CONCACAF Gold Cup awards


At the end of each CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

Awards

  • There are currently five post-tournament awards from the Tournament Awards Committee:
  • *the Golden Ball for best player, first awarded in 1991;
  • *the Golden Boot for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1991;
  • *the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 2002;
  • *the Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 2002;
  • *the Goal of the Tournament, for the best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in 2021.

Best young player

The Young Player Award was awarded for the first time at the 2015 Gold Cup in Canada–United States and given to Mexico's Jesús Corona.
The winner of the award has only been part of the winning country one time: Jesús Corona in 2015.
Gold CupYoung PlayerAge
2015 Jesús Corona22
2017 Alphonso Davies16
2019 Christian Pulisic20
2021 Tajon Buchanan22
2025 Olger Escobar18

Team of the Tournament

YearHostGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsRef.
1998United Statesfbicon|USAfbicon|USAfbicon|MEXfbicon|BRAfbicon|MEXfbicon|USAfbicon|JAMfbicon|MEXfbicon|BRAfbicon|BRAfbicon|CRC

Goal of the Tournament

The Goal of the Tournament award was awarded for the first time at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
  • Scores and results list the goal tally of the players' team first.
Gold CupPlayerScored againstScoreMinuteResultRoundRef.
2021 Bobby Decordova-Reid2–026'2–0Group stage
2023 Anthony Baron4–050'4–0Group stage