CONCACAF Gold Cup awards

At the end of each CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

Awards

• There are currently five post-tournament awards from the Tournament Awards Committee: ^[1]
  • the Golden Ball for best player, first awarded in 1991;
  • the Golden Boot for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1991;
  • the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 2002;
  • the Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 2002;
  • the Goal of the Tournament, for the best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in 2021.

Best player

Gold Cup	Golden Ball
1991	Tony Meola
1993	Ramón Ramírez
1996	Raúl Lara
1998	Kasey Keller
2000	Craig Forrest
2002	Brian McBride
2003	Jesús Arellano
2005	Luis Tejada
2007	Julian de Guzman
2009	Giovani dos Santos
2011	Javier Hernández
2013	Landon Donovan
2015	Andrés Guardado
2017	Michael Bradley
2019	Raúl Jiménez
2021	Héctor Herrera
2023	Adalberto Carrasquilla
2025	Edson Álvarez

Top goalscorer

Gold Cup	Golden Boot	Goals
1991	Benjamín Galindo	4
1993	Zague	11
1996	Eric Wynalda	4
1998	Luis Hernández	4
2000	Carlo Corazzin	4
2002	Brian McBride	4
2003	Walter Centeno Landon Donovan	4
2005	DaMarcus Beasley	3
2007	Carlos Pavón	5
2009	Miguel Sabah	4
2011	Javier Hernández	7
2013	Gabriel Torres Landon Donovan Chris Wondolowski	5
2015	Clint Dempsey	7
2017	Alphonso Davies	3
2019	Jonathan David	6
2021	Almoez Ali	4
2023	Jesús Ferreira	7
2025	Ismael Díaz	6

Best goalkeeper

Gold Cup	Golden Glove	Clean sheets
2002	Lars Hirschfeld	2
2003	Oswaldo Sánchez	5
2005	Jaime Penedo	2
2007	Franck Grandel	0
2009	Keylor Navas	1
2011	Noel Valladares	1
2013	Jaime Penedo	2
2015	Brad Guzan	2
2017	Andre Blake	3
2019	Guillermo Ochoa	3
2021	Matt Turner	5
2023	Guillermo Ochoa	4
2025	Luis Malagón	3

Best young player

The Young Player Award ("Bright Future Award" 2015) was awarded for the first time at the 2015 Gold Cup in Canada–United States and given to Mexico's Jesús Corona. ^[2]

The winner of the award has only been part of the winning country one time: Jesús Corona in 2015.

Gold Cup	Young Player	Age
2015	Jesús Corona	22
2017	Alphonso Davies	16
2019	Christian Pulisic	20
2021	Tajon Buchanan	22
2025	Olger Escobar	18

Team of the Tournament

Year	Host(s)	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
1998	United States	Kasey Keller	Eddie Pope Claudio Suárez Zé Maria	Ramón Ramírez Preki Paul Hall Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Edmundo Romário Paulo Wanchope
2000	United States	Craig Forrest	Rafael Márquez Jason de Vos	Ramón Ramírez Roberto Palacios Russell Latapy	Cobi Jones Arnold Dwarika Carlo Corazzin Carlos Pavón Dwight Yorke
2002	United States	Odelin Molina	Luis Marin Jeff Agoos Jason de Vos	Alfonso Sosa Mauricio Solis Landon Donovan Kim Nam-il Rónald Gómez	Kevin McKenna Brian McBride
2003	United States   Mexico
2005	United States	Jaime Penedo	Felipe Baloy Samuel Caballero Oguchi Onyewu	DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Jairo Patiño Luis Ernesto Pérez	Tressor Moreno Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez
2007	United States	Franck Grandel	Felipe Baloy Richard Hastings Frankie Hejduk Carlos Salcido	Walter Centeno Julian de Guzman Pablo Mastroeni Pável Pardo	Carlos Pavón Blas Pérez	[3]
2009	United States	Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa	Mike Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall	Julian de Guzman Celso Borges Stéphane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden	Álvaro Saborío Walter Martínez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper	[4]
2011	United States
2013	United States
2015	United States   Canada
2017	United States	Andre Blake	Graham Zusi Omar Gonzalez Jermaine Taylor Kemar Lawrence	Darlington Nagbe Jesús Dueñas Michael Bradley Alphonso Davies	Jozy Altidore Jordan Morris	[5]
2019	United States   Costa Rica   Jamaica	Guillermo Ochoa	Luis Rodríguez Carlos Salcedo Aaron Long Jesús Gallardo	Michael Bradley Andrés Guardado Jonathan dos Santos Jonathan David Christian Pulisic	Raúl Jiménez	[6]
2021	United States	Matt Turner	Miles Robinson Edson Álvarez Shaq Moore Damion Lowe	Héctor Herrera Celso Borges Tajon Buchanan	Akram Afif Rogelio Funes Mori Almoez Ali	[7]
2023	United States   Canada	Guillermo Ochoa	Fidel Escobar Johan Vásquez Jorge Sánchez	Luis Chávez Adalberto Carrasquilla Orbelín Pineda Yoel Bárcenas Demarai Gray	Jesús Ferreira Ismael Díaz	[8]
2025	United States   Canada	Luis Malagón	Johan Vásquez César Montes Chris Richards	Diego Luna Malik Tillman Edson Álvarez Oscar Santis Peter González	Raúl Jiménez Ismael Díaz	[9]

Fair Play Trophy

Gold Cup	Fair Play Trophy Winners
2002	Costa Rica
2003	United States
2005	Honduras
2007	Honduras
2009	United States
2011	Mexico
2013	Panama
2015	Jamaica
2017	United States
2019	United States
2021	United States
2023	United States
2025	United States

Goal of the Tournament

The Goal of the Tournament award was awarded for the first time at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

• Scores and results list the goal tally of the players' team first.

Gold Cup	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
2021	Bobby Decordova-Reid	Suriname	2–0	26'	2–0	Group stage	[10]
2023	Anthony Baron	Cuba	4–0	50'	4–0	Group stage	[11]

See also

• FIFA World Cup awards
• UEFA European Championship awards
• Copa América awards
• Africa Cup of Nations awards
• AFC Asian Cup awards
• OFC Nations Cup awards

References

1. "Awards". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
2. "Mexico's Corona merits Bright Future award". CONCACAF. July 26, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
3. "All-Tournament Team Unveiled". Terra Networks. AP. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
4. "2009 All-Tournament Team" (Press release). CONCACAF. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
5. "TSG reveals Gold Cup Best XI". CONCACAF. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
6. "2019 Concacaf Gold Cup - Best XI". CONCACAF. 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
7. "Turner, Funes Mori named to Best XI". CONCACAF. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
8. "Pineda, Gray and Carrasquilla lead way in Gold Cup Best XI". CONCACAF. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
9. "Díaz, Jiménez, Richards headline Gold Cup Best XI". CONCACAF. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
10. "Jamaica's Reid takes Gold Cup Goal of the Tournament". CONCACAF. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
11. "Guadeloupe's Baron wins Gold Cup Goal of the Tournament". CONCACAF. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.