Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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

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Year  | Result  | Position  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA
1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter
1965 | Withdrew | Withdrew
1967 | Round-robin | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | Squad | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 7
1969 | Round-robin | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Squad  | Qualified automatically
1971 | Round-robin | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | Squad  | Qualified as hosts
1973 | Round-robin | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | Squad | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 16  | 4
1977 | Did not qualify | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 9
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
1991 | Group stage  | 5th  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 4  | Squad | 5  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 12  | 5
1993 | Did not qualify | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 10  | 10
1996 | Group stage  | 7th  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6  | Squad | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 21  | 3
1998 | Group stage  | 6th  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 5  | Squad | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 3
2000 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Squad | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 6
2002 | Group stage  | 10th  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | Squad | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 13  | 3
2003 | Did not qualify | 7  | 3  | 0  | 4  | 8  | 9
2005 | Group stage  | 10th  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 5  | Squad | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 22  | 8
2007 | Group stage  | 11th  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5  | Squad | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 13  | 6
2009 | Did not qualify | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 11  | 8
2011 | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 13  | 6
2013 | Quarter-finals  | 6th  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 5  | Squad | 11  | 6  | 3  | 2  | 23  | 7
2015 | Quarter-finals  | 5th  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 10  | 6  | Squad | 7  | 5  | 2  | 0  | 16  | 5
2017 | Did not qualify | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 8  | 8
2019 | Group stage  | 14th  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 9  | Squad | Qualified automatically
2021 | Group stage  | 12th  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 3  | Squad | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 10  | 11
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

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1967 | Final round |  Honduras | 0–1 | Tegucigalpa
Haiti | 3–2
Mexico | 0–4
Guatemala | 0–2
Nicaragua | 3–1
1969 | Final round |  Guatemala | 0–2 | San José
Jamaica | 3–2
Netherlands Antilles | 1–3
Costa Rica | 0–5
Mexico | 0–0
1971 | Final round |  Honduras | 1–1 | Port-of-Spain
Mexico | 0–2
Haiti | 0–6
Cuba | 2–2
Costa Rica | 3–1
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
1991 | Group stage |  United States | 1–2 | Pasadena
Costa Rica | 2–1
Guatemala | 0–1 | Los Angeles
1996 | Group stage |  El Salvador | 2–3 | Anaheim
United States | 2–3
1998 | Group stage |  Honduras | 3–1 | Oakland
Mexico | 2–4
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
2002 | Group stage |  Costa Rica | 1–1 | Miami
Martinique | 0–1
2005 | Group stage |  Honduras | 1–1
Panama | 2–2
Colombia | 0–2
2007 | Group stage |  El Salvador | 1–2 | Carson
United States | 0–2
Guatemala | 1–1 | Foxboro
2013 | Group stage |  El Salvador | 2–2 | Harrison
Haiti | 0–2 | Miami Gardens
Honduras | 2–0 | Houston
Quarter-finals |  Mexico | 0–1 | Atlanta
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
2019 | Group stage |  Panama | 0–2 | Saint Paul
United States | 0–6 | Cleveland
Guyana | 1–1 | Kansas City
2021 | Group stage |  Mexico | 0–0 | Arlington
El Salvador | 0–2 | Dallas
Guatemala | 1–1 | Frisco
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

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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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* Trinidad and Tobago at the FIFA World Cup

## 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.

## External links

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* RSSSF archives and results
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Trinidad and Tobago national football team

General|

* Trinidad and Tobago Football Association
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Venues|

* Hasely Crawford Stadium

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Players|

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FIFA World Cup|

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup|

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Notable matches|

* Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 United States (1989)
* 2006 World Cup CONCACAF–AFC play-off
* Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 United States (2017)

Noted rivalries|

* Jamaica
* United States

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NAFU|

* Canada
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UNCAF|

* Belize
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* El Salvador
* Guatemala
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