The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a soccer match which determined the winners of the

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship ov ...

. The match was held at

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in Santa Clara,

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, United States, on July 26, 2017, and was contested by the

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and

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. The United States won the final 2–1 for their sixth

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title.

Route to the final

Match

Summary

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opened the scoring for the U.S. in the last minute of the first half with a free-kick from 30 yards which went over the wall and into the top left corner of the net with his right foot. Jamaica equalized in the 50th minute from

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after he met a corner from the right on the volley with his right foot at the back post from five yards out. With two minutes to go,

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got the winning goal with a right foot shot to the right corner of the net from fifteen yards out after the ball broke to him in the penalty area.

Details

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if necessary. *

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 ...

if scores still level. *Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

References

External links

* {{Jamaica national football team

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