2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the third edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament finals took place in the United States of America between 19 November and 27 November 2006.[2] The USA and Canada received byes into the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.

2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates19–27 November 2006
Teams34 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Maribel Domínguez
Mónica Ocampo
Christine Sinclair
Abby Wambach
(2 goals)
Best player(s) Kristine Lilly
Best goalkeeper Erin McLeod[1]

The United States won the competition with Canada the runner-up. Both squads automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a playoff for a spot.

Teams

Pre-qualified

North and Central America Qualifying

Caribbean Qualifying

Qualification

UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Mexico22001706
 Nicaragua21012103
 El Salvador20021100
 Belize0000000
Mexico 9–0 Nicaragua
Nicaragua 2–1 El Salvador
Mexico 8–0 El Salvador

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Panama2200506
 Guatemala2101243
 Costa Rica2002140
 Honduras0000000
Guatemala 2–1 Costa Rica
Panama 2–0 Costa Rica
Panama 3–0 Guatemala
Machado  10'
De Mera  24'
Aguilar  76'		 Report

CFU Qualifying

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup,[3] there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barbados 0–1 Antigua and Barbuda 0–1 0–0
Cayman Islands 1–3 Netherlands Antilles 1–2 1–0
British Virgin Islands 1–8 U.S. Virgin Islands 1–3 0–5
Turks and Caicos Islands w.o.[1] Bahamas
Grenada w.o.[1] Guyana
Saint Kitts and Nevis w.o.[1] Montserrat
  • ^^^ Bahamas, Guyana and Montserrat withdrew.
Barbados 0–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda 0–0 Barbados

Antigua and Barbuda won 1–0 on aggregate.

Cayman Islands 1–2 Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles 1–0 Cayman Islands

Netherlands Antilles won 3–1 on aggregate.

British Virgin Islands 1–3 U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands 5–0 British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands

US Virgin Islands won 8–1 on aggregate.

First round

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.

Group A[3][4]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Dominican Republic93300112+11
 Bermuda6320194+5
 U.S. Virgin Islands3310247−3
 Turks and Caicos Islands03003011−11
Group B[5]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Haiti were denied entry, but were allowed play-off with group winners  Suriname
 Suriname62200101+9
Netherlands Antilles3210138−5
 Aruba0200215−4
Group C[3][6]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jamaica93300270+27
 Saint Lucia6320158−3
 Saint Kitts and Nevis33102516−11
 Antigua and Barbuda03003316−13
Group D[7]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Trinidad and Tobago93300201+19
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6320184+4
 Dominica13012210−8
 Grenada13012217−15

Group A

Dominican Republic 3–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
Bermuda 4–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Bermuda 4–1 U.S. Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic 5–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands 2–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Dominican Republic 3–1 Bermuda

Group B

Suriname 7–1 Netherlands Antilles
Aruba 1–2 Netherlands Antilles
Aruba 0–3 Suriname

Playoff

Suriname 0–3 Haiti

Group C

Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–2 Antigua and Barbuda
Jamaica 5–0 Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia 3–2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Jamaica 10–0 Antigua and Barbuda
  • Mitchell  1', 21', 38'
  • V. Reid  5', 82', 90'
  • Parker  26'
  • Davis  60'
  • Duncan  71', 90+1'
Antigua and Barbuda 1–2 Saint Lucia
Jamaica 11–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • N. Reid  5', 26', 32'
  • Parker  9'
  • Davis  21'
  • V. Reid  38', 69'
  • Bell  42'
  • Jackson  45' (pen.)
  • Duncan  55', 89'

Group D

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–0 Dominica
Report
Trinidad and Tobago 10–0 Grenada
St. Louis  20' (pen.), 23', 41', 57'
Mollon  37', 54', 59', 63'
Cooper  68'
Cordner  73'		 Report
Dominica 2–2 Grenada
Report
Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Douglas  67'
Cordner  69'
Burgin  87'
St. Louis  90'		 Report Robinson  89'
Grenada 0–5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
Trinidad and Tobago 6–0 Dominica
St. Louis  10'
?  47' (o.g.)
Douglas  48', 54'
Burgin  75'
Mollon  89'		 Report

Final round

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between 6 September and 10 September.[5] The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Trinidad and Tobago 62200121+11
 Dominican Republic 3210127−5
 Suriname 0200217−6
Trinidad and Tobago 5–1 Suriname
James  13'
Russell  36'
St. Louis  62', 77'
Douglas  66'		 (Report) Rigters  7'
Suriname 0–2 Dominican Republic
(Report) Jiménez  76'
Valerio  90'
Dominican Republic 0–7 Trinidad and Tobago
(Report) St. Louis  10', 53' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
James  13'
Mascall  45'
Russell  68'
Cordner  71'
Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jamaica 62200100+10
 Haiti 3210153+2
 Bermuda 02002012−12
Jamaica 7–0 Bermuda
Davis  19', 76'
Reid  33', 61', 83', 88'
Duncan  89'		 (Report)
Bermuda 0–5 Haiti
(Report) Joseph  16', 74'
Libertin  42', 65'
Dolce  76'
Haiti 0–3 Jamaica
(Report) Mitchell  38'
Reid  48'
Duncan  89'

Final tournament

First round
Jamaica 2–0 Panama
Sullivan  4'
Reid  59'		 (Report)
Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, Florida
Attendance: 800
Mexico 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago
P. Pérez  20'
González  45'
Domínguez  67'		 (Report)
Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, Florida
Attendance: 3,135

Semifinals
Canada 4–0 Jamaica
Sinclair  40', 71'
Wilkinson  51'
Booth  88'		 (Report)
The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 6,128
United States 2–0 Mexico
Wambach  10', 64' (Report)
The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 6,128

Third place play-off
Jamaica 0–3 Mexico
(Report) Ocampo  19' (pen.), 37'
Domínguez  22'
The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 6,749

Final
Canada 1–2 (aet) United States
Hermuss  44' (Report) Osborne  6'
Lilly  120' (pen.)
The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 6,749

Awards
 2006 Women's Gold Cup Winners 

United States
Sixth title

References
  1. "CONCACAF Women's Championship award". canadasoccer.com.
  2. Women's Gold Cup, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  3. Women's Caribbean Cup 2006 Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  4. Bermuda girls go down in extra time, by Colin Thompson, published by The Royal Gazette on 8 May 2006. The final match of the group, between Bermuda and Dominican Republic, went to extra time after the score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. The table includes the extra time score.
  5. 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / Copa Oro Femenina – Caribbean Qualification Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, from CONCACAF, retrieved 29 May 2006.
  6. Girlz rout St Kitts & Nevis 11–0 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, from Jamaica Observer, retrieved 29 May 2006
  7. Soca Princesses slam Dominica 6–0 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, from Trinidad Guardian, retrieved 29 May 2006
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