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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)
Runners-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
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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 3 July to 26 July 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. It was the second consecutive Gold Cup final and fourth overall to feature Mexico and the United States and the third won by Mexico.

Participating nations

Map of participating nations

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

Notes:

^ 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]

Squads

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Match officials

Paul Ward
Wálter Quesada
Joel Aguilar
Walter López
José Pineda

Courtney Campbell
Benito Archundia
Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Roberto García
Roberto Moreno

Enrico Wijngaarde
Geoffrey Hospedales
Neal Brizan
Jair Marrufo
Terry Vaughn

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/Los Angeles	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

First round

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 on 2 April 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.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

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

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

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

Ranking of third-placed 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

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

Quarter-finals

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' Herron 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

Semi-finals

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

Final

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup 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' Castro 79' Franco 90'

Awards

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions
Mexico Fifth title

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

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 Stéphane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden	Alvaro Saborio Walter Martinez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper

Goalscorers

4 goals

Miguel Sabah

3 goals

Blas Pérez

2 goals

1 goal

Team statistics

Team		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
F	Mexico	6	4	2	0	15	2	+13
F	United States	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4
S	Honduras	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2
S	Costa Rica	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4
Q	Canada	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
Q	Guadeloupe	4	2	0	2	5	8	-3
Q	Panama	4	1	1	2	7	5	+2
Q	Haiti	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3
1	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
1	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1
1	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
1	Grenada	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10

Media coverage

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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 México

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, 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.

References

^ "International Match Calendar 2008–2014" (PDF) (Press release). FIFA. 24 September 2008. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/worldfootball/calendar&live/51/52/61/internationalmc-fifa-dates-2008-2014-updateoctober2008-e.pdf. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
^ ^a ^b "CONCACAF expands Gold Cup host cities, Canada plans modest tournament prep". Google News. CP. 10 March 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gM8DtxaDesDDNRJQ15xJVm2cFC3g. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
^ "Cubans withdraw from CONCACAF Gold Cup". Trinidad and Tobago Express. 18 March 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_sports?id=161453263. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
^ "Haiti team profile" (Press release). CONCACAF. 2009. http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/goldcup/2009/teamDetail.aspx?id=42. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
^ "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 U.S. cities". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Sports Network (New York City, New York). 9 March 2009. http://www.seattlepi.com/scorecard/othernews.asp?articleID=255540. Retrieved 13 March 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "CONCACAF Gold Cup to be played at 13 sites is US". International Herald Tribune. AP (New York City). 9 March 2009. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/09/sports/SOC-CONCACAF-Gold-Cup.php. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
^ "Gold Cup to be played in record 13 different U.S. cities July 3–26" (Press release). New York City: CONCACAF. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4657. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
^ Costa Rica to face El Salvador on opening night of Gold Cup. New York City: CONCACAF. 2 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4693. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
^ "Golden Boot Award" (Press release). CONCACAF. 26 July 2009. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678601,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ "Most Valuable Player Award" (Press release). CONCACAF. 26 July 2009. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678600,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ "Best Goalkeeper" (Press release). CONCACAF. 26 July 2009. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678602,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ "Fair Play Award" (Press release). CONCACAF. 26 July 2009. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678603,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
^ "2009 All-Tournament Team" (Press release). CONCACAF. 26 July 2009. http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/AwardsDetail/0,,12802~1678604,00.html. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

External links

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

v t e 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Stages	Group stage Knockout stage Final

General information	Qualification Caribbean Central America Squads

v t e 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup finalists

Champions	Mexico

Runner-up	United States

Eliminated in semifinals	Costa Rica Honduras

Eliminated in quarterfinals	Canada Guadeloupe Haiti Panama

Eliminated in group stage	El Salvador Grenada Jamaica Nicaragua

v t e CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup

Championship	El Salvador 1963 Guatemala 1965 Honduras 1967 Costa Rica 1969 Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Haiti 1973 Mexico 1977 Honduras 1981 1985 (No fixed venue) 1989 (No fixed venue)

Gold Cup	United States 1991 United States/Mexico 1993 United States 1996 United States 1998 United States 2000 United States 2002 United States/Mexico 2003 United States 2005 United States 2007 United States 2009 United States 2011 United States 2013

Squads	1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

Gold Cup Finals	1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

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Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup

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