| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Other Titles: | CONCACAF Championship |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | June 6–24 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 6 |
| Cities: | 6 |
| Champion: | United States |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | MEX |
| Matches: | 25 |
| Goals: | 64 |
| Attendance: | 921464 |
| Top Scorer: | Carlos Pavón (5 goals) |
| Player: |  Julian de Guzman |
| Goalkeeper: | Franck Grandel |
| Prevseason: | 2005 |
| Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to 24, 2007.
This competition was the third overall edition of the tournament without guests (for the first time since 1993) from other confederations. As the winner, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[1]
A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.
| style= | Team | style= | Qualification | style= | Appearances | style= | Last Appearance | style= | Previous best performance | style= | FIFA Ranking[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American zone | |||||||||||
| align=left | (TH) | Automatic | 9th | 2005 | Champions (1991, 2002, 2005) | 25 | |||||
| align=left | Automatic | 9th | 2005 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003) | 20 | ||||||
| align=left | Automatic | 8th | 2005 | Champions (2000) | 94 | ||||||
| Caribbean zone qualified through the 2007 Caribbean Cup | |||||||||||
| align=left | Winners | 3rd | 2002 | Quarterfinals (2002) | 85 | ||||||
| align=left | Runners-up | 7th | 2005 | Third Place (2000) | 67 | ||||||
| align=left | Third Place | 5th | 2005 | Quarterfinals (2003) | 71 | ||||||
| align=left | Fourth Place | 1st | None | Debut | N/A | ||||||
| Central American zone qualified through the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup | |||||||||||
| align=left | Winners | 8th | 2005 | Runners-up (2002) | 52 | ||||||
| align=left | Runners-up | 3rd | 2005 | Runners-up (2005) | 60 | ||||||
| align=left | Third Place | 8th | 2005 | Fourth Place (1996) | 87 | ||||||
| align=left | Fourth Place | 5th | 2003 | Quarterfinals (2002, 2003) | 144 | ||||||
| align=left | Fifth Place | 8th | 2005 | Runners-up (1991) | 55 | ||||||
| Miami | Carson | Foxborough | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Orange Bowl | The Home Depot Center | Gillette Stadium | |
| Capacity: 72,319 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 68,756 | |
| East Rutherford | Houston | Chicago | |
| Giants Stadium | Reliant Stadium | Soldier Field | |
| Capacity: 80,042 | Capacity: 71,500 | Capacity: 61,500 | |
See main article: 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads.
The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.
If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:
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See main article: 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final.
Iain Hume
Jaime Colomé
Dennis Alas Ramón Sánchez
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Nery Castillo Andrés Guardado Pável Pardo Carlos Salcido
Carlos Rivera
Carlos Bocanegra Brian Ching Clint Dempsey Benny Feilhaber Frankie Hejduk Eddie Johnson Taylor TwellmanThe All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group and features the "Best XI" along with seven Honorable Mentions. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[3]
During the last minutes of the semi-final match between Canada and the U.S.A., Canada's Atiba Hutchinson scored a goal that would have equalised the score for Canada. However, a linesman erroneously indicated that Hutchinson was offside, and the referee Benito Archundia subsequently nullified Hutchinson's goal. Video replays showed that the football came into contact with the U.S.A.'s defender Oguchi Onyewu immediately before Hutchinson scored the goal.[4] [5] [6] Therefore, according to the laws of the game, there was no offside offence for Hutchinson.[4] [5] [6]