Gold Cup 2021 Team Profile El Salvador

 

 

El Salvador 

How they qualified

The team sealed a finals spot as one of four group winners in the 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League B. They dominated Group B, seeing off the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia, and Monserrat. On matchday two, El Salvador suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to the Dominican Republic, but they still topped the group on 15 points.

 

Tournament Record

El Salvador is a regular at the Gold Cup, having participated on 11 previous occasions. They finished runners-up in the maiden edition in 1963 when the tournament was still called the Concacaf Championship and repeated the feat in 1981, but in the last two decades, Los Cuzcatlecos have never gone beyond the last eight.

 

Star Man

David Rugamas 

It’s hard to look past the striker. At 31, he leads the line for El Salvador and excelled in World Cup qualifying. In 2019, the diminutive forward had a spell with JL Chiangmai United in Thailand.

 

Coach

Hugo Perez

Born in El Salvador, Pérez played in the NASL and represented the US national team. He featured for the Americans in the 1994 World Cup on home soil. He has held the role of assistant coach and U-23 coach with El Salvador but took charge of the senior team in April. Perez got off to a brilliant start, qualifying Los Cuzcatlecos for the final round of World Cup qualifying.

What can we expect

Along with Mexico, El Salvador should progress from Group A, but can they get beyond the last eight?  That will be the real challenge for Perez and his charges. In midfield, Marvin Monterroza, Gerson Mayen, and Darwin Ceren will bring experience, and in attack Rugamas finds the net with ease, having scored eight times in World Cup qualifying. A recent 1-0 friendly defeat against Qatar however suggests that Perez’s team has work to do to find its form.

 

Schedule:

July 10: Curaçao (Frisco)

July  15 TBC from qualifiers (Frisco)

July 19: Mexico (Dallas)

 

Squad

Goalkeepers: Mario Gonzalez, Kevin Carabantes, Oscar Pleitez

Defenders: Alexander Larin, Roberto Dominguez, Bryan Tamacas, Ronald Gomez, Eriq Zavaleta,  Alexis Renderos, Romulo Villalobos, Alex Roldan

Midfielders: Darwin Ceren, Narciso Orellana, Marvin Monterroza, Jairo Henriquez, Isaac Portillo, Armando Moreno

Forwards: Juan Carlos Portillo, David Rugamas, Joqauim Perez, Walmer Martinez, Marvin Marquez

 

 

 

 


Grp AWDLFAPts
Mexico210407
El Salvador201416
Trinidad and Tobago021132
Guatemala012161
Grp BWDLFAPts
USA300819
Canada201826
Haiti102363
Martinique0033120
Grp CWDLFAPts
Costa Rica300629
Jamaica201426
Suriname102353
Guadeloupe003170
Grp DWDLFAPts
Qatar210837
Honduras201736
Panama111874
Grenada0031110

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