2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A
Group A of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup took place from 10 to 18 July 2021 in Arlington's AT&T Stadium, Dallas' Cotton Bowl and Frisco's Toyota Stadium. The group consisted of El Salvador, Guatemala, defending champions Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Originally, Curaçao would have played in this group. On 9 July 2021, Curaçao was removed as a participant due to close contacts with those tested positive to COVID-19 and replaced by Guatemala.
Teams
;NotesStandings
In the quarter-finals:- The winners of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Honduras.
- The runners-up of Group A, El Salvador, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Qatar.
Matches
Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador vs Guatemala
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Trinidad and Tobago vs El Salvador
Guatemala vs Mexico
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Mexico vs El Salvador
Guatemala vs Trinidad and Tobago
Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker should the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card : minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;