2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Mexico, from 2 and 12 February 2004.^[1]

2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	2–12 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (5th title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	53 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emil Martínez Bobby Convey Alecko Eskandarian (4 goals each)
← 2000 2008 →

Host nation, Mexico, won the title after a 1–0 win over Costa Rica in the final. As the top two teams, Mexico and Costa Rica both qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives.^[2]

Qualification

Further information: 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Country	Method of qualification	Appearance1	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous Olympic appearances (last)
North America	Mexico (hosts)	Automatic	8th	2000	Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996)	8 (1996)
	Canada	Second round winners	5th	2000	Runners-up (1984, 1996)	3 (1984)
	United States	Second round winners	7th	2000	Winners (1988, 1992)	13 (2000)
Central America	Panama	Second round winners	3rd	2000	Fourth place (1964)	0
	Honduras (title holders)	Second round winners	3rd	2000	Winners (2000, 2008)	1 (2000)
	Costa Rica	Second round winners	5th	1996	Winners (1980, 1984)	2 (1984)
Caribbean	Jamaica	Second round winners	3rd	1996	Fourth place (1972, 1996)	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	Second round winners	4th	1996	Runners-up (1968)	0

¹ Only final tournament.

Venues

Two cities served as the venues for tournament.

Guadalajara	Guadalajara Zapopan	Zapopan
Estadio Jalisco		Estadio Tres de Marzo
Capacity: 55,110		Capacity: 18,779

Squads

Main article: 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	10	6	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Panama	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: CONCACAF

3 February 2004 (2004-02-03)

Canada	0–1	Honduras
		Martínez 57'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Greivin Porras (CRC)

3 February 2004 (2004-02-03)

Panama	3–4	United States
Garcés 52' 70' Henríquez 56'		Convey 7' 80' Davis 27' Donovan 28'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)

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5 February 2004 (2004-02-05)

Honduras	3–1	Panama
Martínez 12' 27' Palacios 77'		Bernárdez 24' (o.g.)

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Grevivin Porras (CRC)

5 February 2004 (2004-02-05)

Canada	0–2	United States
		Convey 30' 72'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Neal Brizan (TRI)

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7 February 2004 (2004-02-07)

Canada	1–2	Panama
Friend 19'	Report	Garcés 12' Miranda 74'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Victor Stewart (JAM)

7 February 2004 (2004-02-07)

Honduras	3–4	United States
Maradiaga 31' (pen.) 72' (pen.) Azrú 77'	Report	Eskandarian 27' 57' 69' Beckerman 47'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (MEX)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

2 February 2004 (2004-02-02)

Costa Rica	3–0	Jamaica
Myrie 68' 73' Araya 90'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (TRI)

2 February 2004 (2004-02-02)

Mexico	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Rodríguez 44' Pérez 60' Cacho 90+4'		Mitchell 19'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Victor Stewart (JAM)

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4 February 2004 (2004-02-04)

Costa Rica	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Saborío 29' Scott 63' 69' Parks 78'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alex Prus (USA)

4 February 2004 (2004-02-04)

Mexico	4–0	Jamaica
Martínez 5' (pen.) Pérez 17' García 24' Márquez 90+2'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (SLV)

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6 February 2004 (2004-02-06)

Jamaica	1–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Kelly 72'	Report	Sealy 5' Spann 86' (pen.)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Alex Prus (USA)

6 February 2004 (2004-02-06)

Mexico	1–1	Costa Rica
Pérez 12'	Report	Díaz 8'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (SLV)

Knockout stage

All match times listed are CDT (UTC−5), as listed by CONCACAF.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 February – Guadalajara
	Costa Rica	2
					12 February – Guadalajara
	Honduras	0
					Costa Rica	0
	10 February – Guadalajara
					Mexico (a.e.t.)	1
	United States	0
	Mexico	4
					Third place play-off
					12 February – Guadalajara
					United States	1 (3)
					Honduras (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

10 February 2004 (2004-02-10)

17:30

Costa Rica	2–0	Honduras
López 21' Saborío 77'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

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10 February 2004 (2004-02-10)

20:00

United States	0–4	Mexico
	Report	Márquez 26', 55' Martínez 28' Iñiguez 90+1'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Third place play-off

12 February 2004 (2004-02-12)

17:30

United States	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
Eskandarian 50'	Report	Martínez 75' (pen.)
Penalties
Eskandarian Gaven Johnson Davis Pause	3–4	Solís Castro Maradiaga Mendoza

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (Jamaica)

Final

12 February 2004 (2004-02-12)

20:00

Costa Rica	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
	Report	Martínez 101'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Victor Stewart (Jamaica)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

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

Best XI^[3]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Adrián De Lemos	Aarón Galindo Francisco Rodríguez Michael Umaña	Bobby Convey Jose López López Diego Martínez Luis Ernesto Pérez	Landon Donovan Rafael Márquez Lugo Emil Martínez

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Mexico (H)	5	4	1	0	13	2	+11	13	Winners
	Costa Rica	5	3	1	1	10	2	+8	10	Runner-ups
	Honduras	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	7	Third place
4	United States	5	3	1	1	11	11	0	10	Fourth place
5	Panama	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3	Eliminated in group stage
6	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
7	Canada	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0
8	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
Costa Rica	10 February 2004	2 (1904, 1984)
Mexico	10 February 2004	8 (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.