Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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In 2000, Trinidad and Tobago's star-forward Dwight Yorke was voted into the tournament's Best XI alongside team mate Russell Latapy. Trinidad and Tobago placed 3rd in that tournament, their best result in the Gold Cup era. Dwight Yorke in Chennai.jpg
In 2000, Trinidad and Tobago's star-forward Dwight Yorke was voted into the tournament's Best XI alongside team mate Russell Latapy. Trinidad and Tobago placed 3rd in that tournament, their best result in the Gold Cup era.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. [1] It is currently held every two years. [2] From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

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From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup. [3]

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

In terms of total points earned, Trinidad and Tobago are the second-most successful Caribbean nation in the history of CONCACAF continental championships after Haiti, but unlike them have never actually won a title. Haiti won the championship in 1973, with Trinidad and Tobago as runners-up - the closest the Trinidadians ever came to a tournament victory themselves.

Overall record

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGASquadPldWDLGFGA
Flag of El Salvador.svg 1963 Did not enterDid not enter
Flag of Guatemala.svg 1965 WithdrewWithdrew
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1967 Round-robin4th5203610Squad421177
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1969 Round-robin5th5113412SquadQualified automatically
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1971 Round-robin5th5122612SquadQualified as hosts
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg 1973 Round-robin2nd5302114Squad4310164
Flag of Mexico.svg 1977 Did not qualify6222109
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1981 412112
1985 Group stage7th401327SquadQualified automatically
1989 Round-robin3rd833275Squad422061
Flag of the United States.svg 1991 Group stage5th310234 Squad 5302125
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 1993 Did not qualify52121010
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Group stage7th200246 Squad 5401213
Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Group stage6th210155 Squad 421193
Flag of the United States.svg 2000 Third place3rd420268 Squad 5401186
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Group stage10th201112 Squad 5401133
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Did not qualify730489
Flag of the United States.svg 2005 Group stage10th302135 Squad 10703228
Flag of the United States.svg 2007 Group stage11th301225 Squad 5311136
Flag of the United States.svg 2009 Did not qualify6321118
Flag of the United States.svg 2011 6402136
Flag of the United States.svg 2013 Quarter-finals6th411245 Squad 11632237
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2015 Quarter-finals5th4220106 Squad 7520165
Flag of the United States.svg 2017 Did not qualify410388
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Flag of Jamaica.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2019 Group stage14th301219 Squad Qualified automatically
Flag of the United States.svg 2021 Group stage12th302113 Squad 61321011
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Group stage13th3102410 Squad 6411124
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2025 Group stageTBD302127 Squad 6321118
TotalRunners-up19/287118193482125125692232280133

Match overview

TournamentRoundOpponentScoreVenue
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 1967 Final roundFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 0–1 Tegucigalpa
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 3–2
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–4
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0–2
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3–1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1969 Final roundFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0–2 San José
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 3–2
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 1–3
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0–5
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–0
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 1971 Final roundFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 1–1 Port-of-Spain
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–2
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 0–6
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2–2
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3–1
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg 1973 Final roundFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 1–2 Port-au-Prince
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 1–2
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4–0
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 4–0
1985 Group stageFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0–3 San José, Costa Rica
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1–2 St. Louis, United States
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–1 Torrance, United States
1989 Final roundFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1–1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–1 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0–1 San José, Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2–0 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 0–0 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–0 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2–1 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg 1991 Group stageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1–2 Pasadena
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2–1
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0–1 Los Angeles
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Group stageFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2–3 Anaheim
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2–3
Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Group stageFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 3–1 Oakland
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2–4
Flag of the United States.svg 2000 Group stageFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–4 San Diego
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4–2 Los Angeles
Quarter-finalsFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2–1 ( a.e.t. )
San Diego
Semi-finalsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0–1 Los Angeles
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Group stageFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–1 Miami
Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg 2005 Group stageFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 1–1
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2–2
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0–2
Flag of the United States.svg 2007 Group stageFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1–2 Carson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–2
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–1 Foxboro
Flag of the United States.svg 2013 Group stageFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2–2 Harrison
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 0–2 Miami Gardens
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 2–0 Houston
Quarter-finalsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–1 Atlanta
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 Group stageFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 3–1 Chicago
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2–0 Glendale
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4–4 Charlotte
Quarter-finalsFlag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–1
(5–6 p)
East Rutherford
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Costa Rica.svg Flag of Jamaica.svg 2019 Group stageFlag of Panama.svg  Panama 0–2 Saint Paul
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–6 Cleveland
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1–1 Kansas City
Flag of the United States.svg 2021 Group stageFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–0 Arlington
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 0–2 Dallas
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–1 Frisco
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2023 Group stageFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–0 Fort Lauderdale
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1–4 St. Louis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–6 Charlotte
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2025 Group stageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 0–5 San Jose
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1–1 Houston
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–1 Paradise

Top goalscorers

Steve David scored seven goals during the 1973 CONCACAF Championship, which made him sole top scorer of the tournament. He is still Trinidad and Tobago's leading scorer at continental championships and the only Trinidadian to date to win an individual award.

RankPlayerGoalsGold Cups
1 Steve David 71973
2 Leonson Lewis 41989 (2) and 1991 (2)
Arnold Dwarika 41996 (2) and 2000 (2)
Kenwyne Jones 42013 (2) and 2015 (2)
5 Everald Cummings 31969 (1) and 1973 (2)
Russell Latapy 31996 (2) and 2000 (1)
Stern John 31998 (2) and 2002 (1)

The table ignores six goals from unknown scorers of the 1971 tournament.

See also

References

  1. ""Gold Cup 101: What it is, why it matters, and how to follow along this summer"". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. "About the CONCACAF Gold Cup". goldcup.org. Gold Cup. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ""Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"". CONCACAF.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.