2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012. All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating Panama in the third place match, 5–0.

Qualification

TeamQualificationAppearancesPrevious best performancesNorth American zone Automatic 6th Champion (2004, 2008) Automatic 6th Runner-up (2010) (TH) Automatic 6th Champion (2006, 2010)Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying Group 1 Winner 2nd First round (2010) Group 2 Winner 4th First round (2002, 2004, 2006)Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying Group E Winner 2nd First round (2002) Group F Winner 3rd First round (2008, 2010) Best Group Runner-up 6th Fourth place (2006) Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event. Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host.

Venue Panama CityEstadio Rommel Fernández Capacity: 32,000

Match officials The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012.

Country Referee Mexico Quetzalli Alvarado Alondra Arellano Guyana Dianne Ferreira-James Costa Rica Maria Flores Castillo Saint Lucia Sabina Charles-Kirton Barbados Gillian Martindale Cuba Annia Navarrete Jamaica Cardella Samuels Guatemala Alicia Villatoro Suriname Deborah Zebeda

Country Assistant Referee El Salvador Elizabeth Aguilar Cuba Elizabeth Cuff Mexico Lixy Enríquez Guyana Nikasie Liverpool El Salvador Patricia Pacheco Honduras Shirley Perello United States Verónica Pérez Honduras Mady Santos Turcios Guatemala Lesvia Tzul Jamaica Antonette Williams

Squads

Group stage The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida. The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012. All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group stage and semi-finals) are EST (UTC−05:00). The last two matches (third place match and final) are EDT (UTC−04:00).

Key to colors in group tablesAdvanced to Semi-finals

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Group B Team3300180+189320158−363102611−533003313−100

Knockout rounds The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

Goalscorers 6 goals Natalia Gómez Junco

5 goals Maya Hayes

4 goals

Jenna Richardson Lindsey Horan

3 goals

Catherine Charron-Delage Nkemjika Ezurike Yamile Franco Tanya Samarzich Julie Johnston Katie Stengel

2 goals

Christabel Oduro Rachel Peláez Maria Monterroso Ariana Martínez Daniela Solís Vanessa DiBernardo Chioma Ubogagu

1 goal

Vanessa Legault-Cordisco Amélia Pietrangelo Jaclyn Sawicki María Pérez Maria Argueta Cinthya López Idania Pérez Kimberly Spence Olivia Jiménez Chrystal Martínez Marta Cox Ángela Evans Maira Jordan Natalia Mills Yessenia Zorrilla Morgan Brian Micaela Capelle Samantha Mewis Kealia Ohai Cari Roccaro

1 own goal Odette Bayeux (playing against Guatemala)

2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

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