The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two ...
competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition began on July 7, 2013, at the
Rose Bowl, and ended with the final on July 28, 2013, at
Soldier Field
Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side, Chicago, Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears from the National ...
,
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
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tourn ...
prior to the Gold Cup. Despite not playing with their full squad, they 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
The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 23rd CONCACAF regional championship overall in the organization's fifty-four years of existence. It was held in the United States, with two matches bei ...
, to decide which team would represent
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...
in the
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
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in Russia. The playoff was played in a single match held on October 10, 2015, which
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
won 3–2.
Qualified teams
A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
, five to
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
, and four to the
Caribbean
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.
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.
CONCACAF announced the 13 host cities and venues for the tournament on January 23, 2013. Each venue will host two matches, with the final being held at Chicago's Soldier Field:
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.
Match officials
Each CONCACAF federation submitted a list of match officials to the CONCACAF Referee's Commission for the 2013 Gold Cup Tournament.
;Referees
*
Dave Gantar (
Canada
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)
* Jeffrey Solis Calderón (
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
)
* Hugo Cruz Alvarado (
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
)
*
Wálter Quesada (
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
)
* Marcos Brea (
Cuba
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)
*
Joel Aguilar (
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
)
* Elmer Arturo Bonilla (
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
)
* Armando Castro Oviedo (
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
)
*
Héctor Rodríguez (
Honduras
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)
* Courtney Campbell (
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
)
*
Marco Rodríguez (
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
)
* Javier Santos (
Puerto Rico
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)
*
Enrico Wijngaarde (
Suriname
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)
*
Mark Geiger (
United States
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)
*
Jair Marrufo (
United States
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)
;Assistant referees
* Philippe Brière (
Canada
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)
*
Joe Fletcher (
Canada
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)
* Octavio Jara (
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
)
* William Torres Mejía (
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
)
* Juan Francisco Zumba (
El Salvador
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)
* Hermenerito Leal (
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
)
* Christian Ramírez (
Honduras
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)
* Ricardo Morgan (
Jamaica
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)
* Garnet Page (
Jamaica
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)
* Marcos Quintero (
Mexico
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)
* Marvin Torrentera (
Mexico
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)
* Graeme Browne (
St. Kitts and Nevis)
* Ramon Ricardo Louisville (
Suriname
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)
* Eric Boria (
United States
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)
* Sean Mark Hurd (
United States
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)
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 March 13, 2013.
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:
# Greater goal difference in all group matches
# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned (applicable only to ranking in each group)
# 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.
All times given are US Eastern Daylight Time (
UTC−4)
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time,
extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
to determine the winners.
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
;5 goals
*
Gabriel Torres
*
Landon Donovan
Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional association football, soccer player and coach who was most recently the interim head coach of San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Often co ...
*
Chris Wondolowski
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;4 goals
*
Rodolfo Zelaya
;3 goals
*
Ariel Martínez
*
Marco Fabián
Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora (; born 21 July 1989) is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He is an Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tou ...
*
Blas Pérez
Blas Antonio Pérez Ortega (born 13 March 1981) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League.
Club career
Pérez began his career in his native Panama with P ...
;2 goals
*
Michael Barrantes
*
José Ciprian Alfonso
*
Jean-Eudes Maurice
*
Raúl Jiménez
*
Luis Montes
*
Kenwyne Jones
*
Joe Corona
*
Eddie Johnson
*
Brek Shea
;1 goal
*
Ian Gaynair
*
Jairo Arrieta
*
Yénier Márquez
*
Marvin Chávez
*
Jorge Claros
*
Rony Martínez
*
Nery Medina
*
Andy Najar
*
Kévin Parsemain
*
Fabrice Reuperné
*
Miguel Ángel Ponce
*
Jairo Jiménez
*
Carlos Rodríguez
*
Román Torres
*
Keon Daniel
*
Kevin Molino
*
Mikkel Diskerud
*
Clarence Goodson
*
Stuart Holden
*
Michael Orozco Fiscal
;1 own goal
* Dalton Eiley (playing against Costa Rica)
Awards
Winners
Individual awards
;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.
Official song
"Cups" by actress
Anna Kendrick
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(from the film ''
Pitch Perfect'') is the official song of the tournament.
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. 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.
Game notes
* On July 7, 2013 – A
Guinness world record
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566
mariachi
Mariachi (, , ) is a genre of regional Mexican music dating back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as eight violins, two ...
s performed at the half-time of the first-round game between Mexico and Panama at the Rose Bowl,
Pasadena, California
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.
[David Zahniser]
Mariachi Guinness World Record broken at Rose Bowl
Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2013
References
External links
Official website
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The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two ...