United States at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The United States national team has participated in all seventeen editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup since its foundation in 1991 to replace the CONCACAF Championship. The United States is also the second-most successful team in the tournament, having won seven titles since the beginning of the Gold Cup, behind Mexico by just two titles. Before the Gold Cup however, the United States only qualified for two of the previous ten CONCACAF Championships (1985 and 1989).

Since its inception in 1991, the CONCACAF Gold Cup is continually hosted or co-hosted by the United States (due to the United States being the only country that can host a profitable tournament), therefore the United States have frequently participated in the tournament and are considered to be one of the two major teams alongside Mexico. They have reached the final twelve times, losing five out of seven times when facing Mexico, but winning the other five finals against various opponents.

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1963	Did not enter
1965
1967
1969	Did not qualify
1971	Did not enter
1973	Did not qualify
1977
1981
1985	Group stage	6th	4	2	1	1	4	3	Squad
1989	Runners-up	2nd	8	4	3	1	6	3	Squad
1991	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	10	3	Squad
1993	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	5	5	Squad
1996	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	8	3	Squad
1998	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	2	Squad
2000	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	1	0	6	2	Squad
2002	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	1	Squad
2003	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	13	4	Squad
2005	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	11	3	Squad
2007		1st	6	6	0	0	13	3	Squad
2009	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	12	8	Squad
2011		2nd	6	4	0	2	9	6	Squad
2013	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	20	4	Squad
2015	Fourth place	4th	6	3	2	1	12	5	Squad
2017	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	13	4	Squad
2019	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	15	2	Squad
2021	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	11	1	Squad
2023	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	3	0	16	4	Squad
Total	19/27	7 Titles	102	75	16	11	199	66

With three titles, Bruce Arena is the most successful coach in tournament history. Bora Milutinovic went on to win the 1996 tournament as head coach of Mexico.

Year	Opponent	Result	Coach	Goalscorer(s)	Final location
1991	Honduras	0–0 (4–3 p)	Bora Milutinovic	—	Los Angeles
2002	Costa Rica	2–0	Bruce Arena	J. Wolff, J. Agoos	Pasadena
2005	Panama	0–0 (3–1 p)	Bruce Arena	—	East Rutherford
2007	Mexico	2–1	Bob Bradley	L. Donovan, B. Feilhaber	Chicago
2013	Panama	1–0	Jürgen Klinsmann	B. Shea	Chicago
2017	Jamaica	2–1	Bruce Arena	J. Altidore, J. Morris	Santa Clara
2021	Mexico	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Gregg Berhalter	M. Robinson	Paradise

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	W	D	L	Pld	GF	GA
Belize	1	0	0	1	6	1
Brazil	1	0	2	3	2	3
Canada	4	2	0	6	9	3
Colombia	0	1	0	1	2	2
Costa Rica	8	2	2	12	16	8
Cuba	6	0	0	6	23	2
Curaçao	1	0	0	1	1	0
El Salvador	7	1	0	8	20	1
Grenada	1	0	0	1	4	0
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	1	0
Guatemala	4	1	0	5	9	1
Guyana	1	0	0	1	4	0
Haiti	3	1	0	4	7	2
Honduras	6	1	0	7	12	3
Jamaica	6	1	1	8	14	6
Martinique	3	0	0	3	11	3
Mexico	3	0	5	8	7	16
Nicaragua	1	0	0	1	3	0
Panama	6	5	1	12	14	9
Peru	1	0	0	1	1	0
Qatar	1	0	0	1	1	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	0	1	6	0
South Korea	1	0	0	1	2	1
Trinidad and Tobago	8	1	0	9	24	5

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Costa Rica	6	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4
2	United States	5	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
3	Trinidad and Tobago	1	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5

15 May 1985

Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	United States
Fonrose 19'		Borja 24' Peterson 89'

St. Louis, United States^[1]

Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)

19 May 1985

United States	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Caligiuri 15'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States

Referee: Jorge Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

26 May 1985

Costa Rica	1–1	United States
Ramírez 42'		Kerr 44'

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes (Mexico)

31 May 1985

United States	0–1	Costa Rica
		Coronado 35'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States

Referee: John Meachin (Canada)

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 11  United States 8 4 3 1 6 3 +3 11  Trinidad and Tobago 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9  Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3  El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2

Costa Rica  – 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 El Salvador  2–4 – X–X 0–0 0–1 Guatemala  1–0 X–X – 0–1 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago  1–1 2–0 2–1 – 0–1 United States  1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 –

16 April 1989

Costa Rica	1–0	United States
Rhoden 14'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Attendance: 26,271

Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)

30 April 1989

United States	1–0	Costa Rica
Ramos 72'

Saint Louis Soccer Park, Fenton

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Rodolfo Méndez (Honduras)

13 May 1989

United States	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Trittschuh 48'		Charles 88'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

17 June 1989

United States	2–1	Guatemala
Murray 3' Eichmann 67'		Chacón 22'

Veterans Stadium, New Britain

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Gordon Arrowsmith (Canada)

17 September 1989

El Salvador	0–1	United States
		Pérez 61'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa^[2]

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

8 October 1989

Guatemala	0–0	United States

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)

5 November 1989

United States	0–0	El Salvador

Saint Louis Soccer Park, Fenton

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: John Meachin (Canada)

19 November 1989

Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	United States
		Caligiuri 30'

National Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

The Championship also served as 1990 World Cup qualification, which helped the U.S. to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1950.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	6
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	2

June 29, 1991

United States	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Murray 85' Balboa 87'	Report	Lewis 67'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 18,435

Referee: José Carlos Ortíz (El Salvador)

July 1, 1991

Guatemala	0–3	United States
	Report	Murray 11' Quinn 46' Wynalda 52'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 6,344

Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua and Barbuda)

July 3, 1991

United States	3–2	Costa Rica
Vermes 6' Pérez 49' (pen.) Marchena 59' (o.g.)	Report	Arguedas 30' Jara 33'

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 36,703

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

July 5, 1991

United States	2–0	Mexico
Doyle 48' Vermes 64'	Report

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 41,103

Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador)

July 7, 1991

United States	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
	Report
Penalties
Balboa Vermes Pérez Caligiuri Eck Quinn Kinnear Clavijo	4–3	Castro Anariba Yearwood Flores Zapata Cálix Vallejo Espinoza

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 41,103

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Qualification to Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Panama	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

July 10

United States	1–0	Jamaica
Wynalda 67'	Report

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 11,642

Referee: Ulloa (CRC)

July 14

United States	2–1	Panama
Wynalda 69' Dooley 74'	Report	Piggott 33'

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 13,771

Referee: Parisius (SUR)

July 17

United States	1–0	Honduras
Lalas 29'	Report

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 18,527

Referee: Sawtell (CAN)

July 22, 1993

United States	1–0 (asdet)	Costa Rica
Kooiman 103'	Report

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 14,826

Referee: Ramdhan (TRI)

July 25, 1993

Mexico	4–0	United States
Ambriz 11' Armstrong 31' (o.g.) Zague 69' Cantú 79'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 130,800

Referee: Sawtell (CAN)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
El Salvador	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0

January 13, 1996

United States	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Wynalda 15', 34' Moore 53'	Report	Dwarika 6', 43'

Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim

Attendance: 12,425

Referee: Argelio Sabillon (Honduras)

January 16, 1996

United States	2–0	El Salvador
Wynalda 63' Balboa 75'	Report

Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim

Attendance: 52,345

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

January 18, 1996

United States	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Balboa 79' (o.g.)

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Attendance: 20,708

Referee: Armando Archundia (Mexico)

January 21, 1996

United States	3–0	Guatemala
Wynalda 34' Agoos 37' Kirovski 87'	Report

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 88,125

Referee: René Parra (Canada)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4	3
Cuba	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8	0

February 1, 1998

United States	3–0	Cuba
Wegerle 55' Wynalda 58' Moore 76' (pen.)	Report

Oakland Coliseum, Oakland

Attendance: 11,234

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

February 7, 1998

United States	2–1	Costa Rica
Pope 7' Preki 78'	Report	Oviedo 56'

Oakland Coliseum, Oakland

Attendance: 36,240

Referee: Mohammed Nazri (Malaysia)

February 10, 1998

United States	1–0	Brazil
Preki 65'	Report

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 12,298

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

February 15, 1998

United States	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Hernández 43'

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 91,255

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Peru	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Haiti	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

February 12, 2000 (2000-02-12)

19:00 ET

United States	3–0	Haiti
Kirovski 18' Wynalda 55' (pen.) Jones 90'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 49,591

Referee: Olger Mejías (Costa Rica)

February 16, 2000 (2000-02-16)

21:00 ET

Peru	0–1	United States
	Report	Jones 59'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 36,004

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

February 19, 2000 (2000-02-19)

15:00 ET

United States	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Colombia
McBride 20' Armas 51'	Report	Asprilla 24' Bedoya 81'
Penalties
Wynalda Reyna Lewis Armas Olsen	1–2	Pérez Martínez Candelo Mosquera

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 32,972

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
South Korea	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Cuba	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

January 18, 2002

United States	2–1	South Korea
Donovan 36' Beasley 90'	Report	Song Chong-Gug 38'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 42,117

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

January 20, 2002

Cuba	0–1	United States
	Report	McBride 22'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 31,244

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

January 27, 2002

United States	4–0	El Salvador
McBride 9', 11', 21' Razov 72'	Report

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 31,628

Referee: Richard (DOM)

January 30, 2002

Canada	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report
Penalties
McKenna Stalteri De Rosario Nsaliwa	2–4	Donovan McBride Agoos Mathis

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 7,241

Referee: Prendergast (JAM)

February 2, 2002

United States	2–0	Costa Rica
Wolff 37' Agoos 63'	Report

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 14,432

Referee: Batres (GUA)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
El Salvador	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Martinique	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

July 11, 2003

United States	2–0	El Salvador
Lewis 28' McBride 76'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 33,652

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

July 13, 2003

Martinique	0–2	United States
	Report	McBride 39', 43'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 8,780

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

July 19, 2003

United States	5–0	Cuba
Donovan 22', 25', 55', 76' Ralston 42'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,627

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

July 23, 2003

United States	1–2 (ASDET)	Brazil
Bocanegra 62'	Report	Kaká 89' Diego 100' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 35,211

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

July 26, 2003

United States	3–2	Costa Rica
Bocanegra 29' Stewart 56' Convey 67'	Report	Fonseca 24', 39'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 5,093

Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Cuba	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

July 7, 2005

Cuba	1–4	United States
Moré 18'	Report	Dempsey 44' Donovan 87', 90+2' Beasley 89'

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,831

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

July 9, 2005

United States	2–0	Canada
Hutchinson 48' (o.g.) Donovan 90'	(Report)

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,109

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

July 11, 2005

United States	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,211

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

July 16, 2005
16:00

United States	3–1	Jamaica
Wolff 6' Beasley 42' 83'	Report	Fuller 88'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 22,108

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (GUA)

July 21, 2005
18:00

Honduras	1–2	United States
Guerrero 30'	Report	O'Brien 86' Onyewu 90+2'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 41,721

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

July 24, 2005
15:00

United States	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Panama
	Report
Penalties
Quaranta Armas Donovan Davis	3–1	Tejada Dely Valdés Baloy Blanco

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 31,018

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (GUA)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

7 June 2007

18:00 UTC-7

United States	1–0	Guatemala
Dempsey 26'	Report

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 21,334

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

9 June 2007

14:00 UTC-7

Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	United States
	Report	Ching 29' Johnson 54'

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

12 June 2007

19:00 UTC-4

United States	4–0	El Salvador
Beasley 34', 90' Donovan 45+1' (pen.) Twellman 73'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 26,523

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

16 June 2007

16:00 UTC-4

United States	2–1	Panama
Donovan 60' (pen.) Bocanegra 62'	Report	B. Pérez 85'

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 22,412

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

21 June 2007

18:00 UTC-5

Canada	1–2	United States
Hume 76'	Report	Hejduk 39' Donovan 45' (pen.)

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 50,760^[3][4]

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

24 June 2007

14:00 UTC-5

United States	2–1	Mexico
Donovan 62' (pen.) Feilhaber 73'	Report	Guardado 44'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Grenada	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

4 July 2009
Grenada	0–4	United States
8 July 2009
United States	2–0	Honduras
11 July 2009
United States	2–2	Haiti

18 July 2009

20:00 UTC-4

United States	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
Beckerman 49' Cooper 106' (pen.)	Report	Pérez 45'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

23 July 2009

18:00 UTC-5

Honduras	0–2	United States
	Report	Goodson 45' Cooper 90'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 55,173

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

26 July 2009

15:00 UTC-4

United States	0–5	Mexico
	Report	Torrado 56' (pen.) Dos Santos 62' Vela 67' Castro 79' Franco 90'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 79,156

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panama	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
United States	3