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2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 18 – February 2
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	39 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brian McBride (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Brian McBride
Best goalkeeper	Lars Hirschfeld
Fair play award	Costa Rica
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The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.

Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2-0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States then met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.

During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from Cuba to the United States.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
North American zone
Mexico	Automatic	6th	2000	Champions (1993,1996, 1998)	9
United States	Automatic	6th	2000	Champions (1991)	24
Canada (TH)	Automatic	5th	2000	Champions (2000)	93
Caribbean zone qualified through the 2001 Caribbean Cup
Trinidad and Tobago	Winners	5th	2000	Third place (1993)	34
Haiti	Runners-up	2nd	2000	Group Stage (2000)	82
Martinique	Third Place	2nd	1993	Group Stage (1993)	N/A
Cuba	Playoff	2nd	1998	Group Stage (1998)	75
Central American zone qualified through the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
Guatemala	Winners	5th	2000	Fourth Place (1996)	59
Costa Rica	Runners-up	5th	2000	Third place (1993)	30
El Salvador	Third Place	3rd	1998	Group stage (1996, 1998)	86
Other
Ecuador	Invitation	1st	None	Debut	38
South Korea	Invitation	2nd	2000	Group stage (2000)	42

Qualification play-off

A qualification playoff to determine the final Gold Cup entrant was held in July and August 2001.

Panama	0–0	Cuba

Cuba	1–0	Panama
Prado 79'

Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Venues

Pasadena	Miami
Rose Bowl	Orange Bowl
Capacity: 93,000	Capacity: 74,000
PasadenaMiamiclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Guatemala	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

El Salvador	0–1	Mexico
	Report	García 31'

Mexico	3–1	Guatemala
Bautista 28' Garcés 38' Ochoa 90'	Report	Plata 36'

Guatemala	0–1	El Salvador
	Report	Cabrera 58'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	South Korea	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Cuba	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

United States	2–1	South Korea
Donovan 35' Beasley 90+3'	Report	Song Chong-gug 38'

Cuba	0–1	United States
	Report	McBride 22' (pen.)

South Korea	0–0	Cuba
	Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Martinique	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Martinique	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report	Medford 38' Fonseca 55'

Costa Rica	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Fonseca 56'	Report	John 90'

Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	Martinique
	Report	Percin 51'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Haiti	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ecuador	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

Haiti	0–2	Canada
	Report	McKenna 28', 48'

Ecuador	0–2	Haiti
	Report	Méndez 6' (o.g.) Alerte 44'

Canada	0–2	Ecuador
	Report	Aguinaga 88', 90'

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	January 26 – Miami
	Costa Rica (a.s.d.e.t.)	2
					January 30 – Pasadena
	Haiti	1
					Costa Rica	3
	January 27 – Pasadena
					South Korea	1
	Mexico	0 (2)
									February 2 – Pasadena
	South Korea (p)	0 (4)
									Costa Rica	0
	January 26 – Miami
									United States	2
	Canada (p)	1 (6)
					January 30 – Pasadena
	Martinique	1 (5)
					Canada	0 (2)
	January 27 – Pasadena
					United States (p)	0 (4)			Third place
	United States	4
									February 2 – Pasadena
	El Salvador	0
									Canada	2
									South Korea	1

Quarterfinals

Costa Rica	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Haiti
Centeno 2' Gómez 97'	Report	Pierre 62'

Canada	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Martinique
McKenna 73'	Report	Rogers 63' (o.g.)
Penalties
McKenna Brennan De Rosario Nsaliwa De Vos Stalteri Bent	6–5	Lupon Clement DiCanot Mirande Reuperne Heurlie Lina

Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Noriega De Anda Sosa Hierro	2–4	Lee Eul-yong Lee Dong-gook Choi Sung-yong Lee Young-pyo

United States	4–0	El Salvador
McBride 9', 11', 21' Razov 72'	Report

Semifinals

Costa Rica	3–1	South Korea
Gomez 44' Wanchope 77', 82'	Report	Choi Jin-cheul 81'

Canada	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report
Penalties
McKenna Stalteri De Rosario Nsaliwa	2–4	Donovan McBride Agoos Mathis

Third place match

Canada	2–1	South Korea
Kim Do-hoon 34' (o.g.) De Rosario 35'	Report	Kim Do-hoon 15'

Final

United States	2–0	Costa Rica
Wolff 37' Agoos 63'	Report

Awards

2002 Gold Cup winners
United States Second title

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

• Most Valuable Player: Brian McBride
• Top Goalkeeper: Lars Hirschfeld
• Fair Play Trophy: Costa Rica

Best XI

Source:

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Reserves
Odelín Molina	Luis Marín Jason de Vos Jeff Agoos	Landon Donovan Kim Nam-il Luis Alfonso Sosa Mauricio Solís Rónald Gómez	Brian McBride Kevin McKenna	Shaka Hislop Ludovic Mirande Pierre Bruny Santos Cabrera Álex Aguinaga Ronald Cerritos Juan Carlos Plata

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Brian McBride

3 goals

• Kevin McKenna

2 goals

• Rolando Fonseca
• Rónald Gómez
• Paulo Wanchope
• Álex Aguinaga

1 goal

• Dwayne De Rosario
• Walter Centeno
• Hernán Medford
• Santos Cabrera
• Juan Carlos Plata
• Charles Alerte
• Golman Pierre
• Patrick Percin
• Adolfo Bautista
• Marco Garcés
• Jair García
• Carlos Ochoa
• Choi Jin-cheul
• Kim Do-hoon
• Song Chong-gug
• Stern John
• Jeff Agoos
• DaMarcus Beasley
• Landon Donovan
• Ante Razov
• Josh Wolff

Own goals

• Mark Rogers (for Martinique)
• Kim Do-hoon (for Canada)
• Édison Méndez (for Haiti)

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. January 16, 2002. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
2. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

External links

• Official Recap

• 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• 2002 in CONCACAF football
• CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by the United States
• 2002 in American soccer
• 2002 in South Korean football
• 2002 in Ecuadorian football