2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.

2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
CityBacolet and Macoya
Dates6–15 March 2009
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Randy Edwini-Bonsu
Josué Martínez
Roger Rojas (3 goals)

Qualifying
Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying
RegionQualification TournamentQualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament Jamaica
 Trinidad and Tobago†
Central America (UNCAF)Central American U-20 qualifying tournament Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Honduras‡
North America (NAFU)Automatically qualified Canada
 Mexico
United States
Notes
  • † Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified and did not participate in the qualification tournament due to their status as tournament hosts.
  • ‡ The runner up from the Caribbean region, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, played a playoff to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.[1][2] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March, four days prior to the opening of the tournament, in Macoya.[3] Honduras won the match 3–1.[4]

Squads
Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

Venues
Dwight Yorke Stadium
Location:Bacolet, Tobago
Capacity:7,500
Home club: Tobago United		 Marvin Lee Stadium
Location:Macoya, Trinidad
Capacity:6,000
Home club: Joe Public F.C.

Group stage

The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group 1

All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States321050+57
 Honduras312062+45
 Jamaica310228−63
 El Salvador301236−31
Honduras 2 – 2 El Salvador
Rojas  65'
Valladares  82'		 Report Blanco  77'
Flores  90'
Attendance: 556
Jamaica 0 – 3 United States
Report Marošević  8'
Duka  78'
Schuler  83'
Attendance: 556
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1 – 2 Jamaica
Sosa  11' Report Campbell  8'
Adlam  56'
Attendance: 524
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
United States 0 – 0 Honduras
Report
Attendance: 524
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Jamaica 0 – 4 Honduras
Report Leveron  44'
Martínez  47'
Rojas  62'
Altimirano  72'
Attendance: 467
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 2 – 0 El Salvador
Shea  30'
Taylor  41'		 Report
Attendance: 467
Referee: Rene Guerrero (Nicaragua)

Group 2

All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica321031+27
 Trinidad and Tobago312032+15
 Canada31023303
 Mexico301225−31
Mexico 0 – 1 Costa Rica
Report Martínez  39'
Attendance: 4,000
Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 0 Canada
De Silva  82' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)
Canada 2 – 0 Mexico
Edwini-Bonsu  75', 82' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 0 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Costa Rica 2 – 1 Canada
Castro  25'
Ureña  72'		 Report Edwini-Bonsu  12'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 2 Mexico
Clarence  52'
Bentick  60'		 Report Velasquez  8'
Salazar  45'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Championship round

All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]

Semifinals
Costa Rica 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Honduras
Report
Penalties
Estrada
Guzmán
Gamboa
Castro 		4 – 2 Leverón
Mejía
Mayorquín
Fonseca
Attendance: 4,500


United States 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Penalties
Jeffrey
Duka
Marošević
Davies
Wallace 		4 – 3 Rochford
Joseph
Bentick
Bateau
Paul
Attendance: 4,500

Third place
Honduras 2 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Rojas  47'
Mayorquín 89'		 Report Grosvenor  58'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Final
Costa Rica 3 – 0 United States
Estrada  40'
Martínez  68', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Goalscorers
3 goals
1 goal

Final Ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Costa Rica 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 11 Champions
2  United States 5 2 2 1 5 3 +2 8 Runners-up
3  Honduras 5 2 3 0 8 3 +5 9 Third place
4  Trinidad and Tobago (H) 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6 Fourth Place
5  Canada 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
7  El Salvador 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
8  Mexico 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host.

Note: 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.

See also

References
  1. Trinidad & Tobago to stage CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March, New York City: CONCACAF, 11 November 2008, archived from the original on 1 January 2009, retrieved 17 November 2008
  2. Mexico, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Canada grouped for first round of CONCACAF U-20 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 15 January 2009, archived from the original on 31 January 2009, retrieved 21 January 2009.
  3. Under-20 playoff between Honduras and St. Vincent set for 2 March in Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 10 February 2009, archived from the original on 16 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
  4. Honduras claims last place in CONCACAF U-20 Championship, beats St. Vincent 3-1, Macoya, Trinidad: CONCACAF, 2 March 2009, archived from the original on 16 March 2009, retrieved 3 March 2009

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