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2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 7–28
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	67 (2.68 per match)
Attendance	907,208 (36,288 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Landon Donovan Gabriel Torres Chris Wondolowski (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Landon Donovan
Best goalkeeper	Jaime Penedo
Fair play award	Panama
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The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup 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, 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 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, to decide which team would represent CONCACAF in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. The playoff was played in a single match held on October 10, 2015, which Mexico won 3–2.

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	Automatic	12th	2011	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007)	22
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	12th	2011	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011)	20
Canada	Automatic	11th	2011	Champions (2000)	88
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2012 Caribbean Cup
Cuba	Winners	7th	2011	Quarterfinals (2003)	82
Trinidad and Tobago	Runners-up	8th	2007	Semifinals (2000)	87
Haiti	Third Place	5th	2009	Quarterfinals (2002, 2009)	69
Martinique	Fourth Place	4th	2003	Quarterfinals (2002)	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2013 Copa Centroamericana
Costa Rica	Winners	11th	2011	Runners-up (2002)	39
Honduras	Runners-up	11th	2011	Runners-up (1991)	55
El Salvador	Third Place	8th	2011	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011)	94
Belize	Fourth Place	1st	None	Debut	130
Panama	Fifth Place	6th	2011	Runners-up (2005)	51

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:

Pasadena	Arlington	Denver	Miami Gardens	Atlanta
Rose Bowl	Cowboys Stadium	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	Sun Life Stadium	Georgia Dome
Capacity: 92,542	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 76,125	Capacity: 74,918	Capacity: 71,228
Group A	Semi-finals	Group A	Group B	Quarter-finals
Baltimore	PasadenaSeattleDenverHarrisonMiami GardensHoustonPortlandSandyEast HartfordAtlantaBaltimoreArlingtonChicagoclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.			Seattle
M&T Bank Stadium				CenturyLink Field
Capacity: 71,008				Capacity: 67,000
Quarter-finals				Group A
Chicago				East Hartford
Soldier Field				Rentschler Field
Capacity: 61,500				Capacity: 40,000
Final				Group C
Harrison	Houston	Portland	Sandy
Red Bull Arena	BBVA Compass Stadium	Jeld-Wen Field	Rio Tinto Stadium
Capacity: 25,189	Capacity: 22,039	Capacity: 20,438	Capacity: 20,213
Group B	Group B	Group C	Group C

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.

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:

1. Greater goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned (applicable only to ranking in each group)
4. 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Martinique	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Canada	0–1	Martinique
	Report	Reuperné 90+3'

Mexico	1–2	Panama
Fabián 45+2'	Report	G. Torres 7' (pen.), 48'

Panama	1–0	Martinique
G. Torres 85' (pen.)	Report

Mexico	2–0	Canada
R. Jiménez 42' Fabián 57' (pen.)	Report

Panama	0–0	Canada
	Report

Martinique	1–3	Mexico
Parsemain 43' (pen.)	Report	Fabián 21' Montes 34' Ponce 90'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Haiti	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

El Salvador	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Zelaya 22', 69'	Report	Daniel 11' K. Jones 73'

Haiti	0–2	Honduras
	Report	R. Martínez 4' M. Chávez 78'

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Haiti
	Report	J. Maurice 16', 53'

Honduras	1–0	El Salvador
Claros 90+2'	Report

El Salvador	1–0	Haiti
Zelaya 76'	Report

Honduras	0–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	K. Jones 48' (pen.) Molino 67'

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Belize	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Costa Rica	3–0	Cuba
Barrantes 52', 77' Arrieta 71'	Report

Belize	1–6	United States
Gaynair 40'	Report	Wondolowski 12', 37', 41' Holden 58' Orozco 72' Donovan 76' (pen.)

United States	4–1	Cuba
Donovan 45+2' (pen.) Corona 57' Wondolowski 66', 85'	Report	Alfonso 36'

Costa Rica	1–0	Belize
Eiley 49' (o.g.)	Report

Cuba	4–0	Belize
Martínez 38', 61', 84' Márquez 90+3'	Report

United States	1–0	Costa Rica
Shea 82'	Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cuba	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
3	Martinique	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 July – M&T Bank Stadium
	United States	5
					24 July – AT&T Stadium
	El Salvador	1
					United States	3
	21 July – M&T Bank Stadium
					Honduras	1
	Honduras	1
									28 July – Soldier Field
	Costa Rica	0
									United States	1
	20 July – Georgia Dome
									Panama	0
	Panama	6
					24 July – AT&T Stadium
	Cuba	1
					Panama	2
	20 July – Georgia Dome
					Mexico	1
	Mexico	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0

Quarter-finals

Panama	6–1	Cuba
G. Torres 25' (pen.), 37' C. Rodríguez 68' B. Pérez 78', 88' Jiménez 85'	Report	Alfonso 21'

Mexico	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago
R. Jiménez 84'	Report

United States	5–1	El Salvador
Goodson 21' Corona 29' E. Johnson 60' Donovan 78' Diskerud 83'	Report	Zelaya 39' (pen.)

Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica
Najar 49'	Report

Semi-finals

United States	3–1	Honduras
E. Johnson 11' Donovan 27', 53'	Report	Medina 52'

Panama	2–1	Mexico
B. Pérez 13' R. Torres 61'	Report	Montes 26'

Final

United States	1–0	Panama
Shea 69'	Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Gabriel Torres
• Landon Donovan
• Chris Wondolowski

4 goals

• Rodolfo Zelaya

3 goals

• Ariel Martínez
• Marco Fabián
• Blas Pérez

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

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners
United States Fifth title

Individual awards

State Farm Fair Play Award	Sprint Golden Glove	Santander Golden Boot	Miller Lite Golden Ball
Panama	Jaime Penedo	Gabriel Torres Chris Wondolowski Landon Donovan	Landon Donovan

Notes

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 (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 566 mariachis performed at the half-time of the first-round game between Mexico and Panama at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California.

References

1. "Gold Cup to open with Mexico at Rose Bowl". CONCACAF.com. February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
2. ^ "Gold Cup groups, schedule unveiled". CONCACAF.com. March 13, 2013. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
3. "Gold Cup Winner to Qualify to FIFA Confederations Cup Playoff Match". CONCACAF.com. April 5, 2013.
4. "Thirty venues mull Gold Cup". CONCACAF.com. March 13, 2012. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012.
5. "CONCACAF Announces 2013 Gold Cup Host Cities and Venues". CONCACAF.com. January 23, 2013. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013.
6. ^ "Regulations in English: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
7. ^ "Changes to CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations". CONCACAF.com. April 4, 2013. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
8. "CONCACAF unveils groups and complete schedule for 2013 Gold Cup". mlssoccer.com. March 13, 2013. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
9. "Panama's Penedo captures Golden Glove award". concacaf.com. July 28, 2013. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
10. "Three share Golden Boot award". concacaf.com. July 28, 2013. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
11. "Donovan named Golden Ball winner". concacaf.com. July 28, 2013. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
12. Sam Wilbur (April 2, 2013). "Anna Kendrick, 'Cups' – New Song". AOL Radio Blog. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
13. Quarstad, Brian (December 1, 2012). "Traffic Sports Win Marketing Rights to 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup". IMSoccer News. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
14. Viswanatha, Aruna; Robinson, Joshua; Morse, Andrew; Matthews, Christopher M. (May 27, 2015). "FIFA Rocked as U.S. Charges 14 in Corruption Investigation". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
15. David Zahniser, Mariachi Guinness World Record broken at Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2013

External links

• Official website

• 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by the United States
• 2013 in American soccer