2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship
	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 6–24
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	73 (2.92 per match)
Attendance	340,018 (13,601 per match)
Top scorer(s)	DaMarcus Beasley; Landon Donovan; Carlos Ruiz; Luis Tejada; Wilmer Velásquez; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Luis Tejada
Best goalkeeper	Jaime Penedo
Fair play award	Honduras

The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious in the final against an upstart Panama team led by tournament MVP Luis Tejada. After regulation and 30 minutes of extra time ended scoreless, the U.S. won 3–1 on penalties.

For this edition, the format was switched from four groups of three teams each to the three groups of four teams. As a result, there was one more group stage game for each team, and the likelihood of teams advancing on a coin toss was much less. The top two teams from each group and the two best third-place teams would advance to the quarterfinals.

As usual for the Gold Cup, several of the top teams fielded less than their top squads, including guest teams Colombia and South Africa. Mexico and the United States were missing at least half their usual starters, and a few top name players on smaller nations (Paulo Wanchope and Amado Guevara, among others) also declined to participate. During the tournament, matches in Miami's Group A had to be postponed because of Hurricane Dennis.

This was the last edition of the tournament to have guest participants from other confederations until the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking^[1]
North American zone
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	8th	2003	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)	6
United States	Automatic	8th	2003	Champions (1991, 2002)	10
Canada	Automatic	7th	2003	Champions (2000)	85
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2005 Caribbean Cup
Jamaica	Winners	6th	2003	Third place (1993)	41
Cuba	Runners-up	4th	2003	Quarterfinals (2003)	70
Trinidad and Tobago	Third Place	6th	2002	Third place (2000)	58
Central American zone qualified through the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup
Costa Rica	Winners	7th	2003	Runners-up (2002)	24
Honduras	Runners-up	7th	2003	Runners-up (1991)	50
Guatemala	Third Place	7th	2003	Fourth Place (1996)	59
Panama	Fourth Place	2nd	1993	Group stage (1993)	98
Other
South Africa	Invitation	1st	None	Debut	39
Colombia	Invitation	3rd	2000	Runners-up (2000)	25

Venues

Foxborough	East Rutherford	Carson	Los Angeles
Gillette Stadium	Giants Stadium	Home Depot Center	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 68,756	Capacity: 80,042	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 93,607

Miami	Seattle	Houston
Orange Bowl	Qwest Field	Reliant Stadium
Capacity: 72,319	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 71,500

Los Angeles Miami Foxborough East Rutherford Carson Seattle Houston

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.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Panama	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source:

July 6, 2005

19:00

Colombia	0–1	Panama
	Report	Tejada 70'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 10,311

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 6, 2005