2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2000 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada's 2000 Gold Cup victory is the only CONCACAF Gold Cup title won by a country other than the United States or Mexico.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 5th Gold Cup, 15th overall CONCACAF tournament
- Host cities
- Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego
- Teams
- 12 teams in 4 groups of 3
- Champion
- Canada (first and only Gold Cup title)
- Final result
- Canada 2–0 Colombia
- Quarter-final upset
- Canada defeated defending champions Mexico 2–1 (golden goal)
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup expanded its format from previous editions to include twelve teams across four groups, with guest invitations extended to Peru and Colombia from CONMEBOL and South Korea from AFC. Canada advanced to the knockout stage only after winning a coin toss, having tied with South Korea on all tiebreakers following a group stage in which every Group D match ended in a draw.
Held across Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego, the tournament saw Canada upset defending champions Mexico 2–1 in extra time via a golden goal in the quarterfinals, then defeat Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 in the semifinals — helped by a penalty save from goalkeeper Craig Forrest — before beating invited guests Colombia 2–0 in the final to claim Canada's first Gold Cup title.
Canada's victory marked the only occasion in Gold Cup history that neither the United States nor Mexico reached the final, with both eliminated in the quarterfinals. The result remains the sole Gold Cup title won by any nation outside those two, standing as a singular moment in Canadian soccer history that has not been repeated.