MIAMI, Florida – This Friday the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Draw will take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California where the participating teams will learn their group stage fate.

Joining the festivities will be a quartet of Concacaf legends who will help with the event by serving as Draw Assistants.

Former men’s players Jared Borgetti of Mexico, Carlos Pavon of Honduras, Cobi Jones of the United States and former women’s player Tashana Vincent of Jamaica will take part in the ceremony.

Jared Borgetti

Borgetti is synonymous with success in the Gold Cup, having scored seven goals in 14 games and finishing as one of the tournament’s top scorers in the 2003 edition with three goals, as he helped Mexico win the title in a dramatic 1-0 final versus Brazil.

Borgetti also wore the Mexico shirt in the 2005 and 2007 Gold Cups and had one of his finest performances in the 2007 tournament when he scored the winning goal in extra time in a 1-0 quarterfinal triumph over Costa Rica. Borgetti would finish the 2007 tournament with two goals in a runner-up finish for Mexico.

Overall, Borgetti scored goals against Brazil, Jamaica, Costa Rica (2), Guatemala (2) and Cuba, with four coming in the group stage, two in the quarterfinals and one in the semifinals.

Borgetti’s Gold Cup pedigree was just one of many parts of his star-studded career in which he scored 46 goals in 89 international matches with El Tricolor.

Carlos Pavon

The Gold Cup will forever hold a special place in the heart of Pavon, considering it was the stage in which he made his debut with the Honduran Men’s Senior Team in a 1-0 defeat to the United States in the 1993 Gold Cup.

Pavon would go on to play 101 matches with Honduras, and the genesis of it all was in the Gold Cup. Pavon was as prolific as it comes while wearing the Honduras shirt, scoring 57 goals in 101 games, with 10 of those games coming in five different Gold Cups.

After debuting in the 1993 tournament, Pavon would go on to represent Honduras in the 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2007 Gold Cup. The 2007 tournament was when he enjoyed his best performance in front of goal, scoring five goals to finish as the Top Scorer, four of those coming in a 5-0 win versus Cuba.

By the time he decided to hang up his boots, Pavon ranked as Honduras’ all-time top scorer in Gold Cup play with nine goals, seven coming in the group stage and two in the quarterfinal round.

Cobi Jones

As the all-time appearances leader in United States Men’s National Team history with 164 games played, there is no doubt that Jones spent many an afternoon or evening in Gold Cup action.

Jones made his Gold Cup debut in the 1993 tournament, playing in four matches and helping the U.S. to a runner-up finish. He would go on to play another four matches in the 1996 Gold Cup as the U.S. finished in Third Place, followed by another four games in the runner-up finish for the U.S. in the 1998 tournament.

On an individual level, Jones enjoyed an excellent 2000 Gold Cup, scoring two goals in three games and then was named to the Best XI for the 2002 tournament, as the U.S. won the title thanks in part to Jones, who played in all five games for his country, bringing an end to his decorated Gold Cup career.

Tashana Vincent

Vincent played a big role in the advancement and growth of women’s football in Jamaica, dating back to her time with the Jamaican Women’s National Team.

Among her career highlights was finishing as the top scorer with 11 goals in 2008 Caribbean Olympic Qualifying, including a six-goal performance against Antigua and Barbuda and a four-goal haul versus Dominica.

Vincent began to make a name for herself in women’s college soccer in the United States and was named to the All-American Team of the National Junior College Athletic Association while at Middle Georgia College where she scored an incredible 44 goals during the 2009 season.

Since retiring from the game, Vincent has entered the coaching world, guiding youth teams in Jamaica.

In 2019 she was selected to be a part of Arsenal FC’s Future Stars program in England and was selected as an ambassador for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Draw.