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 country Mexico
City Tijuana, Baja California
Dates April 21–26
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance 81,999 (6,833 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Jack McInerney (5)

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

Teams

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

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

TeamGPWDLGFGA+/−Pts
United States United States3300122+109
 Honduras311174+34
 Cuba3102212−103
Canada Canada301247−31
Honduras  1 – 1 Canada Canada
Lozano  60' Report Teibert  40' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Cuba  0 – 5 United States United States
Report Jerome  29'
McInerney  33'  47'
Lletget  37'
Gil  61'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Honduras  6 – 0  Cuba
Rivera  18'
Tobías  30'
Lozano  43' (pen.)  73'  83'
Martínez  67'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
United States United States 4 – 2 Canada Canada
McInerney  4' (pen.)  31'
Lletget  40'
Gyau 85'		 Report Hoilett  70'
Jackson  86'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)
Canada Canada 1 – 2  Cuba
Maheu  81' Report Lahera  87' (pen.)  90+2'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: David España (Guatemala)
United States United States 3 – 0  Honduras
Palodichuk  28'  45'
McInerney  36'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

Group B

TeamGPWDLGFGA+/−Pts
 Mexico3300110+119
 Costa Rica311142+24
 Guatemala31114404
 Trinidad and Tobago3003013−130
Guatemala  1 – 1  Costa Rica
Ceballos  75' Report Campbell  38'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Mexico  7 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Campos  5'
Galván  24' (pen.)  48'  64'
Mañon  29'
Télles  52' (pen.)
Jasso  83'		 Report
Attendance: 13,333
Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)
Costa Rica  3 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Campbell  14'
Bustos 18'
Mayorga 37'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)
Mexico  3 – 0  Guatemala
K. Álvarez  41'  70'
Campos  86' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 13,333
Referee: Marlón Mejía (México)
Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 3  Guatemala
Report Navas  37'
Herrate  38'
Lima  69'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)
Mexico  1 – 0  Costa Rica
Mora  61' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 13,333
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Mexico to host CONCACAF U-17 Championship, drawn with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-01-15, retrieved 2009-01-20
  4. 1 2 Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago progress to 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, CONCACAF, 2008-08-10, retrieved 2008-11-12
  5. ↑ Central American U17 qualifying set for November in El Salvador, Panama, New York City: CONCACAF, 2008-10-15, retrieved 2008-11-12
  6. ↑ Honduras-Canada, Cuba-USA to open CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-01-29, retrieved 2009-01-30
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