2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 was the 20th playout of the continental championship in football for North, Central America and the Caribbean and 10 under the name " Gold Cup " and was held from the 3rd to the 26th of July in the USA.

The twelve participating teams came first in group play and then in the knockout system against each other. Defending hosted in United States, who won the final of the last tournament against Mexico 2-1. In the respective quarter-finals on 19 July at the meeting Guadeloupe against Costa Rica and in the subsequent match against Mexico Haiti a spectator record was set. According to official sources, 82 252 people attended the two games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas at. The two games are the most visited in the history of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Winner of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009, the Mexican football team after a 5-0 victory against the national team of the United States.

  • 5.1 Group A
  • 5.2 Group B
  • 5.3 Group C
  • 6.1 quarterfinals
  • 6.2 Semi-finals
  • 6.3 final

Qualification

The qualification was organized by the three regional associations of the CONCACAF:

North America ( NaFu zone)

All three associations of NaFu (Canada, USA, Mexico) were set for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and needed incur no qualifiers.

Central America ( Copa Centroamericana zone)

All seven organizations took part in the Copa Centroamericana UNCAF Nations Cup 2009, which took place in Panama from 22 January to 1 February. The first five teams were qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Caribbean ( CFU- zone)

Eight of the 30 associations of the CFU participated in the Caribbean Football Championship 2008, which was held from 1st to December 17, 2008 in Jamaica. From August 2008 to have 28 organizations have a qualifying contest (Jamaica was set as host and Haiti as the defending champion ). The first four teams in the Caribbean Cup were qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Participant

  • United States United States ( set as hosts and defending champions )
  • Canada Canada ( set)
  • Mexico Mexico (set)
  • Panama Panama ( 1 UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
  • Costa Rica Costa Rica ( 2 UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
  • Honduras Honduras ( 3 UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
  • El Salvador El Salvador ( 4 Nations Cup Copa Centroamericana 2009)
  • Nicaragua Nicaragua ( 5 UNCAF Nations Cup 2009)
  • Jamaica Jamaica ( 1 CFU Carribbean Cup 2008 )
  • Grenada Grenada ( 2 CFU Carribbean Cup 2008 )
  • Guadeloupe Guadeloupe ( 3 CFU Carribbean Cup 2008 )
  • Haiti Haiti ( 5 CFU Carribbean Cup 2008 ) 1

1 The Fourth of CFU Carribbean Cups, Cuba, withdrew his participation back. Then resolved the CFU between the two fifth-placed, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, the Gold Cup participants.

Venues

Mode

The first two teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the two best third qualified for the round of the last eight teams.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Final round

1 win on penalties

2 victory after extra time

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Final

Top scorers

4 Goals

3 goals

  • Panama Blas Pérez

2 Goals

1 Goal

  • Panama Gabriel Enrique Gómez
  • United States Clarence Goodson
  • Guadeloupe Ludovic Gotin
  • Costa Rica Warren Granados
  • Pablo Herrera Barrantes Costa Rica
  • Guadeloupe Loïc Loval - Landré
  • Costa Rica Froylán Ledezma
  • Haiti James Marcelin
  • Haiti Fabrice Noël
  • Mexico Luis Miguel Noriega
  • Santino Quaranta United States
  • United States Robbie Rogers
  • Haiti Vaniel Sirin
  • Mexico Carlos Vela
  • Honduras Melvin Valladares

Awards

Team of the Tournament

Keylor Navas Costa Rica Mexico Guillermo Ochoa

Canada Michael Klukowski Costa Rica Freddy Fernández Mexico Fausto Pinto Panama Luis Moreno United States Clarence Goodson United States Chad Marshall

Canada Julian de Guzman Costa Rica Celso Borges Stephane Auvray Guadeloupe Gerardo Torrado Mexico Mexico Giovani dos Santos United States Stuart Holden

Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío Walter Julián Martínez Honduras Mexico Miguel Sabah United States Kenny Cooper

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Arlington (Texas) 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup Caribbean Football Union Carson, California Oakland, California Miami Columbus (Ohio) Chicago Foxborough, Massachusetts East Rutherford, New Jersey Houston Philadelphia Glendale (Arizona) Columbus Crew Stadium FIU Stadium CenturyLink Field Gillette Stadium NRG Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Soldier Field Giants Stadium Pennsylvania Illinois Troy Perkins Heath Pearce Logan Pause Sam Cronin Bob Bradley Juan Carlos Valenzuela Israel Castro Alberto Medina Javier Aguirre Most Valuable Player 1963 CONCACAF Championship 1965 CONCACAF Championship 1967 CONCACAF Championship 1969 CONCACAF Championship 1971 CONCACAF Championship 1973 CONCACAF Championship 1977 CONCACAF Championship 1981 CONCACAF Championship 1985 CONCACAF Championship 1989 CONCACAF Championship 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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