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.
[1] The group consisted of El Salvador, Guatemala, defending champions Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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.
[3] In the quarter-finals: Man of the Match: Marvin Phillip (Trinidad and Tobago)[7] Assistant referees:[8] Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica) Roney Salinas (Honduras) Fourth official: Tristley Bassue (St. Kitts and Nevis) Video assistant referee: David Gantar (Canada) Assistant video assistant referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica) Man of the Match: Alex Roldan (El Salvador)[9] Assistant referees:[10] Frank Anderson (United States) Kathryn Nesbitt (United States) Fourth official: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica) Video assistant referee: Tim Ford (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: Allen Chapman (United States) Man of the Match: Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador)[11] Assistant referees:[12] Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Roney Salinas (Honduras) Fourth official: Oshane Nation (Jamaica) Video assistant referee: Armando Villarreal (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: David Gantar (Canada) Man of the Match: Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico)[14] Assistant referees:[12] Logan Brown (United States) Ojay Duhaney (Jamaica) Fourth official: Rubiel Vazquez (United States) Video assistant referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Assistant video assistant referee: Drew Fischer (Canada) Man of the Match: Mario González (El Salvador)[15] Assistant referees:[16] Walter López (Honduras) Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Fourth official: Reon Radix (Grenada) Video assistant referee: Allen Chapman (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras) Man of the Match: José Carlos Pinto (Guatemala)[17] Assistant referees:[16] Nicholas Anderson (Jamaica) Iroots Appleton (Antigua and Barbuda) Fourth official: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada) Video assistant referee: David Gantar (Canada) Assistant video assistant referee: Benjamin Pineda (Costa Rica) 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:[18] Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.