2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host country  USA
City Nashville, Tennessee
Dates 11 March – 23 March
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Honduras U-23
Runners-up  United States U-23
Third place  Canada U-23
Fourth place  Guatemala U-23
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Freddy Adu

The 2008 CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in three venues in the United States from March 11 to March 23, 2008.

Honduras became new under-23 champion of CONCACAF by beating the United States in the final of the eight-team tournament. Canada and Guatemala took third and fourth places, respectively. The finalists, Honduras and United States, qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[1]

The final round of the 2008 competition had two groups of four in the first round competing on a round-robin basis from March 11 to March 16, 2008, followed by the semi-final round and the finals held on March 20 and March 23, 2008. Group A matches were held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, while Group B matches were held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California with each venue staging three doubleheaders in group play. The knockout stage matches were held at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

Participating teams

North American Zone

Central American Zone

Caribbean Zone

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
 Honduras 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2
 Panama 3 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1
 Cuba 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5

All times EDT

2008-03-11
17:30
Panama  0 – 1  Honduras Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname)
(Report) Thomas  90'

2008-03-11
20:00
United States  1 – 1  Cuba Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 4,359
Referee: López (Guatemala)
Adu  13' (Report) Linares  42'
Linares  84'

2008-03-13
17:30
Honduras  2 – 0  Cuba Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: García (Mexico)
Sánchez  68'
Thomas  76'
(Report)

2008-03-13
20:00
United States  1 – 0  Panama Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Peterkin (Jamaica)
Adu  41' (pen.) (Report)

2008-03-15
16:30
Cuba  1 – 4  Panama Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 10,974
Referee: Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Duarte  64' (Report) Aguilar  18'  65'
Barahona  26'
Urgelles  31' (o.g.)

2008-03-15
19:00
United States  1 – 0  Honduras Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
Attendance: 10,974
Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Gaven  90+5' (pen.) (Report)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Guatemala 6 3 2 0 1 3 6 -3
 Canada 4 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4
 Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3
 Haiti 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4

All times PDT

2008-03-12
17:30
Haiti  0 – 1  Guatemala Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 9,949
Referee: Moreno (Panama)
(Report) Ávila  27'

2008-03-12
20:00
Canada  1 – 1  Mexico Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 9,949
Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador)
Johnson  3'
Johnson  76'
(Report) Landín  22' (pen.)
Landín  67'

2008-03-14
17:30
Canada  1 – 2  Haiti Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 19,638
Referee: Marrufo (United States)
Rosenlund  17' (Report) Gustave  72'
Saint-Preux  84'

2008-03-14
20:00
Mexico  1 – 2  Guatemala Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 19,638
Referee: Quesada (Costa Rica)
Castillo  9' (Report) Villa  40'
Lopez  67'

2008-03-16
16:30
Guatemala  0 – 5  Canada Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: Guerrero (Nicaragua)
(Report) Johnson  45'  46'
Ricketts  57' 80'
Hall  90'

2008-03-16
19:00
Mexico  5 – 1  Haiti Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 12,824
Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador)
Villaluz  18'
Andrade  61'
Fernández  70'
Esqueda  83'
Landín  89'
(Report) Aveska  29'
Saint-Preux  62'
Jean Paulin  84'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

2008-03-20
17:00
Guatemala  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Honduras LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 13,201
Referee: Neal Brizan
Noriega  102' (Report)
  Penalties  
Contreras
Leon
Ávila
Brown
Marquez
Lalin
Morales
5 – 6 Morales
Thomas
Reyna
Guity
Sánchez
Padilla
Norales

2008-03-20
20:00
United States  3 – 0  Canada LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 13,201
Referee: Walter Quesada
Adu  27'  47'
Kljestan  78'
(Report)

Third place match

2008-03-23
13:00
Guatemala  0 - 0 (a.e.t.)  Canada LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 12,663
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde
(Report)
  Penalties  
Contreras
Arreola
Ávila
Brown
3 – 5 Sánchez
Ledgerwood
Ayre
Hemming
Hall

Final

Honduras and the United States qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This match decided the CONCACAF U-23 men's championship.

2008-03-23
16:00
Honduras  1 - 0 (a.e.t.)  United States LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 12,663
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Welcome  102' (Report)

Top scorers (group and knockout stages)

4 goals [2]
3 goals
2 goals

Cuban defections

Following the Cuban draw against the United States, seven Cuban players defected, leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against Honduras. Cuba played its final game against Panama with no players available as substitutes because Roberto Linares was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match. [3]

Qualifying rounds

Qualifying rounds for the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament were held for the Central American and the Caribbean zones, narrowing the field from each zone to three nations and two nations, respectively.

In the following tables:

  • P = total games played
  • W = total games won
  • D = total games drawn (tied)
  • L = total games lost
  • GF = total goals scored (goals for)
  • GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
  • Pts = total points accumulated
Team qualified for the final round.
Team did not qualify for the final round
Team advances to playoff

North American zone

The 3 members of the North American zone automatically qualified to the final round:

Team
 Canada
 Mexico
 United States

Central American zone

Six teams were divided into two groups of three, or triangulars, and played a round of matches in round-robin format. The winner of each triangular advanced to the finals, and the runners-up played each other in a home-and-away playoff.

Triangular 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Honduras 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Panama 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
 El Salvador 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4
2007-11-07
Panama  2–1  El Salvador Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Referee: Jimenez (Costa Rica)
Torres  53'
Barahona  80'
(Report) Flores  90'

2007-11-09
El Salvador  0–3  Honduras Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Attendance: 100
Referee: Guerrero (Nicaragua)
(Report) Núñez  21'
Thomas  74'
Norales  90'

2007-11-11
Panama  1–1  Honduras Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Attendance: 2,867
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Aguilar  67' (Report) Bernárdez  28'

Triangular 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Guatemala 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 1 10 3 +7
 Nicaragua 0 2 0 0 2 1 12 -11
2007-11-14
Guatemala  3–0  Nicaragua Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Zelaya (Honduras)
Noriega  39'  45'
Arreola  52'
(Report)

2007-11-16
Nicaragua  1–9  Costa Rica Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rodriguez (Panama)
Vanegas  44' (Report) Guerrero  8'  36'  40'
Ruiz  14'  16'  20'
Borges  25'  78'
Perez  61'

2007-11-18
Costa Rica  1–2  Guatemala Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aguilar (El Salvador)
Solorzano  14' (Report) Lalín  3'
Contreras  63'

Play-off

The runners-up of each triangular met in a play-off qualified for a spot in the final round.

2007-11-30
Panama  0–1  Costa Rica Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Wijngaarde (Suriname)
(Report) Santana  56'

2007-12-06
Costa Rica  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Panama Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
(Report) Quintero  63'
  Penalties  
Angulo
Santana
Sanchez
Chan
Borges
3 – 4 Torres
Vazquez
Quintero
Bonilla
Cooper

Panama 1–1 Costa Rica on aggregate. Panama won 4–3 on penalties.

Caribbean zone

The Caribbean zone qualifiers were divided into two rounds. In the first round, 22 teams were divided into six groups, Groups A through F, and the six group winners advanced to the second round. The six second round teams were divided into two groups of three, Groups G and H, and the winners advanced to the finals.

First round

Group A - Paramaribo, Suriname
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Trinidad and Tobago 7 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7
 Suriname 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Guyana 4 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3
 Netherlands Antilles 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4

August 31, 2007

Trinidad and Tobago  4–0  Guyana
Suriname  1–0  Netherlands Antilles

September 2, 2007

Netherlands Antilles  0–3  Trinidad and Tobago
Suriname  1–2  Guyana

September 4, 2007

Guyana  2–2  Netherlands Antilles
Suriname  0–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Group B - Oranjestad, Aruba
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Jamaica 9 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11
 Antigua and Barbuda 6 3 2 0 1 5 7 −2
 Barbados 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Aruba 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9

September 9, 2007

Antigua and Barbuda  1–6  Jamaica
Aruba  0–2  Barbados

September 11, 2007

Jamaica  1–0  Barbados
Aruba  0–2  Antigua and Barbuda

September 13, 2007

Barbados  1–2  Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba  0–5  Jamaica
Group C - Havana, Cuba
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cuba 9 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20
 Puerto Rico 6 3 2 0 1 6 9 −3
 Bermuda 1 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8
 Cayman Islands 1 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9

September 9, 2007

Puerto Rico  4–1  Cayman Islands
Cuba  6–0  Bermuda

September 11, 2007

Cayman Islands  0–0  Bermuda
Cuba  8–0  Puerto Rico

September 13, 2007

Bermuda  0–2  Puerto Rico
Cuba  6–0  Cayman Islands
Group D - Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Haiti 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
 Dominican Republic 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1

September 9, 2007

Saint Kitts and Nevis  1–1  Dominican Republic

September 11, 2007

Haiti  0–0  Dominican Republic

September 13, 2007

Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–1  Haiti
Group E - Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Grenada 5 3 1 2 0 9 6 +3
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3
 Dominica 3 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5
 Saint Lucia 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1

September 9, 2007

Saint Lucia  3–3  Grenada
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  4–1  Dominica

September 11, 2007

Grenada  3–0  Dominica
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0–0  Saint Lucia

September 13, 2007

Dominica  2–1  Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  3–3  Grenada
Group F - Nassau, Bahamas
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Bahamas 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5
 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 −5
 British Virgin Islands - - - - - - - -

September 2, 2007

Bahamas  6–1  U.S. Virgin Islands
  • The British Virgin Islands withdrew at the last minute, leaving the Bahamas as the group champion.

Second round

Group G
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cuba 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Grenada 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4
2007-10-09
Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 3  Cuba Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)
(Report)  16' OG
 42' Duarte
 44' Yalmacida
2007-10-11
Cuba  2 – 1  Grenada Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 100
Referee: Garcia (MEX)
Yalmacida  15' 67' (Report)  24' Antoine
2007-10-13
Trinidad and Tobago  2 – 3  Grenada Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rodríguez (MEX)
Mitchell  77' 79' report  7' 34' Antoine
 46' pen Rennie
Group H
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Haiti 6 2 2 0 0 8 1 +6
 Bahamas 3 2 1 0 1 1 6 -5
 Jamaica 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2
2007-10-09
Haiti  6 – 0  Bahamas Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Moreno (PAN)
Vubert  34' 45'
Slcenat  44'
Saint Preux  53' 90+'
Norde  81'
(Report)
2007-10-11
 Bahamas 1 – 0  Jamaica Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Quesada (CRC)
St. Fleur  84' (Report)
2007-10-13
Haiti  2 – 1  Jamaica Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Moreno (PAN)
Azor  48'
Noel  76'
report  20' Austin

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