| Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2003 (in Spanish) | |
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2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Mexico United States |
| Dates | July 12–27 |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 50 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (4 goals each) |
| Best player | |
| Bestgoalkeeper | |
| Fair play award | |
←2002 2005 → | |
The2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of theGold Cup, thesoccer championship ofNorth America,Central America and theCaribbean (CONCACAF).
For the first time since1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both United States and Mexico.[1] The games were played inMexico City,Miami, and for the first time in a northern U.S. city,Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals.Colombia andBrazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.
TheUnited States'Landon Donovan put four pastCuba 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 since1998, beating Brazil 1–0 in extra time.
| Mexico | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico City | Miami | Foxborough |
| Estadio Azteca | Orange Bowl | Gillette Stadium |
| Capacity:105,000 | Capacity:72,319 | Capacity:68,756 |
Location of the host cities of the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. | ||
| Team | Qualification | Appearances | Last Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American zone | |||||
| Automatic | 7th | 2002 | Champions(1993,1996,1998) | 11 | |
| Automatic | 7th | 2002 | Champions(1991,2002) | 9 | |
| Automatic | 6th | 2002 | Champions(2000) | 78 | |
| Caribbean zone qualified through theCFU Qualifying Tournament | |||||
| Group A Winners | 5th | 2000 | Third place(1993) | 48 | |
| Group B Winners | 3rd | 2002 | Group stage(1998,2002) | 63 | |
| Qualifying round | 3rd | 2002 | Quarterfinals(2002) | N/A | |
| Central American zone qualified through the2003 UNCAF Nations Cup | |||||
| Winners | 6th | 2002 | Runners-up(2002) | 18 | |
| Runners-up | 6th | 2002 | Fourth Place(1996) | 65 | |
| Third Place | 4th | 2002 | Quarterfinals(2002) | 85 | |
| Qualifying round | 6th | 2000 | Runners-up(1991) | 42 | |
| Other | |||||
| Invitation | 3rd | 1998 | Runners-up(1996) | 1 | |
| Invitation | 2nd | 2000 | Runners-up(2000) | 22 | |
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advanced toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance toKnockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance toKnockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| United States | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis McBride | Report |
| Martinique | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | McBride |
| El Salvador | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| González | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Advance toKnockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| Canada | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stalteri | Report |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 19 July –Foxborough | ||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 23 July –Miami | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 19 July –Miami | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 27 July –Mexico City | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 July –Mexico City | ||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 24 July –Mexico City | ||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| 19 July –Foxborough | ||||||||||
| 0 | Third place play-off | |||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 26 July –Miami | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| United States | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Donovan Ralston | Report |
| Costa Rica | 5–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Centeno Bryce | Report | Murgas Pacheco |
| Mexico | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Márquez Borgetti | Report |
| United States | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bocanegra Stewart Convey | Report | Fonseca |
There were 50 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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).[3][4][5][6]
| Golden Ball | ||
|---|---|---|
| Golden Boot | ||
| 4 goals | ||
| Golden Glove | ||
| Fair Play Trophy | ||