2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 1993
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	USA Mexico
Dates	July 12 – July 27
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (4th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	50 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Centeno Landon Donovan
Best player	Jesus Arellano
← 2002 2005 →

The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both USA and Mexico. The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern US city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.

The US's Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5-0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semifinals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2-1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1-0 in extra time.

Qualifying Tournament

Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

Final tournament

Squads

• 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Honduras 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 July 12, 2003 Mexico 1 – 0 Brazil Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) Borgetti  70' (Report) July 14, 2003 Brazil 2 – 1 Honduras Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada) Maicon  16' Diego  84' (Report) de León  90' July 16, 2003 Honduras 0 – 0 Mexico Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alfaro Nery (El Salvador) (Report) Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Colombia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Jamaica 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 Guatemala 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1 July 12, 2003 Jamaica 0 – 1 Colombia Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 15,423 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States) (Report) Patiño  42' July 14, 2003 Guatemala 0 – 2 Jamaica Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 10,323 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras) (Report) Lowe  30' Williams  73' July 16, 2003 Colombia 1 – 1 Guatemala Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 11,233 Referee: Grevin Porras (Costa Rica) Molina  79' (Report) Ruiz  21' Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United States 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 El Salvador 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 Martinique 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 July 11, 2003 United States 2 – 0 El Salvador Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 33,652 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Lewis  28' McBride  76' (Report) July 13, 2003 Martinique 0 – 2 United States Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama) (Report) McBride  39', 43' July 15, 2003 El Salvador 1 – 0 Martinique Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 10,361 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala) González  76' (Report) Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Cuba 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 Canada 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 July 11, 2003 Canada 1 – 0 Costa Rica Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 33,652 Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago) Stalteri  59' (Report) July 13, 2003 Cuba 2 – 0 Canada Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 8,780 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Moré  15', 46' (Report) July 15, 2003 Costa Rica 3 – 0 Cuba Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 10,361 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Centeno  45' Bryce  72' Scott  70' (Report) Knockout Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                     20 July - Mexico City          Mexico  5 July 24 - Mexico City  Jamaica  0    Mexico  2 19 July - Foxboro    Costa Rica  0    Costa Rica  5 July 27 - Mexico City  El Salvador  2    Mexico (ASDET)  1 19 July - Foxboro    Brazil  0  United States  5 July 23 - Miami  Cuba  0    United States  1 Third place 19 July - Miami    Brazil (ASDET)  2    Colombia  0  United States  3  Brazil  2    Costa Rica  2 July 26 - Miami Quarterfinals July 19, 2003 United States 5–0 Cuba Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 15,627 Referee: Prendergast (JAM) Donovan  22', 25', 55', 76' Ralston 42' July 19, 2003 Costa Rica 5–2 El Salvador Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Attendance: 15,627 Referee: Ramos (MEX) Scott 11' Centeno  45+2', 68' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Bryce 72' Murgas 34' (pen) Pacheco 54' July 19, 2003 Brazil 2–0 Colombia Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 23,425 Referee: Stott (USA) Kaká  42', 66' July 20, 2003 Mexico 5–0 Jamaica Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Navarro (CAN) Bravo 38' García 42' Osorno 55' Borgetti 61' Rodríguez 83' Semifinals July 23, 2003 United States 1–2 (AET) Brazil Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 35,211 Referee: Batres (GUA) Bocanegra 62' Kaká 89' Diego 100' (pen.) July 24, 2003 Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nery (SLV) Márquez 19' Borgetti 28' Third place match July 26, 2003 United States 3–2 Costa Rica Orange Bowl, Miami Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Piper (TRI) Bocanegra 29' Stewart 56' Convey 67' Fonseca 24' Fonseca 39' Final Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final July 27, 2003 Mexico 1–0 (AET) Brazil Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Navarro (CAN) Osorno 97' Top scorers 4 goals Walter Centeno Landon Donovan 3 goals Kaká Jared Borgetti Brian McBride Awards Most Valuable Player Jesús Arellano Top Goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez Fair Play Trophy United States Best XI G - Oswaldo Sanchez D - Carlos Castro D - Maicon D - Ricardo Osorio D - Mauricio Wright M - Walter Centeno M - Rafael García M - Giovanni Hernandez F - Jesús Arellano F - Landon Donovan F - Kaká Reserves G - Odelin Molina D - Bobby Convey D - Jaime Rosales M - Diego M - Fernando Salazar M - Theodore Whitmore Final standings Team GP W D L GF GA Dif 1 Mexico 5 4 1 0 9 0 +9 2 Brazil 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 3 United States 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 4 Costa Rica 5 2 0 3 10 8 +2 5 Colombia 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 6 El Salvador 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 7  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 8 Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 9  Canada 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 10 Honduras 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 11  Guatemala 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 12 Martinique 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 References External links Official Gold Cup Technical Report Results and line-ups at rsssf.com