The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious in the final against an upstart Panama team led by tournament MVP Luis Tejada. After regulation and 30 minutes of extra time ended scoreless, the U.S. won 3–1 on penalties.
For this edition, the format was switched from four groups of three teams each to the three groups of four teams. As a result, there was one more group stage game for each team, and the likelihood of teams advancing on a coin toss was much less. The top two teams from each group and the two best third-place teams would advance to the quarterfinals.
As usual for the Gold Cup, several of the top teams fielded less than their top squads, including guest teams Colombia and South Africa. Mexico and the United States were missing at least half their usual starters, and a few top name players on smaller nations (Paulo Wanchope and Amado Guevara, among others) also declined to participate. During the tournament, matches in Miami's Group A had to be postponed because of Hurricane Dennis.
This was the last edition of the tournament to have guest participants from other confederations until the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
3 goals
DaMarcus Beasley (Golden Boot Winner) Landon Donovan
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Wilmer Velásquez
Luis Tejada2 goals
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Ali Gerba Atiba Hutchinson
Jaime Castrillon Héctor Hurtado Tressor Moreno
Christian Bolaños Bryan Ruiz
Alain Cervantes Maykel Galindo Lester More Gonzalo Romero Samuel Caballero Mario Ivan Guerrero Maynor Figueroa Milton Núñez Danilo Turcios
Teafore Bennett Luton Shelton Damion Stewart Andy Williams
Omar Bravo Gerardo Galindo Gonzalo Pineda Alberto Medina Francisco Rodríguez
Philip Evans Elrio Van Heerden Solace Nkosi Siyabango Nomvete Abram Raselemane
Marvin Andrews Chris Birchall Cornell Glen Clint Dempsey John O'Brien Oguchi Onyewu Josh Wolff