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2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
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Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJanuary 18 – February 2
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored39 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Brian McBride
(4 goals)
Best player(s)United States Brian McBride
Best goalkeeperCanada Lars Hirschfeld
Fair play award Costa Rica

The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.

Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2-0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States then met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.

During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from Cuba to the United States.

Qualified teams

Team Qualification Appearances Last Appearance Previous best performance FIFA Ranking
at start of event[1]
North American zone
Mexico Automatic 6th 2000 Champions (1993,1996,1998) 9
United States Automatic 6th 2000 Champions (1991) 24
Canada (TH) Automatic 5th 2000 Champions (2000) 93
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2001 Caribbean Cup
Trinidad and Tobago Winners 5th 2000 Third place (1993) 34
Haiti Runners-up 2nd 2000 Group Stage (2000) 82
Martinique Third Place 2nd 1993 Group Stage (1993) N/A
Cuba Playoff 2nd 1998 Group Stage (1998) 75
Central American zone qualified through the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
Guatemala Winners 5th 2000 Fourth Place (1996) 59
Costa Rica Runners-up 5th 2000 Third place (1993) 30
El Salvador Third Place 3rd 1998 Group stage (1996,1998) 86
Other
Ecuador Invitation 1st None Debut 38
South Korea Invitation 2nd 2000 Group stage (2000) 42

Qualification play-off

A qualification playoff to determine the final Gold Cup entrant was held in July and August 2001.

  • Cuba qualified after finishing in fourth place at the 2001 Caribbean Cup.
  • Panama qualified after finishing in fourth place at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup.
Panama 0–0 Cuba
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 10.000
Cuba 1–0 Panama
Serguei Prado Goal 79'
Attendance: 6.000

Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Venues

Pasadena, California Miami, Florida
Rose Bowl Orange Bowl
Capacity: 93,000 Capacity: 74,000
Rose Bowl, panorama.jpg Orange Bowl.jpg

Squads

Main article: 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
El Salvador 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Guatemala 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
El Salvador 0–1 Mexico
Report García Goal 31'
Attendance: 42,117
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
Mexico 3–1 Guatemala
Bautista Goal 28'
Garcés Goal 38'
Ochoa Goal 90'		 Report Plata Goal 36'
Attendance: 31,244
Guatemala 0–1 El Salvador
Report Cabrera Goal 58'
Attendance: 12,906
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
South Korea 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Cuba 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
United States 2–1 South Korea
Donovan Goal 36'
Beasley Goal 90'		 Report Song Chong-Gug Goal 38'
Attendance: 42,117
Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)
Cuba 0–1 United States
Report McBride Goal 22'
Attendance: 31,244
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
South Korea 0–0 Cuba
Report
Attendance: 12,906
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Martinique 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Martinique 0–2 Costa Rica
Report Medford Goal 38'
Fonseca Goal 55'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 14,508
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Costa Rica 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Fonseca Goal 56' Report John Goal 90'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 12,253
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Martinique
Report Percin Goal 51'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Canada 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Haiti 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Ecuador 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Haiti 0–2 Canada
Report McKenna Goal 28', 48'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 14,508
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Ecuador 0–2 Haiti
Report Méndez Goal 6' (o.g.)
Alerte Goal 44'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 12,253
Canada 0–2 Ecuador
Report Aguinaga Goal 88', 90'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 3,827

Knockout stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
26 January - Miami
 Costa Rica2
30 January - Pasadena
 Haiti1
Costa Rica3
27 January - Pasadena
 South Korea1
Mexico0 (2)
February 2 - Pasadena
 South Korea0 (4)
Costa Rica0
26 January - Miami
 United States2
Canada1 (6)
30 January - Pasadena
 Martinique1 (5)
Canada0 (2)
27 January - Pasadena
 United States0 (4) Third place
 United States4
February 2 - Pasadena
 El Salvador0
Canada2
 South Korea1

Quarterfinals

Costa Rica 2–1 (asdet) Haiti
Centeno Goal 2'
Gómez Golden goal 97' 		Report Pierre Goal 62'
Attendance: 14,823
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Canada 1–1 (a.e.t.) Martinique
McKenna Goal 73' Report Rogers Goal 63' (o.g.)
Penalties
McKenna Penalty scored
Brennan Penalty missed
De Rosario Penalty scored
Nsaliwa Penalty scored
De Vos Penalty scored
Stalteri Penalty scored
Bent Penalty scored		 6–5 Penalty scored Lupon
Penalty scored Clement
Penalty scored DiCanot
Penalty scored Mirande
Penalty missed Reuperne
Penalty scored Heurlie
Penalty missed Lina
Attendance: 14,823
Mexico 0–0 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Report
Penalties
Noriega Penalty scored
De Anda Penalty scored
Sosa Penalty missed
Hierro Penalty missed		 2–4 Penalty scored Lee Eul-Yong
Penalty scored Lee Dong-Gook
Penalty scored Choi Sung-Yong
Penalty scored Lee Young-Pyo
Attendance: 31,628
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
United States 4–0 El Salvador
McBride Goal 9', 11', 21'
Razov Goal 72'		 Report
Attendance: 31,628
Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

Semifinals

Costa Rica 3–1 South Korea
Gomez Goal 44'
Wanchope Goal 77', 82'		 Report Choi Jin-Cheul Goal 81'
Attendance: 7,241
Referee: Sibrian (SLV)
Canada 0–0 (a.e.t.) United States
Report
Penalties
McKenna Penalty missed
Stalteri Penalty scored
De Rosario Penalty scored
Nsaliwa Penalty missed		 2–4 Penalty scored Donovan
Penalty scored McBride
Penalty scored Agoos
Penalty scored Mathis
Attendance: 7,241
Referee: Prendergast (JAM)

Third place match

Canada 2–1 South Korea
Kim Do-hoon Goal 34' (o.g.)
De Rosario Goal 35'		 Report Kim Do-hoon Goal 15'
Attendance: 14,432
Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final

United States 2–0 Costa Rica
Wolff Goal 37'
Agoos Goal 63'		 Report
Attendance: 14,432

Awards

 2002 Gold Cup Winners 

United States
Second title

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best XI

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Attacker Reserves
  • Cuba Odelin Molina

Final ranking

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 United States (H) 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 Champions
2 Costa Rica 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10 Runners-up
3 Canada 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8 Third place
4 South Korea 5 0 2 3 3 7 −4 2 Fourth place
5 Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 Martinique 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
7 Haiti 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
8 El Salvador 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
9 Ecuador 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
11 Cuba 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
12 Guatemala 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2003. Source:
(H) Host.

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

  • Canada Mark Rogers for Martinique
  • South Korea Kim Do-hoon for Canada
  • Ecuador Édison Méndez for Haiti

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 January 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

External links

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