2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United States.[1] This competition was the fourth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the United States 5–0 in the final. It was the second consecutive Gold Cup final and fourth overall to feature Mexico and the United States and the third won by Mexico.

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2009 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJuly 3–26
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (5th title)
Runners-up United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored66 (2.64 per match)
Attendance860,046 (34,402 per match)
Top scorer(s) Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
Best player(s) Giovani dos Santos
Best goalkeeper Keylor Navas
Fair play award United States

Qualified teams

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.

Team Qualification Appearances Previous best performance
North American zone
 United States (TH) Automatic 10th Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007)
 Mexico Automatic 10th Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)
 Canada Automatic 9th Champions (2000)
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2008 Caribbean Cup
 Jamaica Winners 7th Third Place (1993)
 Grenada Runners-up 1st Debut
 Guadeloupe Third Place 2nd Semifinals (2007)
 Haiti Fifth Place[pn 1] 4th Quarterfinals (2002)
Central American zone qualified through the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
 Panama Winners 4th Runners-up (2005)
 Costa Rica Runners-up 9th Runners-up (2002)
 Honduras Third Place 9th Runners-up (2005)
 El Salvador Fourth Place 6th Quarterfinals (2002, 2003)
 Nicaragua Fifth Place 1st Debut

Notes:

  1. Cuba finished fourth at the Caribbean Championship, but withdrew from the Gold Cup due to issues related to player development and the ability to field a competitive team.[2][3] Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, 3rd place in Group I and Group J, respectively, as the two highest finishing teams in the Caribbean Championship not already qualified for the Gold Cup, were placed in a draw by the CFU to determine who would replace Cuba, and Haiti won the draw.[4]

Venues

The set of thirteen venues–the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup–was announced on March 9.[2][5][6][7]

Carson Seattle Columbus Oakland Washington
The Home Depot Center Qwest Field Columbus Crew Stadium Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 22,555 Capacity: 63,026 Capacity: 56,692
Houston Miami Foxborough Glendale
Reliant Stadium FIU Stadium Gillette Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium
Capacity: 71,500 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 68,756 Capacity: 63,400
Philadelphia Arlington Chicago East Rutherford
Lincoln Financial Field Cowboys Stadium Soldier Field Giants Stadium
Capacity: 68,532 Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 61,500 Capacity: 80,242

Squads
Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Participating teams selected a squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), except the United States, who were given an expanded 30-player roster due to their participation in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[8]

Match officials

Group stage
Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage

The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The draw for the Group Stage was announced on 2 April 2009.[9] The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
4  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source:
Canada 1–0 Jamaica
Gerba  75' Report
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Costa Rica 1–2 El Salvador
Granados  64' Report Romero  19', 87'
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Jamaica 0–1 Costa Rica
Report Borges  64'
Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Attendance: 7,059
El Salvador 0–1 Canada
Report Gerba  32'
Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Attendance: 7,059
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
Costa Rica 2–2 Canada
Herrón  23'
Centeno  35'		 Report Bernier  25'
De Jong  28'
FIU Stadium, Miami
Attendance: 17,269
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
El Salvador 0–1 Jamaica
Report Cummings  70'
FIU Stadium, Miami
Attendance: 17,269
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Haiti 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Grenada 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source:
Honduras 1–0 Haiti
Costly  76' Report
Qwest Field, Seattle
Attendance: 15,387
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Grenada 0–4 United States
Report Adu  7'
Holden  31'
Rogers  60'
Davies  69'
Qwest Field, Seattle
Attendance: 15,387
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Haiti 2–0 Grenada
Noël  14'
Marcelin  79'		 Report
Attendance: 26,079
United States 2–0 Honduras
Quaranta  74'
Ching  79'		 Report
Attendance: 26,079
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
United States 2–2 Haiti
Arnaud  6'
Holden  90+2'		 Report Sirin  46'
Chéry  49'
Attendance: 24,137
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Honduras 4–0 Grenada
Martínez  2'
Espinoza  25'
Valladares  56'
Costly  67'		 Report
Attendance: 24,137
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Guadeloupe 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Panama 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source:
Panama 1–2 Guadeloupe
Barahona  68' Report Loval  33'
Fleurival  43'
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Nicaragua 0–2 Mexico
Report Noriega  45' (pen.)
Barrera  86'
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Guadeloupe 2–0 Nicaragua
Auvray  57'
Gotin  59'		 Report
Reliant Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 47,713
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
Mexico 1–1 Panama
Sabah  10' Report Pérez  29'
Reliant Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 47,713
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Panama 4–0 Nicaragua
Pérez  35'
Gómez  56'
Tejada  76', 88'		 Report
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale
Attendance: 23,876
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
Mexico 2–0 Guadeloupe
Torrado  42'
Sabah  85'		 Report
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale
Attendance: 23,876
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Panama 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Advanced to knockout stage
2 B  Haiti 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3 A  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 July – Philadelphia
 
 
 Canada0
 
23 July – Chicago
 
 Honduras1
 
 Honduras0
 
18 July – Philadelphia
 
 United States2
 
 United States (a.e.t.)2
 
26 July – East Rutherford, New Jersey
 
 Panama1
 
 United States0
 
19 July – Arlington
 
 Mexico5
 
 Guadeloupe1
 
23 July – Chicago
 
 Costa Rica5
 
 Costa Rica1 (3)
 
19 July – Arlington
 
 Mexico (a.e.t. p.s.o.)1 (5)
 
 Mexico4
 
 
 Haiti0
 

Quarter-finals
Canada 0–1 Honduras
Report Martínez  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
United States 2–1 (a.e.t.) Panama
Beckerman  49'
Cooper  106' (pen.)		 Report Pérez  45'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Guadeloupe 1–5 Costa Rica
Alphonse  64' Report Borges  3'
Saborío  16', 71'
Herron  47'
Herrera  89'
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
Mexico 4–0 Haiti
Sabah  23', 63'
Dos Santos  42'
Barrera  83'		 Report
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Semi-finals
Honduras 0–2 United States
Report Goodson  45'
Cooper  90'
Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 55,173
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 1–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Ledezma  90+3' Report Franco  88'
Penalties
Saborío
Borges
Ledezma
Oviedo 		3–5 Franco
Dos Santos
Torrado
Juárez
Vela
Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 55,173

Final
Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
United States 0–5 Mexico
Report Torrado  56' (pen.)
Dos Santos  62'
Vela  67'
Castro  79'
Franco  90'
Attendance: 79,156
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Statistics

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

Winners
 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners 

Mexico
Fifth title

Individual awards
Golden Boot Award[10] Most Valuable Player Award[11] Best Goalkeeper Award[12] Fair Play Award[13]
Miguel Sabah Giovani dos Santos Keylor Navas United States

All-Tournament Team

The All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[14]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Keylor Navas
Guillermo Ochoa

Mike Klukowski
Freddy Fernández
Fausto Pinto
Luis Moreno
Clarence Goodson
Chad Marshall

Julián de Guzmán
Celso Borges
Stéphane Auvray
Gerardo Torrado
Giovani dos Santos
Stuart Holden

Álvaro Saborío
Walter Martínez
Miguel Sabah
Kenny Cooper

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Mexico 6 4 2 0 15 2 +13 14 Champions
2  United States (H) 6 4 1 1 12 8 +4 13 Runners-up
3  Honduras 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 9 Eliminated in
Semi-finals
4  Costa Rica 5 2 2 1 10 6 +4 8
5  Canada 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Guadeloupe 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6
7  Panama 4 1 1 2 7 5 +2 4
8  Haiti 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
9  El Salvador 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
11  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
12  Grenada 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2009. Source:
(H) Host.

Media coverage

In Australia, the tournament was broadcast by Setanta Sports

In Brazil, the tournament was broadcast by Multisports

In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by Rogers Sportsnet and GolTV Canada

In Costa Rica, the tournament was broadcast by Teletica Canal 7, XPERTV 33 and Repretel

In Mexico and Central America, the tournament was broadcast by Televisa and TV Azteca (Mexico and United States Matches) and SKY México

In Honduras, Televicentro was broadcasting in three of their channels, MegaTV, Tele Sistema, Canal 7y4.

In Panama, the tournament was broadcast by RPC TV Canal 4 and TV Max.

In Malaysia, the tournament was broadcast by Astro Supersports.

In the United States, English language coverage of games involving the USA, as well as one game from each round of the knockout stages even if the USA was not involved, was on Fox Soccer Channel. All tournament games received Spanish language coverage split between Galavision, TeleFutura, Univision.

Worldwide, except in the Americas, the tournament was streamed by Omnisport.TV the legal online rights holder working in partnership with CONCACAF, with English commentary and in HDTV quality.

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