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 August 1, 2021, and was contested by hosts the United States and the defending champions Mexico.
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.
Venue
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 be played at the venue, which was built for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. It was also the first Gold Cup match to be played in the Las Vegas area. 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 June 11, 2021, and sold out their allotment within 90 minutes.
Referee The referee in charge of the match was Saíd Martínez from Honduras. Martínez, who at the time was 29, was considered amongst the best confederation referees and was appointed along assistant referees, one fellow Honduran and a Nicaraguan as linesmen. Goal.com considered the match, the most important of his international career, which began in 2017.
Route to the final
Round Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result 1–0 Match 1 0–0 6–1 Match 2 3–0 1–0 Match 3 1–0Group B winners Final standingsGroup A winners Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result 1–0 Quarter-finals 3–0 1–0 Semi-finals 2–1
Match
Details
GK 1 Matt TurnerRB 2 Reggie Cannon CB 16James SandsCB 12Miles RobinsonLB 21George Bello CM 19Eryk Williamson CM 23Kellyn AcostaCM 17Sebastian Lletget RF 7 Paul Arriola (c) CF 9 Gyasi ZardesLF 13Matthew Hoppe Substitutions:DF 20Shaq Moore DF 3 Sam Vines MF 10Cristian Roldan MF 6 Gianluca Busio FW 8 Nicholas Gioacchini DF 24Henry Kessler Head coach:Gregg Berhalter GK 1 Alfredo TalaveraRB 21Luis RodríguezCB 2 Néstor AraujoCB 15Héctor Moreno (c) LB 23Jesús GallardoCM 6 Jonathan dos Santos CM 4 Edson ÁlvarezCM 16Héctor HerreraRF 17Jesús Manuel Corona CF 11Rogelio Funes Mori LF 10Orbelín Pineda Substitutions:DF 3 Carlos Salcedo MF 14Érick Gutiérrez FW 24Rodolfo Pizarro DF 5 Osvaldo Rodríguez FW 9 Alan Pulido DF 19Gilberto Sepúlveda Head coach: Gerardo Martino Man of the Match: Matt Turner (United States)
Assistant referees: 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 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.
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