The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the most prestigious football tournament for men’s national football teams from the Americas. This includes teams which also have been successful in the World Cup such as USA and Mexico. It was overseen by CONCACAF, who crowns the regional champions. Mexico has been the most successful team to the win the Gold Cup, having a total of 7 championships. The USA has also been successful in this competition, winning the competition four times, including most recently in 2007. LA Galaxy, striker Carlos Pavon was acknowledged as having the most goals in the last Cup. At a time in which the Gold Cup does not fall the same year as the FIFA Confederations Cup, the winner, or highest place team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualifies for the next staging of that tournament.

CONCACAF Gold Cup – The most successful international competition for team USA

The United States National Soccer Team had their most success on the world stage during the CONCACAF Gold Cup, winning a total of 4 championships over the past 18 years of the tournament. They won the very first tournament in 1991, which was held in Los Angeles, defeating Honduras, by penalties by a score of 4:3 in front of a packed crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The next CONCACAF Gold Cup was held in 2002, in which Brian McBride became the lead scorer of the tournament with a total of four goals. The next time USA won was in 2005. Currently, USA is the champions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, as they won the last tournament, which was held in 2007. The United States National Soccer Team however is not as victorious as, Mexico which has a total of 7 championships, the most out of ay country in the CONCACAF Federation.