2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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.

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
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
← 2005 2009 →

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.^{[note 1]}

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[1]
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
Miami Foxborough East Rutherford Carson Chicago Houston Location of the host cities of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Squads

Main article: 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

June 6, 2007

19:00 UTC−4

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 17,420

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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

June 6, 2007

21:00 UTC−4

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 17,420

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

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

June 9, 2007

19:00 UTC−4

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 22,529

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

June 9, 2007

21:00 UTC−4

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 22,529

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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Costa Rica	1–0	Guadeloupe
Centeno 14'	Report

June 11, 2007

19:00 UTC−4

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 15,892

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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

June 11, 2007

21:00 UTC−4

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 15,892

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

United States	1–0	Guatemala
Dempsey 26'	Report

June 7, 2007

18:00 UTC−7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 21,334

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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

June 7, 2007

20:00 UTC−7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 21,334

Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

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Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador
Contreras 68'	Report

June 9, 2007

12:00 UTC−7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Javier Jaurequi (Netherlands Antilles)

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

June 9, 2007

14:00 UTC−7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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

June 12, 2007

19:00 UTC−4

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 26,523

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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

June 12, 2007

21:00 EDT

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 26,523

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

June 8, 2007

19:00 UTC−4

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 20,230

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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

June 8, 2007

21:00 UTC−4

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 20,230

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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

June 10, 2007

16:00 UTC−4

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 68,123

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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

June 10, 2007

18:00 UTC−4

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 68,123

Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

June 13, 2007

19:00 UTC−5

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 68,417

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Mexico	1–0	Panama
Salcido 60'	Report

June 13, 2007

21:00 UTC−5

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 68,417

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

June 16, 2007

13:00 UTC−4

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 22,412

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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

June 16, 2007

16:00 UTC−4

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 22,412

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Mexico	1–0	Costa Rica
Borgetti 97'	Report

June 17, 2007

14:00 UTC−5

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 70,092

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

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

June 17, 2007

17:00 UTC−5

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 70,092

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Semi-finals

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

June 21, 2007

18:00 UTC−5

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 50,760

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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Mexico	1–0	Guadeloupe
Pardo 70'	Report

June 21, 2007

21:00 UTC−5

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 50,760

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Final

Main article: 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

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

June 24, 2007

14:00 UTC−5

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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.^[2]

All-Star Team
Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Franck Grandel	Felipe Baloy Richard Hastings Frankie Hejduk Carlos Salcido	Walter Centeno Julian de Guzman Pablo Mastroeni Pável Pardo	Carlos Pavón Blas Pérez

Honorable Mention
Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Jose Francisco Porras	Samuel Caballero Paul Stalteri	DaMarcus Beasley Andrés Guardado	Jocelyn Angloma Landon Donovan

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.^[3][4][5] Therefore, according to the laws of the game, there was no offside offence for Hutchinson.^[3][4][5]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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)