2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

The Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the final.
Event	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada Colombia 2 0
Date	27 February 2000
Venue	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee	Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Attendance	7,000

The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match played on 27 February 2000 at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada beat Colombia 2–0. This was Canada's first Gold Cup title and its second major title, the first since the 1985 CONCACAF Championship. As the Gold Cup champions, Canada represented CONCACAF at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan.

Background

As the lowest-ranked member of the North American Football Union, Canada didn't enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup automatically and had to play the qualification, held in 1999 in the United States. The Canadians qualified by leading the group ahead of Haiti, the other qualified nation, Cuba and El Salvador, both failed to qualify.

Colombia, a member of CONMEBOL was invited to the tournament by CONCACAF. Peru was also invited to the 2000 edition, making them the second South American countries to play the Gold Cup after Brazil, which participated in 1996 and in 1998. By reaching the final match, Colombia repeated the same record as Brazil in 1998.

Both, Colombia and Canada had been runner-ups in their groups during the first round, respectively Groups A and D. However, Canada and South Korea, another invited participant, tied in every criteria in Group D and the qualification had to be decided in the coin toss, favoring Canada.

By the time of the competition, Canada hadn't win a major title since 1985 while Colombia was yet to win a big honor in its history.

Route to the final

Further information: 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Canada		Round	Colombia
Opponents	Result	First round	Opponents	Result
Costa Rica	2–2	Match 1	Jamaica	1–0
South Korea	0–0	Match 2	Honduras	0–2
Group D runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Costa Rica 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2 Canada 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 South Korea 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2		Final standings	Group A runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Honduras 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Colombia 2 1 0 1 1 2 –1 3 Jamaica 2 0 0 2 0 3 –3 0
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Mexico	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Quarter-finals	United States	2–2 (2–1 pen.)
Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Semi-finals	Peru	2–1

Match details

27 February 2000 (2000-02-27)

Canada	2–0	Colombia
De Vos 45' Corazzin 68' (pen.)	Report

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Canada

Colombia

GK 1 Craig Forrest RB 2 Paul Fenwick  28' CB 4 Tony Menezes  80' CB 5 Jason de Vos (c)  76' LB 13 Mark Watson RM 21 Martin Nash  89' CM 11 Jim Brennan CM 12 Jeff Clarke LM 7 Paul Stalteri  78' CF 15 Richard Hastings CF 9 Carlo Corazzin Substitutions: FW 16 Garret Kusch  89' Manager: Holger Osieck

GK 22 Diego Gómez RB 2 Andrés Mosquera  88' CB 3 Roberto Carlos Cortés CB 5 Gonzalo Martínez LB 19 Arley Dinas RM 16 Bonner Mosquera  46' CM 14 John Wilmar Pérez CM 17 Mayer Candelo LM 10 Faustino Asprilla (c)  19' CF 20 Victor Bonilla  57' CF 11 Martín Zapata Substitutions: MF 7 Héctor Hurtado  46' FW 9 Edwin Congo  57' Manager: Luis Augusto García

See also

• 1985 CONCACAF Championship
• 2001 Copa América Final

External links

• Award Winners
• Squads