2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Trinidad and Tobago
City Bacolet and Macoya
Dates 6–15 March 2009
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up United States 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) Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu
Costa Rica Josué Martínez
Honduras Roger Rojas (3 goals)

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

Region Qualification Tournament Qualifiers
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 Canada
 Mexico
United States United States
Notes

Squads

Venues

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

The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group 1

All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 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

6 March 2009
17:00 ECT
Honduras  2 2  El Salvador
Rojas  65'
Valladares  82'
Report Blanco  77'
Flores  90'

6 March 2009
19:00 ECT
Jamaica  0 3 United States United States
Report Marošević  8'
Duka  78'
Schuler  83'
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 556
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

8 March 2009
16:00 ECT
El Salvador  1 2  Jamaica
Sosa  11' Report Campbell  8'
Adlam  56'
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 524
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

8 March 2009
18:00 ECT
United States United States 0 0  Honduras
Report
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 524
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

10 March 2009
17:00 ECT
Jamaica  0 4  Honduras
Report Leveron  44'
Martínez  47'
Rojas  62'
Altimirano  72'
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 467
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

10 March 2009
19:00 ECT
United States United States 2 0  El Salvador
Shea  30'
Taylor  41'
Report
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 467
Referee: Rene Guerrero (Nicaragua)

Group 2

All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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

7 March 2009
16:00 ECT
Mexico  0 1  Costa Rica
Report Martínez  39'
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

7 March 2009
18:00 ECT
Trinidad and Tobago  1 0  Canada
De Silva  82' Report
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

9 March 2009
17:00 ECT
Canada  2 0  Mexico
Edwini-Bonsu  75'  82' Report
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

11 March 2009
17:00 ECT
Costa Rica  2 1  Canada
Castro  25'
Ureña  72'
Report Edwini-Bonsu  12'
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)

11 March 2009
19:00 ECT
Trinidad and Tobago  2 2  Mexico
Clarence  52'
Bentick  60'
Report Velasquez  8'
Salazar  45'
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

Championship round

All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]

Semifinals

13 March 2009
17:00 ECT
Costa Rica  0 0 (a.e.t.)  Honduras
Report
  Penalties  
Estrada
Guzmán
Gamboa
Castro
4 2 Leverón
Mejía
Mayorquin
Fonseca
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)


Third place

15 March 2009
16:00 ECT
Honduras  2 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Rojas  47'
Mayorquin 89'
Report Grosvenor  58'
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Final

15 March 2009
19:00 ECT
Costa Rica  3 0 United States United States
Estrada  40'
Josué Martínez  68'  80'
Report
Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Goalscorers

3 goals

1 goal

Final Ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
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
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host.

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

References

  1. Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March, New York City: CONCACAF, 11 November 2008, retrieved 17 November 2008
  2. 1 2 Mexico, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Canada grouped for first round of CONCACAF U-20 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 15 January 2009, retrieved 21 January 2009.
  3. Under-20 playoff between Honduras and St. Vincent set for 2 March in Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 10 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
  4. Honduras claims last place in CONCACAF U-20 Championship, beats St. Vincent 3-1, Macoya, Trinidad: CONCACAF, 2 March 2009, retrieved 3 March 2009

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