The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...

competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition began on 7 July 2013 at the Rose Bowl, and ended with the final on 28 July 2013 at

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, 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

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prior to the Gold Cup. Despite not playing with their full squad, they successfully 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

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against the champions of the

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, to decide which team would represent

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in the

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in Russia. The playoff was played in a single match held on 10 October 2015, which

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won 3–2.

Qualified teams

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to

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, five to

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, and four to the

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. Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

Thirty venues across the United States participated in the start of the stadium selection process with

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, the event partner for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. CONCACAF announced the 13 host cities and venues for the tournament on 23 January 2013. Each venue will host two matches, with the final being held at Chicago's Soldier Field:

Squads

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.

Match officials

Each CONCACAF federation submitted a list of match officials to the CONCACAF Referee's Commission for the 2013 Gold Cup Tournament. ;Referees * Dave Gantar (

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

) * Jeffrey Solis Calderón (

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

) * Hugo Cruz Alvarado (

) *

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(

) * Marcos Brea (

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

) *

Joel Aguilar Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas (born July 2, 1975) is a Salvadoran retired football referee. He has been a FIFA listed international referee since 2002. Aguilar was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where he re ...

(

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

) * Elmer Arturo Bonilla (

) * Armando Castro Oviedo (

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

) * Héctor Rodríguez (

) * Courtney Campbell (

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

) * Marco Rodríguez (

) * Javier Santos (

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) *

Enrico Wijngaarde Enrico Wijngaarde (born 11 January 1974) is a Surinamese football referee who currently resides in Paramaribo. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2002. He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 20 ...

(

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) *

Mark Geiger Mark William Geiger (born August 25, 1974) is an American sports administrator and former soccer referee. He is the senior director of match officials at the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), which oversees domestic referees in Major Lea ...

(

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) *

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(

) ;Assistant referees * Philippe Brière (

) * Joe Fletcher (

) * Octavio Jara (

) * William Torres Mejía (

) * Juan Francisco Zumba (

) * Hermenerito Leal (

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

) * Christian Ramírez (

) * Ricardo Morgan (

) * Garnet Page (

) * Marcos Quintero (

) * Marvin Torrentera (

) * Graeme Browne (

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) * Ramon Ricardo Louisville (

) * Eric Boria (

) * Sean Mark Hurd (

)

Group stage

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 13 March 2013. 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: # Greater goal difference in all group matches # Greater number of goals scored in all group matches # Greatest number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned (applicable only to ranking in each group) # 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. All times given are US Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC−4)

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time,

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shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by

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to determine the winners.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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Gabriel Torres Gabriel Arturo Torres Tejada (born 31 October 1988) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays for Deportes Antofagasta and the Panama national team. Career Club He was widely regarded as the top prospect from Panama and in 2007 he t ...

Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. Donovan is also the co-founder and vice-president of soccer operations for USL Championship side San Diego Loyal SC, and serves as strategic advisor fo ...

Chris Wondolowski Christopher Elliott "Chris" Wondolowski (born January 28, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Nicknamed Wondo, he scored 171 career goals, the most in Major League Soccer history, and he was MLS's t ...

;4 goals *

Rodolfo Zelaya Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García (born 3 July 1988) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Salvadoran club Alianza and the El Salvador national team. In October 2013, Zelaya was given a one-year ban from foot ...

;3 goals * Ariel Martínez *

Marco Fabián Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora (; born 21 July 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Mazatlán. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Fabián is a graduate of C.D. Guadalajara's youth aca ...

Blas Pérez Blas Antonio Pérez Ortega (born 13 March 1981) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a forward for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League. Club career Pérez began his career in his native Panama with Panamá Viejo. He made ...

;2 goals *

Michael Barrantes Michael Barrantes Rojas (; born 4 October 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Cartaginés. On 6 November 2011, he scored two goals for Aalesund in the 2011 Norwegian Cup Final, in a 2–1 wi ...

* José Ciprian Alfonso *

Jean-Eudes Maurice Jean-Eudes Maurice (born 21 June 1986) is a professional footballer who plays for UR Namur in Belgium. He is a typical 'Number 9' striker known for his speed and accuracy. Born in France, he represents Haiti at international level and was a me ...

Raúl Jiménez Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez (; born 5 May 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Mexico national team. Jiménez began his career in Club América's youth system before ...

Luis Montes Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez (born 15 May 1986), also known as Chapito, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Everton. Club career Montes started his career playing for Pachuca's youth ...

Kenwyne Jones Kenwyne Joel Jones CM (born 5 October 1984) is a Trinidadian football manager and retired professional player who played as a forward. He currently manages the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team. He began his football career with Joe P ...

Joe Corona Joe Benny Corona Crespín (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club GIF Sundsvall, on loan from Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Dynamo. Youth and college Corona ...

* Eddie Johnson *

Brek Shea Dane Brekken "Brek" Shea (born February 28, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger or left-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. Shea began his career with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas after pla ...

;1 goal *

Ian Gaynair Ian Gaynair (born February 26, 1986) is a Belizean professional defender currently playing for Belmopan Bandits. In July 2013 he, and fellow international Woodrow West Woodrow Wilson West (born 19 September 1985) is a Belizean professional ...

Jairo Arrieta Jairo Arrieta Obando (born 25 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward for A.D.R. Jicaral. Club career Costa Rica Arrieta was born in Nicoya, Costa Rica. Before moving to Deportivo Saprissa, he played for ...

Yénier Márquez Yénier Márquez Molina (born 3 January 1979) is a Cuban former footballer who played as a defender. He is the Cuba national team's most capped player of all-time. Club career Born in Corralillo, Márquez he his senior debut with FC Villa Cla ...

Marvin Chávez Marvin Antonio Chávez (born November 3, 1983 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran footballer who played as a midfielder, most recently for C.D. Marathón in the Liga Nacional. Career Club Chávez – who is nicknamed "el hijo del viento" (''the son of ...

Jorge Claros Jorge Aarón Claros Juárez (; born 8 January 1986) is a Honduran footballer, who plays for Alajuelense. Club career Claros started his career at Vida before joining Honduran giants F.C. Motagua in 2005. In January 2012 he went on trial at Sco ...

* Rony Martínez * Nery Medina *

Andy Najar Andy Ariel Najar Rodríguez ( ; ; born 16 March 1993) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club D.C. United and the Honduras national team. Early life Najar moved with his family from Hondu ...

* Kévin Parsemain * Fabrice Reuperné *

Miguel Ángel Ponce Miguel Ángel Ponce Briseño (born 12 April 1989), also known as Pocho, is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national team. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Early life Pon ...

Jairo Jiménez Jairo Joseth Jiménez Robles (born 7 January 1993) is a Panamanian international footballer who plays for UD Universitario. Club career He started his career at Chorrillo before moving abroad to join Spanish side Elche's B-squad. Internatio ...

* Carlos Rodríguez *

Román Torres Román Aureliano Torres Morcillo (; born 20 March 1986) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League, and the Panama national team. He represented the Panama nat ...

Keon Daniel Keon Kelly Daniel (born 16 January 1987 in Lambeau) is a Trinidadian professional association football, footballer who most recently played for Polish side GKS Tychy. Career Club Daniel attended Signal Hill Secondary School in his native Toba ...

Kevin Molino Kevin Reginald Molino (born 17 June 1990) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Club career Orlando City After playing for severa ...

Mikkel Diskerud Mikkel Morgenstar Pålssønn "Mix" Diskerud (born October 2, 1990) is a professional association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club AC Omonia, Omonia. Born in Norway, he represented the United States men's nationa ...

Clarence Goodson Clarence Edgar Goodson IV (born May 17, 1982) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. Youth career Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Goodson attended Annandale High School his freshman and sophomore seasons before moving to ...

Stuart Holden Stuart Alistair Holden (born August 1, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder, and is currently a lead TV game analyst for Fox Sports. Holden is part of the ownership group for Spanish La Liga soccer ...

Michael Orozco Fiscal Michael Orozco Fiscal (born February 7, 1986) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for USL Championship club Orange County SC. Early life Orozco grew up in Anaheim, California. His parents are originally from Me ...

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(playing against Costa Rica)

Awards

Winners

Individual awards

;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

"Cups" by actress

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(from the film ''

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'') is the official song of the tournament.

Marketing

In December 2012,

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were awarded the rights to manage the marketing of the tournament, which continued a relationship between CONCACAF and the parent company

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. In 2015, this business deal led to charges in the

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, which identified bribes given from top Traffic officials to CONCACAF chairman, Jeffrey Webb.

Game notes

* On July 7, 2013 – A

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566

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s performed at the half-time of the first-round game between Mexico and Panama at the Rose Bowl,

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.David Zahniser
Mariachi Guinness World Record broken at Rose Bowl
Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2013

References

External links

Official website
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