| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Other Titles: | Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2011 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | June 5–25 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 13 |
| Cities: | 13 |
| Champion: | Mexico |
| Count: | 6 |
| Second: | United States |
| Matches: | 25 |
| Goals: | 80 |
| Top Scorer: |  Javier Hernández (7 goals)[1] |
| Player: | Javier Hernández |
| Goalkeeper: | Noel Valladares |
| Prevseason: | 2009 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition started on June 5, 2011, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, and ended with the final on June 25, 2011, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California,[2] with Mexico beating the United States 4–2.
This competition was the fifth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their sixth Gold Cup, and ninth CONCACAF Championship overall. It was the third consecutive Gold Cup final and second consecutive win also.
As winner of the tournament, Mexico qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from CONCACAF.[3] [4]
The set of thirteen venues – the same number as the 2009 Gold Cup – was announced on December 16, 2010.[5] Each stadium hosted a doubleheader, except the Rose Bowl which hosted the final.
| Group stage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | Carson | Detroit | Charlotte | Miami | |
| Cowboys Stadium | The Home Depot Center | Ford Field | Bank of America Stadium | FIU Stadium | |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 73,778 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
| June 5 | June 6 | June 7 | June 9 | June 10 | |
| Tampa | Chicago | Harrison | Kansas City | ||
| Raymond James Stadium | Soldier Field | Red Bull Arena | Livestrong Sporting Park | ||
| Capacity: 68,857 | Capacity: 61,500 | Capacity: 25,189 | Capacity: 18,500 | ||
| June 11 | June 12 | June 13 | June 14 | ||
| Knockout stage | |||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
| East Rutherford | Washington, D.C. | Houston | Pasadena | ||
| New Meadowlands Stadium | RFK Stadium | Reliant Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||
| Capacity: 82,566 | Capacity: 45,596 | Capacity: 71,500 | Capacity: 91,136 | ||
| June 18 | June 19 | June 22 | June 25 | ||
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 2022 | style= | Previous best performance | style= | FIFA Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American zone | |||||||||||
| align=left | Automatic | 11th | 2009 | Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007) | 22 | ||||||
| align=left | (TH) | Automatic | 11th | 2009 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009) | 28 | |||||
| align=left | Automatic | 10th | 2009 | Champions (2000) | 77 | ||||||
| Caribbean zone qualified through the 2010 Caribbean Cup | |||||||||||
| align=left | Winners | 8th | 2009 | Third Place (1993) | 55 | ||||||
| align=left | Runners-up | 3rd | 2009 | Semifinals (2007) | N/A | ||||||
| align=left | Third Place | 6th | 2007 | Quarterfinals (2003) | 81 | ||||||
| align=left | Fourth Place | 2nd | 2009 | Group stage (2009) | N/A | ||||||
| Central American zone qualified through the 2011 Copa Centroamericana | |||||||||||
| align=left | Winners | 10th | 2009 | Runners-up (1991) | 43 | ||||||
| align=left | Runners-up | 10th | 2009 | Runners-up (2002) | 56 | ||||||
| align=left | Third Place | 5th | 2009 | Runners-up (2005) | 67 | ||||||
| align=left | Fourth Place | 7th | 2009 | Quarterfinals (2002, 2003) | 87 | ||||||
| align=left | Fifth Place | 9th | 2007 | Fourth Place (1996) | 124 | ||||||
See main article: 2011 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.
On June 9, 2011, the names of five Mexican players were released announcing Christian Bermúdez, Édgar Dueñas, Guillermo Ochoa, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and Sinha, all tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the start of the 2011 Gold Cup. They were withdrawn from the squad a few days after their June 5 Gold Cup starting match and 5-0 win against El Salvador.[6] Mexican officials said they believed the positive tests were caused by eating meat tainted with the drug.[7] CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said a meeting of the confederation's national teams committee, which also serves as the organizing committee of the Gold Cup, was to be convened on June 10 to consider the situation, including possibly allowing Mexico to replace the five players. However, the meeting was postponed to allow for more information to be gathered.[8] The Mexican Football Federation said on June 14 that the "B" samples of those five involving players were negative.[9] The CONCACAF Gold Cup Organizing Committee announced on June 19 that Mexico would be allowed to replace the suspended players.[10] The replacement players were, Luis Ernesto Michel, Héctor Reynoso, Paul Aguilar, Marco Fabián, and Hiram Mier.[11] All players were later acquitted by the Mexican Football Federation and the results were blamed on contamination of meat, with the ingestion of clenbuterol considered non-intentional.[12] However, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to request a ban.[13] On October 12, 2011, WADA withdrew the request after the full file was available for them.[14] [15]
On September 20, 2013, the Salvadoran Football Federation banned 14 Salvadoran players for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (Dennis Alas, Luis Anaya, captain Marvin González, Reynaldo Hernández, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Osael Romero, Ramón Sánchez and Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5-0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[16]
All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)
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See main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage.
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See main article: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final.
The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[17] [18] [19] [20]
| scope=col style="background-color: gold" | Golden Ball | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Hernández | |||
| scope=col style="background-color: gold" | Golden Boot | ||
| Javier Hernández | |||
| 7 goals | |||
| Golden Glove | |||
| Noel Valladares | |||
| Fair Play Trophy | |||
