IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - GOLD CUP
Picture : Malik Tillman is the 6th player of USA to score a brace in the first half of a Gold Cup match, following:
Erick Wynalda (1996)
Gold Cup statistics (Group stage, match-day 1)
USA vs Trinidad & Tobago 5-0 (Group D)
*USA continue their tradition: they have never yet lost their first match at a Gold Cup edition (16 wins and 2 draws in 18 appearances).
*Also Trinidad and Tobago's disastrous goes on: already 13 consecutive matches without scoring a single goal against the United States on US soil. Since Arnold Dwarika's goal in the 1996 Gold Cup, the United States have a 47-0 total run against Trinidad and Tobago at home.
*Malik Tillman is the 6th player of USA to score a brace in the first half of a Gold Cup match, following:
Erick Wynalda (1996)
Brian McBride (2002 and 2003),
Landon Donovan (2003),
Chris Wondolowski (2013),
Jesús Ferreira (twice in 2023).
Haiti vs Saudi Arabia 0-1 (Group D)
*Saudi Arabia is the 2nd wild card team to win a Gold Cup match thanks to a penalty (converted by Saleh Al-Shehri) in the history of competition.
The first was Brazil, which beat the United States 2-1 in 2003 thanks to a Diego Ribas penalty.
Panama vs Guadeloupe 5-2 (Group C)
*Panama have scored 5+ goals in a Gold Cup match for the second time in their history, after 20 July 2013 when they defeated Cuba 6-1 in Atlanta.
*4 of 5 Panama goals came in the first half; they had never achieved this feat in the Gold Cup before. But did it in other competitions; the last time in a 13-0 defeat against Anguilla in World Cup 2022 Qualifiers (4-0 at halftime).
Jamaica vs Guatemala 0-1 (Group C)
*This is the most prestigious Guatemala’s victory since 25 March 2016 when they defeated the United States 2-0 in the qualification for World Cup 2018.
*Between 1991 and 2021, in a total of 11 appearances, Guatemala never managed to start a Gold Cup group stage with a victory.
But they did it in the last 2 editions (in 2023, with a 1-0 win vs Cuba).
Curaçao vs El Salvador 0-0 (Group B)
*El Salvador only lost one of their last 11 matches, winning seven and drawing three in the remaining 10.
*Leandro Bacuna (Curaçao) was booked after 1 minute 24 seconds. The last two cards issued in the first two minutes of a Gold Cup group stage match were both in the games between Curaçao and El Salvador (Jurich Carolina from Curaçao was cautioned on 17 June 2019).
Canada vs Honduras 6-0 (Group B)
*It is Canada's second-largest Gold Cup victory (only 7-0 vs Cuba in 2019 was larger) and their biggest win against any Central American team, in any match, including friendlies.
*It is heaviest defeat for Honduras in their Gold Cup history, surpassing the 0-5 against Brazil in the 1996 edition.
In any competitive match, they last suffered such a blow on 24 March 2017 (0-6 against the United States in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers).
Overall, Honduras were so severely beaten last time on 9 June 2019 (0-7 in a friendly against Brazil in Porto Alegre).
*It sounds strange, but yet in 2012, at the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, Honduras outclassed Canada 8-1.
*Niko Sigur, the first Canada’s goal-scorer in the game, became the first player from the Croatian league to score in the competition.