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Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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In 2000, Trinidad and Tobago's star-forward Dwight Yorke was voted into the tournament's Best XI alongside team mate Russell Latapy. Trinidad and Tobago placed 3rd in that tournament, their best result in the Gold Cup era.

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

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Did not enter Did not enter
Guatemala 1965 Withdrew Withdrew
Honduras 1967 Round-robin 4th 5 2 0 3 6 10 Squad 4 2 1 1 7 7
Costa Rica 1969 Round-robin 5th 5 1 1 3 4 12 Squad Qualified automatically
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Round-robin 5th 5 1 2 2 6 12 Squad Qualified as hosts
Haiti 1973 Round-robin 2nd 5 3 0 2 11 4 Squad 4 3 1 0 16 4
Mexico 1977 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 10 9
Honduras 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
United States 1991 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 4 Squad 5 3 0 2 12 5
Mexico United States 1993 Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 10 10
United States 1996 Group stage 7th 2 0 0 2 4 6 Squad 5 4 0 1 21 3
United States 1998 Group stage 6th 2 1 0 1 5 5 Squad 4 2 1 1 9 3
United States 2000 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 6 8 Squad 5 4 0 1 18 6
United States 2002 Group stage 10th 2 0 1 1 1 2 Squad 5 4 0 1 13 3
Mexico United States 2003 Did not qualify 7 3 0 4 8 9
United States 2005 Group stage 10th 3 0 2 1 3 5 Squad 10 7 0 3 22 8
United States 2007 Group stage 11th 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad 5 3 1 1 13 6
United States 2009 Did not qualify 6 3 2 1 11 8
United States 2011 6 4 0 2 13 6
United States 2013 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 1 2 4 5 Squad 11 6 3 2 23 7
Canada United States 2015 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 2 0 10 6 Squad 7 5 2 0 16 5
United States 2017 Did not qualify 4 1 0 3 8 8
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 9 Squad Qualified automatically
United States 2021 Group stage 12th 3 0 2 1 1 3 Squad 6 1 3 2 10 11
Canada United States 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

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Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
Honduras 1967 Final round  Honduras 0–1 Tegucigalpa
 Haiti 3–2
 Mexico 0–4
 Guatemala 0–2
 Nicaragua 3–1
Costa Rica 1969 Final round  Guatemala 0–2 San José
 Jamaica 3–2
 Netherlands Antilles 1–3
 Costa Rica 0–5
 Mexico 0–0
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Final round  Honduras 1–1 Port-of-Spain
 Mexico 0–2
 Haiti 0–6
 Cuba 2–2
 Costa Rica 3–1
Haiti 1973 Final round  Honduras 1–2 Port-au-Prince
 Haiti 1–2
 Guatemala 1–0
 Mexico 4–0
 Netherlands Antilles 4–0
1985 Group stage  Costa Rica 0–3 San José, Costa Rica
 Costa Rica 1–1
 United States 1–2 St. Louis, USA
 United States 0–1 Torrance, USA
1989 Final round  United States 1–1
 Costa Rica 1–1 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 Costa Rica 0–1 San José, Costa Rica
 El Salvador 2–0 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 El Salvador 0–0 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
 Guatemala 1–0 Guatemala City, Guatemala
 Guatemala 2–1 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 United States 0–1
United States 1991 Group stage  United States 1–2 Pasadena
 Costa Rica 2–1
 Guatemala 0–1 Los Angeles
United States 1996 Group stage  El Salvador 2–3 Anaheim
 United States 2–3
United States 1998 Group stage  Honduras 3–1 Oakland
 Mexico 2–4
United States 2000 Group stage  Mexico 0–4 San Diego
 Guatemala 4–2 Los Angeles
Quarter-finals  Costa Rica 2–1 (a.e.t.)
San Diego
Semi-finals  Canada 0–1 Los Angeles
United States 2002 Group stage  Costa Rica 1–1 Miami
 Martinique 0–1
United States 2005 Group stage  Honduras 1–1
 Panama 2–2
 Colombia 0–2
United States 2007 Group stage  El Salvador 1–2 Carson
 United States 0–2
 Guatemala 1–1 Foxboro
United States 2013 Group stage  El Salvador 2–2 Harrison
 Haiti 0–2 Miami Gardens
 Honduras 2–0 Houston
Quarter-finals  Mexico 0–1 Atlanta
United States Canada 2015 Group stage  Guatemala 3–1 Chicago
 Cuba 2–0 Glendale
 Mexico 4–4 Charlotte
Quarter-finals  Panama 1–1
(5–6 p)
East Rutherford
United States Costa Rica Jamaica 2019 Group stage  Panama 0–2 Saint Paul
 United States 0–6 Cleveland
 Guyana 1–1 Kansas City
United States 2021 Group stage  Mexico 0–0 Arlington
 El Salvador 0–2 Dallas
 Guatemala 1–1 Frisco
United States Canada 2023 Group stage  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–0 Fort Lauderdale
 Jamaica 1–4 St. Louis
 United States 0–6 Charlotte

Top goalscorers

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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.

See also

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References

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