IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - GOLD CUP
Picture : Ismael Díaz is the second player to score two hat tricks (one in 2023 and one in 2025) in the entire history of the Gold Cup.
Gold Cup statistics (Group stage, match-day 3)
Mexico vs Costa Rica 0-0 (Group A)
*Costa Rica haven't beaten Mexico in last 12 years (since 2-1 win in the 2014 Brazil Qualifiers).
Since then, Mexico have won 6 and drawn 5 in 11 matches between the two teams.
*Besides, Costa Rica have yet to beat Mexico in Gold Cup; of 10 matches between them in this competition, Mexico won 6 with 4 draws.
Panama vs Jamaica 4-1 (Group C)
*Panama scored 4 goals in a single match against Jamaica for the first time.
*Panama have won all 3 group stage matches in any senior international competition (Gold Cup, Copa América or World Cup) for the first time in their history.
*Panama are the first team apart from Mexico anfd USA that finished the group with a full set of points and 10+ goals scored.
México did it in 2011 and 2019, USA in 2013 and 2019.
*In this edition, Panama have scored their 2 earliest goals in their Gold Cup history:
Cristian Martínez against Guadeloupe at 5 minutes 39 seconds,
Ismael Díaz against Jamaica at 3 minutes 52 seconds.
*Ismael Díaz has scored Panama's only two hat tricks in the Gold Cup: against Qatar in 2023 and against Jamaica in 2025.
Only three opponents have scored a hat trick against Jamaica in the Gold Cup: also Luis Salvador (Mexico) in 1993 and Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala) in 2005.
*Ismael Díaz is the second player to score two hat tricks (one in 2023 and one in 2025) in the entire history of the Gold Cup.
The first was Jesús Ferreira with the United States (both in the 2023 edition).
*Panama became the only team in the history of the Gold Cup with 3 players reaching the 10-goal mark (Blas Pérez 11, Luis Tejada 10, Ismael Díaz 10).
United States and Mexico only have two such players.
*Jamaica ended their streak of 6 consecutive Gold Cup appearances, advancing past the group stage.
The Caribbean team had not been eliminated in the first round since 2009.
Guadeloupe vs Guatemala 2-3 (Group C)
*For the 3rd time in history, Guatemala had a 2+ goal lead at halftime of a Gold Cup match. This also happened against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1996 and against Grenada in 2011.
*José Carlos Pinto is the first Guatemala player to score a penalty in a Gold Cup match in the last 20 years. The last to do so was Carlos Ruiz against Jamaica, on 8 July 2005.
Honduras vs Curaçao 2-1 (Group B)
*Honduras made a tremendous comeback from a 6-0 loss to Canada and ended up winning two games against El Salvador and Curaçao.
Honduras are the second team to start the Gold Cup with a 6+ goal loss and advance to the quarterfinals. The first was Cuba in 2015.
Canada vs El Salvador 2-0 (Group B)
*El Salvador is the first team in the history of the Gold Cup to have two players sent off in the first half.
*El Salvador is the 3rd team with 2 players sent off and 1 penalty conceded in a Gold Cup match, after:
Honduras vs Peru in 2000
Panama vs United States in 2009.
*Mario González is the first El Salvador goalkeeper to save a penalty in the Gold Cup since Derby Carrillo did the same against Curaçao in the 2017 edition.
*El Salvador closed a 3-match group stage without goals scored for the 3rd time in their history (also in 1970 World Cup and 1998 Gold Cup).