Group A of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup consisted of co-host nation the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Nicaragua originally qualified as winners of CONCACAF Nations League B Group C, but were disqualified for fielding ineligible players. They were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago, the runners-up in Group C who had originally qualified for the preliminary round. The group stage was divided between four groups who played from June 24 to July 2, 2023. The top two teams advanced to the quarter-finals, while the other two teams were eliminated.
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In the quarter-finals:
The two teams had met 31 times previously, seven of them in the Gold Cup, including the final won 2âÂÂ1 by the United States in 2017.
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The match marked Saint Kitts and Nevis' debut at the Gold Cup. The two teams had met in 13 previous matches, with 12 victories for Trinidad and Tobago and only one for Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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The two teams had faced each other 62 times previously, but never in the Gold Cup. Their most recent meetings were a series of two friendlies played in March 2023, with Trinidad and Tobago winning 1âÂÂ0 and the sides played to a scoreless draw.
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Although both are CONCACAF members, the two teams had never met before.
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The two teams had faced each other in 27 previous matches including four times in the Gold Cup group stage, all won by the United States (2âÂÂ1 in the Gold Cup's inaugural edition in 1991, 3âÂÂ2 in 1996, 2âÂÂ0 in 2007 and 6âÂÂ0 in 2019).
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The two teams had met 10 times previously, most recently in a friendly game in 2018, won 3âÂÂ1 by Jamaica. This was the first ever Gold Cup match between the two sides as Saint Kitts and Nevis made its debut in the tournament.
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