2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final
The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was the sixteenth final of the Gold Cup, a biennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF and one invited team to decide the champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The match was held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on August 1, 2021, and was contested by hosts the United States and the defending champions Mexico.[2]
 Allegiant Stadium in Paradise hosted the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||
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| Date | August 1, 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | Allegiant Stadium, Paradise | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Matt Turner (United States)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Said Martínez (Honduras) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,114 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 99 °F (37 °C) 23% humidity | ||||||
It was the seventh Gold Cup final to be contested by Mexico and the United States, and the second consecutive. From the previous six finals, Mexico won five times – in 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011, and 2019. The United States only won in 2007 prior to this match.
The United States won the final 1–0, with the lone goal scored by Miles Robinson in extra time for their seventh Gold Cup title.[3]
Venue
The final was held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, located in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. It was the first major international tournament to be played at the venue, which was built for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League.[4] It was also the first Gold Cup match to be played in the Las Vegas area.[5] The match was played in front of a full-capacity crowd after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions; CONCACAF began sale of general seating tickets on June 11, 2021, and sold out their allotment within 90 minutes.[6]
Referee
The referee in charge of the match was Said Martínez from Honduras. Martínez, who at the time was 29, was considered amongst the best confederation referees and was appointed along assistant referees, one fellow Honduran and a Nicaraguan as linesmen. Goal.com considered the match, the most important of his international career, which began in 2017.[7]
Route to the final
 United States |
Round |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Haiti |
1–0 | Match 1 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Martinique |
6–1 | Match 2 |  Guatemala |
3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1–0 | Match 3 |  El Salvador |
1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group B winners
Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts |
Final standings | Group A winners
Source: CONCACAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jamaica |
1–0 | Quarter-finals |  Honduras |
3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Qatar |
1–0 | Semi-finals | Canada |
2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Match
Details
| United States | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Robinson  117' |
Report |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[8]
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Match rules[9]
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Notes
- Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions during the game, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time (Regulations Article 6.5.).
References
- CONCACAF [@GoldCup] (August 1, 2021). "Matt Turner was a WALL against Mexico, just like in the whole tournament as well. For this he was named Man of the Match. Congrats Matt!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Twitter.
- "Las Vegas Awarded 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Final" (Press release). CONCACAF. April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- "Miles Robinson's last-gasp header lifts USA over Mexico in Gold Cup final". Guardian. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- Akers, Mick (April 13, 2021). "Gold Cup soccer final set for Allegiant Stadium on Aug. 1". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- "Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium will host Gold Cup final". Jamaica Gleaner. April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- "Concacaf Gold Cup Final on August 1 at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium sells out in 90 minutes". CONCACAF.com (Press release). CONCACAF. June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- "¿Quién es Said Martínez? El árbitro de la final de la Copa Oro 2021". Goal.com (in Spanish). 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- "Match officials appointed for 2021 Gold Cup Final". www.concacaf.com. CONCACAF. August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- "2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. September 18, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2021.