2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Under-20 national football tournament
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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.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Cities | Bacolet and Macoya |
| Dates | 6–15 March |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 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 played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas (3 goals) |
← 2007 2011 →
All statistics correct as of 12 March 2009. | |
Qualifying
| Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Venues
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| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Honduras | 2–2 | El Salvador |
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Rojas  65'Valladares 82' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Blanco 77' Flores 90' |
| Jamaica | 0–3 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report[permanent dead link] | Marošević 8' Duka 78'Schuler 83' |
| El Salvador | 1–2 | Jamaica |
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| Sosa 11' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Campbell 8' Adlam 56' |
| United States | 2–0 | El Salvador |
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| Shea 30' Taylor 41' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
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 Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Report | Martínez 39' |
| Canada | 2–0 | Mexico |
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| Edwini-Bonsu 75', 82' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
| Costa Rica | 2–1 | Canada |
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| Castro 25' Ureña 72' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Edwini-Bonsu 12' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Clarence 52' Bentick 60' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Velasquez 8' Salazar 45' |
Championship round
All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Semifinals
| United States | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Report[permanent dead link] | ||
| Penalties | ||
Jeffrey  Duka Marošević  Davies Wallace |
4–3 | Rochford Joseph Bentick Bateau Paul |
Third place
| Honduras | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Rojas 47' Mayorquín 89' |
Report | Grosvenor 58' |
Final
| Costa Rica | 3–0 | United States |
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| Estrada 40' Martínez 68', 80' |
Report |
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
Jorge Castro- Diego Estrada
- Marco Ureña
Léster Blanco- Andrés Flores
- Herbert Sosa
Cristhian Altimirano- Johnny Leverón
- Mario Martínez
- José Valladares
- Reinieri Mayorquín
Alonso Adlam- Romario Campbell
Antonio Salazar- Axel Velasquez
Juma Clarence- Sean De Silva
- Qian Grosvenor
- Uriah Bentick
Dilly Duka- Perica Marošević
- Billy Schuler
- Brek Shea
- Tony Taylor
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 |
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.