CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018
Number of nations	8  (of 31 applicants)
winner	USA (8th title)
venue	United States
Opening game	4th October 2018
Endgame	17th October 2018
Games	16
Gates	83  (⌀: 5.19 per game)
Top scorer	Alex Morgan (7 goals)
Best player	Julie Ertz
Best goalkeeper	Yenith Bailey

The tenth CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup , the North American championship in women's football , was held in the USA from October 4 to 17, 2018 . The defending champions were the USA , which were automatically qualified alongside Canada and Mexico . Two out of four Central American applicants were able to qualify in a tournament that took place in Nicaragua in June 2018 , and three out of 22 Caribbean applicants were able to qualify over two rounds that were held in May and July 2018.

The tournament also served as qualification for the 2019 World Cup in France . In addition to the tournament winner, the runner-up and the third placed qualified directly for the world championship. The fourth has to play against the third placed team of the CONMEBOL qualification (Argentina) for another place in the World Cup.

The winners for the eighth time were the USA, who did not concede a goal in the tournament and won the final against Canada 2-0. In the game for third place, Jamaica beat Panama on penalties and qualified for a World Cup final for the first time.

Attendees

qualification

→ see main article : CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 / qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

3 seeded teams	Canada	Mexico	USA (TV)
2 teams from Central America	Costa Rica	Panama
3 teams from the Caribbean	Jamaica	Cuba *	Trinidad and Tobago

* = First participation

mode

In the final round, the eight participants formed two preliminary round groups with four teams each, of which the first two qualified for the semi-finals. In the group stage, each team played against every other team in their group according to the championship mode . If two or more teams had tied, the following criteria would have decided:

1. higher number of points from matches between teams with the same points;
2. better goal difference from these games;
3. higher number of goals scored from these games;
4. better goal difference in all games;
5. higher number of goals scored in all games;
6. Drawing of lots.

From the semi-finals, the tournament continued in the knockout system , with the winner of a game qualifying for the final. If a game ended in a draw after the end of normal playing time, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice. If no decision was made after extra time, the winner was determined on penalties , which only happened in the game for third place.

The two finalists and the winner of the game for third place qualified directly for the World Cup, while the loser of the game for third place still has to play playoffs against the third of the 2018 South American Championship .

Venues

Three venues were named by the US association:

• WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary
• HEB Park in Edinburgh
• Toyota Stadium in Frisco

game schedule

The draw took place on September 4, 2018. The USA and Canada were previously set as the group heads of the two groups.

Preliminary round

Group A

All games at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	018: 000	+18	09
2.	Panama	3	2	0	1	005: 500	± 0	06th
3.	Mexico	3	1	0	2	004: 900	−5	03
4th	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	001:140	−13	00

4th October 2018
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Panama	0: 3 (0: 1)
United States	-	Mexico	6: 0 (1: 0)
October 7, 2018
Panama	-	United States	0: 5 (0: 4)
Mexico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	4: 1 (1: 0)
October 10, 2018
Panama	-	Mexico	2: 0 (0: 0)
Trinidad and Tobago	-	United States	0: 7 (0: 4)

Group B

All games at HEB Park in Edinburgh .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	017: 100	+16	09
2.	Jamaica	3	2	0	1	010: 200	+8	06th
3.	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	009: 400	+5	03
4th	Cuba	3	0	0	3	000:290	−29	00

5th October 2018
Costa Rica	-	Cuba	8: 0 (6: 0)
Canada	-	Jamaica	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 8, 2018
Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	1: 0 (1: 0)
Cuba	-	Canada	0:12 (0: 5)
October 11, 2018
Cuba	-	Jamaica	0: 9 (0: 4)
Costa Rica	-	Canada	1: 3 (0: 2)

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	October 14, 2018
	United States	6th
	Jamaica	0
					17th October 2018
					United States	2
					Canada	0
					3rd place
	October 14, 2018				17th October 2018
	Canada	7th			Jamaica	2 (4)
	Panama	0			Panama	2 (2)

Semifinals

October 14, 2018 in Frisco , Toyota Stadium
United States	-	Jamaica	6: 0 (5: 0)
Canada	-	Panama	7: 0 (1: 0)

3rd place match

October 17, 2018 in Frisco , Toyota Stadium
Jamaica	-	Panama	2: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

final

Canada		United States
	October 17, 2018 in Frisco ( Toyota Stadium ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 6,986 Referee: Lucila Venegas ( Mexico )   Match report
	Stephanie Labbé - Allysha Chapman (76th Diana Matheson ), Shelina Zadorsky , Kadeisha Buchanan , Ashley Lawrence - Rebecca Quinn , Jessie Fleming , Nichelle Prince (46th Adriana Leon ) - Janine Beckie (88th Jordyn Huitema ), Christine Sinclair , Sophie Schmidt Trainer: Kenneth Heiner-Møller	Alyssa Naeher - Crystal Dunn (90th + 3 ' Casey Short ), Becky Sauerbrunn , Abby Dahlkemper , Kelley O'Hara - Lindsey Horan , Julie Ertz , Rose Lavelle (88th Carli Lloyd ) - Megan Rapinoe , Alex Morgan , Tobin Heath ( 90 + 2 ' Mallory Pugh ) Trainer: Jill Ellis
		0-1 Rose Lavelle (2nd) 0-2 Alex Morgan (89th)
	Rebecca Quinn, Allysha Chapman, Kadeisha Buchanan, Jessie Fleming	Tobin Heath

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Alex Morgan	7th
2	Adriana Leon	6th
3	Jody Brown	4th
	Jordyn Huitema	4th
	Christine Sinclair	4th
	Tobin Heath	4th
7th	Khadija Shaw	3
	Nichelle Prince	3
	Rose Lavelle	3
	Carli Lloyd	3
	Megan Rapinoe	3

There are also nine players with two goals each and 21 players with one goal each.

Web links

• Full results on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ concacaf.com: "United States Set to Host 2018 Concacaf Women's Championship in October"
2. ↑ fifa.com: USA get CONCACAF crown - Jamaica surprised
3. ↑ concacaf.com: Regulations ( Memento of October 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 281 kB) Article XVIII, A.7.
4. ↑ 2018 ussoccer.com: Concacaf Women's Championship to be Held in Cary, NC, Edinburg, Texas & Frisco, Texas
5. ↑ concacaf.com: Draw Reveals Groups for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship