2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.

2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
City	Bacolet and Macoya
Dates	6–15 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Randy Edwini-Bonsu Josué Martínez Roger Rojas (3 goals)
← 2007 2011 → All statistics correct as of 12 March 2009.

Qualifying

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying

Region	Qualification Tournament	Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)	Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament	Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago†
Central America (UNCAF)	Central American U-20 qualifying tournament	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Honduras‡
North America (NAFU)	Automatically qualified	Canada  Mexico United States

Notes

• † Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified and did not participate in the qualification tournament due to their status as tournament hosts.
• ‡ The runner up from the Caribbean region, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, played a playoff to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper.^[1][2] The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March, four days prior to the opening of the tournament, in Macoya.^[3] Honduras won the match 3–1.^[4]

Squads

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squads

Venues

Dwight Yorke Stadium Location:Bacolet, Tobago Capacity:7,500 Home club: Tobago United	Marvin Lee Stadium Location:Macoya, Trinidad Capacity:6,000 Home club: Joe Public F.C.

Group stage

The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group 1

All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Honduras	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
Jamaica	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
El Salvador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

6 March 2009

17:00 ECT

Honduras	2–2	El Salvador
Rojas 65' Valladares 82'	Report[permanent dead link]	Blanco 77' Flores 90'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 556

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

6 March 2009

19:00 ECT

Jamaica	0–3	United States
	Report[permanent dead link]	Marošević 8' Duka 78' Schuler 83'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 556

Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

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8 March 2009

16:00 ECT

El Salvador	1–2	Jamaica
Sosa 11'	Report[permanent dead link]	Campbell 8' Adlam 56'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 524

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

8 March 2009

18:00 ECT

United States	0–0	Honduras
	Report[permanent dead link]

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 524

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

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10 March 2009

17:00 ECT

Jamaica	0–4	Honduras
	Report[permanent dead link]	Leveron 44' Martínez 47' Rojas 62' Altimirano 72'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 467

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

10 March 2009

19:00 ECT

United States	2–0	El Salvador
Shea 30' Taylor 41'	Report[permanent dead link]

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 467

Referee: Rene Guerrero (Nicaragua)

Group 2

All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Canada	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

7 March 2009

16:00 ECT

Mexico	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report	Martínez 39'

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

7 March 2009

18:00 ECT

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Canada
De Silva 82'	Report[permanent dead link]

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

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9 March 2009

17:00 ECT

Canada	2–0	Mexico
Edwini-Bonsu 75', 82'	Report[permanent dead link]

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

9 March 2009

19:00 ECT

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

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11 March 2009

17:00 ECT

Costa Rica	2–1	Canada
Castro 25' Ureña 72'	Report[permanent dead link]	Edwini-Bonsu 12'

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)

11 March 2009

19:00 ECT

Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	Mexico
Clarence 52' Bentick 60'	Report[permanent dead link]	Velasquez 8' Salazar 45'

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Championship round

All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[2]

Semifinals

13 March 2009

17:00 ECT

Costa Rica	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
	Report
Penalties
Estrada Guzmán Gamboa Castro	4–2	Leverón Mejía Mayorquín Fonseca

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

13 March 2009

20:00 ECT

United States	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report[permanent dead link]
Penalties
Jeffrey Duka Marošević Davies Wallace	4–3	Rochford Joseph Bentick Bateau Paul

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Third place

15 March 2009

16:00 ECT

Honduras	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Rojas 47' Mayorquín 89'	Report	Grosvenor 58'

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Final

15 March 2009

19:00 ECT

Costa Rica	3–0	United States
Estrada 40' Martínez 68', 80'	Report

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Randy Edwini-Bonsu
• Josué Martínez
• Roger Rojas

1 goal

• Jorge Castro
• Diego Estrada
• Marco Ureña
• Léster Blanco
• Andrés Flores
• Herbert Sosa
• Cristhian Altimirano
• Johnny Leverón
• Mario Martínez
• José Valladares
• Reinieri Mayorquín
• Alonso Adlam
• Romario Campbell
• Antonio Salazar
• Axel Velasquez
• Juma Clarence
• Sean De Silva
• Qian Grosvenor
• Uriah Bentick
• Dilly Duka
• Perica Marošević
• Billy Schuler
• Brek Shea
• Tony Taylor

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Costa Rica	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	11	Champions
2	United States	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	8	Runners-up
3	Honduras	5	2	3	0	8	3	+5	9	Third place
4	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	Fourth Place
5	Canada	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Eliminated in Group stage
6	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
7	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
8	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: rsssf.com^{[dead link]}
(H) Hosts

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

See also

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
• 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup