2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the first tournament of this type in Concacaf the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 17–27, 2008. The first, second and third placed teams qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.

2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship
Trinidad and Tobago 2008
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Dates17–27 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored77 (4.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Tiffany Cameron
Costa Rica Katherine Alvarado
United States Courtney Verloo (5 goals each)
2010

Qualified teams edit

Region Method of qualification Teams
Caribbean
Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
2007 Caribbean Football Union
Women's Under-17 Tournament
  Jamaica
  Puerto Rico
Central America
Central American Football Union (UNCAF)
2007 UNCAF Women's
Under-17 Tournament
  El Salvador
  Costa Rica
North America
North American Football Union (NAFU)
Automatic qualification   Canada
  Mexico
  United States
Host nation   Trinidad and Tobago

Group stage edit

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 9
  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 4
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 1 1 6 10 −4 4
  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 2 22 −20 0


Costa Rica  0–6  United States
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago  5–1  El Salvador
Flores   17'
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

United States  9–0  El Salvador
Referee: Carol-Anne Chenard (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago  0–0  Costa Rica
Referee: Sabina Charles (Saint Lucia)

El Salvador  1–8  Costa Rica
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago  1–9  United States
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 11 4 +7 9
  Mexico 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 4 12 −8 0


Puerto Rico  0–3  Canada
Referee: Erika Vargas (Costa Rica)
Mexico  6–0  Jamaica
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

Mexico  4–0  Puerto Rico
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
Canada  4–3  Jamaica
Referee: Cecibel Ortega (El Salvador)

Jamaica  1–2  Puerto Rico
Procope   85'
Referee: Deysi Martínez (El Salvador)
Canada  4–1  Mexico
Díaz   77'
Referee: Erika Vargas (Costa Rica)

Knockout stage edit

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

The winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in New Zealand.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Tobago
 
 
  United States 1
 
27 July – Tobago
 
  Mexico0
 
  United States4
 
24 July – Tobago
 
  Costa Rica1
 
  Canada 0
 
 
  Costa Rica2
 
Third place
 
 
27 July – Tobago
 
 
  Canada1
 
 
  Mexico0

Semi-finals edit

Canada  0–2  Costa Rica
United States  1–0  Mexico

Third place edit

Canada  1–0  Mexico

Final edit

United States  4–1  Costa Rica

Winners edit

 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 
 
United States
First title

Goalscorers edit

The top-scorer award was shared between Katherine Alvarado (Costa Rica), Tiffany Cameron (Canada) and Courtney Verloo (USA) with five goals each.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Blogger".

External links edit