2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A

Group A of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was one of three groups competing at the tournament. The group's first round of matches were played on June 5, with the final round played on June 12. All six group matches were played at venues in the United States, in Arlington, Charlotte and Chicago. The group consisted of five-time Gold Cup champions, Mexico, as well as Costa Rica, El Salvador and Cuba. Mexico vs El Salvador drug test controversy On June 5, 2011, Mexico defeated El Salvador, 5–0, in the first fixture for both teams. Three days later, on the eve of Mexico's second fixture against Cuba, the Mexican Football Federation removed five players from their squad due to substance abuse.Gold Cup: Five Mexico players test positive for banned substance http://www.mlssoccer.com/goldcup/news/article/2011/06/09/gold-cup-five-mexico-players-test-positive-banned-substance June 10, 2011 Major League Soccer June 10, 2011 These players included starting goalkeeper, Guillermo Ochoa, starting center back Francisco Rodríguez and the following reserves: Sinha, Christian Bermúdez and Édgar Dueñas.Mira Luis Five Mexico internationals suspended for positive anti-doping test http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/588/gold-cup/2011/06/09/2525453/five-mexico-internationals-suspended-for-positive-anti June 10, 2011 Goal.com June 9, 2011Baxter Kevin Five Mexican soccer players suspended for positive drug tests http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/06/five-mexican-soccer-players-suspended-for-positive-drug-tests.html 9 June 2011 Los Angeles Times June 9, 2011 The drug they tested positive for was clenbuterol, which is used in animals to produce lean meat. The supposition for the players being injected with this substance was from eating chicken that had traceable amounts of clenbuterol in it.5 Mexico players test positive, blame tainted food https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-06-09-4246526219_x.htm June 10, 2011 USA Today June 9, 2011 Reports begin breaking on June 6Uy Nathaniel Mexico Soccer: Five Players Reportedly out of Gold Cup After Testing Positive http://bleacherreport.com/articles/724594-gold-cup-2011-schedule-results-and-latest-news/entry/93337-mexico-soccer-five-players-reportedly-out-of-gold-cup-after-testing-positive https://web.archive.org/web/20110615052146/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/724594-gold-cup-2011-schedule-results-and-latest-news/entry/93337-mexico-soccer-five-players-reportedly-out-of-gold-cup-after-testing-positive dead June 15, 2011 June 10, 2011 Bleacher Report 6 June 2011 and were official on June 9. The "B" samples of those five involving players have been negative.http://www.concacaf.com/page/GoldCup/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2376467,00.html Mexican "B" samples test negative June 15, 2011 CONCACAF June 15, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110618211825/http://www.concacaf.com/page/GoldCup/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2376467%2C00.html June 18, 2011 Two years later, on September 20, 2013, the Salvadoran Football Federation banned 14 Salvadoran players for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing with the El Salvador national team over the previous two years, including 8 players (Dennis Alas, Luis Anaya, captain Marvin González, Reynaldo Hernández, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Osael Romero, Ramón Sánchez and Miguel Montes), from El Salvador's 5–0 loss to Mexico on June 5 at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24184567 El Salvador match-fixing: 14 footballers banned for life BBC News September 20, 2013 August 1, 2020 Standings Key to colors in group tablesTeams that advanced to the quarterfinals Group winners Group runners-up Best two third-placed teams among all groups main WDL CONCACAF MEX CRC SLV CUB Q Q Q 3 0 0 14 1 1 1 1 7 5 1 1 1 7 7 0 0 3 1 16 MEX CRC SLV CUB Q green1 Advance to knockout stage complete Matches All times are U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (local times in parentheses) Costa Rica vs Cuba June 5, 2011 18:00 (17:00 UTC−5) CRC 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A#Costa Rica vs Cuba 5–0 Report CUB Ureña 7 46Saborío 41Mora 47Campbell 71 Cowboys Stadium, Arlington 80,108 Roberto Moreno (Panama) _crc0911h _crc0911h _crc0911h _crc0911h 0000FF FF0000 0000FF 0000FF FF0000 Costa Rica _adidasstripesonwhite _adidasstripesonwhite _adidasonwhite _3_stripes_red FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF Cuba GK1 Keylor NavasRB4 José SalvatierraCB3 Jhonny AcostaCB15 Júnior DíazLB20 Dennis MarshallCM6 Heiner MoraCM5 Celso Borges (c)CM14 Bryan OviedoAM7 Christian Bolaños 68CF16 Marco Ureña 32 56CF9 Álvaro Saborío 68Substitutions:FW12 Joel Campbell 56FW17 Josué Martínez 68FW21 Randall Brenes 68Manager:ARG Ricardo La Volpe300px GK1 Odelín MolinaRB16 Reysander FernándezCB14 Aliannis UrgellésCB3 Yénier MárquezLB6 Yoel Colomé RM7 Marcel Hernández 79CM8 Jaime Colomé (c)CM2 Carlos FranciscoLM20 Alberto Gómez 74SS9 Alain Cervantes CF15 Yaudel Lahera 60Substitutions:MF10 Roberto Linares 60FW18 Dagoberto Quesada 74FW17 Yosniel Mesa 79Manager:Raúl González Assistant referees: Daniel Williamson (Panama) Oscar Velasquez (Honduras) Fourth official: José Molina (Honduras) Mexico vs El Salvador June 5, 2011 20:00 (19:00 UTC−5) MEX 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A#Mexico vs El Salvador 5–0 Report SLV Juárez 56De Nigris 58J. Hernández 60 67 90+5 pen. Cowboys Stadium, Arlington 80,108 Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 Mexico _els10h _els10h _els10h _white stripes _els10 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF 0000FF El Salvador GK1 Guillermo OchoaRB16 Efraín Juárez CB2 Francisco Rodríguez 26CB15 Héctor MorenoLB3 Carlos SalcidoCM6 Gerardo Torrado (c)CM8 Israel Castro 57RW7 Pablo Barrera LW18 Andrés Guardado74SS10 Giovani dos Santos 69CF14 Javier Hernández 28Substitutions:FW9 Aldo de Nigris 57DF4 Rafael Márquez 69FW11 Ángel Reyna 74Manager:José Manuel de la Torre GK1 Miguel MontesCB2 Xavier GarcíaCB23 Luis AnayaCB5 Víctor Turcios 62RM16 Jaime AlasCM20 Andrés Flores 68CM10 Eliseo QuintanillaCM14 Dennis Alas 62LM19 Reynaldo HernándezSS3 Marvin González (c) 0 90+3CF11 Rodolfo Zelaya 79Substitutions:MF21 Gilberto Baires 62MF6 Shawn Martin 68FW9 Rudis Corrales 79Manager:URU Rubén Israel Assistant referees: Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica) Charles Morgante (United States) Fourth official: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) Costa Rica vs El Salvador June 9, 2011 19:00 CRC 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A#Costa Rica vs El Salvador 1–1 Report SLV Brenes 90+5 Zelaya 45 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte 30,530 Jair Marrufo (United States) _crc0911h _crc0911h _crc0911h _crc0911h 0000FF FF0000 0000FF 0000FF FF0000 Costa Rica _els10a _els10a _els10a _blue stripes _els10 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF El Salvador GK1 Keylor NavasRB4 José Salvatierra 37CB3 Jhonny Acosta 63CB15 Júnior DíazLB20 Dennis MarshallCM6 Heiner Mora 80CM5 Celso Borges (c) 56CM24 Allen GuevaraAM7 Christian Bolaños 62CF16 Marco Ureña 46CF9 Álvaro SaboríoSubstitutions:MF10 Bryan Ruiz 46FW12 Joel Campbell 62FW21 Randall Brenes 80Manager:ARG Ricardo La Volpe GK1 Miguel Montes 53RB16 Jaime AlasCB2 Xavier GarcíaCB5 Victor Turcios 78LB19 Reynaldo HernándezDM23 Luis Anaya (c)RM20 Andrés Flores 72CM21 Gilberto Baires 10 46LM14 Dennis AlasCF9 Rudis Corrales 62CF11 Rodolfo Zelaya 75Substitutions:MF7 Ramón Sánchez 46MF10 Eliseo Quintanilla 62MF6 Shawn Martin 72Manager:URU Rubén Israel Assistant referees: Charles Morgante (United States) Ramon Louisville (Suriname) Fourth official: José Molina (Honduras) Cuba vs Mexico June 9, 2011 21:00 CUB 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A#Cuba vs Mexico 0–5 Report MEX J. Hernández 36 76 Dos Santos 63 68 De Nigris 65 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte 46,012 Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) _adidasstripesonwhite _adidasstripesonwhite _adidasonwhite _3_stripes_red FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF Cuba _FEMEXFUT_11a _FEMEXFUT_11a _FEMEXFUT_11a _FEMEXFUT_11a _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 Mexico GK 1Odelín Molina RB 16Reysander Fernández CB 4Hánier Dranguet CB 3Yénier Márquez LB 6Yoel Colomé73 CM 8Jaime Colomé (c) CM 2Carlos Francisco RW 7Marcel Hernández LW 20Alberto Gómez SS 9Alain Cervantes 11 CF 10Roberto Linares 70Substitutions: DF 14 Aliannis Urgellés 11 FW 15 Yaudel Lahera 70 MF 18 Dagoberto Quesada 73Manager:Raúl González GK 12Alfredo Talavera RB 16Efraín Juárez CB 4Rafael Márquez (c)72 CB 15Héctor Moreno LB 3Carlos Salcido DM 6Gerardo Torrado CM 18Andrés Guardado66 RW 7Pablo Barrera64 LW 11Ángel Reyna SS 10Giovani dos Santos CF 14Javier HernándezSubstitutions: FW 9 Aldo de Nigris 64 FW 22 Elías Hernández 66 DF 20 Jorge Torres Nilo 72Manager:José Manuel de la Torre Assistant referees: Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica) Daniel Williamson (Panama) Fourth official: Raúl Castro (Honduras) El Salvador vs Cuba June 12, 2011 18:00 (17:00 UTC−5) SLV 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A#El Salvador vs Cuba 6–1 Report CUB Zelaya 13 71Romero 29Blanco 69Alvarez 84Quintanilla 90+4 Márquez 83 Soldier Field, Chicago 62,000 Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) _els10h _els10h _els10h _white stripes _els10h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF 0000FF El Salvador _adidasstripesonwhite _adidasstripesonwhite _adidasonwhite _3_stripes_red FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF Cuba GK 1Miguel Montes CB 2Xavier García 82 CB 23Luis Anaya (c) CB 5Víctor Turcios RM 16Jaime Alas CM 20Andrés Flores 63 CM 8Osael Romero CM 14Dennis Alas LM 19Reynaldo Hernández 72 CF 9Rudis Corrales 68 CF 11Rodolfo ZelayaSubstitutions: MF 12Arturo Alvarez 63 FW 17Léster Blanco 68 MF 10Eliseo Quintanilla 72Manager:URU Rubén Israel GK 12Julio Pichardo RB 16Reysander Fernández 32 CB 14Aliannis Urgellés 45 CB 3Yénier Márquez LB 4Hánier Dranguet DM 6Yoel Colomé 75 CM 8Jaime Colomé (c) 52 CM 2Carlos Francisco RW 7Marcel Hernández LW 20Alberto Gómez CF 10Roberto Linares 62Substitutions: MF 19Francisco Carrazana 52 FW 15Yaudel Lahera 62 MF 18Dagoberto Quesada 75Manager:Raúl González Triana Assistant referees: Oscar Velasquez (Honduras) Ramon Ricardo Louisville (Suriname) Fourth official: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) Mexico vs Costa Rica June 12, 2011 20:00 (19:00 UTC−5) MEX 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A#Mexico vs Costa Rica 4–1 Report CRC Márquez 17Guardado 19 26Barrera 38 Ureña 69 Soldier Field, Chicago 62,000 Roberto Moreno (Panama) _FEMEXFUT_11a _FEMEXFUT_11a _FEMEXFUT_11a _FEMEXFUT_11a _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 Mexico_crc0911a _crc0911a _crc0911a _crc0911a FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Costa Rica GK 12Alfredo Talavera RB 16Efraín Juárez 53 CB 4Rafael Márquez (c) 70 CB 15Héctor Moreno LB 3Carlos Salcido CM 6Gerardo Torrado CM 8Israel Castro RW 7Pablo Barrera 61 LW 18Andrés Guardado 59 SS 10Giovani dos Santos CF 14Javier Hernández 83Substitutions: FW 11Ángel Reyna 61 DF 20Jorge Torres Nilo 70 FW 9Aldo de Nigris 83Manager:José Manuel de la Torre GK 1Keylor Navas RB 4José Salvatierra CB 3Jhonny Acosta CB 15Júnior Díaz 85 LB 20Dennis Marshall CM 6Heiner Mora 46 CM 5Celso Borges (c) CM 24Allen Guevara 46 AM 10Bryan Ruiz SS 7Christian Bolaños 29 CF 9Álvaro SaboríoSubstitutions: FW 16Marco Ureña 46 DF 19Óscar Duarte 46 MF 11Diego Madrigal 85Manager:ARG Ricardo La Volpe Assistant referees: Daniel Williamson (Panama) Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica) Fourth official: Raúl Castro (Honduras) References External links http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup A Gold