Mexico has won the CONCACAF Gold cup for the seventh time by defeating Jamaica 3-1. Guardado had his fourth goal of the knockout rounds, and Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta also scored goals. Jamaica had made a rousing run to the final, stunning the U.S. in the semis to become the first Caribbean nation to reach the Gold Cup’s championship match.
Interesting Facts
- The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main association football competition of the men’s national football teams governed by CONCACAF.
- It determines the regional champion of North America,Central America, and the Caribbean.
- CONCACAF was founded in 1961 through the merging of North American Football Confederation or NAFC and Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol or CCCF which resulted in a single championship being held for the continent.
- Since the formation of the Gold Cup in 1991, the CONCACAF Championship has been won seven times by Mexico, five times by the United States, and once by Canada.
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