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 country Cayman Islands
Dates 9–19 January
Teams 8 (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 played 16
Goals scored 80 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Tanya Samarzich
United States McKenzie Meehan
(6 goals)[1]
Best player United States Rose Lavelle[2]
Best goalkeeper United States Katelyn Rowland[3]

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

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances
 Cayman Islands Host 1st n/a
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 n/a
 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

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

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

Tie-breaking criteria

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

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

January 9, 2014
17:00
Guatemala  0–0  Jamaica
Report

January 9, 2014
19:30
United States  6–0  Costa Rica
Horan  13', 24', 45+2', 87'
Green  61'
Jordan  81'		 Report

January 11, 2014
17:00
Costa Rica  5–1  Guatemala
Villalobos  5'
Hernández  10'
Talavera  24', 44'
Muñoz  31'		 Report Solorzano  66'

January 11, 2014
19:30
Jamaica  0–3  United States
Report Jordan  31'
Sullivan  41'
Meehan  82'

January 13, 2014
17:00
Jamaica  1–1  Costa Rica
Lawes  56' Report Venegas  7'

January 13, 2014
19:30
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

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 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking

January 10, 2014
17:00
Honduras  0–2  Trinidad and Tobago
Report Walker  39'
Rice  49'

January 10, 2014
19:30
Cayman Islands  0–6  Mexico
Report Samarzich  6', 9', 35'
Zermeño  24', 57'
Perez  83' (pen.)

January 12, 2014
17:00
Mexico  10–1  Honduras
Pineda  3'
Orozco  19', 45+1', 75'
Perez  27'
Samarzich  52', 64', 76'
Campos  68' (pen.), 87'		 Report Cruz  80'

January 12, 2014
19:30
Cayman Islands  0–4  Trinidad and Tobago
Report Camejo  2'
Bodden  18' (o.g.)
Debesette  41'
Walker  46'

January 14, 2014
17:00
Trinidad and Tobago  0–3  Mexico
Report Zermeño  33'
Solis  49' (pen.), 77'

January 14, 2014
19:30
Cayman Islands  0–3  Honduras
Report Fonseca  48', 81'
Rivera  90+5'

Knockout stage

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-finals Final
17 January 2014 – George Town
  Mexico  3  
  Costa Rica  1  
 
19 January 2014 – George Town
      Mexico  0
    United States  4
Third place
17 January 2014 – George Town 19 January 2014 – George Town
  United States  6   Costa Rica (a.e.t.)  7
  Trinidad and Tobago  0     Trinidad and Tobago  3

Semi-finals

17 January 2014
16:00
Mexico  3–1  Costa Rica
Zermeño  32'
Ibarra  67'
Valadez  73'		 Report Villalobos  17'

17 January 2014
19:00
United States  6–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Meehan  13', 65'
Jordan  27'
Amack  33', 39'
Weber  86'		 Report

Third-place match

19 January 2014
16:00
Costa Rica  7–3 (a.e.t.)  Trinidad and Tobago
Monge  34'
Talavera  71'
Venegas  86'
Muñoz  94', 96'
Arias  115'
Arguedas  120+1'		 Report Walker  16', 28'
Debesette  42'

Final

19 January 2014
19:00
Mexico  0–4  United States
Report Sullivan  9'
Jordan  59'
Purce  68'
Fuentes  90+3' (o.g.)

Awards

 2014 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship Winners 

United States
Fourth title

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals

  • United States Savannah Jordan

4 goals
  • Trinidad and Tobago Anique Walker
  • Mexico Paloma Zermeño

3 goals

  • United States Stephanie Amack
  • Costa Rica Yesmi Talavera

  • Mexico Jazmin Orozco

2 goals

1 goal
  • Costa Rica Katheryn Arias
  • Trinidad and Tobago Shanisa Camejo
  • Costa Rica Krista Hernández
  • Jamaica Oshay Lawres
  • Honduras Johana Rivera
  • United States Brittany Basinger
  • Honduras Seidy Cruz
  • United States Rachell Hill
  • Costa Rica Daphne Monge
  • Guatemala Aisha Solorzano

Own goals

References

  1. ↑ "CWU20 Golden Boot: Samarzich, Meehan share honors". CONCACAF. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "CWU20 Golden Ball: Rose Lavelle (USA)". CONCACAF. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ "CWU20 Golden Glove: Katelyn Rowland (USA)". CONCACAF. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.cayman27.com.ky/2013/06/19/its-official-womens-u20-world-cup-qualifier-set-for-cayman
  5. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2013-06-19/concacaf-women%E2%80%99s-u-20-champ-cayman-islands
  6. ↑ "U.S. downs Mexico, wins third straight CWU20 title". CONCACAF. January 19, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Epic! Costa Rica tops Trinidad for U-20 WWC berth". CONCACAF. January 19, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Draw Yields Matchups for CONCACAF Women’s U20 Championship". CONCACAF. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  9. 1 2 "2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
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