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2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2009 (Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	3 July – 26 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (8th title)
Runner-up	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	66 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	860,046 (34,402 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
Best player	Giovani Dos Santos
	← 2007 2011 →

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested from July 3 to July 26, 2009 in the United States.^[1] This competition was the fourth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the United States 5–0 in the final.

[edit] Participating nations

Map of participating nations

Team	Qualification	Appearance in Gold Cup
North American zone
United States	Host	10^th
Mexico	Automatic	10^th
Canada	Automatic	9^th
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean Championship 2008
Jamaica	Winners	7^th
Grenada	Runners-up	1^st
Guadeloupe	3^rd place	2^nd
Haiti	5^th place¹	4^th
Central American zone qualified through the UNCAF Nations Cup 2009
Panama	Winners	4^th
Costa Rica	Runners-up	9^th
Honduras	3^rd place	9^th
El Salvador	4^th place	6^th
Nicaragua	5^th place	1^st

Notes:

Note 1: Cuba finished fourth at the Caribbean Championship, but withdrew from the Gold Cup due to issues related to player development and the ability to field a competitive team.^[2]^[3] Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, 3rd place in Group I and Group J, respectively, as the two highest finishing teams in the Caribbean Championship not already qualified for the Gold Cup, were placed in a draw by the CFU to determine who would replace Cuba, and Haiti won the draw.^[4]

[edit] Squads

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

[edit] Match officials

Canada

Paul Ward

Costa Rica

Walter Quesada

El Salvador

Joel Aguilar

Guatemala

Walter López

Honduras

José Pineda

Jamaica

Courtney Campbell

Mexico

Panama

Roberto Moreno

Surinam

Enrico Wijngaarde

Trinidad & Tobago

United States of America

[edit] Venues

The set of thirteen venues–the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup–was announced on March 9.^[2]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Carson	Seattle	Columbus	Oakland	Washington
The Home Depot Center	Qwest Field	Columbus Crew Stadium	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 22,555	Capacity: 47,416	Capacity: 56,692

Houston	Miami	Foxborough	Glendale
Reliant Stadium	FIU Stadium	Gillette Stadium	University of Phoenix Stadium
Capacity: 71,500	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 68,756	Capacity: 63,400

Philadelphia	Arlington	Chicago	East Rutherford
Lincoln Financial Field	Cowboys Stadium	Soldier Field	Giants Stadium
Capacity: 68,532	Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 61,500	Capacity: 80,242

[edit] Group Stage

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage

The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The draw for the Group Stage was announced April 2, 2009.^[8] The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3


3 July 2009
Canada	1 – 0	Jamaica
Costa Rica	1 – 2	El Salvador
7 July 2009
Jamaica	0 – 1	Costa Rica
El Salvador	0 – 1	Canada
10 July 2009
Costa Rica	2 – 2	Canada
El Salvador	0 – 1	Jamaica

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Grenada	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0


4 July 2009
Honduras	1 – 0	Haiti
Grenada	0 – 4	United States
8 July 2009
Haiti	2 – 0	Grenada
United States	2 – 0	Honduras
11 July 2009
United States	2 – 2	Haiti
Honduras	4 – 0	Grenada

[edit] Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0


5 July 2009
Panama	1 – 2	Guadeloupe
Nicaragua	0 – 2	Mexico
9 July 2009
Guadeloupe	2 – 0	Nicaragua
Mexico	1 – 1	Panama
12 July 2009
Panama	4 – 0	Nicaragua
Mexico	2 – 0	Guadeloupe

[edit] Ranking of third-place teams

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
B	Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
A	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3

Among the three teams who finished in third place in their respective groups, Panama and Haiti had accumulated the best results and advanced to the knockout stage.

[edit] Knockout Round

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

18 July – Philadelphia

Canada	0
		23 July – Chicago
Honduras	1
		Honduras	0
18 July – Philadelphia
		United States	2
United States (a.e.t.)	2
				26 July – East Rutherford, New Jersey
Panama	1
				United States	0
19 July – Arlington
				Mexico	5
Guadeloupe	1
		23 July – Chicago
Costa Rica	5
		Costa Rica	1 (3)
19 July – Arlington
		Mexico (a.e.t. p.s.o.)	1 (5)
Mexico	4

Haiti	0

[edit] Quarterfinals

18 July 2009 17:00 UTC-4	Canada	0 – 1	Honduras	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
		Report	Martínez 36' (pen.)

18 July 2009 20:00 UTC-4	United States	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Panama	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Beckerman 49' Cooper 106' (pen.)	Report	Pérez 45'

19 July 2009 15:00 UTC-5	Guadeloupe	1 – 5	Costa Rica	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
	Alphonse 64'	Report	Borges 3' Saborío 16', 71' Herrón 47' Herrera 89'

19 July 2009 18:00 UTC-5	Mexico	4 – 0	Haiti	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Sabah 23', 63' dos Santos 42' Barrera 83'	Report

[edit] Semifinals

23 July 2009 18:00 UTC-5	Honduras	0 – 2	United States	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 55,173 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
		Report	Goodson 45' Cooper 90'

23 July 2009 21:00 UTC-5	Costa Rica	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 55,173 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Ledezma 90+3'	Report	Franco 88'

		Penalties
	Saborío Borges Ledezma Oviedo	3 – 5	Franco dos Santos Torrado Juárez Vela

[edit] Final

26 July 2009 15:00 UTC-4	United States	0 – 5	Mexico	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 79,156 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
		Report	Torrado 56' (pen.) dos Santos 62' Vela 67' J.A. Castro 79' Franco 90'

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions
Mexico 8th title

[edit] Awards

Golden Boot Award^[9]	Most Valuable Player Award^[10]	Best Goalkeeper Award^[11]	Fair Play Award^[12]
Miguel Sabah	Giovani dos Santos	Keylor Navas	United States

[edit] 2009 All-Tournament Team

The All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[13]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa	Mike Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall	Julián de Guzmán Celso Borges Stephane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden	Alvaro Saborio Walter Martinez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper

[edit] Goal Scorers

4 goals

Miguel Sabah

3 goals

Blas Pérez

2 goals

2 goals (cont.)

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

[edit] Team Statistics

Team		Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Perc
F	Mexico	14	6	4	2	0	15	2	+13	83.3%
F	United States	13	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	75.0%
S	Honduras	9	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	60.0%
S	Costa Rica	8	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4	60.0%
Q	Canada	7	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	62.5%
Q	Guadeloupe	6	4	2	0	2	5	8	-3	50.0%
Q	Panama	4	4	1	1	2	7	5	+2	37.5%
Q	Haiti	4	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	37.5%
1	El Salvador	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	33.3%
1	Jamaica	3	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	33.3%
1	Nicaragua	0	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	00.0%
1	Grenada	0	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	00.0%

[edit] Media Coverage

In Australia, the tournament was broadcast by Setanta Sports

In Brazil, the tournament was broadcast by Multisports

In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by Rogers Sportsnet and GolTV Canada

In Costa Rica, the tournament was broadcast by Teletica Canal 7, XPERTV 33 and Repretel

In Mexico and Central America, the tournament was broadcast by Televisa and TV Azteca (Mexico and United States Matches) and SKY Latin America

In Honduras, Televicentro was broadcasting in three of their channels, MegaTV, Tele Sistema, Canal 7y4.

In Panama, the tournament was broadcast by RPC TV Canal 4 and TV Max.

In Malaysia, the tournament was broadcast by Astro Supersports.

In the United States, English language coverage of games involving the USA, as well as one game from each round of the knockout stages even if the USA was not involved, was on Fox Soccer Channel. All tournament games received Spanish language coverage split between Galavision, TeleFutura, and Univision.

Worldwide, except in the Americas, the tournament was streamed by Omnisport.TV the legal online rights holder working in partnership with CONCACAF, with English commentary and in HDTV quality.

[edit] References

^ FIFA (2008-09-24). "International Match Calendar 2008-2014" (PDF). Press release. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/worldfootball/calendar&live/51/52/61/internationalmc-fifa-dates-2008-2014-updateoctober2008-e.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
^ ^a ^b "CONCACAF expands Gold Cup host cities, Canada plans modest tournament prep". Google News. CP. 2009-03-10. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gM8DtxaDesDDNRJQ15xJVm2cFC3g. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ "Cubans withdraw from CONCACAF Gold Cup". Trinidad and Tobago Express. 2009-03-18. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/5hgI4Q9KN. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
^ CONCACAF (2009). "Haiti team profile". Press release. http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/goldcup/2009/teamDetail.aspx?id=42. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 U.S. cities". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Sports Network (New York City, New York). 2009-03-09. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/othernews.asp?articleID=255540. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ "CONCACAF Gold Cup to be played at 13 sites is US". International Herald Tribune. AP (New York City). 2009-03-09. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/09/sports/SOC-CONCACAF-Gold-Cup.php. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ CONCACAF (2009-03-09). "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3-26". Press release. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/5hgGBCEq5. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ Costa Rica to face El Salvador on opening night of Gold Cup. New York City: CONCACAF. 2009-04-02. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4693. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
^ CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Golden Boot Award". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678601,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Most Valuable Player Award". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678600,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Best Goalkeeper". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678602,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Fair Play Award". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678603,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "2009 All-Tournament Team". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678604,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

[edit] External links

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 – Official Website for CONCACAF
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 – Official Website for Gold Cup

[0] FIFA (2008-09-24). "International Match Calendar 2008-2014" (PDF). Press release. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/worldfootball/calendar&live/51/52/61/internationalmc-fifa-dates-2008-2014-updateoctober2008-e.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-23.

[cp-cuba-withdrawal-1] "CONCACAF expands Gold Cup host cities, Canada plans modest tournament prep". Google News. CP. 2009-03-10. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gM8DtxaDesDDNRJQ15xJVm2cFC3g. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[2] "Cubans withdraw from CONCACAF Gold Cup". Trinidad and Tobago Express. 2009-03-18. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/5hgI4Q9KN. Retrieved 2009-03-18.

[3] CONCACAF (2009). "Haiti team profile". Press release. http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/goldcup/2009/teamDetail.aspx?id=42. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[4] "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 U.S. cities". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Sports Network (New York City, New York). 2009-03-09. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/othernews.asp?articleID=255540. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[5] "CONCACAF Gold Cup to be played at 13 sites is US". International Herald Tribune. AP (New York City). 2009-03-09. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/09/sports/SOC-CONCACAF-Gold-Cup.php. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[6] CONCACAF (2009-03-09). "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3-26". Press release. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/5hgGBCEq5. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[7] Costa Rica to face El Salvador on opening night of Gold Cup. New York City: CONCACAF. 2009-04-02. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4693. Retrieved 2009-04-02.

[8] CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Golden Boot Award". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678601,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

[9] CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Most Valuable Player Award". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678600,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

[10] CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Best Goalkeeper". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678602,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

[11] CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "Fair Play Award". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678603,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

[12] CONCACAF (26 July 2009). "2009 All-Tournament Team". Press release. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678604,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

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