United States at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The United States national team has participated in all fifteen editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup since its foundation in 1991 to replace the CONCACAF Championship. The United States is also the second-most successful team in the tournament, having won six titles since the beginning of the Gold Cup, behind Mexico by just two titles. Before the Gold Cup however, the United States only qualified for two of the previous ten CONCACAF Championships (1985 and 1989).

The United States line-up during the national anthem before their 2015 quarter-final against Cuba. The United States ended up winning 6–0, their joint-highest Gold Cup victory of all time.

Since its inception in 1991, the CONCACAF Gold Cup is continually hosted or co-hosted by the United States (due to the United States being the only country that can host a profitable tournament), therefore the United States have frequently participated in the tournament and are considered to be one of the two major teams alongside Mexico. They have reached the final ten times, losing four out of five times when facing Mexico, but winning the other five finals against various opponents.

Record at the CONCACAF Gold Cup/CONCACAF Championship

CONCACAF Championship
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
1963Did not enter
1965
1967
1969Did not qualify
1971Did not enter
1973Did not qualify
1977
1981
1985Group stage6th421143
1989Runners-up2nd843163
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
1991Champions1st5410103
1993Runners-up2nd540155
1996Third place3rd430183
1998Runners-up2nd430162
2000Quarter-finals5th321062
2002Champions1st541091
2003Third place3rd5401134
2005Champions1st6420113
20071st6600133
2009Runners-up2nd6411128
20112nd640296
2013Champions1st6600204
2015Fourth place4th6321125
2017Champions1st6510134
2019Runners-up2nd6501152
2021 Qualified
Total17/256 titles9167131117261

Winning finals

Bruce Arena led the U.S. team to three continental championships.

With three titles, Bruce Arena is the most successful coach in tournament history. Bora Milutinovic went on to win the 1996 tournament as head coach of Mexico.

Year Opponent Result Manager Goalscorer(s) Final location
1991 Honduras0–0
(4–3 pen.)
Bora Milutinovic Los Angeles
2002 Costa Rica2–0 Bruce ArenaJ. Wolff, J. Agoos Pasadena
2005 Panama0–0
(3–1 pen.)
Bruce Arena East Rutherford
2007 Mexico2–1 Bob BradleyL. Donovan, B. Feilhaber Chicago
2013 Panama1–0 Jürgen KlinsmannB. Shea Chicago
2017 Jamaica2–1 Bruce ArenaJ. Altidore, J. Morris Santa Clara

Record by opponent

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Belize100161
 Brazil102323
 Canada310461
 Colombia010122
 Costa Rica82212168
 Cuba6006232
 Curaçao100110
 El Salvador7108201
 Grenada100140
 Guadeloupe100110
 Guatemala410591
 Guyana100140
 Haiti210362
 Honduras6107123
 Jamaica5016125
 Martinique200252
 Mexico2068616
 Nicaragua100130
 Panama64111138
 Peru100110
 South Korea100121
 Trinidad and Tobago7108185

1985 CONCACAF Championship

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 6422062+4
2  United States 5421143+1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 1401327−5
Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 United States
Fonrose  19' Borja  24'
Peterson  89'
Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)

United States 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Caligiuri  15'
Referee: Jorge Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

Costa Rica 1–1 United States
Ramírez  42' Kerr  44'
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes (Mexico)

United States 0–1 Costa Rica
Coronado  35'
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)

1989 CONCACAF Championship

Final round

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 8512106+411
 United States 843163+311
 Trinidad and Tobago 833275+29
 Guatemala 611447−33
 El Salvador 602428−62
 
Costa Rica  1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
El Salvador  2–4 X–X 0–0 0–1
Guatemala  1–0 X–X 0–1 0–0
Trinidad and Tobago  1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1
United States  1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Costa Rica 1–0 United States
Rhoden  14'
Attendance: 26,271
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)

United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Ramos  72'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rodolfo Méndez (Honduras)

United States 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Trittschuh  48' Charles  88'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

United States 2–1 Guatemala
Murray  3'
Eichmann  67'
Chacón  22'

El Salvador 0–1 United States
Pérez  61'

Guatemala 0–0 United States

United States 0–0 El Salvador
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)

The Championship also served as 1990 World Cup qualification, which helped the U.S. to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1950.

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 330083+56
 Costa Rica 31025502
 Trinidad and Tobago 310234−12
 Guatemala 310215−42
United States 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Murray  85'
Balboa  87'
Report Lewis  67'
Attendance: 18,435
Referee: José Carlos Ortíz (El Salvador)

Guatemala 0–3 United States
Report Murray  11'
Quinn  46'
Wynalda  52'
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua and Barbuda)

United States 3–2 Costa Rica
Vermes  6'
Pérez  49' (pen.)
Marchena  59' (o.g.)
Report Arguedas  30'
Jara  33'

Semi-finals

United States 2–0 Mexico
Doyle  48'
Vermes  64'
Report
Attendance: 41,103
Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador)

Final

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Qualification to Semi-finals
2  Jamaica 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Honduras 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  Panama 3 0 1 2 3 8 5 1
Source:
United States 1–0 Jamaica
Wynalda  67' Report
Attendance: 11,642
Referee: Ulloa (CRC)

United States 2–1 Panama
Wynalda  69'
Dooley  74'
Report Piggott  33'
Attendance: 13,771
Referee: Parisius (SUR)

United States 1–0 Honduras
Lalas  29' Report
Attendance: 18,527
Referee: Sawtell (CAN)

Semi-finals

United States 1–0 (asdet) Costa Rica
Kooiman  103' Report
Attendance: 14,826
Referee: Ramdhan (TRI)

Final

Mexico 4–0 United States
Ambriz  11'
Armstrong  31' (o.g.)
Zague  69'
Cantú  79'
Report
Attendance: 130,800
Referee: Sawtell (CAN)

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 220052+36
 El Salvador 210134−13
 Trinidad and Tobago 200246−20
United States 3–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Wynalda  15', 34'
Moore  53'
Report Dwarika  6', 43'
Attendance: 12,425
Referee: Argelio Sabillon (Honduras)

United States 2–0 El Salvador
Wynalda  63'
Balboa  75'
Report

Semifinals

United States 0–1 Brazil
Report Balboa  79' (o.g.)

Third place match

United States 3–0 Guatemala
Wynalda  34'
Agoos  37'
Kirovski  87'
Report
Attendance: 88,125
Referee: René Parra (Canada)

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 220051+46
 Costa Rica 210184+43
 Cuba 2002210−80
United States 3–0 Cuba
Wegerle  55'
Wynalda  58'
Moore  76' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 11,234

United States 2–1 Costa Rica
Pope  7'
Preki  78'
Report Oviedo  56'
Attendance: 36,240
Referee: Mohammed Nazri (Malaysia)

Semi-finals

United States 1–0 Brazil
Preki  65' Report

Final

2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 220040+46
 Peru 201112−11
 Haiti 201114−31
United States 3–0 Haiti
Kirovski  18'
Wynalda  55' (pen.)
Jones  90'
Report
Attendance: 49,591
Referee: Olger Mejías (Costa Rica)

Peru 0–1 United States
Report Jones  59'
Attendance: 36,004
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

United States 2–2 (a.e.t.) Colombia
McBride  20'
Armas  51'
Report Asprilla  24'
Bedoya  81'
Penalties
Wynalda
Reyna
Lewis
Armas
Olsen
1–2 Pérez
Martínez
Candelo
Mosquera
Attendance: 32,972

2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 220031+26
 South Korea 201112−11
 Cuba 201101−11
United States 2–1 South Korea
Donovan  36'
Beasley  90'
Report Song Chong-Gug  38'
Attendance: 42,117
Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

Cuba 0–1 United States
Report McBride  22'
Attendance: 31,244
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Quarter-finals

United States 4–0 El Salvador
McBride  9', 11', 21'
Razov  72'
Report
Attendance: 31,628
Referee: Richard (DOM)

Semi-finals

Final

United States 2–0 Costa Rica
Wolff  37'
Agoos  63'
Report
Attendance: 14,432
Referee: Batres (GUA)

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 220040+46
 El Salvador 210112−13
 Martinique 200203−30
United States 2–0 El Salvador
Lewis  28'
McBride  76'
Report
Attendance: 33,652
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Martinique 0–2 United States
Report McBride  39', 43'
Attendance: 8,780
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Quarter-finals

United States 5–0 Cuba
Donovan  22', 25', 55', 76'
Ralston  42'
Report
Attendance: 15,627
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Semi-finals

United States 1–2 (ASDET) Brazil
Bocanegra  62' Report Kaká  89'
Diego  100'  (pen.)
Attendance: 35,211
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

Third place match

United States 3–2 Costa Rica
Bocanegra  29'
Stewart  56'
Convey  67'
Report Fonseca  24', 39'
Attendance: 5,093
Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 321061+57
 Costa Rica 321041+37
 Canada 310224−23
 Cuba 300339−60
Cuba 1–4 United States
Moré  18' Report Dempsey  44'
Donovan  87', 90+2'
Beasley  89'
Attendance: 15,831
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

United States 2–0 Canada
Hutchinson  48' (o.g.)
Donovan  90'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,109
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

United States 0–0 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 15,211

Quarter-finals

United States 3–1 Jamaica
Wolff  6'
Beasley  42'  83'
Report Fuller  88'
Attendance: 22,108
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (GUA)

Semi-finals

Honduras 1–2 United States
Guerrero  30' Report O'Brien  86'
Onyewu  90+2'
Attendance: 41,721
Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Final

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 330070+79
 Guatemala 31112204
 El Salvador 310226−43
 Trinidad and Tobago 301225−31
United States 1–0 Guatemala
Dempsey  26' Report
Attendance: 21,334
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 United States
Report Ching  29'
Johnson  54'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

United States 4–0 El Salvador
Beasley  34', 90'
Donovan  45+1' (pen.)
Twellman  73'
Report
Attendance: 26,523

Quarter-finals

United States 2–1 Panama
Donovan  60' (pen.)
Bocanegra  62'
Report B. Pérez  85'
Attendance: 22,412
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Semi-finals

Canada 1–2 United States
Hume  76' Report Hejduk  39'
Donovan  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,760[3][4]

Final

United States 2–1 Mexico
Donovan  62' (pen.)
Feilhaber  73'
Report Guardado  44'
Attendance: 60,000

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 321082+67
 Honduras 320152+36
 Haiti 311143+14
 Grenada 3003010−100
4 July 2009
Grenada 0–4 United States
8 July 2009
United States 2–0 Honduras
11 July 2009
United States 2–2 Haiti

Quarter-finals

United States 2–1 (a.e.t.) Panama
Beckerman  49'
Cooper  106' (pen.)
Report Pérez  45'

Semi-finals

Honduras 0–2 United States
Report Goodson  45'
Cooper  90'
Attendance: 55,173
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Final

United States 0–5 Mexico
Report Torrado  56' (pen.)
Dos Santos  62'
Vela  67'
Castro  79'
Franco  90'
Attendance: 79,156
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Panama 321064+27
 United States 320142+26
 Canada 311123−14
 Guadeloupe 300325−30
United States 2–0 Canada
Altidore  15'
Dempsey  62'
Report
Attendance: 28,209

United States 1–2 Panama
Goodson  66' Report Goodson  19' (o.g.)
Gómez  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,731

Guadeloupe 0–1 United States
Report Altidore  9'
Attendance: 20,109
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

Quarter-finals

Jamaica 0–2 United States
Report Jones  49'
Dempsey  79'

Semi-finals

United States 1–0 Panama
Dempsey  76' Report
Attendance: 70,627

Final

United States 2–4 Mexico
Bradley  8'
Donovan  23'
Report Barrera  29', 50'
Guardado  36'
Dos Santos  76'
Attendance: 93,420

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300112+99
 Costa Rica 320141+36
 Cuba 310257−23
 Belize 3003111−100
Belize 1–6 United States
Gaynair  40' Report Wondolowski  12', 37', 41'
Holden  58'
Orozco  72'
Donovan  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,724
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

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

United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Shea  82' Report
Attendance: 25,432
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Haiti 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  Panama 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Honduras 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
United States 2–1 Honduras
Dempsey  25', 64' Report Discua  69'
Attendance: 22,357
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

United States 1–0 Haiti
Dempsey  47' Report
Attendance: 46,720
Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Panama 1–1 United States
Pérez  34' Report Bradley  55'
Attendance: 18,467

Quarter-finals

United States 6–0 Cuba
Dempsey  4', 64' (pen.), 78'
Zardes  15'
Jóhannsson  32'
Gonzalez  45'
Report

Semi-finals

United States 1–2 Jamaica
Bradley  47' Report Mattocks  30'
Barnes  35'
Attendance: 70,511
Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Third place match

United States 1–1 (a.e.t.) Panama
Dempsey  70' Report Nurse  55'
Penalties
Jóhannsson
Dempsey
Johnson
Bradley
Beasley
2–3 R. Torres
Arroyo
Cooper
Cummings
Attendance: 12,598
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Panama 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3  Martinique 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 1 7 6 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
United States 1–1 Panama
Dwyer  50' Report Camargo  60'
Attendance: 47,622[5]
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

United States 3–2 Martinique
Report Parsemain  66', 74'

Nicaragua 0–3 United States
Report
Attendance: 27,934[7]
Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

Quarter-finals

United States 2–0 El Salvador
Report

Semi-finals

Costa Rica 0–2 United States
Report
Attendance: 45,516[9]

Final

United States 2–1 Jamaica
Report Watson  50'

2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Panama 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Guyana 3 0 1 2 3 9 6 1
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 1 2 1 9 8 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
United States 4–0 Guyana
Report
Attendance: 19,418[11]
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

United States 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Attendance: 23,921[12]
Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

Panama 0–1 United States
Report

Quarter-finals

United States 1–0 Curaçao
McKennie  25' Report
Attendance: 26,233[14]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Semi-finals

Jamaica 1–3 United States
Report
Attendance: 28,473[15]
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Final

Mexico 1–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 62,493[16]
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Record players

Landon Donovan, CONCACAF's record player and scorer at continental championships, taking a corner kick in the 2013 final. The 1–0 victory over Panama ensured his fourth Gold Cup title.

Landon Donovan is both the CONCACAF Gold Cup's record player and scorer with 18 goals in 33 matches. In addition, he and DaMarcus Beasley are the only players to win the Gold Cup four times.

No. Name Matches Gold Cups
1Landon Donovan332002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013
2Michael Bradley252007, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019
3Clint Dempsey242005, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017
4 Kasey Keller231996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007
DaMarcus Beasley232002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2015
6 Eric Wynalda211991, 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Frankie Hejduk211998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007
8Cobi Jones201993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002
9 John Harkes191989, 1993, 1996 and 1998
Carlos Bocanegra192002, 2003, 2007 and 2011

Top Goalscorers

Landon Donovan is not only the CONCACAF Gold Cup's record scorer, he is also the only player to score at six separate tournaments, and the only player to be (shared) top scorer at three tournaments.

In 2007, he scored all his four goals from the penalty spot.

No. Name Goals Gold Cups
1Landon Donovan182002 (1), 2003 (4), 2005 (3), 2007 (4), 2011 (1) and 2013 (5)
2Clint Dempsey132005 (1), 2007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (7) and 2017 (1)
3Eric Wynalda91991 (1), 1993 (2), 1996 (4), 1998 (1) and 2000 (1)
4Brian McBride82000 (1), 2002 (4) and 2003 (3)
5DaMarcus Beasley62002 (1), 2005 (3) and 2007 (2)
6Chris Wondolowski52013
Jozy Altidore52011 (2), 2017 (2) and 2019 (1)
8Gyasi Zardes42015 (1) and 2019 (3)
9 Bruce Murray31989 (1) and 1991 (2)
Carlos Bocanegra32003 (2) and 2007 (1)
Eddie Johnson32007 (1) and 2013 (2)
Stuart Holden32009 (2) and 2013 (1)
Clarence Goodson32009, 2011 and 2013
Michael Bradley32011 (1) and 2015 (2)
Joe Corona32013 (2) and 2017 (1)
Omar Gonzalez32015 (1) and 2017 (2)
Jordan Morris32017
Christian Pulisic32019

Awards and records

Team awards

Individual awards

Team records

  • Most finals played in a row (5: 2005–2013)
  • Most Top 3 finishes in a row (7: 2002–2013)
  • Highest defeat in a final (0–5 against Mexico, 2009)

Individual records

References

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  2. The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
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