Group A of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 10 to 18 July 2021 in Arlington's AT&T Stadium, Dallas' Cotton Bowl and Frisco's Toyota Stadium. [1] The group consisted of El Salvador, Guatemala, defending champions Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago. [2]
Originally, Curaçao would have played in this group. On 9 July 2021, Curaçao was removed as a participant due to close contacts with those tested positive to COVID-19 and replaced by Guatemala. [3]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance only Gold Cup era (since 1991) | Last appearance | Previous best performance only Gold Cup era (since 1991) | CONCACAF Rankings | FIFA Rankings (May 2021) [4] | |
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August 2020 [5] [nb 1] | July 2021 [nb 2] | |||||||||
A1 | Mexico | 1 | CNL League A Group B 1st place | 15 November 2019 | 16th | 2019 | Winners (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) | 1 | 1 | 11 |
A2 | El Salvador | 2 | CNL League B Group B 1st place | 16 November 2019 | 12th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) | 10 | 10 | 69 |
A3 | 3 | CNL League A Group D 2nd place | 17 November 2019 | 3rd | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2019) | 13 | 12 | 76 | |
Guatemala [3] | N/A | Next best-ranked team from GCQ | 9 July 2021 | 11th | 2015 | Fourth place (1996) | 9 | 8 | 127 | |
A4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | GCQ winners | 6 July 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Third place (2000) | 12 | 13 | 103 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
In the quarter-finals:
Mexico | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [8] |
El Salvador | Guatemala |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [10] |
Trinidad and Tobago | El Salvador |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [12] |
Guatemala | 0–3 | Mexico |
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Guatemala | Mexico |
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Mexico | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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L. Rodríguez 26' | Report |
Mexico | El Salvador |
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Guatemala | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Gordillo 78' | Report | Moore 12' |
Guatemala | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [16] |
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker should the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [18]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Guatemala | 2 | 2 | –4 | ||||||||||
El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 2 | –4 | |||||||||
Mexico | 1 | 4 | –5 | ||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 2 | –5 |
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