2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). This was the last Gold Cup to be played in an even-numbered year and in the first two months of a calendar year; since 2003 the tournament has been played every odd-numbered year's June and/or July.

2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 18 – February 2
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	39 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brian McBride (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Brian McBride
Best goalkeeper	Lars Hirschfeld
Fair play award	Costa Rica
← 2000 2003 →

The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.

Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2–0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0–0. The United States then met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2–0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.

During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Ángel Martínez defected from Cuba to the United States.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking[1]
North American zone
Mexico	Automatic	6th	2000	Champions (1993,1996, 1998)	9
United States	Automatic	6th	2000	Champions (1991)	24
Canada (TH)	Automatic	5th	2000	Champions (2000)	93
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2001 Caribbean Cup
Trinidad and Tobago	Winners	5th	2000	Third place (1993)	34
Haiti	Runners-up	2nd	2000	Group Stage (2000)	82
Martinique	Third Place	2nd	1993	Group Stage (1993)	N/A
Cuba	Playoff	2nd	1998	Group Stage (1998)	75
Central American zone qualified through the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
Guatemala	Winners	5th	2000	Fourth Place (1996)	59
Costa Rica	Runners-up	5th	2000	Third place (1993)	30
El Salvador	Third Place	3rd	1998	Group stage (1996, 1998)	86
Other
Ecuador	Invitation	1st	None	Debut	38
South Korea	Invitation	2nd	2000	Group stage (2000)	42

Qualification play-off

A qualification playoff to determine the final Gold Cup entrant was held in July and August 2001.

Panama	0–0	Cuba

July 29, 2001

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

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Cuba	1–0	Panama
Prado 79'

August 5, 2001

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Attendance: 6,000

Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Venues

Pasadena	Miami
Rose Bowl	Orange Bowl
Capacity: 93,000	Capacity: 74,000
Pasadena Miami Location of the host cities of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Squads

Main article: 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

El Salvador	0–1	Mexico
	Report	García 31'

January 19, 2002

13:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 42,117

Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Mexico	3–1	Guatemala
Bautista 28' Garcés 38' Ochoa 90'	Report	Plata 36'

January 21, 2002

17:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 31,244

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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Guatemala	0–1	El Salvador
	Report	Cabrera 58'

January 23, 2002

19:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 12,906

Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	South Korea	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Cuba	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

United States	2–1	South Korea
Donovan 35' Beasley 90+3'	Report	Song Chong-gug 38'

January 19, 2002

15:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 42,117

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

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Cuba	0–1	United States
	Report	McBride 22' (pen.)

January 21, 2002

15:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 31,244

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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South Korea	0–0	Cuba
	Report

January 23, 2002

21:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 12,906

Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Martinique	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Martinique	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report	Medford 38' Fonseca 55'

January 18, 2002

19:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 14,508

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

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Costa Rica	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Fonseca 56'	Report	John 90'

January 20, 2002

15:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 12,253

Referee: Brian Hall United States)

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Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	Martinique
	Report	Percin 51'

January 22, 2002

19:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 3,827

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Haiti	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ecuador	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Haiti	0–2	Canada
	Report	McKenna 28', 48'

January 18, 2002

21:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 14,508

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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Ecuador	0–2	Haiti
	Report	Méndez 6' (o.g.) Alerte 44'

January 20, 2002

17:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 12,253

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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Canada	0–2	Ecuador
	Report	Aguinaga 88', 90'

January 22, 2002

21:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 3,827

Referee: Brian Hall United States)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	January 26 – Miami
	Costa Rica (a.s.d.e.t.)	2
					January 30 – Pasadena
	Haiti	1
					Costa Rica	3
	January 27 – Pasadena
					South Korea	1
	Mexico	0 (2)
									February 2 – Pasadena
	South Korea (p)	0 (4)
									Costa Rica	0
	January 26 – Miami
									United States	2
	Canada (p)	1 (6)
					January 30 – Pasadena
	Martinique	1 (5)
					Canada	0 (2)
	January 27 – Pasadena
					United States (p)	0 (4)			Third place
	United States	4
									February 2 – Pasadena
	El Salvador	0
									Canada	2
									South Korea	1

Quarterfinals

Costa Rica	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Haiti
Centeno 2' Gómez 97'	Report	Pierre 62'

January 26, 2002

15:00 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 14,823

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

Canada	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Martinique
McKenna 73'	Report	Rogers 63' (o.g.)
Penalties
McKenna Brennan De Rosario Nsaliwa De Vos Stalteri Bent	6–5	Lupon Clement DiCanot Mirande Reuperne Heurlie Lina

January 26, 2002

17:30 UTC−5

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 14,823

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Noriega De Anda Sosa Hierro	2–4	Lee Eul-yong Lee Dong-gook Choi Sung-yong Lee Young-pyo

January 27, 2002

12:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 31,628

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

United States	4–0	El Salvador
McBride 9', 11', 21' Razov 72'	Report

January 27, 2002

14:30 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 31,628

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

Semifinals

Costa Rica	3–1	South Korea
Gomez 44' Wanchope 77', 82'	Report	Choi Jin-cheul 81'

January 30, 2002

18:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 7,241

Referee: Sibrian (SLV)

Canada	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report
Penalties
McKenna Stalteri De Rosario Nsaliwa	2–4	Donovan McBride Agoos Mathis

January 30, 2002

20:30 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 7,241

Referee: Prendergast (JAM)

Third place match

Canada	2–1	South Korea
Kim Do-hoon 34' (o.g.) De Rosario 35'	Report	Kim Do-hoon 15'

February 2, 2002

10:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 14,432

Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final

Main article: 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

United States	2–0	Costa Rica
Wolff 37' Agoos 63'	Report

February 2, 2002

12:00 UTC−8

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 14,432

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Awards

2002 Gold Cup winners
United States Second title

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

• Most Valuable Player: Brian McBride
• Top Goalkeeper: Lars Hirschfeld
• Fair Play Trophy: Costa Rica

Best XI

Source:^[2]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Reserves
Odelín Molina	Luis Marín Jason de Vos Jeff Agoos	Landon Donovan Kim Nam-il Luis Alfonso Sosa Mauricio Solís Rónald Gómez	Brian McBride Kevin McKenna	Shaka Hislop Ludovic Mirande Pierre Bruny Santos Cabrera Álex Aguinaga Ronald Cerritos Juan Carlos Plata

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Brian McBride

3 goals

• Kevin McKenna

2 goals

• Rolando Fonseca
• Rónald Gómez
• Paulo Wanchope
• Álex Aguinaga

1 goal

• Dwayne De Rosario
• Walter Centeno
• Hernán Medford
• Santos Cabrera
• Juan Carlos Plata
• Charles Alerte
• Golman Pierre
• Patrick Percin
• Adolfo Bautista
• Marco Garcés
• Jair García
• Carlos Ochoa
• Choi Jin-cheul
• Kim Do-hoon
• Song Chong-gug
• Stern John
• Jeff Agoos
• DaMarcus Beasley
• Landon Donovan
• Ante Razov
• Josh Wolff

Own goals

• Mark Rogers (for Martinique)
• Kim Do-hoon (for Canada)
• Édison Méndez (for Haiti)