2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States wins sixth Gold Cup title at Levi's Stadium.
The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship overall. The tournament was played between July 7–26, 2017 in the United States. The United States won their sixth title with their 2–1 victory over Jamaica in the final.
Quick Facts
- Winner
- United States
- Final score
- USA 2 – 0 Mexico
- Final venue
- AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Head coach
- Bob Bradley
- Standout young player
- Christian Pulisic (age 18)
Lore & Background
The United States and Mexico were announced as the seeded teams of Groups B and C respectively on December 19, 2016. Honduras, the winners of the 2017 Copa Centroamericana title, were announced as being the seeded team in Group A on February 14, 2017. The groups and match schedule were revealed on March 7, 2017, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. At the time of the announcement, 11 of the 12 qualified teams were known, with the identity of the CFU–UNCAF play-off winners not yet known. The final was held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, which was announced as the venue of the final on February 1, 2017.
Reader's Guide
The tournament featured twelve teams. Three berths were allocated to North America, four to Central America, four to the Caribbean, and one to the winners of the play-off between the two fifth-placed teams of the Caribbean zone and the Central American zone. The top two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time would not have been played and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, if the match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time would have been played, where each team would have been allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. There was no third place play-off.
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