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2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation.

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2011 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJune 5–25
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored80 (3.2 per match)
Attendance1,140,602 (45,624 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Javier Hernández
(7 goals)[1]
Best player(s)Mexico Javier Hernández[1]
Best goalkeeperHonduras Noel Valladares
Fair play award Mexico
← 2009
2013 →

The competition started on June 5, 2011, at 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]

Venues edit

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
   
 
  

Teams edit

Qualification edit

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 Last appearance 2022 Previous best performance FIFA Ranking
North American zone
  United States Automatic 11th 2009 Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007) 22
  Mexico (TH) Automatic 11th 2009 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009) 28
  Canada Automatic 10th 2009 Champions (2000) 77
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2010 Caribbean Cup
  Jamaica Winners 8th 2009 Third Place (1993) 55
  Guadeloupe Runners-up 3rd 2009 Semifinals (2007) N/A
  Cuba Third Place 6th 2007 Quarterfinals (2003) 81
  Grenada Fourth Place 2nd 2009 Group stage (2009) N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2011 Copa Centroamericana
  Honduras Winners 10th 2009 Runners-up (1991) 43
  Costa Rica Runners-up 10th 2009 Runners-up (2002) 56
  Panama Third Place 5th 2009 Runners-up (2005) 67
  El Salvador Fourth Place 7th 2009 Quarterfinals (2002, 2003) 87
  Guatemala Fifth Place 9th 2007 Fourth Place (1996) 124

Squads edit

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Suspension of Mexican players edit

On June 9, 2011, the names of five Mexican players were released announcing Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Sinha, 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] The replacement players were, Luis Ernesto Michel, Héctor Reynoso, Paul Aguilar, Marco Fabián, and Hiram Mier.[11] All players were later acquitted by the Mexican Football Federation and the results were blamed on contamination of meat, with the ingestion of clenbuterol considered non-intentional.[12] However, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to request a ban.[13] On October 12, 2011, WADA withdrew the request after the full file was available for them.[14][15]

El Salvador match fixing edit

On September 20, 2013, the Salvadoran Football Federation banned 14 Salvadoran players for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (Dennis Alas, Luis Anaya, captain Marvin González, Reynaldo Hernández, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Osael Romero, Ramón Sánchez and Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5-0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[16]

Group stage edit

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

Group A edit

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mexico 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2   Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3   El Salvador 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
4   Cuba 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
Costa Rica  5–0  Cuba
Ureña   7', 46'
Saborío   41'
Mora   47'
Campbell   71'		 Report
Attendance: 80,108
Mexico  5–0  El Salvador
Juárez   55'
De Nigris   58'
J. Hernández   60', 67', 90+5' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 80,108
Costa Rica  1–1  El Salvador
Brenes   90+5' Report Zelaya   45'
Attendance: 46,012
Cuba  0–5  Mexico
Report J. Hernández   35', 76'
Dos Santos   63', 68'
De Nigris   65'
Attendance: 46,012
El Salvador  6–1  Cuba
Zelaya   13', 71'
Romero   29'
Blanco   69'
Álvarez   84'
Quintanilla   90+4'		 Report Márquez   83'
Attendance: 62,000
Mexico  4–1  Costa Rica
Márquez   17'
Guardado   19', 26'
Barrera   38'		 Report Ureña   69'
Attendance: 62,000

Group B edit

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Honduras 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
3   Guatemala 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
4   Grenada 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Jamaica  4–0  Grenada
Shelton   21'
Johnson   39'
Phillips   79'
O. Daley   84'		 Report
Attendance: 21,507
Honduras  0–0  Guatemala
Report
Attendance: 21,507
Jamaica  2–0  Guatemala
Phillips   66', 76' Report
Attendance: 18,057
Grenada  1–7  Honduras
Murray   20' Report Bengtson   26', 37'
Costly   28', 67', 71'
W. Martínez   88'
Mejía   90+3'
Attendance: 18,057
Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)
Guatemala  4–0  Grenada
del Aguila   16'
Pappa   22'
Ruiz   54'
Gallardo   59'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Honduras  0–1  Jamaica
Report Johnson   36'
Attendance: 25,000

Group C edit

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Panama 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to Knockout stage
2   United States 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Canada 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4   Guadeloupe 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Panama  3–2  Guadeloupe
Pérez   29'
Tejada   31'
Gómez   57' (pen.)		 Report Jovial   65', 78'
Attendance: 28,209
United States  2–0  Canada
Altidore   15'
Dempsey   62'		 Report
Attendance: 28,209
Canada  1–0  Guadeloupe
De Rosario   51' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 27,731
United States  1–2  Panama
Goodson   66' Report Goodson   19' (o.g.)
Gómez   36' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,731
Canada  1–1  Panama
De Rosario   62' (pen.) Report Tejada   90+1'
Attendance: 20,109
Guadeloupe  0–1  United States
Report Altidore   9'
Attendance: 20,109

Ranking of third-placed teams edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guatemala 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2   El Salvador 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
3   Canada 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 June – District of Columbia
 
 
  Jamaica0
 
22 June – Houston
 
  United States2
 
  United States1
 
19 June – District of Columbia
 
  Panama0
 
  Panama (p)1 (5)
 
25 June – Pasadena
 
  El Salvador1 (3)
 
  United States2
 
18 June – East Rutherford
 
  Mexico4
 
  Costa Rica1 (2)
 
22 June – Houston
 
  Honduras (p)1 (4)
 
  Honduras0
 
18 June – East Rutherford
 
  Mexico (a.e.t.)2
 
  Mexico2
 
 
  Guatemala1
 

Quarter-finals edit

Costa Rica  1–1  Honduras
Marshall   56' Report Bengtson   49'
Penalties
Borges  
Ruiz  
Saborío  
Campbell  		 2–4   Costly
  Bernárdez
  Palacios
  Bengtson
Attendance: 78,807
Mexico  2–1  Guatemala
De Nigris   48'
J. Hernández   66'		 Report Ruiz   5'
Attendance: 78,807
Jamaica  0–2  United States
Report Jones   49'
Dempsey   80'
Attendance: 45,424
Panama  1–1  El Salvador
Tejada   90' Report Zelaya   78' (pen.)
Penalties
Barahona  
Rentería  
Godoy  
Henríquez  
Tejada  		 5–3   Alas
  Romero
  Zelaya
  Flores
Attendance: 45,424

Semi-finals edit

United States  1–0  Panama
Dempsey   76' Report
Attendance: 70,627
Honduras  0–2  Mexico
Report De Nigris   93'
J. Hernández   99'
Attendance: 70,627

Final edit

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
United States  2–4  Mexico
Bradley   8'
Donovan   23'		 Report Barrera   29', 50'
Guardado   36'
Dos Santos   76'
Attendance: 93,420

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

Note: Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' goal counts or to match goal counts.

There were 80 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards edit

The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[17][18][19][20]

Golden Ball
  Javier Hernández
Golden Boot
  Javier Hernández
7 goals
Golden Glove
  Noel Valladares
Fair Play Trophy
  Mexico

References edit

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