2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
The logo of the tournament displays the name of the tournament with a ball soaring through the center of an artfully decorated ring similar to that used to play an ancient Mesoamerican ballgame.
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
CityTijuana, Baja California
DatesApril 21–26
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance81,999 (6,833 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Jack McInerney (5)
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The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and was formatted to determine the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The 8-team tournament was originally scheduled to be played from April 21 to May 2 and hosted by Mexico at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana. However, the tournament was cancelled on April 27 due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.[1] At the time that the tournament was cancelled the group stage had already been played, and the four teams who could qualify to the U-17 World Cup[2][3] – Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States – had already done so.[1]

Squads

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship squads

Teams

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification
Region Qualification Tournament Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) 2008 CFU Youth Cup[4]  Cuba
 Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) 2009 Central American U-17 qualifying tournament[5]  Costa Rica
 Guatemala
 Honduras
North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified[4] Canada Canada
 Mexico
United States United States

Venues

Tijuana
Estadio Caliente
Capacity: 27,333


Group stage

The groups were drawn at the CONCACAF headquarters on January 15, 2009.[3] The match schedule for the groups and final rounds were announced two weeks later.[6] The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.[2]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
 Honduras 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
 Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3
Canada Canada 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Honduras 1 – 1Canada Canada
Lozano 60' Report[permanent dead link‍] Teibert 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Cuba 0 – 5United States United States
Report[permanent dead link‍] Jerome 29'
McInerney 33' 47'
Lletget 37'
Gil 61'
Attendance: 4,000
Honduras 6 – 0 Cuba
Rivera 18'
Tobías 30'
Lozano 43' (pen.) 73' 83'
Martínez 67'		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 4,000
United States United States4 – 2Canada Canada
McInerney 4' (pen.) 31'
Lletget 40'
Gyau 85'		 Report[permanent dead link‍] Hoilett 70'
Jackson 86'
Attendance: 4,000
Canada Canada1 – 2 Cuba
Maheu 81' Report[permanent dead link‍] Lahera 87' (pen.) 90+2'
Attendance: 5,000
United States United States3 – 0 Honduras
Palodichuk 28' 45'
McInerney 36'		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 5,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9
 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
 Guatemala 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala 1 – 1 Costa Rica
Ceballos 75' Report[permanent dead link‍] Campbell 38'
Attendance: 4,000
Mexico 7 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Campos 5'
Galván 24' (pen.) 48' 64'
Mañon 29'
Télles 52' (pen.)
Jasso 83'		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 13,333
Costa Rica 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Campbell 14'
Bustos 18'
Mayorga 37'		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 4,000
Mexico 3 – 0 Guatemala
K. Álvarez 41' 70'
Campos 86' (pen.)		 Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 13,333
Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 3 Guatemala
Report[permanent dead link‍] Navas 37'
Herrate 38'
Lima 69'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)
Mexico 1 – 0 Costa Rica
Mora 61' (o.g.) Report[permanent dead link‍]
Attendance: 13,333

Championship round

The four teams to qualify for the semifinals were automatically qualified to the World Cup.[2] The championship round, however, was not played because it was cancelled due to a swine flu outbreak.[1] The four qualifiers are:

Goal scorers

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Remainder of U-17s canceled, Champions League decider postponed due to swine flu concern, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-04-27, archived from the original on 2009-04-30, retrieved 2009-04-27
  2. ^ a b c Venues announced for 2009 CONCACAF Under-20, U-17 Championships, CONCACAF, 2008-04-28, archived from the original on 2009-05-08, retrieved 2008-11-12
  3. ^ a b Mexico to host CONCACAF U-17 Championship, drawn with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-01-15, archived from the original on 2009-01-19, retrieved 2009-01-20
  4. ^ a b Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago progress to 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, CONCACAF, 2008-08-10, archived from the original on 2009-02-05, retrieved 2008-11-12
  5. ^ Central American U17 qualifying set for November in El Salvador, Panama, New York City: CONCACAF, 2008-10-15, archived from the original on 2009-02-05, retrieved 2008-11-12
  6. ^ Honduras-Canada, Cuba-USA to open CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-01-29, archived from the original on 2009-02-05, retrieved 2009-01-30