CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 | |
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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
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:
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:
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:
Venues
2007 venues in the USA |
place | Stadion | capacity | Games |
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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 |
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1. | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5: 3 | +2 | 6th |
2. | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: 3 | ± 0 | 4th |
3. | Guadeloupe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: 3 | ± 0 | 4th |
4th | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: 4 | −2 | 2 |
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 |
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1. | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7-0 | +7 | 9 |
2. | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2: 2 | ± 0 | 4th |
3. | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 6 | −4 | 3 |
4th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2: 5 | −3 | 1 |
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 |
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1. | Honduras | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9: 4 | +5 | 6th |
2. | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4: 3 | +1 | 6th |
3. | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5: 5 | ± 0 | 4th |
4th | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3: 9 | −6 | 1 |
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 |
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1. | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5: 5 | ± 0 | 4th |
2. | Guadeloupe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: 3 | ± 0 | 4th |
3. | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 6 | −4 | 3 |
Final round
Quarter finals | Semifinals Chicago , Illinois |
Final Chicago , Illinois |
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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 | 0 |
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 | ||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carlos Pavón | Julian de Guzman | Franck Grandel | Honduras |
Team of the tournament
goalkeeper | Defense | midfield | striker |
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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 |
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José Francisco Porras |
Samuel Caballero Paul Stalteri |
DaMarcus Beasley Andrés Guardado |
Jocelyn Angloma Landon Donovan |