2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
International football competition
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The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012.[1] All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating Panama in the third place match, 5–0.
| Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2012 (in Spanish) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Panama |
| City | Panama City |
| Dates | March 1–11 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Canada |
| Third place |  Mexico |
| Fourth place |  Panama |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 72 (4.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 10,382 (649 per match) |
| Top scorer | Natalia Gómez-Junco (6 goals) |
← 2010 2014 → | |
Qualification
| Team | Qualification | Appearances | Previous best performances |
|---|---|---|---|
| North American zone | |||
| Canada |
Automatic | 6th | Champion (2004, 2008) |
| Mexico |
Automatic | 6th | Runner-up (2010) |
| United States (TH) |
Automatic | 6th | Champion (2006, 2010) |
| Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying | |||
 Guatemala |
Group 1 Winner | 2nd | First round (2010) |
| Panama |
Group 2 Winner | 4th | First round (2002, 2004, 2006) |
| Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying | |||
 Haiti |
Group E Winner | 2nd | First round (2002) |
 Cuba |
Group F Winner | 3rd | First round (2008, 2010) |
 Jamaica |
Best Group Runner-up | 6th | Fourth place (2006) |
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.
Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.[2]
Venue
| Panama City | |
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| Estadio Rommel Fernández | |
| Capacity: 32,000 | |
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Match officials
The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.[3]
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Squads
Group stage
The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida.[4] The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012.[5]
All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST (UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT (UTC−04:00).
| Key to colors in group tables |
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| Advanced to Semi-finals |
Group A
| Mexico | 3–1 | Jamaica |
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Samarzich  6'Gómez Junco 39'C. Martinez 44' |
Report | Spence 15' |
| Mexico | 10–0 | Haiti |
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| Samarzich 19' A. Martínez 29', 48'Jiménez 32'Gómez Junco 59', 60', 77'Franco 64'Solís 76', 77' |
Report |
| Canada | 1–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Legault-Cordisco 25' |
Report |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 |
| Panama |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| Guatemala |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 |
| Cuba |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
| Cuba | 0–6 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Stengel 4', 37' Hayes 25', 29'DiBernardo 53'Ubogagu 84' |
| Panama | 3–1 | Guatemala |
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| Mills 39' Zorrilla 48'Jordan 82' |
Report | Monterroso 40' |
| Panama | 0–6 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Capelle 29' DiBernardo 44' Johnston 53' Hayes 59', 78' Mewis 69' |
Knockout rounds
The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| March 9 – Panama City | ||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||
| March 11 – Panama City | ||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| March 9 – Panama City | ||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
| Canada | 6 | |||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| March 11 – Panama City | ||||||
| Mexico | 5 | |||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
| United States | 2–1 | Canada |
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| Hayes 79' Ubogagu 88' |
Report | Richardson 5' |
Awards
| 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship winners |
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 United States Third title |
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Jenna Richardson
Lindsey Horan
- 3 goals
- Catherine Charron-Delage
- Nkemjika Ezurike
Yamile Franco- Tanya Samarzich
- Julie Johnston
- Katie Stengel
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Vanessa Legault-Cordisco
- Amélia Pietrangelo
- Jaclyn Sawicki
María Pérez
Maria Argueta- Cinthya López
- Idania Pérez
Kimberly Spence- Olivia Jiménez
- Chrystal Martínez
Marta Cox- Ángela Evans
- Maira Jordan
- Natalia Mills
- Yessenia Zorrilla
- Morgan Brian
- Micaela Capelle
- Samantha Mewis
- Kealia Ohai
- Cari Roccaro
- 1 own goal
- Odette Bayeux (playing against Guatemala)