2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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.

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJuly 7–28
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runners-up Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored67 (2.68 per match)
Attendance907,208 (36,288 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Landon Donovan
Panama Gabriel Torres
United States Chris Wondolowski
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)United States Landon Donovan
Best goalkeeperPanama Jaime Penedo
Fair play award Panama
2011
2015

The competition began on July 7, 2013, at the Rose Bowl,[1] and ended with the final on July 28, 2013, at Soldier Field,[2] 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.[3] The playoff was played in a single match held on October 10, 2015, which Mexico won 3–2.

Qualified teams

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 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

edit

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.[4]

CONCACAF announced the 13 host cities and venues for the tournament on January 23, 2013.[5] 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
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

edit

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.[6][7]

Match officials

edit

Each CONCACAF federation submitted a list of match officials to the CONCACAF Referee's Commission for the 2013 Gold Cup Tournament.

Group stage

edit

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.[2][8]

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:[6]

  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.[7]

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advance to the quarter-finals

All times given are US Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group A

edit
Pos Team 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
Source: [citation needed]
Canada  0–1  Martinique
Report Reuperné   90+3'
Attendance: 56,822
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Mexico  1–2  Panama
Fabián   45+2' Report G. Torres   7' (pen.), 48'
Attendance: 56,822

Panama  1–0  Martinique
G. Torres   85' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 28,354
Referee: Armando Castro Oviedo (Honduras)
Mexico  2–0  Canada
R. Jiménez   42'
Fabián   57' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 28,354

Panama  0–0  Canada
Report
Martinique  1–3  Mexico
Parsemain   43' (pen.) Report Fabián   21'
Montes   34'
Ponce   90'

Group B

edit
Pos Team 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
Source: [citation needed]
El Salvador  2–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Zelaya   22', 69' Report Daniel   11'
K. Jones   73'
Attendance: 20,000
Haiti  0–2  Honduras
Report R. Martínez   4'
M. Chávez   78'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hugo Cruz Alvarado (Costa Rica)

Trinidad and Tobago  0–2  Haiti
Report J. Maurice   16', 53'
Attendance: 28,713
Referee: Jeffrey Solis Calderón (Costa Rica)
Honduras  1–0  El Salvador
Claros   90+2' Report

El Salvador  1–0  Haiti
Zelaya   76' Report
Attendance: 21,783
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
Honduras  0–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Report K. Jones   48' (pen.)
Molino   67'

Group C

edit
Pos Team 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
Source: [citation needed]
Costa Rica  3–0  Cuba
Barrantes   52', 77'
Arrieta   71'
Report
Attendance: 18,724
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Belize  1–6  United States
Gaynair   40' Report Wondolowski   12', 37', 41'
Holden   58'
Orozco   72'
Donovan   76' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,724

United States  4–1  Cuba
Donovan   45+2' (pen.)
Corona   57'
Wondolowski   66', 85'
Report Alfonso   36'
Attendance: 17,597
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
Costa Rica  1–0  Belize
Eiley   49' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 17,597

Cuba  4–0  Belize
Martínez   38', 61', 84'
Márquez   90+3'
Report
United States  1–0  Costa Rica
Shea   82' Report
Attendance: 25,432
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Ranking of third-placed teams

edit
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
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

edit

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.[6]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 July – M&T Bank Stadium
 
 
  United States5
 
24 July – AT&T Stadium
 
  El Salvador1
 
  United States3
 
21 July – M&T Bank Stadium
 
  Honduras1
 
  Honduras1
 
28 July – Soldier Field
 
  Costa Rica0
 
  United States1
 
20 July – Georgia Dome
 
  Panama0
 
  Panama6
 
24 July – AT&T Stadium
 
  Cuba1
 
  Panama2
 
20 July – Georgia Dome
 
  Mexico1
 
  Mexico1
 
 
  Trinidad and Tobago0
 

Quarter-finals

edit
Panama  6–1  Cuba
G. Torres   25' (pen.), 37'
C. Rodríguez   68'
B. Pérez   78', 88'
Jiménez   85'
Report Alfonso   21'
Attendance: 54,229

Mexico  1–0  Trinidad and Tobago
R. Jiménez   84' Report
Attendance: 54,229

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
Attendance: 70,540
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Semi-finals

edit
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'
Attendance: 81,410
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Final

edit
United States  1–0  Panama
Shea   69' Report
Attendance: 57,920

Statistics

edit

Goalscorers

edit
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  •   Dalton Eiley (playing against Costa Rica)

Awards

edit

Winners

edit
 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 
 
United States

Fifth title

Individual awards

edit
State Farm Fair Play Award Sprint Golden Glove[9] Santander Golden Boot[10] 1 Miller Lite Golden Ball[11]
  Panama   Jaime Penedo   Gabriel Torres   Chris Wondolowski   Landon Donovan   Landon Donovan
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

edit

"Cups" by actress Anna Kendrick (from the film Pitch Perfect) is the official song of the tournament.[12]

Marketing

edit

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.[13] 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.[14]

Game notes

edit

References

edit
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Regulations in English: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "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
edit