2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Trinidad and Tobago |
City | Bacolet and Macoya |
Dates | 6–15 March |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Costa Rica (2nd title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Honduras |
Fourth place | Trinidad and Tobago |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas (3 goals) |
← 2007 2011 →
All statistics correct as of 12 March 2009. |
The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.
Qualifying
[edit]Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
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Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament | Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago† |
Central America (UNCAF) | Central American U-20 qualifying tournament | Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras‡ |
North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified | Canada Mexico United States |
- Notes
- † Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified and did not participate in the qualification tournament due to their status as tournament hosts.
- ‡ The runner up from the Caribbean region, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, played a playoff to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[1][2] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March, four days prior to the opening of the tournament, in Macoya.[3] Honduras won the match 3–1.[4]
Squads
[edit]Venues
[edit]Dwight Yorke Stadium Location:Bacolet, Tobago Capacity:7,500 Home club: Tobago United |
Marvin Lee Stadium Location:Macoya, Trinidad Capacity:6,000 Home club: Joe Public F.C. |
Group stage
[edit]The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.
Group 1
[edit]All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Honduras | 2–2 | El Salvador |
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Rojas 65' Valladares 82' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Blanco 77' Flores 90' |
Jamaica | 0–3 | United States |
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Report[permanent dead link] | Marošević 8' Duka 78' Schuler 83' |
El Salvador | 1–2 | Jamaica |
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Sosa 11' | Report[permanent dead link] | Campbell 8' Adlam 56' |
Jamaica | 0–4 | Honduras |
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Report[permanent dead link] | Leveron 44' Martínez 47' Rojas 62' Altimirano 72' |
United States | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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Shea 30' Taylor 41' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
Group 2
[edit]All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Mexico | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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Report | Martínez 39' |
Canada | 2–0 | Mexico |
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Edwini-Bonsu 75', 82' | Report[permanent dead link] |
Costa Rica | 2–1 | Canada |
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Castro 25' Ureña 72' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Edwini-Bonsu 12' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | Mexico |
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Clarence 52' Bentick 60' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Velasquez 8' Salazar 45' |
Championship round
[edit]All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Semifinals
[edit]Costa Rica | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Honduras |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Estrada Guzmán Gamboa Castro |
4–2 | Leverón Mejía Mayorquín Fonseca |
United States | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Report[permanent dead link] | ||
Penalties | ||
Jeffrey Duka Marošević Davies Wallace |
4–3 | Rochford Joseph Bentick Bateau Paul |
Third place
[edit]Final
[edit]Costa Rica | 3–0 | United States |
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Estrada 40' Martínez 68', 80' |
Report |
Goalscorers
[edit]- 3 goals
- 1 goal
- Jorge Castro
- Diego Estrada
- Marco Ureña
- Léster Blanco
- Andrés Flores
- Herbert Sosa
- Cristhian Altimirano
- Johnny Leverón
- Mario Martínez
- José Valladares
- Reinieri Mayorquín
- Alonso Adlam
- Romario Campbell
- Antonio Salazar
- Axel Velasquez
- Juma Clarence
- Sean De Silva
- Qian Grosvenor
- Uriah Bentick
- Dilly Duka
- Perica Marošević
- Billy Schuler
- Brek Shea
- Tony Taylor
Final ranking
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 11 | Champions |
2 | United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Runners-up |
3 | Honduras | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Third place |
4 | Trinidad and Tobago (H) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Fourth Place |
5 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
6 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
7 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
8 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March, New York City: CONCACAF, 11 November 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 17 November 2008
- ^ a b Mexico, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Canada grouped for first round of CONCACAF U-20 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 15 January 2009, archived from the original on 31 January 2009, retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ Under-20 playoff between Honduras and St. Vincent set for 2 March in Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 10 February 2009, archived from the original on 16 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
- ^ Honduras claims last place in CONCACAF U-20 Championship, beats St. Vincent 3-1, Macoya, Trinidad: CONCACAF, 2 March 2009, archived from the original on 16 March 2009, retrieved 3 March 2009