (3.2 per match)
Attendance	1,140,602 (45,624 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Javier Hernández (7 goals)[1]
Best player	Javier Hernández[1]
Best goalkeeper	Noel Valladares
Fair play award	Mexico

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.

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]

Participating nations

Team	Qualification	Appearance in the Gold Cup	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking at start of event
North American zone
United States	Host	11th	Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007)	22
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	11th	Champion (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009)	28
Canada	Automatic	10th	Champion (2000)	77
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2010 Caribbean Championship
Jamaica	Winner	8th	Third Place (1993)	55
Guadeloupe	Runner-up	3rd	Semifinals (2007)	N/A
Cuba	Third Place	6th	Quarterfinals (2003)	81
Grenada	Fourth Place	2nd	First Round (2009)	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2011 Copa Centroamericana
Honduras	Winner	10th	Runner-up (1991)	43
Costa Rica	Runner-up	10th	Runner-up (2002)	56
Panama	Third Place	5th	Runner-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

Each team can register a squad of 23 players.

Suspension of Mexican players

On June 9, 2011, the names of five Mexican players were released announcing Antônio Naelson Sinha, Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Guillermo Ochoa, 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]

Draw

The teams learned their path to the regional title when CONCACAF announced the groups and match schedule for the 2011 Gold Cup on concacaf.com Tuesday, March 8 at 12 pm ET. The confederation championship ran from June 5 to 25 in 13 different stadiums across the United States, culminating at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the championship final.^[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 winners Group runners-up Best two third-placed teams among all groups

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
El Salvador	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Honduras	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Grenada	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panama	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
A	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
C	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	June 19 – Washington
	Jamaica	0
					June 22 – Houston
	United States	2
					United States	1
	June 19 – Washington
					Panama	0
	Panama (pen.)	1 (5)
									June 25 – Pasadena
	El Salvador	1 (3)
									United States	2
	June 18 – East Rutherford
									Mexico	4
	Costa Rica	1 (2)
					June 22 – Houston
	Honduras (pen.)	1 (4)
					Honduras	0
	June 18 – East Rutherford
					Mexico (a.e.t.)	2
	Mexico	2
	Guatemala	1

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

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Javier Hernández

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Clarence Goodson (playing against Panama)

Tournament ranking

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	Third place
4	Honduras	5	1	2	2	8	5	+3	5	Fourth place
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

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.

Awards

Winners

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners
Mexico Ninth 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 least amount of cards.

References

External links

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