2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and was formatted to determine the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The 8-team tournament was originally scheduled to be played from April 21 to May 2 and hosted by Mexico at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana. However, the tournament was cancelled on April 27 due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.^[1] At the time that the tournament was cancelled the group stage had already been played, and the four teams who could qualify to the U-17 World Cup^[2][3] – Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States – had already done so.^[1]

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Tijuana, Baja California
Dates	April 21–26
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	44 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	81,999 (6,833 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jack McInerney (5)
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Squads

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship squads

Teams

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification

Region	Qualification Tournament	Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)	2008 CFU Youth Cup[4]	Cuba  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF)	2009 Central American U-17 qualifying tournament[5]	Costa Rica  Guatemala  Honduras
North America (NAFU)	Automatically qualified[4]	Canada  Mexico United States

Venues

Tijuana
	Tijuana
	Estadio Caliente
	Capacity: 27,333

Group stage

The groups were drawn at the CONCACAF headquarters on January 15, 2009.^[3] The match schedule for the groups and final rounds were announced two weeks later.^[6] The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.^[2]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Honduras	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Cuba	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
Canada	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 April 2009

13:30 PDT

Honduras	1 – 1	Canada
Lozano 60'	Report[permanent dead link]	Teibert 40' (pen.)

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

21 April 2009

16:00 PDT

Cuba	0 – 5	United States
	Report[permanent dead link]	Jerome 29' McInerney 33' 47' Lletget 37' Gil 61'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

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23 April 2009

13:30 PDT

Honduras	6 – 0	Cuba
Rivera 18' Tobías 30' Lozano 43' (pen.) 73' 83' Martínez 67'	Report[permanent dead link]

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

23 April 2009

16:00 PDT

United States	4 – 2	Canada
McInerney 4' (pen.) 31' Lletget 40' Gyau 85'	Report[permanent dead link]	Hoilett 70' Jackson 86'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

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25 April 2009

16:00 PDT

Canada	1 – 2	Cuba
Maheu 81'	Report[permanent dead link]	Lahera 87' (pen.) 90+2'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: David España (Guatemala)

25 April 2009

16:00 PDT

United States	3 – 0	Honduras
Palodichuk 28' 45' McInerney 36'	Report[permanent dead link]

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Guatemala	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 April 2009

13:30 PDT

Guatemala	1 – 1	Costa Rica
Ceballos 75'	Report[permanent dead link]	Campbell 38'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

22 April 2009

16:00 PDT

Mexico	7 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Campos 5' Galván 24' (pen.) 48' 64' Mañon 29' Télles 52' (pen.) Jasso 83'	Report[permanent dead link]

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 13,333

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

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24 April 2009

13:30 PDT

Costa Rica	3 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Campbell 14' Bustos 18' Mayorga 37'	Report[permanent dead link]

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)

24 April 2009

16:00 PDT

Mexico	3 – 0	Guatemala
K. Álvarez 41' 70' Campos 86' (pen.)	Report[permanent dead link]

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 13,333

Referee: Marlón Mejía (México)

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26 April 2009

13:30 PDT

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Guatemala
	Report[permanent dead link]	Navas 37' Herrate 38' Lima 69'

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Gerald Henry (Belize)

26 April 2009

16:00 PDT

Mexico	1 – 0	Costa Rica
Mora 61' (o.g.)	Report[permanent dead link]

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 13,333

Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

Championship round

The four teams to qualify for the semifinals were automatically qualified to the World Cup.^[2] The championship round, however, was not played because it was cancelled due to a swine flu outbreak.^[1] The four qualifiers are:

•  Costa Rica
•  Honduras
•  Mexico
• United States

Goal scorers

5 goals Jack McInerney 4 goals Anthony Lozano 3 goals Martín Galván 2 goals Joel Campbell Yaudel Lahera Garcia Kristian Álvarez Carlos Campos Sebastian Lletget

2 goals (continued) Nicholas Palodichuk 1 goal Jaineil Hoilett Coulton Jackson Justin Maheu Russell Teibert Juan Bustos Rosbin Mayorga Marvin Ceballos Kendel Herrate Gerson Lima Gabriel Navas

1 goal (continued) Nestor Nahum Martínez Johny Rivera José Danilo Tobías Víctor Mañon Salvador Jasso Luis Télles Luis Gil Joseph Gyau Stefan Jerome Own goal Adrian Mora (for Mexico)

See also

• CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
• FIFA U-17 World Cup