The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the

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championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious in the final against an upstart Panama team led by tournament MVP Luis Tejada. After regulation and 30 minutes of

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ended scoreless, the USA won 3–1 on

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. For this edition, the format was switched from four groups of three teams each to the three groups of four teams. As a result, there was one more group stage game for each team, and the likelihood of teams advancing on a coin toss was much less. The top two teams from each group and the two best third-place teams would advance to the quarterfinals. As usual for the Gold Cup, several of the top teams fielded less than their top squads, including guest teams Colombia and South Africa. Mexico and the United States were missing at least half their usual starters, and a few top name players on smaller nations ( Paulo Wanchope and Amado Guevara, among others) also declined to participate. During the tournament, matches in Miami's Group A had to be postponed because of Hurricane Dennis. This was the last edition of the tournament to have guest participants from other confederations.

Qualified teams

Venues

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.

Group stage

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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Three goals * DaMarcus Beasley (Golden Boot Winner) *

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* Carlos Ruiz * Wilmer Velásquez * Luis Tejada Two goals * Abel Aguilar *

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* Jared Borgetti * Jorge Dely Valdés *

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One goal * Ali Gerba * Atiba Hutchinson *

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* Tressor Moreno *

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* Bryan Ruiz *

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* Samuel Caballero * Mario Ivan Guerrero * Maynor Figueroa * Milton Núñez *

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* Luton Shelton * Damion Stewart *

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* Omar Bravo * Gerardo Galindo * Gonzalo Pineda * Alberto Medina * Francisco Rodríguez * Philip Evans * Elrio Van Heerden *

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* Abram Raselemane * Marvin Andrews * Chris Birchall * Cornell Glen * Clint Dempsey * John O'Brien * Oguchi Onyewu * Josh Wolff

Awards

Winners

Individual awards

References

Full match details at RSSF.com

Match details at WorldFootball.net
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