The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the

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championship of

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and the

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(

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). The tournament was once again held in the United States, in

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and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in

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: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals.

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and

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were invited from outside CONCACAF.

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, 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

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moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the

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beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States then met

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in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since

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. During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from

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to the United States.

Qualified teams

Qualification play-off

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

---- ''Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Venues

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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. *Most Valuable Player:

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*Top Goalkeeper: Lars Hirschfeld *Fair Play Trophy:

Best XI

Source:

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals *

3 goals * Kevin McKenna 2 goals *

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* 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 DaMarcus Lamont Beasley (; born May 24, 1982) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player. A left-footed player, Beasley played both as a left winger and Defender (association football), left-wing back throughout his ...

Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional association football, soccer player and coach who was most recently the interim head coach of San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Often co ...

* Ante Razov * Josh Wolff Own goals * Mark Rogers (for Martinique) * Kim Do-hoon (for Canada) * Édison Méndez (for Haiti)

References

External links

Official Recap
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