2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American, and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament was primarily hosted in the United States, with Costa Rica and Jamaica hosting double-headers in the first round of matches in groups B and C, respectively.

The United States were the defending champions, having won the 2017 tournament. With the abolition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the CONCACAF Cup was annulled and the Gold Cup did not qualify the winner to a major tournament for the first time since 2009.

In February 2018, CONCACAF announced that the tournament would expand to 16 teams from 12.

Mexico won their eighth Gold Cup title (their eleventh CONCACAF championship) with their 1–0 victory over the United States in the final, at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.

Venues
In May 2018, CONCACAF confirmed that matches would be held in Central America and the Caribbean in addition to the United States. This was the first time that the Gold Cup was held in the Caribbean, with all previous matches having taken place in the United States, Mexico, or Canada.

United States
In May 2018, CONCACAF announced the fifteen venues in the United States which would host matches. Soldier Field in Chicago was announced on September 27, 2018, as the venue of the final.

Costa Rica
On November 26, 2018, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group B on June 16, 2019, taking place at the Estadio Nacional in San José.

Jamaica
On April 2, 2019, CONCACAF announced that Jamaica would host a double-header in the first round of matches of Group C on June 17, 2019, taking place at the Independence Park in Kingston.

Qualification


The qualification system was changed and no longer divided into Central American and Caribbean zones. Among the 16 teams, six qualified directly after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Hexagonal, while the other 10 teams qualified through the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.

Bermuda and Guyana made their Gold Cup debuts.

Squads
Each team had to submit a list of 23 players (three players had to be goalkeepers).

Seeding
On August 31, 2018, CONCACAF announced that the top four teams of the September 2018 CONCACAF Ranking Index were seeded for the group stage of the tournament:

The groups and full match schedule were revealed on April 10, 2019, 18:00 EDT (15:00 local time, PDT), in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Match officials
Match officials were announced on May 15, 2019.


 * Referees


 * Juan Gabriel Calderón
 * Henry Bejarano
 * Yadel Martínez
 * Mario Escobar
 * Walter López
 * Said Martínez
 * Daneon Parchment
 * Adonai Escobedo
 * Fernando Guerrero
 * Marco Ortíz
 * John Pitti
 * Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
 * Iván Barton
 * Jair Marrufo
 * Armando Villarreal
 * Ismail Elfath


 * Assistant Referees


 * Micheal Barwegen
 * Kedlee Powell
 * Juan Carlos Mora
 * William Arrieta
 * Helpys Feliz
 * Gerson López
 * Humberto Panjoj
 * Christian Ramírez
 * Walter López
 * Nicholas Anderson
 * Alberto Morín
 * Miguel Hernández
 * Henri Pupiro
 * Taleb Al Marri
 * Saoud Al Maqaleh
 * Juan Francisco Zumba
 * David Morán
 * Zachari Zeegelaar
 * Caleb Wales
 * Frank Anderson
 * Ian Anderson
 * Corey Parker
 * Kyle Atkins


 * Targeted advanced referee program (TARP)


 * Keylor Herrera
 * Randy Encarnación
 * Reon Radix
 * Oshane Nation
 * Diego Montaño
 * Oliver Vergara
 * José Kellys
 * José Torres

Group stage
The match dates and the assignments were announced by CONCACAF on October 9, 2018. The quarter-final pairings were later amended on October 12, 2018. The top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

''All match times listed are EDT (UTC−4), as listed by CONCACAF. If the venue is located in a different time zone, the local time is also given.''

Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time was played, where a fourth substitute was allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Goalscorers


Awards
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).

Best XI
The technical study group selected the tournament's best XI.

Broadcasting rights

 * CONCACAF


 * International

Sponsorship

 * Allstate
 * Camarena Tequila
 * Chick Fil-A
 * Gatorade
 * Cerveza Modelo de México
 * Nike, Inc.
 * Scotiabank
 * Sprint Corporation
 * Toyota
 * Valvoline