2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup - Definition and Overview

The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North and Central America (CONCACAF).

For the first time since 1993, a part of the tournament was held outside the United States; Mexico co-hosted. The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern US city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.

The US's Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5-0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semifinals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2-1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1-0 in extra time.

First Round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Mexico 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 Brazil U23 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 Honduras 1 2 0 1 1 1 2

Mexico 1 - 0 Brazil U23 Brazil U23 2 - 1 Honduras Mexico 0 - 0 Honduras

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Colombia 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 Jamaica 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 Guatemala 1 2 0 1 1 1 3

Colombia 1 - 0 Jamaica Jamaica 2 - 0 Guatemala Colombia 1 - 1 Guatemala

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA USA 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 El Salvador 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 Martinique 0 2 0 0 2 0 3

USA 2 - 0 El Salvador USA 2 - 0 Martinique El Salvador 1 - 0 Martinique

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 Cuba 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 Canada 3 2 1 0 1 1 2

Canada 1 - 0 Costa Rica Cuba 2 - 0 Canada Costa Rica 3 - 0 Cuba

Quarterfinals

July 19, 2003
USA 5 - 0 Cuba	Costa Rica 5 - 2 El Salvador
July 19, 2003	July 20, 2003
Brazil U23 2 - 0 Colombia	Mexico 5 - 0 Jamaica

Semifinals

July 23, 2003	July 24, 2003
Brazil U23 2 - 1 (AET) USA	Mexico 2 - 0 Costa Rica

Third place match

July 26, 2003

USA 3 - 2 Costa Rica

Final

July 27, 2003

Mexico 1 - 0 (AET) Brazil U23