CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009
Football Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of nations	12  (of 40 applicants)
winner	Mexico (8th title)
venue	United States
Opening game	July 3, 2009
Endgame	July 26, 2009
Games	25th
Gates	66  (⌀: 2.64 per game)
spectator	779,064  (⌀: 31,163 per game)
Top scorer	Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
Best player	Giovani dos Santos
Best goalkeeper	Keylor Navas
yellow cards	93  (⌀: 3.72 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.12 per game)
Red cards	8  (⌀: 0.32 per game)

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 was the 20th game of the continental soccer championship for North Central America and the Caribbean and 10th under the name "Gold Cup" and took place from July 3rd to 26th in the USA .

The twelve participating national teams first competed in group games and then in the knockout system . The defending champions were hosts USA , who beat Mexico 2-1 in the final of the previous tournament . In the quarter-finals on July 19, when Guadeloupe played against Costa Rica and the next game between Mexico and Haiti, a record number of spectators was set. According to official sources, 82,252 people attended the two games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington , Texas . The two encounters are the most attended in the history of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was won by the Mexican national soccer team after a 5-0 win over the US national team.

qualification

The qualification was organized by the three regional associations of CONCACAF :

North America (NAFU Zone)

All three NAFU associations ( Canada , USA , Mexico ) were set for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and did not have to play any qualifying matches.

Central America ( UNCAF zone)

All seven UNCAF associations took part in the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup , which took place in Panama from January 22nd to February 1st . The first five teams were qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Caribbean ( CFU zone)

Eight of the 30 associations of the CFU took part in the 2008 Caribbean Football Championship , which took place in Jamaica from December 1 to 17, 2008 . As of August 2008, 28 associations have contested a qualification (Jamaica was the host and Haiti was the defending champion). The first four teams of the Caribbean Cup were qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Attendees

•  United States (set as hosts and defending champions)
•  Canada (set)
•  Mexico (set)
•  Panama (1st UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
•  Costa Rica (2nd UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
•  Honduras (3rd UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
•  El Salvador (4th UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
•  Nicaragua (5th UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
•  Jamaica (1st CFU Caribbean Cup 2008)
•  Grenada (2nd CFU Caribbean Cup 2008)
•  Guadeloupe (3rd CFU Caribbean Cup 2008)
•  Haiti (5th CFU Caribbean Cup 2008) ¹

¹ The fourth of the CFU Caribbean Cup, Cuba, withdrew from participation. Thereupon the CFU drew the Gold Cup participant between the two fifth placed, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago.

Venues

Seattle Arlington Carson Oakland Miami Columbus Chicago Foxborough East Rutherford Washington, DC Houston Philadelphia Glendale

2009 venues in the USA

place	Stadion	capacity	Games
Carson	Home Depot Center	27,000	2 group games each
Columbus	Columbus Crew Stadium	20,100
Miami	FIU stadium	45,000
Seattle	Qwest Field	67,000
Washington, DC	RFK Memorial Stadium	56,700
Foxborough	Gillette Stadium	68,800
Oakland	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47,400
Houston	Reliant Stadium	71,500
Glendale	University of Phoenix Stadium	63,400+
Arlington	Cowboys Stadium	80,000+	2 quarter-finals
Philadelphia	Lincoln Financial Field	68,500	2 quarter-finals
Chicago	Soldier Field	61,500	both semi-finals
East Rutherford	Giants Stadium	80,000	final

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

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	001: 200	−1	03
4th	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03

July 3, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in Carson
Canada	-	Jamaica	1: 0 (0: 0)
Costa Rica	-	El Salvador	1: 2 (0: 1)
July 7, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Columbus
Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	0: 1 (0: 0)
El Salvador	-	Canada	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 10, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Miami
Costa Rica	-	Canada	2: 2 (2: 2)
El Salvador	-	Jamaica	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	07th
2.	Honduras	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
3.	Haiti	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
4th	Grenada	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00

July 4, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in Seattle
Honduras	-	Haiti	1: 0 (0: 0)
Grenada	-	United States	0: 4 (0: 2)
July 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Washington
Haiti	-	Grenada	2: 0 (1: 0)
United States	-	Honduras	2: 0 (0: 0)
11 July 2009 at 7:00 pm in Foxborough
United States	-	Haiti	2: 2 (1: 0)
Honduras	-	Grenada	4: 0 (4: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Panama	3	1	1	1	006: 300	+3	04th
4th	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	000: 800	−8	00

July 5, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Oakland
Panama	-	Guadeloupe	1: 2 (0: 2)
July 5, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in Oakland
Nicaragua	-	Mexico	0: 2 (0: 1)
July 9, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Houston
Guadeloupe	-	Nicaragua	2: 0 (0: 0)
July 9, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. in Houston
Mexico	-	Panama	1: 1 (1: 1)
July 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Glendale
Panama	-	Nicaragua	4: 0 (1: 0)
July 12, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in Glendale
Mexico	-	Guadeloupe	2: 0 (1: 0)

Third place

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Panama	3	1	1	1	006: 300	+3	04th
2.	Haiti	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	001: 200	−1	03

Final round

Quarterfinals Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and Arlington , Texas

Semifinals Chicago , Illinois

Finals East Rutherford , New Jersey

A1

Canada

0

B2

Honduras

1

Honduras

0

United States

2

B1

United States

2 2

C3

Panama

12

United States

0

Mexico

5

C2

Guadeloupe

1

A2

Costa Rica

5

Costa Rica

1 (3)1

Mexico

1 (5) 1

C1

Mexico

4th

B3

Haiti

0

¹ win on penalties

² win after extra time

Quarter finals

July 18, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in Philadelphia
Canada	-	Honduras	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 18, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. in Philadelphia
United States	-	Panama	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)
July 19, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in Arlington
Guadeloupe	-	Costa Rica	1: 5 (0: 2)
July 19, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in Arlington
Mexico	-	Haiti	4: 0 (2: 0)

Semifinals

July 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Chicago
Honduras	-	United States	0: 2 (0: 1)
July 23, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. in Chicago
Costa Rica	-	Mexico	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 3: 5 i. E.

final

United States		Mexico
	July 26, 2009 at Giants Stadium ( East Rutherford ) Result: 0: 5 (0: 0) Spectators: 79,156 Referee: Courtney Campbell ( Jamaica )
	Troy Perkins - Chad Marshall , Clarence Goodson , Jay Heaps , Heath Pearce , Logan Pause (63rd Santino Quaranta ), Kyle Beckerman (80th Sam Cronin ), Robbie Rogers , Stuart Holden , Davy Arnaud (63rd Kenny Cooper ), Brian Ching Trainer: Bob Bradley	Guillermo Ochoa - José Antonio Castro González (89th Carlos Esquivel ), Jonny Magallón , Fausto Pinto , Juan Carlos Valenzuela , Efraín Juárez , Gerardo Torrado , Israel Castro , Alberto Medina (46th Carlos Vela ), Miguel Sabah (70th Guillermo Franco ) , Giovani dos Santos Coach: Javier Aguirre
		0-1 Gerardo Torrado (56th, penalty) 0-2 Giovani dos Santos (62nd) 0-3 Carlos Vela (67th) 0-4 José Antonio Castro González (79th) 0-5 Guillermo Franco (90th)
	Jay Heaps (24th), Logan Pause (26th), Kenny Cooper (90th)	Alberto Medina (45.), Guillermo Franco (72.)
	Jay Heaps (88th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Miguel Sabah	4th
2	Blow Pérez	3

There are also 14 players with two goals each and 31 players with one goal each.

Awards

Top scorer	Most Valuable Player	Best goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
Miguel Sabah	Giovani dos Santos	Keylor Navas	United States

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa	Michael Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall	Julian de Guzmán Celso Borges Stephane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden	Álvaro Saborío Walter Julián Martínez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report on the audience record on kicker.de , accessed on July 23, 2009

Web links

• Tournament details on rsssf.com