The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Amer ...

competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (

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). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United States. This competition was the fourth tournament without guests from other confederations.

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

won their fifth Gold Cup, and eighth CONCACAF Championship overall, after beating the

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5–0 in the

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. It was the second consecutive Gold Cup final and fourth overall to feature Mexico and the United States and the third won by

Qualified teams

A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to

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, and four to the Caribbean. Notes:

Venues

The set of thirteen venues—the largest number ever used to stage the Gold Cup—was announced on March 9.

Squads

Participating teams selected a squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), except the United States, who were given an expanded 30-player roster due to their participation in the

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Match officials

* Paul Ward *

Wálter Quesada Wálter Enrique Quesada Cordero (born 9 May 1970) is a Costa Rican retired football referee. He has been a FIFA International referee since 2001. During his career he was appointed for four CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments where he took charge o ...

* Joel Aguilar * Walter López * José Pineda * Courtney Campbell *

Benito Archundia Benito Armando Archundia Téllez (born March 21, 1966) is a Mexican former football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had hi ...

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born 10 November 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former football referee. Career An international referee since 2000, Rodríguez has been selected for three FIFA World Cups. In the 2006 tournament in Germa ...

* Roberto García * Roberto Moreno *

Enrico Wijngaarde Enrico Wijngaarde (born 11 January 1974) is a Surinamese football referee who currently resides in Paramaribo. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2002. He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 20 ...

* Geoffrey Hospedales *

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* Jair Marrufo * Terry Vaughn

Group stage

The twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The draw for the Group Stage was announced on 2 April 2009. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Miguel Sabah ;3 goals * Blas Pérez ;2 goals * Ali Gerba * Celso Borges * Andy Herron * Álvaro Saborío *

Osael Romero William Osael Romero Castillo (born 18 April 1986) is a Salvadoran former footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. Career Club Romero started his career at Atl� ...

Carlo Costly Carlo Yaír Costly Molina (; born 18 July 1982) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga de Ascenso club Lone FC. Prior to moving to Europe, he played with Platense, where he was the top scorer of the Honduras A ...

* Walter Martínez *

Gerardo Torrado Gerardo Torrado Díez de Bonilla (born 30 April 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Torrado represented Mexico at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and has won three CONCACAF Gold ...

* Giovani dos Santos * Pablo Barrera * Guillermo Franco * Luis Tejada * Kenny Cooper *

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;1 goal *

Patrice Bernier Patrice Bernier (born September 23, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional soccer player. A long-time mainstay of the Canada national team, the midfielder played the majority of his career with Montreal Impact in addition to playing in Denm ...

* Marcel de Jong * Walter Centeno * Warren Granados * Pablo Herrera * Froylán Ledezma * Alexandre Alphonse *

Stéphane Auvray Stéphane Auvray (born 4 September 1981) is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He served as captain of the Guadeloupe national team. Playing career Club Born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, Auvray grew up in S ...

David Fleurival David Fleurival (born 19 February 1984) is a Guadeloupean international footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Luxembourgish club Rodange 91. Club career He has played at Tours FC where he was the team captain and in Portugal with ...

Ludovic Gotin Ludovic Gotin (born 25 July 1985) is a Guadeloupean footballer who currently plays for French club Le Moule on the island of Guadeloupe in the Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur. He plays as a striker. Though Gotin has spent the majority of his car ...

Loïc Loval Loïc Loval Landré (born 28 September 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in the Netherlands for De Graafschap, Go Ahead Eagles and FC Utrecht. Born in mainland France, he was an intern ...

* Monès Chéry *

James Marcelin James Marcelin (born 13 June 1986) is a Haitian professional footballer who last played for Canadian club FC Edmonton. Club career Early career Born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Marcelin began his career with Roulado when he was sixteen, helping t ...

Fabrice Noël Fabrice Noël (born July 21, 1985 in Gressier) is a former Haitian footballer. Career Early life and career in Haiti Noël grew up poor in the village of Gressier, 12 miles west of Port-au-Prince. He began playing soccer at a very young age, ...

* Vaniel Sirin *

Roger Espinoza Roger Aníbal Espinoza Ramírez (; born 25 October 1986) is a Honduran professional footballer and manager who plays as a midfielder or defender and is a youth manager for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. A former Honduras inter ...

Melvin Valladares Melvin Yovany Valladares Castillo (born 14 July 1984) is a Honduran football striker who currently plays for F.C. Motagua in the Honduran Liga Nacional. Club career Valladares made his professional debut for Municipal Valencia on 6 August 20 ...

* Omar Cummings * José Antonio Castro *

Luis Miguel Noriega Luis Miguel Noriega Orozco (born 17 April 1985) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career His professional debut came during the Apertura 2007 season, on August 5, 2007 – in a game against Club Amé ...

Carlos Vela Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who captains and plays for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Described as a versatile player who can play as a forward, winger, and attacking midfiel ...

* Nelson Barahona *

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Freddy Adu Fredua Koranteng Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder. The last club he played for was Ettan Fotboll club Österlen FF. From before the time of his signing with D.C. United at ...

Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud (; born June 22, 1980) is an American soccer coach and former player. During his professional career, he played for Sporting Kansas City, Montreal Impact, and D.C. United, and served on the coaching staff of D.C. United and Houston ...

* Kyle Beckerman * Brian Ching *

Charlie Davies Charles Desmond Davies (born June 25, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Davies set several soccer records at his high school, the Brooks School, before appearing for the Boston College Eagles and ...

* Clarence Goodson *

Santino Quaranta Santino Quaranta (born October 14, 1984) is an American former soccer player. Career Youth Quaranta partially attended Baltimore's Archbishop Curley High School for his freshman and sophomore years, where he started both years, and was recogn ...

* Robbie Rogers

Awards

Winners

Individual awards

All-Tournament Team

The All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Media coverage

In Australia, the tournament was broadcast by

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In Brazil, the tournament was broadcast by Multisports In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by

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and GolTV Canada In Costa Rica, the tournament was broadcast by Teletica Canal 7, XPERTV 33 and Repretel In

and

, the tournament was broadcast by

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and

TV Azteca TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two nation ...

(Mexico and United States Matches) and SKY México In Honduras, Televicentro was broadcasting in three of their channels, MegaTV, Tele Sistema, Canal 7y4. In

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, the tournament was broadcast by RPC TV Canal 4 and TV Max. In

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, the tournament was broadcast by Astro Supersports. In the United States, English language coverage of games involving the US, as well as one game from each round of the knockout stages even if the USA was not involved, was on Fox Soccer Channel. All tournament games received Spanish language coverage split between Galavision, TeleFutura,

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. Worldwide, except in the Americas, the tournament was streamed b
Omnisport.TV
the legal online rights holder working in partnership with CONCACAF, with English commentary and in

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quality.

References

External links

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009
– Official Website for CONCACAF
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– Official Website for Gold Cup {{CONCACAF Gold Cup

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