2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

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]

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
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) Jack McInerney (5)

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
 Mexico
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source:
Honduras 1 – 1 Canada
Lozano  60' Report Teibert  40' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
Cuba 0 – 5 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 4 – 2 Canada
McInerney  4' (pen.)  31'
Lletget  40'
Gyau 85'		 Report Hoilett  70'
Jackson  86'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)
Canada 1 – 2 Cuba
Maheu  81' Report Lahera  87' (pen.)  90+2'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: David España (Guatemala)
United States 3 – 0 Honduras
Palodichuk  28'  45'
McInerney  36'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

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:
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. 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. 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. 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. 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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