2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A
Group A of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 10 to 18 July 2021 in Arlington's AT&T Stadium, Dallas' Cotton Bowl and Frisco's Toyota Stadium.[1] The group consisted of El Salvador, Guatemala, defending champions Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
Originally, Curaçao would have played in this group. On 9 July 2021, Curaçao was removed as a participant due to close contacts with those tested positive to COVID-19 and replaced by Guatemala.[3]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance only Gold Cup era (since 1991) |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance only Gold Cup era (since 1991) |
CONCACAF Rankings | FIFA Rankings (May 2021)[4] | |
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| A1 |  Mexico |
1 | CNL League A Group B 1st place |
15 November 2019 | 16th | 2019 | Winners (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| A2 |  El Salvador |
2 | CNL League B Group B 1st place |
16 November 2019 | 12th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017) | 10 | 10 | 69 |
| A3 |  Curaçao |
3 | CNL League A Group D 2nd place |
17 November 2019 | 3rd | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2019) | 13 | 12 | 76 |
 Guatemala[3] |
N/A | Next best-ranked team from GCQ | 9 July 2021 | 11th | 2015 | Fourth place (1996) | 9 | 8 | 127 | |
| A4 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | GCQ winners | 6 July 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Third place (2000) | 12 | 13 | 103 |
- Notes
- ^ The CONCACAF rankings of August 2020 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ^ CONCACAF rankings at the start of the tournament (as of 1 July 2021).[6]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | El Salvador
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Guatemala
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
In the quarter-finals:
Matches
Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago
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Man of the Match:
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El Salvador vs Guatemala
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Man of the Match:
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Trinidad and Tobago vs El Salvador
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Man of the Match:
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Guatemala vs Mexico
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| Guatemala | 0–3 | Mexico |
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Man of the Match:
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Mexico vs El Salvador
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| Mexico | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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L. Rodríguez  26' |
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Man of the Match:
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Guatemala vs Trinidad and Tobago
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| Guatemala | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Gordillo 78' |
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Man of the Match:
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Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker should the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[18]
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
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| El Salvador
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1 | 1 | 2 | –4 | |||||||||
| Mexico
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1 | 4 | –5 | ||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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1 | 2 | 2 | –5 | |||||||||
Notes
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