2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 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.

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2009 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 3–26
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (5th 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(s)	Giovani dos Santos
Best goalkeeper	Keylor Navas
Fair play award	United States
← 2007 2011 →

Venues

The set of thirteen venues—the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup—was announced on March 9.^[2][3][4][5]

Carson	Seattle	Columbus	Oakland	Washington, D.C.
The Home Depot Center	Qwest Field	Columbus Crew Stadium	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	RFK Stadium
Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 22,555	Capacity: 63,026	Capacity: 56,692
Houston	Miami	Foxborough	Glendale
Reliant Stadium	FIU Stadium	Gillette Stadium	University of Phoenix Stadium
Capacity: 71,500	Capacity: 18,000	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
Oakland Miami Foxborough East Rutherford Carson Seattle Houston Chicago Glendale Washington, D.C. Arlington Columbus Philadelphia Location of the host cities of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Teams

Qualification

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking[6]
North American zone
United States (TH)	Automatic	10th	2007	Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007)	12
Mexico	Automatic	10th	2007	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)	33
Canada	Automatic	9th	2007	Champions (2000)	92
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2008 Caribbean Cup
Jamaica	Winners	7th	2005	Third Place (1993)	12
Grenada	Runners-up	1st	None	Debut	88
Guadeloupe	Third Place	2nd	2007	Semifinals (2007)	N/A
Haiti	Fifth Place[pn 1]	4th	2007	Quarterfinals (2002)	120
Central American zone qualified through the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
Panama	Winners	4th	2007	Runners-up (2005)	69
Costa Rica	Runners-up	9th	2007	Runners-up (2002)	30
Honduras	Third Place	9th	2007	Runners-up (2005)	39
El Salvador	Fourth Place	6th	2007	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003)	90
Nicaragua	Fifth Place	1st	None	Debut	135

Notes:

1. 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][7] 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.^[8]

Squads

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

Participating teams selected a squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), except the United States, who were given an expanded 30-player roster due to their participation in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[9]

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

Group stage

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 April 2, 2009.^[10] 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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
4	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Canada	1–0	Jamaica
Gerba 75'	Report

July 3, 2009

17:00 UTC-7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Costa Rica	1–2	El Salvador
Granados 64'	Report	Romero 19', 87'

July 3, 2009

19:00 UTC-7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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Jamaica	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report	Borges 64'

July 7, 2009

19:00 UTC-4

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 7,059

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

El Salvador	0–1	Canada
	Report	Gerba 32'

July 7, 2009

21:00 UTC-4

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 7,059

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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Costa Rica	2–2	Canada
Herrón 23' Centeno 35'	Report	Bernier 25' De Jong 28'

July 10, 2009

19:00 UTC-4

FIU Stadium, Miami

Attendance: 17,269

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

El Salvador	0–1	Jamaica
	Report	Cummings 70'

July 10, 2009

21:00 UTC-4

FIU Stadium, Miami

Attendance: 17,269

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Honduras	1–0	Haiti
Costly 76'	Report

July 4, 2009

16:00 UTC-7

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,387

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Grenada	0–4	United States
	Report	Adu 7' Holden 31' Rogers 60' Davies 69'

July 4, 2009

18:00 UTC-7

Qwest Field, Seattle

Attendance: 15,387

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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Haiti	2–0	Grenada
Noël 14' Marcelin 79'	Report

July 8, 2009

19:00 UTC-4

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 26,079

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

United States	2–0	Honduras
Quaranta 74' Ching 79'	Report

July 8, 2009

21:00 UTC-4

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 26,079

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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United States	2–2	Haiti
Arnaud 6' Holden 90+2'	Report	Sirin 46' Chéry 49'

July 11, 2009

19:00 UTC-4

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 24,137

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Honduras	4–0	Grenada
Martínez 2' Espinoza 25' Valladares 56' Costly 67'	Report

July 11, 2009

21:00 UTC-4

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 24,137

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Panama	1–2	Guadeloupe
Barahona 68'	Report	Loval 33' Fleurival 43'

July 5, 2009

14:00 UTC-7

Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland

Attendance: 32,500

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Nicaragua	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Noriega 45' (pen.) Barrera 86'

July 5, 2009

16:00 UTC-7

Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland

Attendance: 32,500

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

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Guadeloupe	2–0	Nicaragua
Auvray 57' Gotin 59'	Report

July 9, 2009

19:00 UTC-5

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 47,713

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Mexico	1–1	Panama
Sabah 10'	Report	Pérez 29'

July 9, 2009

21:00 UTC-5

Reliant Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 47,713

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Panama	4–0	Nicaragua
Pérez 35' Gómez 56' Tejada 76', 88'	Report

July 12, 2009

14:00 UTC-7

University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale

Attendance: 23,876

Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

Mexico	2–0	Guadeloupe
Torrado 42' Sabah 85'	Report

July 12, 2009

16:00 UTC-7

University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale

Attendance: 23,876

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	A	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage

Bracket

	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
	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 (p)	1 (5)
	Mexico	4
	Haiti	0

Quarter-finals

Canada	0–1	Honduras
	Report	Martínez 36' (pen.)

July 18, 2009

17:00 UTC-4

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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United States	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
Beckerman 49' Cooper 106' (pen.)	Report	Pérez 45'

July 18, 2009

20:00 UTC-4

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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Guadeloupe	1–5	Costa Rica
Alphonse 64'	Report	Borges 3' Saborío 16', 71' Herron 47' Herrera 89'

July 19, 2009

15:00 UTC-5

Cowboys Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

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Mexico	4–0	Haiti
Sabah 23', 63' Dos Santos 42' Barrera 83'	Report

July 19, 2009

18:00 UTC-5

Cowboys Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Semi-finals

Honduras	0–2	United States
	Report	Goodson 45' Cooper 90'

July 23, 2009

18:00 UTC-5

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 55,173

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Ledezma 90+3'	Report	Franco 88'
Penalties
Saborío Borges Ledezma Oviedo	3–5	Franco Dos Santos Torrado Juárez Vela

July 23, 2009

21:00 UTC-5

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 55,173

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Final

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

United States	0–5	Mexico
	Report	Torrado 56' (pen.) Dos Santos 62' Vela 67' Castro 79' Franco 90'

26 July 2009 (2009-07-26)

15:00

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 79,156

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Note: Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' goal counts or to match goal counts.

There were 66 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.

4 goals

• Miguel Sabah

3 goals

• Blas Pérez

2 goals

• Ali Gerba
• Celso Borges
• Andy Herron
• Álvaro Saborío
• Osael Romero
• Carlo Costly
• Walter Martínez
• Gerardo Torrado
• Giovani dos Santos
• Pablo Barrera
• Guillermo Franco
• Luis Tejada
• Kenny Cooper
• Stuart Holden

1 goal

• Patrice Bernier
• Marcel de Jong
• Walter Centeno
• Warren Granados
• Pablo Herrera
• Froylán Ledezma
• Alexandre Alphonse
• Stéphane Auvray
• David Fleurival
• Ludovic Gotin
• Loïc Loval
• Monès Chéry
• James Marcelin
• Fabrice Noël
• Vaniel Sirin
• Roger Espinoza
• Melvin Valladares
• Omar Cummings
• José Antonio Castro
• Luis Miguel Noriega
• Carlos Vela
• Nelson Barahona
• Gabriel Enrique Gómez
• Freddy Adu
• Davy Arnaud
• Kyle Beckerman
• Brian Ching
• Charlie Davies
• Clarence Goodson
• Santino Quaranta
• Robbie Rogers

Awards

The following Gold Cup awards will be given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).^[11][12]'^[13]'^[14]

Golden Ball
Giovani dos Santos
Golden Boot
Miguel Sabah
4 goals
Golden Glove
Keylor Navas
Fair Play Trophy
United States

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.^[15]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa	Mike Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall	Julian de Guzman Celso Borges Stéphane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden	Álvaro Saborío Walter Martínez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper

Marketing

Broadcasting rights

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 US, 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.