2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group C

Group C of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was one of three groups competing of nations at CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011. The group's first round of matches were played on June 7, with the final round played on June 14. All six group matches were played at venues in United States, in Detroit, Tampa and Kansas City. The group consisted of host, and four time Gold Cup champions, United States, 2000 Gold Cup champion Canada, as well as Panama and Guadeloupe.

The group opened on June 7 with Panama taking an early three-goal lead against Guadeloupe before Brice Jovial of Guadeloupe brought the match within a goal's reach. However, the Panamanians were able to withstand Guadeloupe's late pressure and win their opening fixture. Immediately after the match, group favorites Canada and the United States squared off. Analysts claimed that the Canadian squad was the strongest in their history, possibly the strongest since the mid-1980s squad that qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. For the Americans, they had come off a humbling 4–0 defeat in a tune up match against defending World champions, Spain. In spite of the rough patch endured by the United States, they were still considered favorites to beat Canada. Thanks to an early, 15th-minute goal from Jozy Altidore, along with a complimentary second half goal from Clint Dempsey gave the United States a 2–0 win over Canada and the lead in the group.

While Canada expectedly defeated Guadeloupe on June 11, Panama pulled off a stunning 2–1 upset over the United States, in which some cited as possibly the largest upset of the entire tournament. The match marked the first time in Gold Cup history that the United States lost on its home soil during Group Stage play. It was also the first time since the 1985 CONCACAF Championship, that the United States lost on home ground in a continental tournament. Clearance Goodson scored the lone goal for the United States in the 66th minute, after he conceded an own goal for the Panamanians in the 19th minute. Panama's Gabriel Enrique Gómez converted a penalty kick in the 33rd minute, which ended up being the winner.

The group wrapped up play on June 14 with Panama and Canada playing each other followed by Guadeloupe taking on the United States. The matches were a doubleheader held at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City.

Standings

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarterfinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Panama 321064+27
 United States 320142+26
 Canada 311123−14
 Guadeloupe 300325−30

All Times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (Local Times in parentheses)

Panama vs Guadeloupe

June 7, 2011
18:00 (18:00 UTC−4)
Panama  3 – 2  Guadeloupe
Pérez  29'
Tejada  31'
Gómez  57' (pen.) 		Report Jovial  65', 78'
Ford Field, Detroit
Attendance: 28,209
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Panama
Guadeloupe
Panama
PANAMA:
GK1Jaime Penedo
DF23Felipe Baloy (c)
DF17Luis Henríquez
DF14Eduardo Dasent
DF13Adolfo Machado 82'
MF6Gómez
MF10Nelson Barahona 77'
MF21Amílcar Henríquez
MF11Armando Cooper
FW18Luis Tejada 67'
FW7Blas Pérez
Substitutions:
FW16Luis Rentería 67'
MF19Alberto Quintero 77'
DF3Harold Cummings 82'
Manager:
Panama Julio Dely Valdés
Guadeloupe
GUADELOUPE:
GK1Franck Grandel 73'
DF2Miguel Comminges
DF13Jean-Luc Lambourde
DF22Mickaël Tacalfred Red card 38'
DF5Eddy Viator
MF7Loïc Loval
MF6David Fleurival
MF19Stéphane Auvray (c)  36' 76'
MF17Cédric Collet  59'
MF14Grégory Gendrey  47'
FW21Richard Socrier  89'
Substitutions:
FW18Brice Jovial  47'
MF12Thomas Gamiette  59'
MF10Therry Racon  76'
Manager:
Guadeloupe Roger Salnot

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo Callado (Mexico)
Ainsley Rochard (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

United States vs Canada

June 7, 2011
20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)
United States  2 – 0  Canada
Altidore  15'
Dempsey  62' 		Report
Ford Field, Detroit
Attendance: 28,209
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
United States
Canada
United States
UNITED STATES:
GK1Tim Howard
RB6Steve Cherundolo
CB21Clarence Goodson
CB15Tim Ream
LB3Carlos Bocanegra (c)
CM4Michael Bradley 51'
CM13Jermaine Jones 79'
RW10Landon Donovan
LW8Clint Dempsey
CF9Juan Agudelo 64'
CF17Jozy Altidore 74'
Substitutions:
FW11Chris Wondolowski 64'
MF16Sacha Kljestan 74'
MF7Maurice Edu 79'
Manager:
United States Bob Bradley
Canada
CANADA:
GK1Lars Hirschfeld
RB2Nikolas Ledgerwood
CB4Kevin McKenna (c)
CB5André Hainault
LB19Marcel de Jong
CM13Atiba Hutchinson
CM7Terry Dunfield 82'
AM14Dwayne De Rosario 81'
RW8Will Johnson 52' 65'
LW11Josh Simpson
CF17Simeon Jackson
Substitutions:
FW10Ali Gerba 65'
FW9Rob Friend 81'
MF21Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault 82'
Manager:
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart

Assistant referees:
Daniel Williamson (Guatemala)
Oscar Velasquez (Guatemala)
Fourth official:
Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Canada vs Guadeloupe

June 11, 2011
18:00 (18:00 UTC−4)
Canada  1 – 0  Guadeloupe
De Rosario  51' (pen.) Report
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 27,731
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
Canada
Guadeloupe
Canada
CANADA:
GK18Milan Borjan
RB2Nikolas Ledgerwood
CB4Kevin McKenna (c)
CB5André Hainault
LB3Mike Klukowski
CM8Will Johnson
CM6Julian de Guzman 81'
CM7Terry Dunfield 86'
RW14Dwayne De Rosario 63'
LW11Josh Simpson
CF10Ali Gerba 64'
Substitutions:
FW17Simeon Jackson 63'
FW9Rob Friend 64'
MF12Pedro Pacheco 81'
Manager:
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart
Guadeloupe
GUADELOUPE:
GK1Franck Grandel
DF2Miguel Comminges
DF13Jean-Luc LambourdeRed card 4'
DF3Stéphane Zubar 49'
DF5Eddy Viator
MF6David Fleurival 58'
MF12Thomas Gamiette
MF19Stéphane Auvray (c)
MF10Therry Racon 65'
FW21Richard Socrier 73'
FW18Brice Jovial
Substitutions:
FW7Loïc Loval 58'
DF15Julien Ictoi 65'
FW11Livio Nabab 90' 73'
Manager:
Guadeloupe Roger Salnot

Assistant referees:
Adrian Goddard (Barbados)
Gerson Lopez (Guatemala)
Fourth official:
Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

United States vs Panama

June 11, 2011
20:00 (20:00 UTC−4)
United States  1 – 2  Panama
Goodson  68' Report Goodson  19' (o.g.)
Gómez  36' (pen.)
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 27,731
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
United States
Panama
United States
UNITED STATES:
GK1Tim Howard
DF3Carlos Bocanegra (c) 90+3'
DF21Clarence Goodson 56' 78'
DF6Steve Cherundolo
DF15Tim Ream
MF8Clint Dempsey
MF13Jermaine Jones 18' 60'
MF4Michael Bradley
MF10Landon Donovan
FW17Jozy Altidore 25'
FW9Juan Agudelo 61'
Substitutions:
MF16Sacha Kljestan 60'
MF22Alejandro Bedoya 64' 61'
FW11Chris Wondolowski 78'
Manager:
United States Bob Bradley
Panama
PANAMA:
GK1Jaime Penedo 90+2'
DF23Felipe Baloy (c)
DF17Luis Henríquez
DF5Román Torres
DF14Eduardo Dasent
MF6Gabriel Gómez
MF10Nelson Barahona 25' 70'
MF21Amílcar Henríquez
MF11Armando Cooper 84'
FW18Luis Tejada 81'
FW7Blas Pérez
Substitutions:
MF8Gabriel Torres 70'
MF22Eybir Bonaga 81'
MF19Alberto Quintero 84'
Manager:
Panama Julio Dely Valdés

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo Callado (Mexico)
Alberto Morín Méndez (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

Canada vs Panama

June 14, 2011
19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)
Canada  1 – 1  Panama
De Rosario  62' (pen.) Report Tejada  90+1'
Canada
Panama
Canada
CANADA:
GK 18 Milan Borjan
DF 4 Kevin McKenna (c)
DF 5 André Hainault
DF 3 Mike Klukowski
DF 8 Will Johnson  85'
MF 6 Julian de Guzman
MF 14 Dwayne De Rosario
MF 2 Nik Ledgerwood
MF 11 Josh Simpson  51'  73'
FW 7 Terry Dunfield  58'
FW 17 Simeon Jackson
Substitutions:
FW 16 Tosaint Ricketts  73'
MF 12 Pedro Pacheco  85'
Manager:
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart
Panama
PANAMA:
GK 12 Luis Mejía
DF 23 Felipe Baloy (c)
DF 17 Luis Henríquez
DF 14 Eduardo Dasent
DF 13 Adolfo Machado
MF 15 Eric Davis
MF 6 Gabriel Gómez
MF 19 Alberto Quintero  67'
MF 22 Eybir Bonaga  61'  79'
FW 7 Blas Pérez  62'
FW 16 Luis Rentería  71'
Substitutions:
MF 11 Armando Cooper  67'
FW 18 Luis Tejada  71'
MF 20 Aníbal Godoy  79'
Manager:
Julio Dely Valdés

Assistant referees:
Gerson López (Guatemala)
Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Guadeloupe vs United States

June 14, 2011
21:00 (20:00 UTC−5)
Guadeloupe  0 – 1  United States
Report Altidore  9'
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 20,109
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)
Guadeloupe
United States
Guadeloupe
GUADELOUPE:
GK 1 Franck Grandel
DF 3 Stéphane Zubar  77'
DF 22 Mickaël Tacalfred
DF 5 Eddy Viator  65'
DF 15 Julien Ictoi
MF 7 Loïc Loval  26'
MF 12 Thomas Gamiette
MF 19 Stéphane Auvray (c)  89'
MF 10 Therry Racon  73'
FW 21 Richard Socrier
FW 11 Livio Nabab  60'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Cédric Collet  26'
FW 8 Dimitri Fautrai  60'
MF 9 Ludovic Gotin  73'
Manager:
Roger Salnot
United States
UNITED STATES:
GK 1 Tim Howard
DF 3 Carlos Bocanegra (c)
DF 21 Clarence Goodson
DF 14 Eric Lichaj
DF 6 Steve Cherundolo
MF 8 Clint Dempsey
MF 13 Jermaine Jones
MF 4 Michael Bradley  85'
MF 10 Landon Donovan
FW 11 Chris Wondolowski  64'
FW 17 Jozy Altidore  78'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Alejandro Bedoya  64'
FW 16 Sacha Kljestan  78'
MF 7 Maurice Edu  85'
Manager:
Bob Bradley

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo Callado (Mexico)
Alberto Morín Méndez (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

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