2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (19th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in the United States between 1 May and 16 May 2019.^[1][2] The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as CONCACAF representatives.

2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	1 – 16 May
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (8th title)
Runners-up	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	152 (3.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Geancarlo Castro (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Israel Luna
Best goalkeeper	Eduardo García
Fair play award	United States
← 2017 2020 2023 →

Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fourth consecutive title.

Qualified teams

Further information: 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying

The format for qualification had changed since the 2017 edition. The qualifying competition no longer featured Caribbean and Central American zones.

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of May 2017. A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked nineteen entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.^[1][2]

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances
Group stage	Mexico (title holders)	1st ranked entrant	17th	Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017)[a]	13
	United States (host)	2nd ranked entrant	18th	Champions (1983, 1992, 2011)[b]	16
	Honduras	3rd ranked entrant	18th	Runners-up (2015)	5
	Costa Rica	4th ranked entrant	17th	Champions (1994)[c]	10
	Panama	5th ranked entrant	9th	Runners-up (2013)	2
	Canada	6th ranked entrant	17th	Runners-up (2011)	6
	Jamaica	7th ranked entrant	14th	Final group winner (1999)	2
	Haiti	8th ranked entrant	8th	Final group winner (2007)	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	9th ranked entrant	14th	Runners-up (1983)	2
	Guatemala	10th ranked entrant	11th	Quarter-finals (2013)	0
	El Salvador	11th ranked entrant	15th	Fourth place (1999)	0
	Suriname	12th ranked entrant	2nd	First round (2017)	0
	Curaçao[d]	13th ranked entrant	7th	First round (1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2017)	0
	Barbados	14th ranked entrant	3rd	First round (2011, 2013)	0
	Bermuda	15th ranked entrant	2nd	First round (1996)	0
	Guyana	16th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
Round of 16	Nicaragua	Qualifying Group A winner	2nd	First round (1994)	0
	Dominican Republic	Qualifying Group B winner	3rd	First round (1994, 1996)	0
	Guadeloupe	Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
	Puerto Rico	Qualifying Group D winner	3rd	First round (1983, 1991)	0

Notes

1. Also final group winner in 1999 and 2005.
2. Also final group winner in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
3. Also final group winner in 2001 and 2003.
4. Includes five appearances as the Netherlands Antilles before 2010.

Venues

Matches were played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida:

Bradenton, Florida	Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
IMG Academy
27.4409°N 82.6081°W / 27.4409; -82.6081 (IMG Academy)
Capacity: 5,000

Match officials

Referees Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico) Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) Adonai Escobedo (Mexico) John Pitti (Panama) Iván Barton (El Salvador) Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador) Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica) Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica) Jair Marrufo (United States) Armando Villarreal (United States) Ismail Elfath (United States) Yadel Martinez (Cuba) Mario Escobar (Guatemala) Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) Oshane Nation (Jamaica) Daneon Parchment (Jamaica) Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis) Hector Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 19 February 2019, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida, United States. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[1][2] Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (E1)  United States (F1)  Honduras (G1)  Costa Rica (H1)	Panama  Canada  Jamaica  Haiti	Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala  El Salvador  Suriname	Curaçao  Barbados  Bermuda  Guyana

Squads

Further information: 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete.

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
4. Greater goal difference in all group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).^[4]

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Round of 16
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	6	8	−2	6
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Bermuda	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Trinidad and Tobago	3–1	Bermuda
Araujo-Wilson 24', 39' De Gannes 90'	Report	Dailey 76'

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Mexico	1–0	Jamaica
Gómez 50'	Report

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

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Jamaica	2–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Daley 17' Scott 90'+3'	Report	Sheppard 34', 60' Araujo-Wilson 44'

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Bermuda	0–5	Mexico
	Report	Álvarez 10' L. C. Martínez 16' Muñoz 56' Luna 82' Mariscal 87'

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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Trinidad and Tobago	0–5	Mexico
	Report	González 8' Muñoz 27', 35', 88' Álvarez 59'

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Bermuda	2–4	Jamaica
Basden 47' Astwood 64' (pen.)	Report	Mitchell 4' Wright 9', 15', 51'

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Round of 16
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Guatemala	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
4	Barbados	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

Guatemala	1–1	Barbados
Gaitán 55'	Report	Gale 90'+3'

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

United States	3–2	Canada
Busio 49' Alejandre 63' Reyna 69'	Report	Omeonga 21' Russell-Rowe 22'

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Attendance: 350

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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Barbados	1–6	United States
Richards 54' (pen.)	Report	Hernandez-Foster 20' Busio 26', 45' Saldana 33' Bryan 47' (o.g.) Ocampo-Chavez 50'

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Attendance: 215

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Canada	4–2	Guatemala
Nelson 2', 34', 90' Habibullah 30'	Report	Palencia 6' Santis 85'

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

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Barbados	0–4	Canada
	Report	Russell-Rowe 14' Applewhaite 40' (o.g.) Habibullah 74' Omeonga 79'

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Guatemala	0–3	United States
	Report	Yow 25', 51' Ocampo-Chavez 86'

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Attendance: 110

Referee: Yadel Martinez (Cuba)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Round of 16
2	El Salvador	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Guyana	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

El Salvador	4–0	Guyana
Román 18' Mauricio 59', 67' Vásquez 64'	Report

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Yadel Martinez (Cuba)

Honduras	0–2	Haiti
	Report	Corlens 11' (pen.) Christophe 45'+1'

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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Haiti	4–1	El Salvador
Christophe 39' Jean 70' Germain 72' M. Pierre 87'	Report	Mauricio 78'

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Guyana	0–3	Honduras
	Report	Miranda 14', 67' Carrasco 64'

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

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Guyana	0–6	Haiti
	Report	M. Pierre 12' (pen.), 28' Jolicoeur 21' K. Pierre 27' Etienne 43' Rhinvil 82' (pen.)

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

El Salvador	2–1	Honduras
Mauricio 27' Román 52'	Report	Medrano 43'

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Round of 16
2	Panama	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5
3	Curaçao	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	Suriname	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

Suriname	1–1	Curaçao
Reumel 14'	Report	Anita 32'

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Costa Rica	2–2	Panama
Ugalde 24' Castro 34' (pen.)	Report	Pinto 32' Lowis 83'

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

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Panama	3–1	Suriname
Carrasquilla 37' Williams 60' Rowe 90+3'	Report	Burnet 71'

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Curaçao	0–3	Costa Rica
	Report	Castro 30' (pen.), 67' Ugalde 82'

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

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Curaçao	3–3	Panama
Bemadina 3' Anita 43' Inecia 84'	Report	Castro 21' Pinto 45'+2' Castillo 49'

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Suriname	0–6	Costa Rica
	Report	Castro 7', 54' (pen.), 68' Ugalde 44' Davis 78' Alvarado 89'

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

8 May – Bradenton, FL

Mexico

2

12 May – Bradenton, FL

Puerto Rico

1

Mexico

5

8 May – Bradenton, FL

El Salvador

1

El Salvador

2

14 May – Bradenton, FL

Jamaica

1

Mexico

1

8 May – Bradenton, FL

Haiti

0

Haiti

2

12 May – Bradenton, FL

Dominican Republic

0

Haiti

1 (4)

8 May – Bradenton, FL

Honduras

1 (3)

Trinidad and Tobago

1

16 May – Bradenton, FL

Honduras

4

Mexico

2

9 May – Bradenton, FL

United States

1

United States

8

12 May – Bradenton, FL

Guadeloupe

0

United States

3

9 May – Bradenton, FL

Panama

0

Panama

2

14 May – Bradenton, FL

Guatemala

0

United States

4

9 May – Bradenton, FL

Canada

0

Costa Rica

2

12 May – Bradenton, FL

Nicaragua

1

Costa Rica

1 (3)

9 May – Bradenton, FL

Canada

1 (4)

Canada

4

Curaçao

0

Round of 16

El Salvador	2–1	Jamaica
Vásquez 45' Flores 70'	Report	Wright 82'

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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Trinidad and Tobago	1–4	Honduras
Sheppard 57'	Report	Miranda 46', 76', 88' Aguilera 61'

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

15:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

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Haiti	2–0	Dominican Republic
Jimenez 28' (o.g.) Christophe 34'	Report

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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Mexico	2–1	Puerto Rico
Gómez 42' Luna 68'	Report	J. L. López 7'

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

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Panama	2–0	Guatemala
Pinto 72' Lowis 75'	Report

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

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Canada	4–0	Curaçao
Nava 22' (o.g.) Habibullah 75' (pen.) Colyn 79' Nelson 85'	Report

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

15:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

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Costa Rica	2–1	Nicaragua
Bolaños 30' Iglesias 80' (o.g.)	Report	Vallecillo 44'

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

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United States	8–0	Guadeloupe
Ocampo-Chavez 3', 68' Yow 11' Reyna 20', 29', 42' (pen.) Busio 26' Dezac 70' (o.g.)	Report

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

18:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Quarter-finals

The four quarter-final winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Costa Rica	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada
Castro 49' (pen.)	Report	Nelson 45'+3' (pen.)
Penalties
Hernández Davis Castro Evans González	3–4	Habibullah Catavolo Russell-Rowe Altobelli Facchineri

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)

10:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

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United States	3–0	Panama
Busio 54' Reyna 60' (pen.) Pepi 75'	Report

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)

14:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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Haiti	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
Sainte 65'	Report	Medrano 75'
Penalties
Etienne Christophe Pierre Geffrard Martin Jeanty	4–3	Vega Gómez Palacios Chávez Miranda Orellana

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)

16:00

IMG Academy Field 11, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

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Mexico	5–1	El Salvador
Luna 9', 48' González 22' Rodríguez 41' (o.g.) El Mesmari 79'	Report	Mauricio 58'

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)

17:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Semi-finals

United States	4–0	Canada
Kayo 47' Reyna 64' Pepi 78', 82'	Report

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

17:30

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

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Mexico	1–0	Haiti
Álvarez 49'	Report

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

20:30

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Final

Mexico	2–1 (a.e.t.)	United States
Muñoz 17' Luna 108'	Report	Yow 9'

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

19:00

IMG Academy Field 1, Bradenton, Florida

Attendance: 700

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Awards

Winners

2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners
Mexico 8th title

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[5]

Golden Ball

• Israel Luna

Golden Boot

• Geancarlo Castro (7 goals)

Golden Glove

• Eduardo García

Fair Play

•  United States

Best XI

Position	Player
GK	Eduardo García
DF	Jean Geffrard
	Kobe Hernandez-Foster
	Alejandro Gómez
	Stanley Guirand
MF	Danny Leyva
	Eugenio Pizzuto
	Gianluca Busio
FW	Geancarlo Castro
	Israel Luna
	Giovanni Reyna

Goalscorers

There were 152 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.

7 goals

• Geancarlo Castro

6 goals

• Giovanni Reyna

5 goals

• Jayden Nelson
• Emerson Mauricio
• Jeffry Miranda
• Israel Luna
• Santiago Muñoz
• Gianluca Busio

4 goals

• Rajay Wright
• Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez
• Griffin Yow

3 goals

• Kamron Habibullah
• Manfred Ugalde
• Michel Pierre
• Fredler Christophe
• Efraín Álvarez
• Éric Pinto
• Justin Araujo-Wilson
• Jaiye Sheppard
• Ricardo Pepi

2 goals

• Jérémie Omeonga
• Jacen Russell-Rowe
• Roshyson Anita
• Héctor Medrano
• Aarón Lowis
• Kevin Román
• Luis Vásquez
• Alejandro Gómez
• Bryan González

1 goal

• Thierry Gale
• Devonte Richards
• Arnezha Astwood
• Jayce Basden
• Nazuri Dailey
• Simon Colyn
• Jean Carlo Alvarado
• Matthew Bolaños
• Keymark Davis
• Juruel Bemadina
• Othmar Inecia
• Jorge Flores
• Mathius Gaitán
• Andy Palencia
• Diego Santis
• Etienne Corlens
• Omre Etienne
• Maudwindo Germain
• Dany Jean
• Kervens Jolicoeur
• Kurowskybob Pierre
• Thero Rhinvil
• Carl Fred Sainte
• Miguel Carrasco
• Jose Aguilera
• Cristojaye Daley
• Revaldo Mitchell
• Isaac Scott
• Bruce El Mesmari
• Kevin Mariscal
• Luis Carlos Martínez
• Francisco Vallecillo
• Edilson Carrasquilla
• Jean Carlos Castillo
• Abdiel Castro
• Eric Rowe
• Reymundo Williams
• José Luis López
• Faisijo Burnet
• Geraldo Reumel
• Andrew De Gannes
• Axel Alejandre
• Kobe Hernandez-Foster
• Adam Saldana
• Bryang Kayo

1 own goal

• Andre Applewhaite (against Canada)
• Ethan Bryan (against United States)
• Elijah Nava (against Canada)
• Alejandro Jimenez (against Haiti)
• Rodrigo Rodríguez (against Mexico)
• Hans Dezac (against United States)
• Jeann Francisco Iglesias (against Costa Rica)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[6]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
Canada	12 May 2019	6 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013)
United States	12 May 2019	16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Mexico	12 May 2019	13 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Haiti	12 May 2019	1 (2007)

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