| El Salvador | Curaçao | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Games Played | 1 |
| 7 | Wins | 0 |
| 6 | Draws | 0 |
| 16 | Losses | 1 |
| 25 | Goals For | 0 |
| 52 | Goals Against | 2 |
| Match Officials |
|---|
| Referee - Hector Rodriguez (Honduras) |
| AR1 - Melvyn Cruz (Honduras) |
| AR2 - Gerson Lopez (Guatemala) |
| 4th - Bryan Lopez (Guatemala) |
| Suspended |
|---|
| El Salvador: No |
| Curaçao: No |
| Single Caution |
|---|
| El Salvador: Ivan Mancia, Darwin Ceren |
| Curaçao: Leandro Bacuna, Gillian Justiana |
| Sports Authority Field – Denver, Colorado |
|---|
El Salvador
• Last Time Out at the Gold Cup (GC): Mexico 3, El Salvador 1 … Nelson Bonilla’s 10th-minute equalizer gave El Salvador its first-ever GC goal against Mexico in three meetings, but the
Cuscatlecos fell 3-1 for their first loss in a group opener since a 5-0 defeat to Mexico in the 2011 tournament
• 2017 Gold Cup results: 1-3 loss v Mexico (Nelson Bonilla 10’)
• Head Coach: Eduardo Lara (since December of 2016) … promoted from El Salvador U-20 head coach position … the Colombian spent nearly a decade as a youth manager in his home
country’s national team program … also served briefly as Colombia’s first-team interim manager when Jorge Luis Pinto was dismissed in 2008
• Qualification method: 3rd place, 2017 Copa Centroamericana … Gold Cup Appearances: 10 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
• Gold Cup record: GP-29; W-7; D-6; L-16; GF-25; GA-52 …
• Best Finish: Quarterfinals-4 (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013) … outscored 15-4 across quarterfinal appearances
• Top GC Scorers: Rodolfo Zelaya (8 goals) … Zelaya scored 4 goals in both the 2011 and 2013 tournaments … Did not play in the 2015 edition
• 2017 Copa Centroamericana results (round robin): 0-0 draw v Costa Rica, 1-2 loss v Honduras, 3-1 win v Belize, 0-1 loss v Panama, 1-0 win v Nicaragua … Record: GP-5; W-2; D-1; L-
2; GF-5; GA-4
• 2017 Copa Centroamericana scorers: Juan Barahona, Gersen Mayen, Irvin Herrera, Henry Romero, Rodolfo Zelaya (1 goal) … Herrera’s 54th-minute goal in last match against
Nicaragua clinched Gold Cup berth
• 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying: eliminated after finishing bottom of group in the fourth round of CONCACAF qualifying (GP-6; W-0; D-2; L-4; GF-4; GA-13) … Overall qualifying record:
GP-10; W-3; D-3; L-4; GF-12; GA-16) … qualified for two World Cups: Mexico ‘70 and Spain ’82
• Eliminated Curacao from CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in third round (agg: 2-0) … 1st leg: 1-0 away win (Alexander Larin 12’) … 2nd leg: 1-0 home win (Jonathan
Barrios 9’)
• 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Scorers: Nelson Bonilla (5 goals); Alexander Larin (2); Arturo Alvarez, Jonathan Barrios, Darwin Ceren, Irvin Herrera, Pablo Punyed (1)
• Winless in last five Gold Cup matches (0W-2D-3L) … last GC victory: 1-0 v Haiti on July 15, 2013 (Rodolfo Zelaya 75’) … currently riding two-game GC losing streak, longest since
losing three from 2009-11 … never lost more than three consecutive GC matches
• Scored one goal or fewer in last seven GC matches (four goals total)
• GC record against Caribbean opponents: GP-9; W-4; D-1; L-4; GF-15; GA-10 … First GC match (Jan. 10, 1996): 3-2 win v Trinidad and Tobago (Raul Diaz Arce 34’, 72’ pen; Ronald
Cerritos 50’) … Biggest team GC victory (June 6, 2011): 6-1 win v Cuba: (Rodolfo Zelaya 13’, 71’; Osael Romero 29’; Lester Blanco 69’; Arturo Alvarez 84’; Eliseo Quintanilla 90’+4’)
Curaçao
• Last Time Out at the Gold Cup (GC): Curacao 0, Jamaica 2 … In Gold Cup debut, Curacao outshot Jamaica (19-12 overall, 12-6 on target), but conceded twice after halftime and
couldn’t beat Jamaica goalkeeper Andre Blake
• 2017 Gold Cup results: 0-2 loss v Jamaica
• Head Coach: Remko Bicentini (Since September 2016) … advanced into head coaching role after serving as an assistant to former Dutch international and Ajax, Barcelona and AC
Milan star Patrick Kluivert
• Gold Cup appearances: 1 (2017) … Gold Cup Record: GP-1; W-0; D-0; L-1; GF-0; GA-2 … Best finish: N/A … Top GC Scorer: N/A
• Qualification method: Champion, 2016/2017 Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup
• 2016/17 Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup results: (1st Round) 0-1 loss v Barbados, 2-1 win v Dominican Republic; (2nd Round) 5-2 win v Guyana, 7-0 win v U.S. Virgin Islands;
(3rd Round) 3-0 win v Antigua and Barbuda; 4-2 win aet v Puerto Rico; (Semifinals) 2-1 win v Martinique: (Final) 2-1 win v Jamaica … Overall record: GP-8; W-7; D-0; L-1; GF-25; GA-8
• 2016/17 Caribbean Cup scorers: Gino van Kessel, Felitciano Zschusschen (7 goals); Leandro Bacuna (4); Rangelo Janga (3), Gevaro Nepomuceno, Elson Hooi (2)
• Qualified for Gold Cup via 4-2 extra-time win v Puerto Rico (Rangelo Janga 69’; Leandro Bacuna 85’, 120’+1’; Felitciano Zschusschen 97’) to reach Caribbean Cup semifinals
• Captured first-ever Caribbean Cup title with 2-1 win over Jamaica in the final on June 25, 2017 (Elson Hooi 10’, 84’)
• 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying: eliminated in the third round of CONCACAF qualifying, falling to El Salvador (agg: 0-2) … Overall qualifying record: GP-6; W-1; D-3; L-2; GF-5; GA-6
… 2018 WCQ scorers: Vidarrell Merencia (2 goals); Darryl Lachman, Charlton Vicento, Felitciano Zschusschen (1)
• Hosted El Salvador in an international friendly on March 22, 2017 … Curacao 1 (Felitciano Zschusschen (74’), El Salvador 1 (Rodolfo Zelaya 90’)
• Gino van Kessel was only CONCACAF player to lead a European league in scoring for 2015/16 season (17 goals for Trencin in Slovakia)
• Aston Villa defender Leandro Bacuna represented the Netherlands at the U19 (9 games/1 goal) and U21 (6 games/1 goal) levels in European competitions
• Gevaro Nepomuceno appeared in six games and scored one goal for Romania’s Petrolul Ploiesti in the qualifying phase of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League.
• Rhuendly “Cuco” Martina has UEFA Europa League experience with FC Twente and Southampton … first Curacao international to score in the English Premier League, striking in 19th
minute of a 4-0 win over visiting Arsenal on December 26, 2015
• Goalkeeper Eloy Room has appeared in two UEFA Europa League games with Dutch side Vitesse (both games against Southampton in 2015)
