The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to 24, 2007.

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2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 6–24
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	64 (2.56 per match)
Attendance	921,464 (36,859 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Pavón (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Julian de Guzman
Best goalkeeper	Franck Grandel
Fair play award	Honduras
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This competition was the third overall edition of the tournament without guests (for the first time since 1993) from other confederations. As the winner, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^{[note 1]}

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.

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Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking[1]
North American zone
United States (TH)	Automatic	9th	2005	Champions (1991, 2002, 2005)	25
Mexico	Automatic	9th	2005	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)	20
Canada	Automatic	8th	2005	Champions (2000)	94
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2007 Caribbean Cup
Haiti	Winners	3rd	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	85
Trinidad and Tobago	Runners-up	7th	2005	Third Place (2000)	67
Cuba	Third Place	5th	2005	Quarterfinals (2003)	71
Guadeloupe	Fourth Place	1st	None	Debut	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
Costa Rica	Winners	8th	2005	Runners-up (2002)	52
Panama	Runners-up	3rd	2005	Runners-up (2005)	60
Guatemala	Third Place	8th	2005	Fourth Place (1996)	87
El Salvador	Fourth Place	5th	2003	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003)	144
Honduras	Fifth Place	8th	2005	Runners-up (1991)	55

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The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.

If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:

1. Head to head matches between the tied teams (if applicable)
2. Greatest goal difference in group matches
3. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
4. If teams are still tied, CONCACAF will hold a drawing of lots

During the last minutes of the semi-final match between Canada and the U.S.A., Canada's Atiba Hutchinson scored a goal that would have equalised the score for Canada. However, a linesman erroneously indicated that Hutchinson was offside, and the referee Benito Archundia subsequently nullified Hutchinson's goal. Video replays showed that the football came into contact with the U.S.A.'s defender Oguchi Onyewu immediately before Hutchinson scored the goal.^[3][4][5] Therefore, according to the laws of the game, there was no offside offence for Hutchinson.^[3][4][5]