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2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Allegiant StadiuminParadise hosted the final.
Event	2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Mexico 1 0
After extra time
Date	August 1, 2021 (2021-08-01)
Venue	Allegiant Stadium, Paradise
Man of the Match	Matt Turner (United States)[1]
Referee	Said Martínez (Honduras)
Attendance	61,114
Weather	Partly cloudy 99 °F (37 °C) 23% humidity
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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 StadiuminParadise, Nevada, United States, on August 1, 2021, and was contested by hosts the United States and the defending champions Mexico.^[2]

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]

The final was held at Allegiant StadiuminParadise, 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.^[4] It was also 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 June 11, 2021, and sold out their allotment within 90 minutes.^[6]

The referee in charge of the match was Said 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.^[7]

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 v t e Pld Pts 1  United States (H) 3 9 2  Canada 3 6 3  Haiti 3 3 4  Martinique 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team v t e 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

United States	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Robinson 117'	Report

Attendance: 61,114

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

GK 1 Matt Turner RB 2 Reggie Cannon  65' CB 16 James Sands CB 12 Miles Robinson LB 21 George Bello  65' CM 19 Eryk Williamson  87' CM 23 Kellyn Acosta  113' CM 17 Sebastian Lletget  66' RF 7 Paul Arriola (c)  87' CF 9 Gyasi Zardes LF 13 Matthew Hoppe  120+1' Substitutions: DF 20 Shaq Moore  65' DF 3 Sam Vines  65' MF 10 Cristian Roldan  66' MF 6 Gianluca Busio  87' FW 8 Nicholas Gioacchini  87' DF 24 Henry Kessler  120+1' Head coach: Gregg Berhalter

GK 1 Alfredo Talavera RB 21 Luis Rodríguez CB 2 Néstor Araujo CB 15 Héctor Moreno (c)  44' LB 23 Jesús Gallardo  114' CM 6 Jonathan dos Santos  76' CM 4 Edson Álvarez  117' CM 16 Héctor Herrera  72' RF 17 Jesús Manuel Corona  91' CF 11 Rogelio Funes Mori  106' LF 10 Orbelín Pineda  76' Substitutions: DF 3 Carlos Salcedo  44'  106' MF 14 Érick Gutiérrez  76' FW 24 Rodolfo Pizarro  76' DF 5 Osvaldo Rodríguez  91' FW 9 Alan Pulido  106' DF 19 Gilberto Sepúlveda  106' Head coach: Gerardo Martino