The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United States. This competition was the fourth tournament without guests from other confederations. Mexico won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the United States 5–0 in the final. It was the second consecutive Gold Cup final and fourth overall to feature Mexico and the United States and the third won by Mexico.
Venues The set of thirteen venues—the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup—was announced on March 9.
Carson Seattle Columbus Oakland Washington, D.C. The Home Depot Center Qwest Field Columbus Crew Stadium Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum RFK Stadium Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 22,555 Capacity: 63,026 Capacity: 56,692 Houston Miami Foxborough Glendale Reliant Stadium FIU Stadium Gillette Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium Capacity: 71,500 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 68,756 Capacity: 63,400 Philadelphia Arlington Chicago East Rutherford Lincoln Financial Field Cowboys Stadium Soldier Field Giants Stadium Capacity: 68,532 Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 61,500 Capacity: 80,242
Teams
Qualification A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.
TeamQualificationAppearancesLast appearancePrevious best performanceFIFA RankingNorth American zone (TH) Automatic 10th 2007 Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007) 12 Automatic 10th 2007 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003) 33 Automatic 9th 2007 Champions (2000) 92Caribbean zone qualified through the 2008 Caribbean Cup Winners 7th 2005 Third Place (1993) 12 Runners-up 1st None Debut 88 Third Place 2nd 2007 Semifinals (2007) N/A Fifth Place 4th 2007 Quarterfinals (2002) 120Central American zone qualified through the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup Winners 4th 2007 Runners-up (2005) 69 Runners-up 9th 2007 Runners-up (2002) 30 Third Place 9th 2007 Runners-up (2005) 39 Fourth Place 6th 2007 Quarterfinals (2002, 2003) 90 Fifth Place 1st None Debut 135
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Squads
Participating teams selected a squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), except the United States, who were given an expanded 30-player roster due to their participation in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Match officials
Paul Ward Wálter Quesada Joel Aguilar Walter López José Pineda
Courtney Campbell Benito Archundia Marco Antonio Rodríguez Roberto García Roberto Moreno
Enrico Wijngaarde Geoffrey Hospedales Neal Brizan Jair Marrufo Terry Vaughn
Group stage
The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The draw for the Group Stage was announced on April 2, 2009. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Goalscorers
Awards The following Gold Cup awards will be given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).''
Golden Ball Giovani dos Santos Golden Boot Miguel Sabah4 goalsGolden Glove Keylor NavasFair Play Trophy
All-Tournament team The All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa Mike Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall Julian de Guzman Celso Borges Stéphane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden Álvaro Saborío Walter Martínez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper
Marketing
Broadcasting rights
In Australia, the tournament was broadcast by Setanta Sports
In Brazil, the tournament was broadcast by Multisports
In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by Rogers Sportsnet and GolTV Canada
In Costa Rica, the tournament was broadcast by Teletica Canal 7, XPERTV 33 and Repretel
In Mexico and Central America, the tournament was broadcast by Televisa and TV Azteca (Mexico and United States Matches) and SKY México
In Honduras, Televicentro was broadcasting in three of their channels, MegaTV, Tele Sistema, Canal 7y4.
In Panama, the tournament was broadcast by RPC TV Canal 4 and TV Max.
In Malaysia, the tournament was broadcast by Astro Supersports.
In the United States, English language coverage of games involving the US, as well as one game from each round of the knockout stages even if the USA was not involved, was on Fox Soccer Channel. All tournament games received Spanish language coverage split between Galavision, TeleFutura, Univision.
Worldwide, except in the Americas, the tournament was streamed by Omnisport.TV the legal online rights holder working in partnership with CONCACAF, with English commentary and in HDTV quality.
References
External links
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 – Official Website for CONCACAF CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 – Official Website for Gold Cup