CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations	12  (of 40 applicants)
winner	USA (4th title)
venue	United States
Opening game	June 6, 2007
Endgame	June 24, 2007
Games	25th
Gates	64  (⌀: 2.56 per game)
spectator	921,476  (⌀: 36,859 per game)
Top scorer	Carlos Pavón (5 goals)
Best player	Julian de Guzman
Best goalkeeper	Franck Grandel
yellow cards	106  (⌀: 4.24 per game)
Yellow-red cards	4  (⌀: 0.16 per game)
Red cards	8  (⌀: 0.32 per game)

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 was the 19th game of the continental football championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and the 9th under the name Gold Cup and took place from June 6th to 24th in the USA. It was the third time that there were no guests from other continental associations.

The United States beat Mexico 2-1 in the final , qualifying for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa .

qualification

Participant card

Twelve national teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean took part in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup .

The following national teams were automatically qualified:

•  Canada
•  Mexico
•  United States

The 2007 soccer caribbean championship was also a qualification for the caribbean zone. The four semi-finalists of this competition qualified for the Gold Cup. After this competition the following teams were determined to participate in the Gold Cup 2007:

•  Guadeloupe
•  Haiti
•  Cuba
•  Trinidad and Tobago

The qualification in Central America took place from February 8 to February 18, 2007 as part of the UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 in San Salvador ( El Salvador ). It was played in two groups of four or three teams. The first and second placed in each group qualified for the Gold Cup 2007, the two group thirds determined the fifth participant from Central America. After this competition the following teams were determined to participate in the Gold Cup 2007:

•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador
•  Guatemala
•  Honduras
•  Panama

Venues

Carson Miami Chicago Foxborough East Rutherford Houston

2007 venues in the USA

place	Stadion	capacity	Games
Chicago	Soldier Field	61,500	both semi-finals and finals
Miami	Orange Bowl Stadium	74,500	6 group matches,
Foxborough	Gillette Stadium	68,800	2 group and 2 quarter-finals
Houston	Reliant Stadium	71,500	2 group and 2 quarter-finals
East Rutherford	Giants Stadium	80,000	4 group matches
Carson	Home Depot Center	27,000	4 group matches

mode

The first two teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the two best thirds in the group qualified for the round of the best eight teams.

Preliminary round

The following pairings were made when the preliminary round groups were drawn:

Group A

The Group A games were played at Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami , Florida . Canada first in the group and Costa Rica second in the group qualified directly for the next round. Guadeloupe qualified as one of two group thirds for the knockout round.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
2.	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Haiti	3	0	2	1	002: 400	−2	02

June 6, 2007
Costa Rica	-	Canada	1: 2
Guadeloupe	-	Haiti	1: 1
June 9, 2007
Canada	-	Guadeloupe	1: 2
Haiti	-	Costa Rica	1: 1
June 11, 2007
Costa Rica	-	Guadeloupe	1-0
Haiti	-	Canada	0: 2

Group B

The first two game days of Group B were played in the Home Depot Center in Carson , California . The final day of the match took place at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough , Massachusetts . The USA as first group and Guatemala as second group qualified directly for the next round.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	007-000	+7	09
2.	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	002: 600	−4	03
4th	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

June 7, 2007
United States	-	Guatemala	1-0
El Salvador	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2: 1
June 9, 2007
Guatemala	-	El Salvador	1-0
Trinidad and Tobago	-	United States	0: 2
June 12, 2007
United States	-	El Salvador	4-0
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Guatemala	1: 1

Group C

The first two preliminary round match days of Group C were played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey . The last day of the match took place entirely at Reliant Stadium in Houston , Texas . Honduras first in the group and Mexico second in the group qualified directly for the quarter-finals. Panama also moved into the round of the last eight as the best third party in the group.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Honduras	3	2	0	1	009: 400	+5	06th
2.	Mexico	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Panama	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Cuba	3	0	1	2	003: 900	−6	01

June 8, 2007
Panama	-	Honduras	3: 2
Mexico	-	Cuba	2: 1
June 10, 2007
Honduras	-	Mexico	2: 1
Panama	-	Cuba	2: 2
June 13, 2007
Cuba	-	Honduras	0: 5
Mexico	-	Panama	1-0

Third place

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Panama	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
2.	Guadeloupe	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	002: 600	−4	03

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals Chicago , Illinois

Final Chicago , Illinois

A1

Canada

3

B2

Guatemala

0

Canada

1

Foxborough , Massachusetts

United States

2

B1

United States

2

3

Panama

1

United States

2

Mexico

1

C1

Honduras

1

3

Guadeloupe

2

Guadeloupe

0

Houston , Texas

Mexico

1

C2

Mexico

1 1

A2

Costa Rica

01

¹ win after extra time

Quarter finals

June 16, 2007
Canada	-	Guatemala	3-0
United States	-	Panama	2: 1
June 17, 2007
Honduras	-	Guadeloupe	1: 2
Mexico	-	Costa Rica	1: 0 a.d.

Semifinals

June 21, 2007
Canada	-	United States	1: 2
Guadeloupe	-	Mexico	0: 1

final

United States		Mexico
	June 24, 2007 in Chicago ( Soldier Field ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Carlos Batres ( Guatemala )
	Tim Howard - Carlos Bocanegra , Pablo Mastroeni (46th Ricardo Clark ), Benny Feilhaber , DaMarcus Beasley , Clint Dempsey (68th Taylor Twellman ), Landon Donovan , Brian Ching , Jonathan Bornstein , Jonathan Spector (72nd Frank Simek ), Oguchi Onyewu Trainer: Bob Bradley	Oswaldo Sánchez - Jonny Magallón , Carlos Salcido , Rafael Márquez , Ricardo Osorio , Alberto Medina (78th Cuauhtémoc Blanco ), Pável Pardo , Jared Borgetti (40th Omar Bravo ), Jaime Lozano (81st Adolfo Bautista Herrera ), Andrés Guardado , Nery Castillo coach: Hugo Sánchez
	1: 1 Landon Donovan (62nd) 2: 1 Benny Feilhaber (72nd)	0: 1 Andrés Guardado (44.)
	Carlos Bocanegra (9th), Pablo Mastroeni (33rd), Brian Ching (75th), DaMarcus Beasley (85th), Frank Simek (86th)	Alberto Medina (17th), Jonny Magallón (60th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Carlos Pavón	5
2	Landon Donovan	4th
3	Dwayne De Rosario	3
	Ali Gerba	3
	Carlos Costly	3
	Blow Pérez	3
	Walter Centeno	3

Awards

Top scorer	Most Valuable Player	Best goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
Carlos Pavón	Julian de Guzman	Franck Grandel	Honduras

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Franck Grandel	Felipe Baloy Richard Hastings Frankie Hejduk Carlos Salcido	Walter Centeno Julian de Guzmán Pablo Mastroeni Pável Pardo	Carlos Pavón Blas Pérez

Substitute player

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
José Francisco Porras	Samuel Caballero Paul Stalteri	DaMarcus Beasley Andrés Guardado	Jocelyn Angloma Landon Donovan

Web links

• Tournament details on rsssf.com