# United States at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The United States national team has participated in all seventeen 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 seven 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).
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 twelve times, losing five out of seven times when facing Mexico, but winning the other five finals against various opponents.

## Overall record

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1965 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1967 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1969 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1971 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1973 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1977 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1981 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1985 | Group stage | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Squad |
| 1989 | Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Squad |
| 1991 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | Squad |
| 1993 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad |
| 1996 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Squad |
| 1998 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Squad |
| 2000 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Squad |
| 2002 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Squad |
| 2003 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | Squad |
| 2005 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
| 2007 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Squad |
| 2009 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | Squad |
| 2011 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | Squad |
| 2013 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | Squad |
| 2015 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | Squad |
| 2017 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | Squad |
| 2019 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | Squad |
| 2021 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | Squad |
| 2023 | Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | Squad |
| Total | 19/27 | 7 Titles | 102 | 75 | 16 | 11 | 199 | 66 | |

## Winning finals

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 | Coach | Goalscorer(s) | Final location |
| 1991 | Honduras | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Bora Milutinovic | — | Los Angeles |
| 2002 | Costa Rica | 2–0 | Bruce Arena | J. Wolff, J. Agoos | Pasadena |
| 2005 | Panama | 0–0 (3–1 p) | Bruce Arena | — | East Rutherford |
| 2007 | Mexico | 2–1 | Bob Bradley | L. Donovan, B. Feilhaber | Chicago |
| 2013 | Panama | 1–0 | Jürgen Klinsmann | B. Shea | Chicago |
| 2017 | Jamaica | 2–1 | Bruce Arena | J. Altidore, J. Morris | Santa Clara |
| 2021 | Mexico | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Gregg Berhalter | M. Robinson | Paradise |

## Record by opponent

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team) :
| Opponent | W | D | L | Pld | GF | GA |
| Belize | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| Cuba | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 2 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 1 |
| Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Guyana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| Martinique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 5 |

## 1985 CONCACAF Championship
### Group 3

| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 |

## 1989 CONCACAF Championship
### Final round

| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 |
| United States | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
| 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 | – |
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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 |

### 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 | Qualification to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |

### Final
## 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0 |

### Third place match
## 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |

### Final
## 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| Peru | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| Haiti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |

### Quarter-finals
## 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |

### Final
## 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| Martinique | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |

### Third place match
## 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |

### Final
## 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Final
## 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
| Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Grenada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
| 4 July 2009 |
| Grenada | 0–4 | United States |
| 8 July 2009 |
| United States | 2–0 | Honduras |
| 11 July 2009 |
| United States | 2–2 | Haiti |

### Final
## 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Guadeloupe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |

### Final
## 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Belize | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

### Final
## 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

### Third place match
## 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Martinique | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

### Final
## 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Guyana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | |

### Final
## 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Martinique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

### Final
## 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Semi-finals
## Record players

Landon Donovan is both the CONCACAF Gold Cup's record player and scorer with 18 goals in 34 matches. In addition, he and DaMarcus Beasley are the only players to win the Gold Cup four times.
| Rank | Player | Matches | Gold Cups |
| 1 | Landon Donovan | 34 | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013 |
| 2 | Michael Bradley | 25 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019 |
| 3 | Clint Dempsey | 24 | 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017 |
| 4 | Kasey Keller | 23 | 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 4 | DaMarcus Beasley | 23 | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2015 |
| 6 | Gyasi Zardes | 22 | 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 |
| 7 | Eric Wynalda | 21 | 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000 |
| 7 | Frankie Hejduk | 21 | 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 9 | Cobi Jones | 20 | 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 |
| 10 | John Harkes | 19 | 1989, 1993, 1996 and 1998 |
| 10 | Carlos Bocanegra | 19 | 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2011 |

## Top goalscorers

Landon Donovan is not only the CONCACAF Gold Cup's record scorer, but 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.
| Rank | Player | Goals | Gold Cups (goals) |
| 1 | Landon Donovan | 18 | 2002 (1), 2003 (4), 2005 (3), 2007 (4), 2011 (1) and 2013 (5) |
| 2 | Clint Dempsey | 13 | 2005 (1), 2007 (1), 2011 (3), 2015 (7) and 2017 (1) |
| 3 | Eric Wynalda | 9 | 1991 (1), 1993 (2), 1996 (4), 1998 (1) and 2000 (1) |
| 4 | Brian McBride | 8 | 2000 (1), 2002 (4) and 2003 (3) |
| 5 | Jesús Ferreira | 7 | 2023 |
| 6 | DaMarcus Beasley | 6 | 2002 (1), 2005 (3) and 2007 (2) |
| 6 | Gyasi Zardes | 6 | 2015 (1), 2019 (3) and 2021 (2) |
| 8 | Chris Wondolowski | 5 | 2013 |
| 8 | Jozy Altidore | 5 | 2011 (2), 2017 (2) and 2019 (1) |
| 10 | Bruce Murray | 3 | 1989 (1) and 1991 (2) |
| 10 | Carlos Bocanegra | 3 | 2003 (2) and 2007 (1) |
| 10 | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 2007 (1) and 2013 (2) |
| 10 | Stuart Holden | 3 | 2009 (2) and 2013 (1) |
| 10 | Clarence Goodson | 3 | 2009, 2011 and 2013 |
| 10 | Michael Bradley | 3 | 2011 (1) and 2015 (2) |
| 10 | Joe Corona | 3 | 2013 (2) and 2017 (1) |
| 10 | Omar Gonzalez | 3 | 2015 (1) and 2017 (2) |
| 10 | Jordan Morris | 3 | 2017 |
| 10 | Christian Pulisic | 3 | 2019 |
| 10 | Brandon Vázquez | 3 | 2023 |

## Awards and records
### Team awards

* Champions: 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021
* Runners-up: 1989, 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2019
* Third place: 1996, 2003
* Fair Play Award: 2003, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023

### Individual awards

* Most Valuable Player:
** Brian McBride (2002)
** Landon Donovan (2013)
** Michael Bradley (2017)
* Golden Boot:
** Eric Wynalda (1996, 4 goals)
** Brian McBride (2002, 4 goals)
** Landon Donovan (2003, 4 goals) (shared)
** DaMarcus Beasley (2005, 3 goals)
** Landon Donovan (2013, 5 goals) (shared)
** Chris Wondolowski (2013, 5 goals) (shared)
** Clint Dempsey (2015, 7 goals)
** Jesús Ferreira (2023, 7 goals)
* Best Goalkeeper:
** Brad Guzan (2015)
** Matt Turner (2021)
* Best Young Player:
** Christian Pulisic (2019)

### 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

* Most titles as player: Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley (4: 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2013)
* Most titles as manager: Bruce Arena (3: 2002, 2005 and 2017)
* Most matches played: Landon Donovan (34: 2002–2013)
* Most goals scored: Landon Donovan (18: 2002–2013)
* Longest time span between first and last goal: Clint Dempsey (12 years, 15 days: July 7, 2005 – July 22, 2017)