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2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 6–24
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	64 (2.56 per match)
Attendance	921,464 (36,859 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Pavón (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Julian de Guzman
Best goalkeeper	Franck Grandel
Fair play award	Honduras
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The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to 24, 2007.

This competition was the third overall edition of the tournament without guests (for the first time since 1993) from other confederations. As the winner, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams

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	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
North American zone
United States (TH)	Automatic	9th	2005	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005)	25
Mexico	Automatic	9th	2005	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)	20
Canada	Automatic	8th	2005	Champions (2000)	94
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2007 Caribbean Cup
Haiti	Winners	3rd	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	85
Trinidad and Tobago	Runners-up	7th	2005	Third Place (2000)	67
Cuba	Third Place	5th	2005	Quarterfinals (2003)	71
Guadeloupe	Fourth Place	1st	None	Debut	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
Costa Rica	Winners	8th	2005	Runners-up (2002)	52
Panama	Runners-up	3rd	2005	Runners-up (2005)	60
Guatemala	Third Place	8th	2005	Fourth Place (1996)	87
El Salvador	Fourth Place	5th	2003	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003)	144
Honduras	Fifth Place	8th	2005	Runners-up (1991)	55

Venues

Miami	Carson	Foxborough
Miami Orange Bowl	The Home Depot Center	Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 72,319	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 68,756
East Rutherford	Houston	Chicago
Giants Stadium	Reliant Stadium	Soldier Field
Capacity: 80,042	Capacity: 71,500	Capacity: 61,500
MiamiFoxboroughEast RutherfordCarsonChicagoHoustonclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2007 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.

Competition format

The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.

If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:

1. Head to head matches between the tied teams (if applicable)
2. Greatest goal difference in group matches
3. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
4. If teams are still tied, CONCACAF will hold a drawing of lots

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Haiti	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Costa Rica	1–2	Canada
Centeno 56'	Report	De Guzman 57', 73'

Guadeloupe	1–1	Haiti
Fiston 54'	Report	Chéry 36' (pen.)

Canada	1–2	Guadeloupe
Gerba 35'	Report	Angloma 10' Fleurival 37'

Haiti	1–1	Costa Rica
Boucicaut 71'	Report	Centeno 62'

Costa Rica	1–0	Guadeloupe
Centeno 14'	Report

Haiti	0–2	Canada
	Report	De Rosario 31', 35' (pen.)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

United States	1–0	Guatemala
Dempsey 26'	Report

El Salvador	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Sánchez 38' Alas 81'	Report	Spann 8'

Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador
Contreras 68'	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	United States
	Report	Ching 29' Johnson 54'

United States	4–0	El Salvador
Beasley 34', 89' Donovan 45+4' (pen.) Twellman 73'	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Guatemala
McFarlane 87'	Report	Ruiz 83'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Panama	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Cuba	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Panama	3–2	Honduras
Rivera 33' B. Pérez 42' Garcés 83'	Report	Guevara 40' Costly 90+2'

Mexico	2–1	Cuba
Borgetti 38' Castillo 56'	Report	Alcántara 23'

Honduras	2–1	Mexico
Costly 57', 90'	Report	Blanco 29' (pen.)

Panama	2–2	Cuba
Garcés 14' B. Pérez 45'	Report	Colomé 27' Alcántara 74'

Cuba	0–5	Honduras
	Report	Pavón 3', 12', 42', 53' Guevara 90' (pen.)

Mexico	1–0	Panama
Salcido 60'	Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	June 16 - Foxboro
	Canada	3
					June 21 - Chicago
	Guatemala	0
					Canada	1
	June 16 - Foxboro
					United States	2
	United States	2
									June 24 - Chicago
	Panama	1
									United States	2
	June 17 - Houston
									Mexico	1
	Honduras	1
					June 21 - Chicago
	Guadeloupe	2
					Guadeloupe	0
	June 17 - Houston
					Mexico	1
	Mexico (a.e.t.)	1
	Costa Rica	0

Quarter-finals

Canada	3–0	Guatemala
De Rosario 17' Gerba 33', 44'	Report

United States	2–1	Panama
Donovan 60' (pen.) Bocanegra 62'	Report	B. Pérez 85'

Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica
Borgetti 97'	Report

Honduras	1–2	Guadeloupe
Pavón 70'	Report	Angloma 17' Socrier 20'

Semi-finals

Canada	1–2	United States
Hume 76'	Report	Hejduk 39' Donovan 45+1' (pen.)

Mexico	1–0	Guadeloupe
Pardo 70'	Report

Final

United States	2–1	Mexico
Donovan 62' (pen.) Feilhaber 73'	Report	Guardado 44'

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Carlos Pavón

4 goals

• Landon Donovan

3 goals

• Dwayne De Rosario
• Ali Gerba
• Walter Centeno
• Carlos Costly
• Blas Pérez

2 goals

• Julian de Guzman
• Reynier Alcántara
• Jocelyn Angloma
• Amado Guevara
• Jared Borgetti
• José Luis Garcés
• DaMarcus Beasley

1 goal

• Iain Hume
• Jaime Colomé
• Dennis Alas
• Ramón Sánchez
• Cédrick Fiston
• David Fleurival
• Richard Socrier
• José Manuel Contreras
• Carlos Ruiz
• Alexandre Boucicaut
• Monès Chéry
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Nery Castillo
• Andrés Guardado
• Pável Pardo
• Carlos Salcido
• Carlos Rivera
• Errol McFarlane
• Silvio Spann
• Carlos Bocanegra
• Brian Ching
• Clint Dempsey
• Benny Feilhaber
• Frankie Hejduk
• Eddie Johnson
• Taylor Twellman

Awards

Winners

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners
United States Fourth title

Individual awards

Top Scorer:	Most Valuable Player:	Top Goalkeeper:	Fair Play Award:
Carlos Pavón	Julian de Guzman	Franck Grandel	Honduras

All-Tournament team

The All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group and features the "Best XI" along with seven Honorable Mentions. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Controversy

During the last minutes of the semi-final match between Canada and the U.S.A., Canada's Atiba Hutchinson scored a goal that would have equalised the score for Canada. However, a linesman erroneously indicated that Hutchinson was offside, and the referee Benito Archundia subsequently nullified Hutchinson's goal. Video replays showed that the football came into contact with the U.S.A.'s defender Oguchi Onyewu immediately before Hutchinson scored the goal. Therefore, according to the laws of the game, there was no offside offence for Hutchinson.

Notes

1. Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France, is not a member of FIFA. Had they won the tournament, the runner-up would have taken their place.

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. May 16, 2007. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
2. "All-Tournament Team Unveiled". Terra.com. Terra Networks. AP. June 23, 2007. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
3. ^ "Le Canada perd dans la controverse". RDS (in French). June 21, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
4. ^ "Canada gets jilted in Gold Cup semi-final". The Globe and Mail. June 21, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
5. ^ "Controversy Follows United States Into Gold Cup Final". The New York Times. June 22, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2022.

External links

• 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Dates Announced
• 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup (with all matchreports)

• 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• 2007 in CONCACAF football
• International association football competitions hosted by the United States
• 2007 in American soccer
• CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments