2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Guatemala
Dates	May 2–12, 2012
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	72 (4.5 per match)
Attendance	8,408 (526 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Summer Green (12 goals)

The 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the third edition of the U-17 women's championship in football for the CONCACAF region. It was held in Guatemala City from May 2 to 12.

The three best-placed teams qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Azerbaijan.^[1] Canada were the defending champions from 2010. All matches were played on artificial turf at the Estadio Cementos Progreso.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualifying

The qualification process for the 2012 tournament started on 14 August 2011.^[1]

Region	Method of qualification	Teams
Caribbean Caribbean Football Union (CFU)	2011 Caribbean Football Union Women's Under-17 Tournament	Bahamas Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
Central America Central American Football Union (UNCAF)	2011 UNCAF Women's Under-17 Tournament	Panama
North America North American Football Union (NAFU)	Automatic qualification	Canada Mexico United States
Host nation		Guatemala

Squads

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC-06:00).^[2]

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:^[3]

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams

2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points)

3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points)

4. Greater goal difference in all group matches

5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

6. Drawing of lots

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9
Panama	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	4
Guatemala	3	0	0	3	2	16	–14	0

Canada v Panama

2 May 2012
14:00

Canada	6 – 0	Panama
Prince 6' Dhanda 11' Clarke 22', 40', 42' Pierre-Louis 51'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 390
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Guatemala v Jamaica

2 May 2012
16:30

Guatemala	0 – 3	Jamaica
	Report	Gray 13', 42' Shaw 65'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 390
Referee: Yesli Rivas (El Salvador)

Jamaica v Canada

4 May 2012
14:00

Jamaica	0 – 4	Canada
	Report	Sanderson 18' Neff 21' Clarke 55' Prince 90+3'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Guatemala v Panama

4 May 2012
16:30

Guatemala	1 – 7	Panama
Ibarguen 29'	Report	Riley 4', 36' Batista 34', 73' Franco 49' Cox 61', 90+2'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Panama v Jamaica

6 May 2012
14:00

Panama	1 – 1	Jamaica
Cox 72' (pen.)	Report	Bailey 32'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 475
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Guatemala v Canada

6 May 2012
16:30

Guatemala	1 – 6	Canada
Herrera 28'	Report	Dhanda 23' Clarke 31', 64' Sanderson 77', 81', 90+2'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 475
Referee: Annia Navarrete (Cuba)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	7	–7	1
Bahamas	3	0	1	2	0	16	–16	1

Bahamas v United States

3 May 2012
14:00

Bahamas	0 – 10	United States
	Report	Purce 1', 75', 84' Green 6', 40', 41', 44', 60' Sullivan 55' Payne 77'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 61
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago

3 May 2012
16:30

Mexico	2 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Hernández 32' Duarte 40'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 61
Referee: Irazema Aguilar (Cuba)

United States v Trinidad and Tobago

5 May 2012
14:00

United States	5 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Bruder 20' Sullivan 65' Robinson 67' Green 86' Boyles 90+3'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 128
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)

Mexico v Bahamas

5 May 2012
16:30

Mexico	6 – 0	Bahamas
Cadena 6', 43' Morales 8', 13' Vega 26' Pineda 79'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 128
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

Trinidad and Tobago v Bahamas

7 May 2012
14:00

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 0	Bahamas
	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 184
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

United States v Mexico

7 May 2012
16:30

United States	3 – 0	Mexico
Green 16' (pen.), 32', 36'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 184
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

The winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in Azerbaijan.

Semi-finals			Final

10 May – Guatemala City
United States	7
Panama	0

			12 May – Guatemala City
			United States	1
			Canada	0


			Third place
10 May – Guatemala City		12 May – Guatemala City
Canada	1	Panama	0
Mexico	0		Mexico	6

Semi-finals

United States v Panama

10 May 2012
13:30

United States	7 – 0	Panama
Payne 9' Green 44', 45+1', 53' Andrews 50' Jenkins 66' Bruder 77'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 98
Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

Canada v Mexico

10 May 2012
16:30

Canada	1 – 0	Mexico
Sanderson 13'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 98
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Third place match

Panama v Mexico

12 May 2012
13:30

Panama	0 – 6	Mexico
	Report	Morales 13' Duarte 51', 54', 72', 84' Hernández 65'

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,768
Referee: Irazema Aguilar (Cuba)

Final

United States v Canada

12 May 2012
16:30

United States	1 – 0	Canada
Munerlyn 21'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City
Attendance: 1,768
Referee: Alicia Villatoro (Guatemala)

Goalscorers

12 goals

Summer Green

6 goals

Summer Clarke

5 goals

Valérie Sanderson
Luz Duarte

3 goals

Jessica Morales
Margaret Purce

2 goals

Jasmin Dhanda
Nichelle Prince
Kayla Gray
Mariana Cadena

Hallie Hernández
Laurie Batista
Marta Cox
Karla Riley

Emily Bruder
Toni Payne
Andi Sullivan

1 goal

Elissa Neff
Amanda Pierre-Louis
Vivían Herrera
Paula Ibarguen
Khadija Shaw

Cynthia Pineda
Vivian Vega
Yassiel Franco
Morgan Andrews

Joanna Boyles
Darian Jenkins
Amber Munerlyn
Sarah Robinson

References

1 2 "U-17 Women's qualifying to begin Sunday". CONCACAF. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
↑ Canada-Panama to open U-17 women's finals
↑ "Women’s U-17 CONCACAF Championship – 2012 Regulations" (PDF). FIFA. 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

External links

Official Site
Tournament and qualification on soccerway.com

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Men's football

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