# 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).
For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both United States and Mexico. The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern U.S. city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.
The United States' Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5–0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semi-finals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2–1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1–0 in extra time.

## Venues

| Mexico | United States | United States |
| Mexico City | Miami | Foxborough |
| Estadio Azteca | Orange Bowl | Gillette Stadium |
| Capacity: 105,000 | Capacity: 72,319 | Capacity: 68,756 |
| Mexico CityFoxboroughMiamiclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. || |

## Teams
### Qualification

| Team | Qualification | Appearances | Last Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking |
| North American zone ||||||
| Mexico | Automatic | 7th | 2002 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998) | 11 |
| United States (TH) | Automatic | 7th | 2002 | Champions (1991, 2002) | 9 |
| Canada | Automatic | 6th | 2002 | Champions (2000) | 78 |
| Caribbean zone qualified through the CFU Qualifying Tournament ||||||
| Jamaica | Group A Winners | 5th | 2000 | Third place (1993) | 48 |
| Cuba | Group B Winners | 3rd | 2002 | Group stage (1998, 2002) | 63 |
| Martinique | Qualifying round | 3rd | 2002 | Quarterfinals (2002) | N/A |
| Central American zone qualified through the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup ||||||
| Costa Rica | Winners | 6th | 2002 | Runners-up (2002) | 18 |
| Guatemala | Runners-up | 6th | 2002 | Fourth Place (1996) | 65 |
| El Salvador | Third Place | 4th | 2002 | Quarterfinals (2002) | 85 |
| Honduras | Qualifying round | 6th | 2000 | Runners-up (1991) | 42 |
| Other ||||||
| Brazil | Invitation | 3rd | 1998 | Runners-up (1996) | 1 |
| Colombia | Invitation | 2nd | 2000 | Runners-up (2000) | 22 |

### Squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Honduras | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Guatemala | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Martinique | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 July – Foxborough | 19 July – Foxborough | | | |
| United States | 5 | | | |
| United States | 5 | 23 July – Miami | 23 July – Miami | | |
| Cuba | 0 | 23 July – Miami | 23 July – Miami | |
| Cuba | 0 | United States | 1 | |
| 19 July – Miami | 19 July – Miami | | United States | 1 | |
| 19 July – Miami | 19 July – Miami | Brazil (a.s.d.e.t.) | 2 | |
| Colombia | 0 | Brazil (a.s.d.e.t.) | 2 | |
| Colombia | 0 | | | | 27 July – Mexico City | 27 July – Mexico City |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | 27 July – Mexico City | 27 July – Mexico City |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| 20 July – Mexico City | 20 July – Mexico City | | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| 20 July – Mexico City | 20 July – Mexico City | | | | Mexico (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 |
| Mexico | 5 | | | | Mexico (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 |
| Mexico | 5 | 24 July – Mexico City | 24 July – Mexico City | | | |
| Jamaica | 0 | 24 July – Mexico City | 24 July – Mexico City | | | |
| Jamaica | 0 | Mexico | 2 | | | |
| 19 July – Foxborough | 19 July – Foxborough | | Mexico | 2 | | | |
| 19 July – Foxborough | 19 July – Foxborough | Costa Rica | 0 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Costa Rica | 5 | Costa Rica | 0 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Costa Rica | 5 | | | | 26 July – Miami | 26 July – Miami |
| El Salvador | 2 | | | | 26 July – Miami | 26 July – Miami |
| El Salvador | 2 | | | | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | Costa Rica | 2 |

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
4 goals
* Walter Centeno
* Landon Donovan
3 goals
* Kaká
* Jared Borgetti
* Brian McBride
2 goals
* Diego
* Steven Bryce
* Rolando Fonseca
* Erick Scott
* Lester Moré
* Daniel Osorno
* Carlos Bocanegra
1 goal
* Maicon
* Paul Stalteri
* Mauricio Molina
* Jairo Patiño
* Marvin González
* Gilberto Murgas
* Alfredo Pacheco
* Carlos Ruiz
* Julio César de León
* Onandi Lowe
* Andy Williams
* Omar Bravo
* Rafael García
* Rafael Márquez
* Juan Pablo Rodríguez
* Bobby Convey
* Eddie Lewis
* Steve Ralston
* Earnie Stewart

## Awards

The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).
* Golden Ball
* Jesús Arellano
* Golden Boot
* Walter Centeno Landon Donovan
* 4 goals
* Golden Glove
* Oswaldo Sánchez
* Fair Play Trophy
* United States