"Fútbol a la Gente" by Puerto Rican singer Guaynaa and Mexican cumbia group Los Ángeles Azules, and "Pa'lante" by Colombian singer Lao Ra and Dominican DJ Happy Colors, served as the two official Spanish-language songs of the tournament, the former being selected by Univision as part of their coverage. "Glorious" by English-Canadian girl group All Saints served as the official anthem of the tournament. Mumba's first singles " Baby Come on Over" and " Gotta Tell You" were initially selected but were replaced as Mumba's previous label Polydor rejected the usage. "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)" by Canadian musicians Widelife and Simone Denny, and "Cool" by Irish singer-songwriter Samantha Mumba, served as the two official songs of the tournament. Main article: All Things (Just Keep Getting Better) The official slogan of the tournament was "This Is Ours".įlight by Nike was the tournament's official match ball. The official logo was unveiled on 28 September 2020, during the final draw in Miami, Florida. GoalkeeperĮach team received a participation fee of $200,000, with the runners-up earning $500,000 and the winners earning $1 million. The following players were chosen as the tournament's best eleven.
Goal of the Tournament: Bobby Decordova-Reid (against Suriname). The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. However, these two officials had problems with their visas, preventing them from traveling. Originally, the African refereeing team was also conformed by referee Maguette N'Diaye and assistant referee El Hadji Malick Samba, both from Senegal. Gambian referee Bakary Gassama and Senegalese assistant referee Djibril Camará participated in the tournament as part of a referee exchange between the Confederation of African Football and CONCACAF. In addition, the CONCACAF Referee Committee approved the participation of 12 referees from CONCACAF's Targeted Advanced Referee Program (TARP) who trained with elite officials in order to prepare for future competitions. On 29 June 2021, CONCACAF announced a total of 19 referees, 25 assistant referees and 12 video assistant referees (VAR) appointed for the tournament. Main article: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup squadsĮach team had to submit a list of 23 players, of which 3 players must be goalkeepers. The draw resulted in the following groups (teams in italics are prelim winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw): The following was the composition of the draw pots (pots were based on the August 2020 CONCACAF Rankings, and teams in italics are prelim winners whose identity was not known at the time of the seeding): Pot 1 Guests Qatar were placed in Pot 4 and pre-drawn into Group D, which began play on the latest date, as they were also slated to participate in the 2021 Copa América prior to the Gold Cup before subsequently withdrawing from that tournament. The four teams of Pot 1 were automatically seeded, with Mexico in Group A, the United States in Group B, Costa Rica in Group C and Honduras in Group D. The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of August 2020. This was the first ever group stage draw for the Gold Cup. The group stage draw took place in Miami, Florida on 28 September 2020, 20:00 EDT ( UTC−4), along with the draw for the preliminary round. They were replaced in Group A by Guatemala, the next-highest ranked team in qualifying. On 9 July 2021, CONCACAF announced that Curaçao, which had originally qualified as the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A Group D runners-up, would not participate in the tournament because of its high number of COVID-19 cases. Consequently, just three teams qualified for the 2021 edition via the qualifiers. However, in September 2020, CONCACAF announced that 2019 AFC Asian Cup champions and 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar would participate as a guest in the 20 tournaments. In the original format as announced in September 2019, four teams were to advance out of the GCQ. These teams were the four group third-placed teams of League A, the four group runners-up of League B, and the four group winners of League C. These were the four group winners of League A, four group runners-up of League A and the four group winners of League B.įurthermore, twelve teams were entered into the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament (GCQ), also based on the results of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. Twelve teams qualified directly via the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League.
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