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The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was the 11th final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the international championship tournament for teams of the CONCACAF, the governing body of soccer in North and Central America. The match took place on June 25, 2011, and took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, United States.
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 knockout stage of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup started on June 18 and ended with the final on June 25, 2011. The group winners and runners-up and the two best third placed teams from the group stage qualified.
The Mexican team earned their way into the finals through the virtue of winning Group A with a perfect 3–0–0 record, prior to defeating Guatemala and Honduras in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. The U.S. team, finished as runners-up in 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C after posting
Whatever game the teams thought they were playing, it wasn't soccer: Together they combined for just 15 shots. The beautiful game drowned in the quagmire.
The tournament is held every two years and is used to determine the continental champion; previously, the winner of the competition would also qualify for the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup. The Gold Cup was established in 1991 as the successor to the CONCACAF Championship and has been hosted primarily in the United States. Various ...
Eight months and two coaches after Mexico crashed out of an embarrassing World Cup, most of the same players triumphantly raised the CONCACAF Gold Cup amid confetti and raucous cheers Sunday night.
In the 2011 Gold Cup, Mexico defeated the USA 4–2 in the final while the USA won the 2013 Gold Cup by beating Panama 1–0. Since the formation of the Gold Cup in 1991, the CONCACAF Championship has been won nine times by Mexico, seven times by the United States, and once by Canada.