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2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF 2009 (in Spanish)

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 3–26
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (5th title)
Runners-up	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	66 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	860,046 (34,402 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Giovani dos Santos
Best goalkeeper	Keylor Navas
Fair play award	United States
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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.^[1] 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.

The set of thirteen venues—the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup—was announced on March 9.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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

Oakland Miami Foxborough East Rutherford Carson Seattle Houston Chicago Glendale Washington, D.C. Arlington Columbus Philadelphia class=notpageimage\| Location of the host cities of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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.

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking^[6]
North American zone
United States (TH)	Automatic	10th	2007	Champion (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007)	12
Mexico	Automatic	10th	2007	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003)	33
Canada	Automatic	9th	2007	Champions (2000)	92
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2008 Caribbean Cup
Jamaica	Winners	7th	2005	Third Place (1993)	12
Grenada	Runners-up	1st	None	Debut	88
Guadeloupe	Third Place	2nd	2007	Semifinals (2007)	N/A
Haiti	Fifth Place^{[pn 1]}	4th	2007	Quarterfinals (2002)	120
Central American zone qualified through the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
Panama	Winners	4th	2007	Runners-up (2005)	69
Costa Rica	Runners-up	9th	2007	Runners-up (2002)	30
Honduras	Third Place	9th	2007	Runners-up (2005)	39
El Salvador	Fourth Place	6th	2007	Quarterfinals (2002, 2003)	90
Nicaragua	Fifth Place	1st	None	Debut	135

Notes:

^ Cuba finished fourth at the Caribbean Championship, but withdrew from the Gold Cup due to issues related to player development and the ability to field a competitive team.^[2]^[7] Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, 3rd place in Group I and Group J, respectively, as the two highest finishing teams in the Caribbean Championship not already qualified for the Gold Cup, were placed in a draw by the CFU to determine who would replace Cuba, and Haiti won the draw.^[8]

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.^[9]

The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The draw for the Group Stage was announced on April 2, 2009.^[10] 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
4	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Grenada	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Panama	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Haiti	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	A	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals	Final

18 July – Philadelphia

Canada	0
23 July – Chicago
Honduras	1
Honduras	0
18 July – Philadelphia
	United States	2
United States (a.e.t.)	2
	26 July – East Rutherford
Panama	1
United States	0
19 July – Arlington
	Mexico	5
Guadeloupe	1
23 July – Chicago
Costa Rica	5
Costa Rica	1 (3)
19 July – Arlington
	Mexico (p)	1 (5)
Mexico	4

Haiti	0

Note: Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' goal counts or to match goal counts.

There were 66 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.

4 goals

Miguel Sabah

3 goals

Blas Pérez

2 goals

1 goal

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).^[11]^[12]'^[13]'^[14]

Golden Ball
Giovani dos Santos
Golden Boot
Miguel Sabah
4 goals
Golden Glove
Keylor Navas
Fair Play Trophy
United States

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.^[15]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
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

Broadcasting rights

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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.

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