Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF Gold Cup explained

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.

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

Year	Result	Position							Squad
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record										width=1% rowspan="30"		Qualification record
1963	Did not enter									Did not enter
1965	Withdrew									Withdrew
1967	Round-robin	4th	5	2	0	3	6	10	Squad	4	2	1	1	7	7
1969	Round-robin	5th	5	1	1	3	4	12	Squad	Qualified automatically
1971	Round-robin	5th	5	1	2	2	6	12	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1973	Round-robin	2nd	5	3	0	2	11	4	Squad	4	3	1	0	16	4
1977	Did not qualify	6	2	2	2	10	9
1981	4	1	2	1	1	2
1985	Group stage	7th	4	0	1	3	2	7	Squad	Qualified automatically
1989	Round-robin	3rd	8	3	3	2	7	5	Squad	4	2	2	0	6	1
1991	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	4	Squad	5	3	0	2	12	5
1993	Did not qualify									5	2	1	2	10	10
1996	Group stage	7th	2	0	0	2	4	6	Squad	5	4	0	1	21	3
1998	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	5	5	Squad	4	2	1	1	9	3
2000	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	8	Squad	5	4	0	1	18	6
2002	Group stage	10th	2	0	1	1	1	2	Squad	5	4	0	1	13	3
2003	Did not qualify									7	3	0	4	8	9
2005	Group stage	10th	3	0	2	1	3	5	Squad	10	7	0	3	22	8
2007	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad	5	3	1	1	13	6
2009	Did not qualify	6	3	2	1	11	8
2011	6	4	0	2	13	6
2013	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	1	2	4	5	Squad	11	6	3	2	23	7
2015	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	10	6	Squad	7	5	2	0	16	5
2017	Did not qualify									4	1	0	3	8	8
2019	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	9	Squad	Qualified automatically
2021	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad	6	1	3	2	10	11
2023	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	4	10	Squad	6	4	1	1	12	4
Total	Runners-up	18/27	68	18	17	33	80	118		119	66	20	31	269	125

Match overview

Tournament	width=110	Round	width=150	Opponent	width=60	Score	width=150	Venue
1967	Final round		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	Tegucigalpa
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–2
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–4
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–2
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–1
1969	Final round		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–2	San José
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–2
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–3
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–5
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	0–0
1971	Final round		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	Port-of-Spain
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–2
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–6
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	2–2
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–1
1973	Final round		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–2	Port-au-Prince
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–2
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	1–0
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	4–0
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	4–0
1985	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–3	San José, Costa Rica
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	San José, Costa Rica
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–2	St. Louis, USA
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	Torrance, USA
1989	Final round		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	Torrance, USA
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	San José, Costa Rica
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	2–0	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	0–0	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	1–0	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	2–1	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
1991	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–2	Pasadena
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	2–1	Pasadena
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	Los Angeles
1996	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	2–3	Anaheim
1996	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	2–3	Anaheim
1998	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–1	Oakland
1998	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	2–4	Oakland
2000	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–4	San Diego
	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	4–2	Los Angeles
	Quarter-finals		align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	2–1	San Diego
	Semi-finals		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	Los Angeles
2002	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	Miami
2002	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1
2005	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	2–2
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–2
2007	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–2	Carson
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–2	Carson
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	Foxboro
2013	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	2–2	Harrison
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–2	Miami Gardens
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	2–0	Houston
	Quarter-finals		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–1	Atlanta
2015	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–1	Chicago
			align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	2–0	Glendale
			align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	4–4	Charlotte
	Quarter-finals		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	1–1	East Rutherford
2019	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="ffbbbb"	0–2	Saint Paul
		align=center bgcolor="ffbbbb"	0–6	Cleveland
		align=center bgcolor="ffffbb"	1–1	Kansas City
2021	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	0–0	Arlington
		align=center bgcolor="ffbbbb"	0–2	Dallas
		align=center bgcolor="ffffbb"	1–1	Frisco
2023	Group stage		align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	3–0	Fort Lauderdale
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	1–4	St. Louis
			align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	0–6	Charlotte

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.

Rank	Player	Goals	Gold Cups
1	Steve David	7	1973
2	Leonson Lewis	4	1989 (2) and 1991 (2)
Arnold Dwarika	4	1996 (2) and 2000 (2)
Kenwyne Jones	4	2013 (2) and 2015 (2)
5	Everald Cummings	3	1969 (1) and 1973 (2)
Russell Latapy	3	1996 (2) and 2000 (1)
Stern John	3	1998 (2) and 2002 (1)

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

External links

Notes and References

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