2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by Nicaragua, and was planned to take place between 19–29 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017.[1] A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesNicaragua
United States
CityManagua
Bradenton, Florida
Dates19–21 April, 6–12 June
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Canada
Fourth place Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored69 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Melchie Dumonay
Sunshine Fontes
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Melchie Dumonay
Best goalkeeper Angelina Anderson
Fair play award United States

On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.[2][3] On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match.[4]

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CONCACAF representatives.[5]

Defending champions United States defeated Mexico in the final to win their fourth title.

Qualification
Further information: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
 Canada Automatic 6th Champions (2010) 5
 Mexico Automatic 6th Champions (2013) 4
 United States Automatic 6th Champions (2008, 2012, 2016) 3
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[6]
 Nicaragua Hosts 1st Debut 0
 Costa Rica Group stage winners 4th Runners-up (2008) 2
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[7]
 Haiti Final round winners 4th Fourth place (2016) 0
 Bermuda Final round runners-up 1st Debut 0
 Puerto Rico Final round third place 2nd Group stage (2008) 0

Venues

All matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua. All matches of the rescheduled tournament were played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[8][9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2–3, and drawn to the remaining six positions.[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Squads
Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).[11]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5):[11]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6) for Nicaragua and EDT (UTC−4) for the United States.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 16 1 +15 7 Knockout stage
2  Haiti 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3  Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
4  Nicaragua (H) 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Puerto Rico 1–4 Haiti
  • Cacho  69'
 Report
  • Surpris  25', 57', 81'
  • Dumonay  42'
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Nicaragua 0–8 Mexico
Report
  • Pérez  10'
  • Díaz  16', 45+1'
  • Mauleón  34', 43'
  • Avilez  61'
  • Reyes  66'
  • González  73'
Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)
Mexico 7–0 Puerto Rico
 Report
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Nicaragua 0–2 Haiti
Report
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
Mexico 1–1 Haiti
 Report
  • Pierre  19'
Nicaragua Cancelled Puerto Rico
Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
4  Bermuda 3 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Canada 3–0 Bermuda
 Report
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
United States 4–0 Costa Rica
  • Umaña  4' (o.g.)
  • Linnehan  15'
  • Wesley  60'
  • Jones  79'
 Report
Attendance: 160
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 1–2 Canada
 Report
  • Williams  18', 51'
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
United States 10–1 Bermuda
  • Fishel  6'
  • Ordoñez  25'
  • Doms  32', 48'
  • Turner  41'
  • Kroeger  44'
  • Morris  47'
  • Wheeler  85'
  • Fontes  86', 90'
 Report
  • Nesbeth  17'
Attendance: 480
Referee: Ronide Henrius (Haiti)
Costa Rica 6–1 Bermuda
 Report
  • Hill  90+5'
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
United States 1–0 Canada
  • Turner  65'
 Report
Attendance: 380
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).[11]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 June – Bradenton
 
 
 Mexico2
 
12 June – Bradenton
 
 Canada1
 
 Mexico2
 
10 June – Bradenton
 
 United States3
 
 Haiti2
 
 
 United States3
 
Third place
 
 
12 June – Bradenton
 
 
 Canada2
 
 
 Haiti1

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Mexico 2–1 Canada
 Report
  • Akindoju  37'
Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)
Haiti 2–3 United States
 Report
  • Fontes  32', 50'
  • Fishel  50'
Attendance: 377
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Canada 2–1 Haiti
 Report
Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

Final
Mexico 2–3 United States
  • Pérez  32' (pen.)
  • Díaz  45'
 Report
  • Bebar  35'
  • Fontes  46'
  • Doms  76'

Winners
 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 

United States
Fourth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[12][13]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 United States10 June 20183 (2008, 2012, 2016)
 Mexico10 June 20184 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Canada12 June 20185 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Jadae Steede Hill
  • Leilanni Nesbeth
  • Teni Akindoju
  • Jordyn Huitema
  • Jayde Riviere
  • Daniela Contreras
  • Carmen Marín
  • Milan Pierre
  • Vanessa Buso
  • Reyna Reyes
  • Anette Vázquez
  • Isabel Cacho
  • Hannah Bebar
  • Sophia Jones
  • Samantha Kroeger
  • Payton Linnehan
  • Makenna Morris
  • Diana Ordoñez
  • Kennedy Wesley
  • Astrid Wheeler
1 own goal
  • Jeimy Umaña (playing against the United States)
  • Valeria Roblero (playing against Haiti)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[14]

Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove
  • Angelina Anderson
Fair Play Award
Best XI[15]
  • Goalkeeper: Angelina Anderson
  • Right Back: Reyna Reyes
  • Center Back: Kennedy Wesley
  • Center Back: Tanna Sánchez
  • Left Back: Kate Wiesner
  • Center Midfielder: Sophia Jones
  • Center Midfielder: Melchie Dumonay
  • Center Midfielder: Nicole Pérez
  • Winger/Right Midfielder: Samantha Meza
  • Winger/Left Midfielder: Natalia Mauleón
  • Forward: Sunshine Fontes

Notes
  1. The final was delayed from 16:30 to 18:00 due to inclement weather.

References
  1. "Nicaragua Named Host for 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship". CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "Concacaf Cancels Remainder of Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship 2018 for Security Concerns". CONCACAF.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. "Tournament Suspended, Bermuda Team Safe". bernews.com. Bernews. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. "2018 Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship to Resume Play in June". concacaf.com.
  5. "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  6. "Calendario para la Eliminatoria Centroamericana Sub-17 Femenina de CONCACAF que se jugará en Chitré, Panamá del 24 al 28 de octubre 2017". UNCAF (in Spanish). Twitter. 27 September 2017.
  7. "Official Draw: CONCACAF Caribbean Women's Under-17 Qualifier 2017". CONCACAF.com. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  8. "Field Set and Official Draw Confirmed for 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Nicaragua". CONCACAF.com. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  9. "CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship draw held in Miami". CONCACAF.com. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  10. "Official Draw: CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship 2018". CONCACAF.com. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  11. "Regulations: Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship Nicaragua 2018 (English Edition)" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  12. "Mexico, USA qualify for Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 10 June 2018.
  13. "Canada pull off late heroics to qualify for Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 12 June 2018.
  14. "TSG reveals CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Awards". CONCACAF. 12 June 2018.
  15. "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI". CONCACAF.com. 14 June 2018.
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