2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Campeonato Sub-20 Femenino de la CONCACAF 2014
(in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryCayman Islands
Dates9–19 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored80 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Tanya Samarzich
United States McKenzie Meehan
(6 goals)[1]
Best player(s)United States Rose Lavelle[2]
Best goalkeeperUnited States Katelyn Rowland[3]
Fair play award United States
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The 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The United States went into the tournament as defending champions and successfully retained their title.

The tournament was hosted by the Cayman Islands from 9 to 19 January 2014.[4][5]

The top three teams qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada. Canada has already qualified for the World Cup as the host and did not participate in this tournament.

The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Mexico in the final, 4–0. Costa Rica secured the final qualification position by defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the third place match, 7–3 in Added Extra Time.[6][7]

Qualified teams

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Main article: 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying
Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances
 Cayman Islands Host 1st Debut
North American zone
 Mexico Automatic 7th Runner-up (2010)
 United States Automatic 7th Champion (2006, 2010, 2012)
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
 Honduras Group 1 winner 1st Debut
 Costa Rica Group 2 winner 5th Third place (2004)
 Guatemala Playoff winner 2nd Group stage (2010, 2012)
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
 Jamaica Winner 7th Fourth place (2006)
 Trinidad and Tobago Runner-up 6th 3rd/4th place (2002)

Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Group stage

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The draw was announced on 5 November 2013.[8]

All times are local (UTC-05:00).

Tie-breaking criteria

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Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[9]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in all group matches.
  2. Goal difference in all group matches.
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
  4. Greater number of points obtained in group matches between the teams concerned.
  5. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19 9 Knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 4
3  Jamaica 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
4  Guatemala 3 0 1 2 1 15 −14 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking
Guatemala 0–0 Jamaica
Report
United States 6–0 Costa Rica
Horan 13', 24', 45+2', 87'
Green 61'
Jordan 81'		 Report
Costa Rica 5–1 Guatemala
Villalobos 5'
Hernández 10'
Talavera 24', 44'
Muñoz 31'		 Report Solorzano 66'
Jamaica 0–3 United States
Report Jordan 31'
Sullivan 41'
Meehan 82'
Jamaica 1–1 Costa Rica
Lawes 56' Report Montero 7'
United States 10–0 Guatemala
Meehan 8', 57', 74'
Amack 22'
Basinger 31'
Jordan 39' (pen.)
Hill 48' (pen.)
Purce 54'
Weber 61', 68'		 Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 19 1 +18 9 Knockout stage
2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Honduras 3 1 0 2 4 12 −8 3
4  Cayman Islands (H) 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking
Honduras 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Walker 39'
Rice 49'
Cayman Islands 0–6 Mexico
Report Samarzich 6', 9', 35'
Zermeño 24', 57'
Pérez 83' (pen.)
Mexico 10–1 Honduras
Pineda 3'
Orozco 19', 45+1', 75'
Pérez 27'
Samarzich 52', 64', 76'
Campos 68' (pen.), 87'		 Report Cruz 80'
Cayman Islands 0–4 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Camejo 2'
Bodden 18' (o.g.)
Debesette 41'
Walker 46'
Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 Mexico
Report Zermeño 33'
Solís 49' (pen.), 77'
Cayman Islands 0–3 Honduras
Report Fonseca 48', 81'
Rivera 90+5'

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[9]

The winners of the two semifinals and the third place match qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 January 2014 – George Town
 
 
 Mexico3
 
19 January 2014 – George Town
 
 Costa Rica1
 
 Mexico0
 
17 January 2014 – George Town
 
 United States4
 
 United States6
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago0
 
Third place
 
 
19 January 2014 – George Town
 
 
 Costa Rica (a.e.t.)7
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago3

Semi-finals

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Mexico 3–1 Costa Rica
Zermeño 32'
Ibarra 67'
Valadez 73'		 Report Villalobos 17'
United States 6–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Meehan 13', 65'
Jordan 27'
Amack 33', 39'
Weber 86'		 Report

Third-place match

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Costa Rica 7–3 (a.e.t.) Trinidad and Tobago
Monge 34'
Talavera 71'
Montero 86'
Muñoz 94', 96'
Arias 115'
Arguedas 120+1'		 Report Walker 16', 28'
Debesette 42'

Final

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Mexico 0–4 United States
Report Sullivan 9'
Jordan 59'
Purce 68'
Fuentes 90+3' (o.g.)

Winners

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 2014 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship winners 

United States
Fourth title

Goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Awards

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Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
United States Rose Lavelle Mexico Tanya Samarzich
United States McKenzie Meehan 		United States Katelyn Rowland
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 United States

References

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  1. ^ "CWU20 Golden Boot: Samarzich, Meehan share honors". CONCACAF. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "CWU20 Golden Ball: Rose Lavelle (USA)". CONCACAF. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "CWU20 Golden Glove: Katelyn Rowland (USA)". CONCACAF. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "It's official: Women's U20 World Cup qualifier set for Cayman - Cayman 27". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2013-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Concacaf Women's U-20 Champ for Cayman Islands | The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  6. ^ "U.S. downs Mexico, wins third straight CWU20 title". CONCACAF. January 19, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  7. ^ "Epic! Costa Rica tops Trinidad for U-20 WWC berth". CONCACAF. January 19, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  8. ^ "Draw Yields Matchups for CONCACAF Women's U20 Championship". CONCACAF. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  9. ^ a b "2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
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