2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

The 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted by the Netherlands. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in United States and Group B was held in Honduras. On January 16, 2005, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On January 30, 2005, Canada and Honduras achieved qualification.

2005 CONCACAF U-20 Qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesUnited States
Honduras
DatesJanuary 12–30
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance52,552 (4,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Ryan Gyaki (4 goals)
2003
2007
All statistics correct as of March 26, 2009.

Teams edit

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region Qualification Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean qualifying   Jamaica
  Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) Central American qualifying   Costa Rica
  Panama
host   Honduras
North America (NAFU)   United States
automatically qualified   Canada
  Mexico

Venues edit

Carson San Pedro Sula
The Home Depot Center Estadio Francisco Morazán
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 20,000
   

Group A edit

United States hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California between January 12–16.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
  Panama 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Costa Rica  1–1  Panama
Cordero   54' Report[permanent dead link] Gun   76'
United States  6–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Gaven   1'  9'  25'
Adu   7' (pen.)
  16' (o.g.)
John   53'
Report[permanent dead link] Crooks   23'

Trinidad and Tobago  1–2  Costa Rica
Jagdeosingh   85' Report[permanent dead link] Chacon   8'
Salazar   62'
Panama  0–2  United States
Report[permanent dead link] Adu   55' (pen.)
Peterson   88'

Panama  3–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Gallardo   12'
Salazar   71'  75'
Report[permanent dead link] Francois   77'
Costa Rica  0–2  United States
Report[permanent dead link] Barrett   2'
Szetela   37'

Group B edit

Honduras hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula between January 26–30.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
  Honduras 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
  Mexico 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Mexico  1–2  Canada
Parra   15' Report[permanent dead link] Gyaki   27'  39'
Honduras  4–2  Jamaica
Güity   23'  41'
Núñez   45' (pen.)  72'
Report[permanent dead link] Priestley   55'
White   69'

Mexico  1–0  Jamaica
Hernandez   23' Report[permanent dead link]
Canada  1–0  Honduras
Gyaki   61' Report

Canada  1–0  Jamaica
Gyaki   74' Report[permanent dead link]
Mexico  0–2  Honduras
Report[permanent dead link] Nolasco   77'
Güity   88'

Goal scorers edit

4 goals

See also edit

External links edit