2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match played on 27 February 2000 at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada beat Colombia 2–0. This was Canada's first Gold Cup title and its second major title, the first since the 1985 CONCACAF Championship. As the Gold Cup champions, Canada represented CONCACAF at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan.[1]

2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
The Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the final.
Event2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada Colombia
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Date27 February 2000
VenueMemorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
RefereePeter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Attendance7,000

Background

As the lowest-ranked member of the North American Football Union, Canada didn't enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup automatically and had to play the qualification, held in 1999 in the United States. The Canadians qualified by leading the group ahead of Haiti, the other qualified nation, Cuba and El Salvador, both failed to qualify.

Colombia, a member of CONMEBOL was invited to the tournament by CONCACAF. Peru was also invited to the 2000 edition, making them the second South American countries to play the Gold Cup after Brazil, which participated in 1996 and in 1998. By reaching the final match, Colombia repeated the same record as Brazil in 1998.

Both, Colombia and Canada had been runner-ups in their groups during the first round, respectively Groups A and D. However, Canada and South Korea, another invited participant, tied in every criteria in Group D and the qualification had to be decided in the coin toss, favoring Canada.[2]

By the time of the competition, Canada hadn't win a major title since 1985 while Colombia was yet to win a big honor in its history.

Route to the final
Further information: 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada Round Colombia
Opponents Result First round Opponents Result
 Costa Rica 2–2 Match 1  Jamaica 1–0
 South Korea 0–0 Match 2  Honduras 0–2
Group D runners-up[lower-alpha 1]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 20204402
 Canada 20202202
 South Korea 20202202
 Final standings Group A runners-up
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 220040+46
 Colombia 210112–13
 Jamaica 200203–30
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 Mexico 2–1 (a.e.t.) Quarter-finals  United States 2–2 (2–1 pen.)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Semi-finals  Peru 2–1

Match details
Canada 2–0 Colombia
De Vos  45'
Corazzin  68' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Canada
Colombia
GK1Craig Forrest
RB2Paul Fenwick 28'
CB4Tony Menezes 80'
CB5Jason de Vos (c) 76'
LB13Mark Watson
RM21Martin Nash 89'
CM11Jim Brennan
CM12Jeff Clarke
LM7Paul Stalteri 78'
CF15Richard Hastings
CF9Carlo Corazzin
Substitutions:
FW16Garret Kusch 89'
Manager:
Holger Osieck
GK22Diego Gómez
RB2Andrés Mosquera 88'
CB3Roberto Carlos Cortés
CB5Gonzalo Martínez
LB19Arley Dinas
RM16Bonner Mosquera 46'
CM14John Wilmar Pérez
CM17Mayer Candelo
LM10Faustino Asprilla (c) 19'
CF20Victor Bonilla 57'
CF11Martín Zapata
Substitutions:
MF7Héctor Hurtado 46'
FW9Edwin Congo 57'
Manager:
Luis Augusto García

Notes
  1. In Group D, Canada and South Korea required a coin toss as a final tiebreaker.

See also

References
  1. "Korea/Japan 2001 - Teams (Canada)". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2001.
  2. "When Canada Won The Gold Cup By Winning A Coin Toss And Upsetting Mexico". the18. 30 June 2017.
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