2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a soccer match to determine the winners of 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was the sixteenth final of the Gold Cup, a biennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF and one invited team to decide the champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The match was held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on 1 August 2021, and was contested by hosts the United States and the defending champions Mexico.[2]

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
Allegiant Stadium in Paradise hosted the final.
Event2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Mexico
1 0
After extra time
Date1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
VenueAllegiant Stadium, Paradise
Man of the MatchMatt Turner (United States)[1]
RefereeSaid Martínez (Honduras)
Attendance61,114

It was the seventh Gold Cup final to be contested by Mexico and the United States, and the second consecutive. From the previous six finals, Mexico won five times – in 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011, and 2019. The United States only won in 2007 prior to this match.

The United States won the final 1–0, with the lone goal scored by Miles Robinson in extra time for their seventh Gold Cup title.[3]

Venue
Main article: Allegiant Stadium

The final was held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, located in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. It was the first major international tournament to played at the venue, which was built for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League.[4] It will also be the first Gold Cup match to be played in the Las Vegas area.[5] The match was played in front of a full-capacity crowd after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions; CONCACAF began sale of general seating tickets on 11 June 2021 and sold out their allotment within 90 minutes.[6]

Road to the final
Further information: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
 United States Round  Mexico
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 Haiti 1–0 Match 1  Trinidad and Tobago 0–0
 Martinique 6–1 Match 2  Guatemala 3–0
 Canada 1–0 Match 3  El Salvador 1–0
Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States (H) 3 9
2  Canada 3 6
3  Haiti 3 3
4  Martinique 3 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host
 Final standings Group A winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Mexico 3 7
2  El Salvador 3 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 2
4  Guatemala 3 1
Source: CONCACAF
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 Jamaica 1–0 Quarter-finals  Honduras 3–0
 Qatar 1–0 Semi-finals  Canada 2–1

Match

Details
United States 1–0 Mexico
Robinson 117' Report
Attendance: 61,114

United States
Mexico
GK1Matt Turner
RB2Reggie Cannon 65'
CB16James Sands
CB12Miles Robinson
LB21George Bello 65'
CM19Eryk Williamson 87'
CM23Kellyn Acosta 113'
CM17Sebastian Lletget 66'
RF7Paul Arriola (c) 87'
CF9Gyasi Zardes
LF13Matthew Hoppe 120+1'
Substitutions:
DF20Shaq Moore 65'
DF3Sam Vines 65'
MF10Cristian Roldan 66'
MF6Gianluca Busio 87'
FW8Nicholas Gioacchini 87'
DF24Henry Kessler 120+1'
Head coach:
Gregg Berhalter
GK1Alfredo Talavera
RB21Luis Rodríguez
CB2Néstor Araujo
CB15Héctor Moreno (c) 44'
LB23Jesús Gallardo 114'
CM6Jonathan dos Santos 76'
CM4Edson Álvarez 117'
CM16Héctor Herrera 72'
RF17Jesús Manuel Corona 91'
CF11Rogelio Funes Mori 106'
LF10Orbelín Pineda 76'
Substitutions:
DF3Carlos Salcedo 44'  106'
MF14Érick Gutiérrez 76'
FW24Rodolfo Pizarro 76'
FW5Osvaldo Rodríguez 91'
FW9Alan Pulido 106'
DF19Gilberto Sepúlveda 106'
Head coach:
Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match:
Matt Turner (United States)[1]

Assistant referees:[7]
Walter López (Honduras)
Henri Pupiro (Nicaragua)
Fourth official:
Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
Reserve assistant referee:
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Match rules[8]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes
  1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions during the game, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time (Regulations Article 6.5.).

References
  1. CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (1 August 2021). "Matt Turner was a WALL against Mexico, just like in the whole tournament as well. For this he was named Man of the Match. Congrats Matt!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. "Las Vegas Awarded 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Final" (Press release). CONCACAF. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. "Miles Robinson's last-gasp header lifts USA over Mexico in Gold Cup final". Guardian. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. Akers, Mick (13 April 2021). "Gold Cup soccer final set for Allegiant Stadium on Aug. 1". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. "Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium will host Gold Cup final". Jamaica Gleaner. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. "Concacaf Gold Cup Final on August 1 at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium sells out in 90 minutes". CONCACAF.com (Press release). CONCACAF. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. "Match officials appointed for 2021 Gold Cup Final". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. "2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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