2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and was formatted to determine the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The 8-team tournament was originally scheduled to be played from April 21 to May 2 and hosted by Mexico at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana. However, the tournament was cancelled on April 27 due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.[1] At the time that the tournament was cancelled the group stage had already been played, and the four teams who could qualify to the U-17 World Cup[2][3] – Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States – had already done so.[1]

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
The logo of the tournament displays the name of the tournament with a ball soaring through the center of an artfully decorated ring similar to that used to play an ancient Mesoamerican ballgame.
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
CityTijuana, Baja California
DatesApril 21–26
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance81,999 (6,833 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Jack McInerney (5)
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2011

Squads

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Teams

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Region Qualification Tournament Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) 2008 CFU Youth Cup[4]   Cuba
  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) 2009 Central American U-17 qualifying tournament[5]   Costa Rica
  Guatemala
  Honduras
North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified[4]   Canada
  Mexico
  United States

Venues

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Tijuana
Estadio Caliente
Capacity: 27,333
 


Group stage

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The groups were drawn at the CONCACAF headquarters on January 15, 2009.[3] The match schedule for the groups and final rounds were announced two weeks later.[6] The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.[2]

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
  Honduras 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
  Cuba 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3
  Canada 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Honduras  1 – 1  Canada
Lozano   60' Report[permanent dead link] Teibert   40' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Cuba  0 – 5  United States
Report[permanent dead link] Jerome   29'
McInerney   33'   47'
Lletget   37'
Gil   61'
Attendance: 4,000

Honduras  6 – 0  Cuba
Rivera   18'
Tobías   30'
Lozano   43' (pen.)   73'   83'
Martínez   67'
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 4,000
United States  4 – 2  Canada
McInerney   4' (pen.)   31'
Lletget   40'
Gyau  85'
Report[permanent dead link] Hoilett   70'
Jackson   86'
Attendance: 4,000

Canada  1 – 2  Cuba
Maheu   81' Report[permanent dead link] Lahera   87' (pen.)   90+2'
Attendance: 5,000
United States  3 – 0  Honduras
Palodichuk   28'   45'
McInerney   36'
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 5,000

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9
  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
  Guatemala 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala  1 – 1  Costa Rica
Ceballos   75' Report[permanent dead link] Campbell   38'
Attendance: 4,000
Mexico  7 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Campos   5'
Galván   24' (pen.)   48'   64'
Mañon   29'
Télles   52' (pen.)
Jasso   83'
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 13,333

Costa Rica  3 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Campbell   14'
Bustos  18'
Mayorga  37'
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 4,000
Mexico  3 – 0  Guatemala
K. Álvarez   41'   70'
Campos   86' (pen.)
Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 13,333

Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 3  Guatemala
Report[permanent dead link] Navas   37'
Herrate   38'
Lima   69'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)
Mexico  1 – 0  Costa Rica
Mora   61' (o.g.) Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 13,333

Championship round

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The four teams to qualify for the semifinals were automatically qualified to the World Cup.[2] The championship round, however, was not played because it was cancelled due to a swine flu outbreak.[1] The four qualifiers are:

Goal scorers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Remainder of U-17s canceled, Champions League decider postponed due to swine flu concern, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-04-27, archived from the original on 2009-04-30, retrieved 2009-04-27
  2. ^ a b c Venues announced for 2009 CONCACAF Under-20, U-17 Championships, CONCACAF, 2008-04-28, archived from the original on 2009-05-08, retrieved 2008-11-12
  3. ^ a b Mexico to host CONCACAF U-17 Championship, drawn with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-01-15, archived from the original on 2009-01-19, retrieved 2009-01-20
  4. ^ a b Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago progress to 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, CONCACAF, 2008-08-10, archived from the original on 2009-02-05, retrieved 2008-11-12
  5. ^ Central American U17 qualifying set for November in El Salvador, Panama, New York City: CONCACAF, 2008-10-15, archived from the original on 2009-02-05, retrieved 2008-11-12
  6. ^ Honduras-Canada, Cuba-USA to open CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-01-29, archived from the original on 2009-02-05, retrieved 2009-01-30
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