2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A explained
Group A of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 10 to 18 July 2021 in Arlington's AT&T Stadium, Dallas' Cotton Bowl and Frisco's Toyota Stadium.[1] The group consisted of El Salvador, Guatemala, defending champions Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
Originally, Curaçao would have played in this group. On 9 July 2021, Curaçao was removed as a participant due to close contacts with those tested positive to COVID-19 and replaced by Guatemala.[3]
Teams
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance only Gold Cup era (since 1991) | Last appearance | Previous best performance only Gold Cup era (since 1991) | CONCACAF Rankings | FIFA Rankings (May 2021)[4] |
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August 2020[5] | July 2021 |
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A1 | | 1 | CNL League A Group B 1st place | 15 November 2019 | data-sort-value="3" | 16th | | data-sort-value="6.1" | Winners (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) | 1 | 1 | 11 |
A2 | | 2 | CNL League B Group B 1st place | 16 November 2019 | data-sort-value="3" | 12th | | data-sort-value="6.1" | Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) | 10 | 10 | 69 |
A3 | | 3 | CNL League A Group D 2nd place | 17 November 2019 | data-sort-value="3" | 3rd | | data-sort-value="6.1" | Quarter-finals (2019) | 13 | 12 | 76 |
| N/A | Next best-ranked team from GCQ | 9 July 2021 | data-sort-value="3" | 11th | | data-sort-value="6.1" | Fourth place (1996) | 9 | 8 | 127 |
A4 | | 4 | GCQ winners | 6 July 2021 | data-sort-value="3" | 11th | | data-sort-value="6.1" | Third place (2000) | 12 | 13 | 103 |
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- Notes
Standings
In the quarter-finals:
- The winners of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Honduras.
- The runners-up of Group A, El Salvador, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Qatar.
Matches
Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador vs Guatemala
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Trinidad and Tobago vs El Salvador
Guatemala vs Mexico
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Mexico vs El Salvador
Guatemala vs Trinidad and Tobago
Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker should the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[16]
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points |
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| 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | –4 |
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| 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | –4 |
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| 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | –5 |
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| 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | –5 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Concacaf announces schedule for 2021 Gold Cup. 13 May 2021. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com.
- Web site: Draw Delivers Prelims Matchups and Groups for 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. 9 February 2021. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com.
- 9 July 2021 . Concacaf Statement – Curacao Delegation at 2021 Gold Cup . CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com . 9 July 2021.
- Web site: Men's Ranking. FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 27 May 2021. 10 July 2021.
- Web site: CONCACAF Men's National Team Ranking. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com. 1 August 2020. 11 July 2021. https://archive.today/20200918164518/https://www.concacaf.com/en/rankings/mens-national-team. 18 September 2020.
- CONCACAF. GoldCup. 1414093978887204864. Marvin Phillip had an outstanding performance against Mexico keeping the score 0-0 and was named Man of the Match after 7 saves for @TTFootballAssoc!. 11 July 2021. 11 July 2021.
- Web site: Match officials appointed for Gold Cup opening group stage match on Jul 10. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com. 9 July 2021. 10 July 2021.
- CONCACAF. GoldCup. 1414457643306033154. Un debut soñado para Alexander Roldan con El Salvador. ¡Gol y Jugador del Partido!. 12 July 2021. 12 July 2021. es.
- Web site: Match officials appointed for Gold Cup matches on July 11. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com. 10 July 2021. 11 July 2021.
- CONCACAF. GoldCup. 1415492047432204288. Primer gol en y primera vez como JUGADOR DEL PARTIDO. ¡Felicitaciones, Jairo Henríquez!. 14 July 2021. 14 July 2021. es.
- Web site: Match officials appointed for Gold Cup matches on July 14. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com. 14 July 2021. 14 July 2021.
- CONCACAF. GoldCup. 1415533971077730305. ¡GOLEADOR! Rogelio Funes Mori anotó un doblete y como no podía ser de otra forma fue elegido como el Jugador del Partido de GUAMEX. 14 July 2021. 14 July 2021. es.
- CONCACAF. GoldCup. 1416984855703867400 . ¡Felicitaciones, Mario González SLV! El Jugador del Partido del juego entre México y El Salvador está en buenas manos. 18 July 2021. 18 July 2021. es.
- Web site: Match officials appointed for Gold Cup matches on July 18. CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com. 18 July 2021. 18 July 2021.
- CONCACAF. GoldCup. 1416985244192870400. Firme de arriba y de abajo y por eso José Pinto GUA fue elegido como el Jugador del Partido entre Guatemala y Trinidad y Tobago. ¡Felicitaciones!. 18 July 2021. 18 July 2021. es.
- Web site: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations . CONCACAF. www.concacaf.com . PDF . 18 September 2020 . 15 June 2021.