The United States came into the 2021 Gold Cup after a finals lost in the previous tournament. Despite bringing a team of mostly reserve players to the tournament, the United States topped Group B win a 1-0 win over Haiti, a 6-1 win over Martinique, and a 1-0 win over Canada. This put them into the Quarter-finals against Jamaica which they beat 1-0 which put them in the semi finals against Qatar. They won against Qatar 1-0 putting them into the finals against Mexico. They then scored a goal at 116 minutes winning the game against Mexico 1-0.