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

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.

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 qualifiedCanada Canada
 Mexico
United States 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

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 States 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 0–3United States 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 United States0–0 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 United States2–0 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


United States United States0–0 (a.e.t.) Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Penalties
Jeffrey soccer ball with check mark
Duka soccer ball with check mark
Marošević soccer ball with red X
Davies soccer ball with check mark
Wallace soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Rochford
soccer ball with check mark Joseph
soccer ball with check mark Bentick
soccer ball with red X Bateau
soccer ball with red X 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 3–0United States 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) Hosts

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. 1 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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