# 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition started on June 5, 2011, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas and ended with the final on June 25, 2011, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, with Mexico beating the United States 4–2.
This competition was the fifth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their sixth Gold Cup, and ninth CONCACAF Championship overall. It was the third consecutive Gold Cup final and second consecutive win also.
As winner of the tournament, Mexico qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from CONCACAF.

## Venues

The set of thirteen venues – the same number as the 2009 Gold Cup – was announced on December 16, 2010. Each stadium hosted a doubleheader, except the Rose Bowl which hosted the final.
Group stage :
| Arlington | Carson | Detroit | Charlotte | Miami |
| Cowboys Stadium | The Home Depot Center | Ford Field | Bank of America Stadium | FIU Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 73,778 | Capacity: 18,000 |
| June 5 | June 6 | June 7 | June 9 | June 10 |
| Tampa | Chicago | Harrison | Kansas City |
| Raymond James Stadium | Soldier Field | Red Bull Arena | Livestrong Sporting Park |
| Capacity: 68,857 | Capacity: 61,500 | Capacity: 25,189 | Capacity: 18,500 |
| June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 |
| Knockout stage ||||
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| East Rutherford | Washington, D.C. | Houston | Pasadena |
| New Meadowlands Stadium | RFK Stadium | Reliant Stadium | Rose Bowl |
| Capacity: 82,566 | Capacity: 45,596 | Capacity: 71,500 | Capacity: 91,136 |
| June 18 | June 19 | June 22 | June 25 |
| PasadenaMiamiCharlotteEast RutherfordCarsonKansas CityHoustonHarrisonDetroitWashington, D.C.ArlingtonTampaPhiladelphiaChicagoclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. |||| |

## Teams
### Qualification

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.
| Team | Qualification | Appearances | Last appearance 2022 | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking |
| North American zone ||||||
| United States | Automatic | 11th | 2009 | Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007) | 22 |
| Mexico (TH) | Automatic | 11th | 2009 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009) | 28 |
| Canada | Automatic | 10th | 2009 | Champions (2000) | 77 |
| Caribbean zone qualified through the 2010 Caribbean Cup ||||||
| Jamaica | Winners | 8th | 2009 | Third Place (1993) | 55 |
| Guadeloupe | Runners-up | 3rd | 2009 | Semifinals (2007) | N/A |
| Cuba | Third Place | 6th | 2007 | Quarterfinals (2003) | 81 |
| Grenada | Fourth Place | 2nd | 2009 | Group stage (2009) | N/A |
| Central American zone qualified through the 2011 Copa Centroamericana ||||||
| Honduras | Winners | 10th | 2009 | Runners-up (1991) | 43 |
| Costa Rica | Runners-up | 10th | 2009 | Runners-up (2002) | 56 |
| Panama | Third Place | 5th | 2009 | Runners-up (2005) | 67 |
| El Salvador | Fourth Place | 7th | 2009 | Quarterfinals (2002, 2003) | 87 |
| Guatemala | Fifth Place | 9th | 2007 | Fourth Place (1996) | 124 |

### 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.

#### Suspension of Mexican players

On June 9, 2011, the names of five Mexican players were released announcing Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Sinha, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the start of the 2011 Gold Cup. They were withdrawn from the squad a few days after their June 5 Gold Cup starting match and 5-0 win against El Salvador. Mexican officials said they believed the positive tests were caused by eating meat tainted with the drug. CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said a meeting of the confederation's national teams committee, which also serves as the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, was to be convened on June 10 to consider the situation, including possibly allowing Mexico to replace the five players. However, the meeting was postponed to allow for more information to be gathered. The Mexican Football Federation said on June 14 that the "B" samples of those five involving players were negative. The CONCACAF Gold Cup Organizing Committee announced on June 19 that Mexico would be allowed to replace the suspended players. The replacement players were, Luis Ernesto Michel, Héctor Reynoso, Paul Aguilar, Marco Fabián, and Hiram Mier. All players were later acquitted by the Mexican Football Federation and the results were blamed on contamination of meat, with the ingestion of clenbuterol considered non-intentional. However, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to request a ban. On October 12, 2011, WADA withdrew the request after the full file was available for them.

#### El Salvador match fixing

On September 20, 2013, the Salvadoran Football Federation banned 14 Salvadoran players for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (Dennis Alas, Luis Anaya, captain Marvin González, Reynaldo Hernández, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Osael Romero, Ramón Sánchez and Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5-0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

## Group stage

All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jamaica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Grenada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 June – District of Columbia | 19 June – District of Columbia | | | |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | |
| Jamaica | 0 | 22 June – Houston | 22 June – Houston | | |
| United States | 2 | 22 June – Houston | 22 June – Houston | |
| United States | 2 | United States | 1 | |
| 19 June – District of Columbia | 19 June – District of Columbia | | United States | 1 | |
| 19 June – District of Columbia | 19 June – District of Columbia | Panama | 0 | |
| Panama (p) | 1 (5) | Panama | 0 | |
| Panama (p) | 1 (5) | | | | 25 June – Pasadena | 25 June – Pasadena |
| El Salvador | 1 (3) | | | | 25 June – Pasadena | 25 June – Pasadena |
| El Salvador | 1 (3) | | | | United States | 2 |
| 18 June – East Rutherford | 18 June – East Rutherford | | | | | United States | 2 |
| 18 June – East Rutherford | 18 June – East Rutherford | | | | Mexico | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 1 (2) | | | | Mexico | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 1 (2) | 22 June – Houston | 22 June – Houston | | | |
| Honduras (p) | 1 (4) | 22 June – Houston | 22 June – Houston | | | |
| Honduras (p) | 1 (4) | Honduras | 0 | | | |
| 18 June – East Rutherford | 18 June – East Rutherford | | Honduras | 0 | | | |
| 18 June – East Rutherford | 18 June – East Rutherford | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| Guatemala | 1 | | | |

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.
7 goals
* Javier Hernández
4 goals
* Rodolfo Zelaya
* Aldo de Nigris
3 goals
* Marco Ureña
* Jerry Bengtson
* Carlo Costly
* Demar Phillips
* Pablo Barrera
* Giovani dos Santos
* Andrés Guardado
* Luis Tejada
* Clint Dempsey
2 goals
* Dwayne De Rosario
* Brice Jovial
* Carlos Ruiz
* Ryan Johnson
* Gabriel Gómez
* Jozy Altidore
1 goal
* Randall Brenes
* Joel Campbell
* Dennis Marshall
* Heiner Mora
* Álvaro Saborío
* Yénier Márquez
* Arturo Álvarez
* Léster Blanco
* Eliseo Quintanilla
* Osael Romero
* Clive Murray
* José Javier del Aguila
* Carlos Gallardo
* Marco Pappa
* Walter Martínez
* Alfredo Mejía
* Omar Daley
* Luton Shelton
* Efraín Juárez
* Rafael Márquez
* Blas Pérez
* Michael Bradley
* Landon Donovan
* Clarence Goodson
* Jermaine Jones
1 own goal
* Clarence Goodson (against Panama)

## 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
* Javier Hernández
* Golden Boot
* Javier Hernández
* 7 goals
* Golden Glove
* Noel Valladares
* Fair Play Trophy
* Mexico
| Rank | Player | Opponent |
| 1 | Tim Howard | Canada |
| 2 | Alfredo Talavera | Honduras |
| 3 | Noel Valladares | Costa Rica |
| 4 | Noel Valladares | Mexico |
| 5 | Keylor Navas | Mexico |
| 6 | Jaime Penedo | United States |
| 7 | Miguel Montes | Costa Rica |
| 8 | Dennis Marshall | Honduras |
| 9 | Ricardo Jerez | Grenada |
| 10 | Franck Grandel | United States |
| Rank | Player | Opponent |
| 1 | Giovani dos Santos | United States |
| 2 | Landon Donovan | Mexico |
| 3 | Andrés Guardado | Costa Rica |
| 4 | Javier Hernández | Guatemala |
| 5 | Jozy Altidore | Guadeloupe |
| 6 | Rodolfo Zelaya | Costa Rica |
| 7 | Joel Campbell | Cuba |
| 8 | Omar Daley | Grenada |
| 9 | Carlos Ruiz | Mexico |
| 10 | Pablo Barrera | United States |