2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A

Group A of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 10 to 18 July 2021 in Arlington's AT&T Stadium, Dallas' Cotton Bowl and Frisco's Toyota Stadium.^[1] The group consisted of El Salvador, Guatemala, defending champions Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.^[2]

Originally, Curaçao would have played in this group. On 9 July 2021, Curaçao was removed as a participant due to close contacts with those tested positive to COVID-19 and replaced by Guatemala.^[3]

More information Draw position, Team ...

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance only Gold Cup era (since 1991)	Last appearance	Previous best performance only Gold Cup era (since 1991)	CONCACAF Rankings		FIFA Rankings (May 2021)^[4]
Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance only Gold Cup era (since 1991)	Last appearance	Previous best performance only Gold Cup era (since 1991)	August 2020^[5]^{[nb 1]}	July 2021^{[nb 2]}	FIFA Rankings (May 2021)^[4]
A1	Mexico	1	CNL League A Group B 1st place	15 November 2019	16th	2019	Winners (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019)	1	1	11
A2	El Salvador	2	CNL League B Group B 1st place	16 November 2019	12th	2019	Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017)	10	10	69
A3	~~Curaçao~~^[3]	3	CNL League A Group D 2nd place	17 November 2019	3rd	2019	Quarter-finals (2019)	13	12	76
A3	Guatemala^[3]	N/A	Next best-ranked team from GCQ	9 July 2021	11th	2015	Fourth place (1996)	9	8	127
A4	Trinidad and Tobago	4	GCQ winners	6 July 2021	11th	2019	Third place (2000)	12	13	103

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[N 1]
The CONCACAF rankings of August 2020 were used for seeding for the final draw.
[N 2]
CONCACAF rankings at the start of the tournament (as of 1 July 2021).^[6]

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	El Salvador	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals:

The winners of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Honduras.
The runners-up of Group A, El Salvador, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Qatar.

Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago

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Mexico	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago
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10 July 2021

22:30 (21:30 UTC−5)

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 41,229

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Mexico

Trinidad and Tobago


GK	1	Alfredo Talavera
RB	21	Luis Rodríguez
CB	2	Néstor Araujo
CB	3	Carlos Salcedo		53'
LB	5	Osvaldo Rodríguez		82'
CM	16	Héctor Herrera (c)
CM	4	Edson Álvarez	11'
CM	14	Érick Gutiérrez		46'
RF	17	Jesús Manuel Corona
CF	11	Rogelio Funes Mori
LF	22	Hirving Lozano		18'
Substitutions:
FW	18	Efraín Álvarez		18'
MF	10	Orbelín Pineda		46'
MF	6	Jonathan dos Santos		53'
MF	23	Jesús Gallardo		82'
Head coach:
Gerardo Martino


GK	1	Marvin Phillip (c)
CB	2	Aubrey David
CB	4	Jelani Peters
CB	6	Radanfah Abu Bakr
RWB	16	Alvin Jones	45+6'
LWB	19	Ross Russell		46'
RM	3	Hashim Arcia		46'
CM	17	Justin Garcia		46'
CM	23	Jesse Williams		65'
LM	18	Triston Hodge		65'
CF	13	Reon Moore
Substitutions:
DF	8	Mekeil Williams		46'
DF	11	Noah Powder		46'
MF	10	Kevin Molino		46'
DF	15	Neveal Hackshaw		65'
FW	7	Ryan Telfer		65'
Head coach:
Angus Eve

Man of the Match:
Marvin Phillip (Trinidad and Tobago)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[8]
Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
Roney Salinas (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Tristley Bassue (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Video assistant referee:
David Gantar (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

El Salvador vs Guatemala

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El Salvador	2–0	Guatemala
Roldan 81' Rivas 90+6'	Report

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11 July 2021^[3]

23:00 (22:00 UTC−5)

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 8,494

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

El Salvador

Guatemala


GK	1	Mario González
RB	21	Bryan Tamacas
CB	4	Eriq Zavaleta
CB	5	Ronald Gómez
LB	13	Alexander Larín
DM	6	Narciso Orellana
RM	8	Joshua Pérez		80'
CM	7	Darwin Cerén		64'
CM	12	Marvin Monterroza (c)		90+2'
LM	11	Juan Carlos Portillo		64'
CF	17	Jairo Henríquez		90+2'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Alex Roldan		64'
FW	23	Marvin Márquez		64'
FW	14	Joaquín Rivas		80'
MF	20	Isaac Portillo		90+2'
FW	9	Walmer Martinez	90+3'	90+2'
Head coach:
Hugo Pérez


GK	1	Nicholas Hagen
CB	20	Gerardo Gordillo
CB	4	José Carlos Pinto (c)	34'
CB	2	Moisés Hernández
RWB	13	Stheven Robles		80'
LWB	22	José Morales	32'	68'
RM	11	Jairo Arreola		58'
CM	16	Marco Domínguez
CM	23	Jorge Aparicio		79'
LM	7	Marvin Ceballos		69'
CF	17	Luis Martínez
Substitutions:
MF	18	Oscar Santis		58'
MF	8	Luis de León		68'
FW	19	Robin Betancourth		69'
FW	14	Darwin Lom		79'
MF	9	Yeltsin Álvarez		80'
Head coach:
Rafael Loredo

Man of the Match:
Alex Roldan (El Salvador)^[9]

Assistant referees:^[10]
Frank Anderson (United States)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Fourth official:
Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Video assistant referee:
Tim Ford (United States)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Allen Chapman (United States)

Trinidad and Tobago vs El Salvador

More information Trinidad and Tobago, 0–2 ...

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	El Salvador
	Report	Henríquez 30' Martinez 90+1'

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14 July 2021

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 5,494

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Trinidad and Tobago

El Salvador


GK	21	Nicklas Frenderup
CB	8	Mekeil Williams
CB	2	Aubrey David
CB	4	Jelani Peters		46'
RWB	16	Alvin Jones
LWB	18	Triston Hodge	3'	15'
CM	20	Duane Muckette		46'
CM	15	Neveal Hackshaw
CM	11	Noah Powder
CF	10	Kevin Molino (c)
CF	7	Ryan Telfer		77'
Substitutions:
MF	14	Andre Fortune II		15'
MF	13	Reon Moore	79'	46'
FW	9	Marcus Joseph		46'
MF	3	Hashim Arcia		77'
Head coach:
Angus Eve


GK	1	Mario González
RB	21	Bryan Tamacas		89'
CB	4	Eriq Zavaleta
CB	5	Ronald Gómez
LB	13	Alexander Larín
RM	6	Narciso Orellana	33'
CM	7	Darwin Cerén		84'
CM	12	Marvin Monterroza (c)		60'
LM	8	Joshua Pérez		60'
CF	14	Joaquín Rivas		83'
CF	17	Jairo Henríquez		69'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Amando Moreno		60'
FW	11	Juan Carlos Portillo		60'
MF	15	Alex Roldan		69'
FW	23	Marvin Márquez		83'
MF	20	Isaac Portillo		84'
FW	9	Walmer Martinez		89'
Head coach:
Hugo Pérez

Man of the Match:
Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador)^[11]

Assistant referees:^[12]
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Roney Salinas (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Video assistant referee:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Assistant video assistant referee:
David Gantar (Canada)

Guatemala vs Mexico

More information Guatemala, 0–3 ...

Guatemala	0–3	Mexico
	Report	Funes Mori 29', 55' Pineda 79'

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14 July 2021

22:30 (21:30 UTC−5)^{[note 1]}

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 15,391

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Guatemala

Mexico


GK	1	Nicholas Hagen
CB	3	Kervin García		60'
CB	4	José Carlos Pinto (c)
CB	20	Gerardo Gordillo
RWB	13	Stheven Robles		82'
LWB	2	Moisés Hernández
CM	10	Alejandro Galindo		60'
CM	18	Oscar Santis	20'	70'
CM	23	Jorge Aparicio
CF	14	Darwin Lom
CF	19	Robin Betancourth	37'	46'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Marvin Ceballos		46'
MF	16	Marco Domínguez		60'
DF	22	José Morales		60'
MF	17	Luis Martínez		70'
MF	8	Luis de León		82'
Head coach:
Rafael Loredo


GK	1	Alfredo Talavera
RB	21	Luis Rodríguez
CB	2	Néstor Araujo	83'
CB	3	Carlos Salcedo
LB	23	Jesús Gallardo
CM	16	Héctor Herrera (c)	85'
CM	4	Edson Álvarez
CM	14	Érick Gutiérrez	68'
RF	10	Orbelín Pineda
CF	11	Rogelio Funes Mori	83'
LF	17	Jesús Manuel Corona	84'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Jonathan dos Santos	68'
DF	19	Gilberto Sepúlveda	83'
FW	9	Alan Pulido	83'
FW	18	Efraín Álvarez	84'
FW	7	Érick Sánchez	85'
Head coach:
Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match:
Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico)^[14]

Assistant referees:^[12]
Logan Brown (United States)
Ojay Duhaney (Jamaica)
Fourth official:
Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
Video assistant referee:
Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)

Mexico vs El Salvador

More information Mexico, 1–0 ...

Mexico	1–0	El Salvador
L. Rodríguez 26'	Report

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18 July 2021

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 45,792

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

Mexico

El Salvador


GK	1	Alfredo Talavera
RB	21	Luis Rodríguez	70'
CB	3	Carlos Salcedo	70'
CB	15	Héctor Moreno (c)
LB	23	Jesús Gallardo
CM	16	Héctor Herrera	80'	86'
CM	4	Edson Álvarez
CM	14	Érick Gutiérrez		66'
RF	17	Jesús Manuel Corona
CF	11	Rogelio Funes Mori		76'
LF	10	Orbelín Pineda		86'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Jonathan dos Santos		66'
FW	9	Alan Pulido	78'	76'
DF	5	Osvaldo Rodríguez		86'
FW	7	Érick Sánchez		86'
Head coach:
Gerardo Martino


GK	1	Mario González
RB	15	Alex Roldan
CB	4	Eriq Zavaleta
CB	5	Ronald Gómez
LB	13	Alexander Larín
RM	8	Joshua Pérez		87'
CM	7	Darwin Cerén	3'	87'
CM	6	Narciso Orellana	63'
LM	12	Marvin Monterroza (c)		61'
CF	14	Joaquín Rivas
CF	17	Jairo Henríquez		75'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Amando Moreno		61'
FW	9	Walmer Martinez		75'
FW	11	Juan Carlos Portillo		87'
MF	20	Isaac Portillo		87'
Head coach:
Hugo Pérez

Man of the Match:
Mario González (El Salvador)^[15]

Assistant referees:^[16]
Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Reon Radix (Grenada)
Video assistant referee:
Allen Chapman (United States)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Guatemala vs Trinidad and Tobago

More information Guatemala, 1–1 ...

Guatemala	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Gordillo 78'	Report	Moore 12'

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18 July 2021

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Attendance: 5,476

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Guatemala

Trinidad and Tobago


GK	12	Kenderson Navarro
CB	3	Kervin García	53'
CB	4	José Carlos Pinto (c)
CB	20	Gerardo Gordillo
RWB	13	Stheven Robles
LWB	2	Moisés Hernández
CM	18	Oscar Santis
CM	10	Alejandro Galindo	46'
CM	23	Jorge Aparicio
CF	14	Darwin Lom	82'
CF	7	Marvin Ceballos
Substitutions:
MF	5	Rudy Barrientos	46'
MF	6	Óscar Castellanos	53'
MF	17	Luis Martínez	82'
Head coach:
Rafael Loredo


GK	1	Marvin Phillip (c)
RB	16	Alvin Jones
CB	2	Aubrey David	89'
CB	8	Mekeil Williams
LB	18	Triston Hodge
RM	14	Andre Fortune II	69'	85'
CM	3	Hashim Arcia		75'
CM	23	Jesse Williams		75'
LM	11	Noah Powder
CF	9	Marcus Joseph		67'
CF	13	Reon Moore		86'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Kevin Molino		67'
DF	17	Justin Garcia		75'
FW	7	Ryan Telfer		75'
DF	19	Ross Russell		85'
FW	12	Isaiah Lee		86'
Head coach:
Angus Eve

Man of the Match:
José Carlos Pinto (Guatemala)^[17]

Assistant referees:^[16]
Nicholas Anderson (Jamaica)
Iroots Appleton (Antigua and Barbuda)
Fourth official:
Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Video assistant referee:
David Gantar (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Benjamin Pineda (Costa Rica)

Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker should the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[18]

first yellow card: minus 1 point;
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
direct red card: minus 4 points;
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

More information Team, Match 1 ...

Team	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Points
Team				Points
Guatemala	2	2		–4
El Salvador	1	1	2	–4
Mexico	1		4	–5
Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	2	–5

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[N 1]
The Guatemala vs Mexico match, originally scheduled at 21:30 CDT (UTC−5), was delayed until 22:30 CDT due to torrential rain in the area.^[13]

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CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (14 July 2021). "¡GOLEADOR! Rogelio Funes Mori anotó un doblete y como no podía ser de otra forma fue elegido como el Jugador del Partido de GUAMEX" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (18 July 2021). "¡Felicitaciones, Mario González SLV! El Jugador del Partido del juego entre México y El Salvador está en buenas manos" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (18 July 2021). "Firme de arriba y de abajo y por eso José Pinto GUA fue elegido como el Jugador del Partido entre Guatemala y Trinidad y Tobago. ¡Felicitaciones!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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Official website

[6] [N 1]
The CONCACAF rankings of August 2020 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[8] [N 2]
CONCACAF rankings at the start of the tournament (as of 1 July 2021).^[6]

[16] [N 1]
The Guatemala vs Mexico match, originally scheduled at 21:30 CDT (UTC−5), was delayed until 22:30 CDT due to torrential rain in the area.^[13]

[1] [1]
"Concacaf announces schedule for 2021 Gold Cup". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 13 May 2021.

[2] [2]
"Draw Delivers Prelims Matchups and Groups for 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 9 February 2021.

[Curacao-3] [3]
"Concacaf Statement – Curacao Delegation at 2021 Gold Cup". www.concacaf.com (Press release). CONCACAF. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[4] [4]
"Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] [5]
"CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[7] [6]
"CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking Index". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[9] [7]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (11 July 2021). "Marvin Phillip had an outstanding performance against Mexico keeping the score 0-0 and was named Man of the Match after 7 saves for @TTFootballAssoc!" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[10] [8]
"Match officials appointed for Gold Cup opening group stage match on Jul 10". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[11] [9]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (12 July 2021). "Un debut soñado para Alexander Roldan con El Salvador. ¡Gol y Jugador del Partido!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[12] [10]
"Match officials appointed for Gold Cup matches on July 11". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[13] [11]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (14 July 2021). "Primer gol en y primera vez como JUGADOR DEL PARTIDO. ¡Felicitaciones, Jairo Henríquez!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[Referees_Matchday_2-14] [12]
"Match officials appointed for Gold Cup matches on July 14". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[15] [13]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (14 July 2021). "The match between Guatemala and Mexico at the Cotton Bowl was under a weather delay and will now kick off at 9:30 pm local (10:30 pm ET)" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[17] [14]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (14 July 2021). "¡GOLEADOR! Rogelio Funes Mori anotó un doblete y como no podía ser de otra forma fue elegido como el Jugador del Partido de GUAMEX" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[18] [15]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (18 July 2021). "¡Felicitaciones, Mario González SLV! El Jugador del Partido del juego entre México y El Salvador está en buenas manos" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[Referees_Matchday_3-19] [16]
"Match officials appointed for Gold Cup matches on July 18". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[20] [17]
CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (18 July 2021). "Firme de arriba y de abajo y por eso José Pinto GUA fue elegido como el Jugador del Partido entre Guatemala y Trinidad y Tobago. ¡Felicitaciones!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Twitter.

[regulations-21] [18]
"2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations" (PDF). www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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