2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	January 18 – February 2
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	39 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brian McBride
Best player	Brian McBride
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The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the football (soccer) championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.

Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2-0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the US beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.

During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from Cuba to the United States.

Squads

• 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Qualified Teams

United States (host) Canada (holders) Mexico (automatic qualification) Guatemala (winner of 2001 UNCAF Cup) Costa Rica (runner-up of 2001 UNCAF Cup)

El Salvador (third place of 2001 UNCAF Cup) Trinidad and Tobago (winner of 2001 Caribbean Cup) Haiti (runner-up of 2001 Caribbean Cup) Martinique (third place of 2001 Caribbean Cup) Cuba (winner of the following play-off)

A playoff between Panama (fourth place of 2001 UNCAF Cup) and Cuba (fourth place of 2001 Caribbean Cup) was held to determine who will participate the Gold Cup.

July 29, 2001	Panama	0 – 0	Cuba	Panama

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August 05, 2001	Cuba	1 – 0	Panama	Cuba
	Serguei Prado  79'

Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
El Salvador	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

January 18, 2002	El Salvador	0 – 1	Mexico	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 42,117 Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
		(Report)	García  31'

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January 20, 2002	Mexico	3 – 1	Guatemala	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 31,244 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Bautista  28' Garcés  38' Ochoa  90'	(Report)	Plata  36'

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January 22, 2002	Guatemala	0 – 1	El Salvador	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 12,906 Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
		(Report)	Cabrera  58'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
South Korea	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Cuba	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

January 18, 2002	United States	2 – 1	South Korea	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 42,117 Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)
	Donovan  36' Beasley  90'	(Report)	Song Chong-Gug  38'

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January 20, 2002	Cuba	0 – 1	United States	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 31,244 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
		(Report)	McBride  22'

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January 22, 2002	South Korea	0 – 0	Cuba	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 12,906 Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)
		(Report)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Martinique	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

January 17, 2002	Martinique	0 – 2	Costa Rica	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 14,508 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
		(Report)	Meford  38' Fonseca  55'

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January 19, 2002	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 12,253 Referee: Brian Hall United States)
	Fonseca  56'	(Report)	John  90'

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January 21, 2002	Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 1	Martinique	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 3,827 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)
		(Report)	Percin  51'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Canada	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

January 17, 2002	Haiti	0 – 2	Canada	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 14,508 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
		(Report)	McKenna  28', 48'

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January 19, 2002	Ecuador	0 – 2	Haiti	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 12,253 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
		(Report)	Méndez  6' (o.g.) Alerte  44'

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January 21, 2002	Canada	0 – 2	Ecuador	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 3,827 Referee: Brian Hall United States)
		(Report)	Aguinaga  88', 90'

Knockout Round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	26 January - Miami
	Costa Rica	2
					30 January - Pasadena
	Haiti	1
					Costa Rica	3
	27 January - Pasadena
					South Korea	1
	Mexico	0 (2)
									February 2 - Pasadena
	South Korea	0 (4)
									United States	2
	26 January - Miami
									Costa Rica	0
	Canada	1 (6)
					30 January - Pasadena
	Martinique	1 (5)
					Canada	0 (2)			Third place
	27 January - Pasadena
					United States	0 (4)
	United States	4							Canada	2
	El Salvador	0							South Korea	1
									February 2 - Pasadena

Quarterfinals

January 26, 2002	Costa Rica	2–1 (asdet)	Haiti	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 14,823 Referee: Alcala (MEX)
	Centeno  2' Gómez  97'		Pierre  62'

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January 26, 2002	Canada	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Martinique	Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 14,823 Referee: Batres (GUA)
	McKenna  73'		Rogers  63' (O.G.)
		Penalties
	McKenna Brennan DeRosario Nsaliwa deVos Stalteri Bent	6–5	Lupon Clement DiCanot Mirande Reuperne Heurlie Lina

January 27, 2002	Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Pineda (HON)
		Penalties
	Noriega de Anda Sosa Hierro	2–4	Lee Eul-Yong Lee Dong-Gook Choi Sung-Yong Lee Young-Pyo

January 27, 2002	United States	4–0	El Salvador	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Richard (DOM)
	McBride  9', 11', 21' Razov  72'

Semifinals

January 30, 2002	Costa Rica	3–1	South Korea	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 7,241 Referee: Sibrian (SLV)
	Gomez  44' Wanchope  77, 82'		Choi Jin-Cheul  81'

January 30, 2002	Canada	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 7,241 Referee: Prendergast (JAM)
		Penalties
	McKenna Stalteri DeRosario Nsaliwa	2–4	Donovan McBride Agoos Mathis

Third place match

February 2, 2002	Canada	2–1	South Korea	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 14,432 Referee: Bryce (TRI)
	Kim Do-Hoon  34' (O.G.) DeRosario  35'		Kim Do-Hoon  15'

Final

Main article: 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

February 2, 2002	United States	2–0	Costa Rica	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 14,432 Referee: Batres (GUA)
	Wolff  37' Agoos  63'

Results and Awards

2002 Gold Cup Winners
United States Second title

Top scorers

4 goals

• Brian McBride

3 goals

• Kevin McKenna

2 goals

• Rolando Fonseca
• Ronald Gomez
• Paulo Wanchope
• Álex Aguinaga

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Brian McBride

Top Goalkeeper

• Lars Hirschfeld

Fair Play Trophy

• Costa Rica

Best XI

• G - Odelin Molina
• D - Luis Marin
• D - Jeff Agoos
• D - Jason DeVos
• M - Luis Sosa
• M - Mauricio Solis
• M - Landon Donovan
• M - Kim Nam-Il
• M - Ronald Gomez
• F - Kevin McKenna
• F - Brian McBride

Reserves

• G - Shaka Hislop
• D - Ludovic Mirande
• D - Pierre Bruny
• M - Santos Cabrera
• M - Álex Aguinaga
• F - Ronald Cerritos
• F - Juan Carlos Plata

Team statistics

Team		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Dif
F	United States	5	4	1	0	9	1	+8
F	Costa Rica	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3
S	Canada	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1
S	South Korea	5	0	2	3	3	7	-4
Q	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Q	Martinique	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1
Q	Haiti	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
Q	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	1	5	-4
1	Ecuador	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
1	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
1	Cuba	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
1	Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3

External links

• Official Recap