The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the sixth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in

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, United States and

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, Canada. The winning team, the

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, and runners-up,

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, qualified for the

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. The U.S. were later awarded hosting rights to the 2003 tournament, replacing China due to the SARS outbreak. The third-placed

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played against

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in two play-off matches for qualification.

UNCAF Qualifying

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and

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withdrew. The first-placed Costa Rica and the second-placed Panama qualified for the Women's Gold Cup. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

CFU Qualifying

First round

Group 1

First leg

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Second leg

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Group 2

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Group 3

and withdrew, causing and to win by

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Final round

Semifinals

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Third Place Playoff

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Final tournament

First round

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place playoff

Winner advanced to CONCACAF–AFC play-off. ----

Final

Awards

* Most Valuable Player (as Selected by Media):

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(USA) * Golden Boot:

Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...

;

Charmaine Hooper Charmaine Elizabeth Hooper (born January 15, 1968) is a Canadian retired soccer player. A four-time winner of the Canadian Players of the Year award and member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, Hooper played on the Canada women's national socc ...

(7 Goals) * Top Goalkeeper (as Selected by Women's Gold Cup Technical Study Group): Jennifer Molina * Fair Play Trophy: Costa Rica

Best XI

;Goalkeeper * Jennifer Molina (MEX) ;Defenders *

Candace Chapman Candace Marie Chapman (born 2 April 1983) is a retired Trinidad and Tobago-born, Canadian soccer player. From Ajax, Ontario, she played as a defender and was a member of the Canadian national team. She is currently a youth team national coach ...

(CAN) *

Joy Fawcett Joy Lynn Fawcett (; February 8, 1968) is a retired American professional soccer player. She earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team (WNT) and retired from the WNT in 2004 as the highest scoring defender for the U.S. W ...

(USA) *

Brandi Chastain Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 ...

(USA) * Monica Gonzalez (MEX) ;Midfielders *

Shirley Cruz Shirley Cruz Traña (born 28 August 1985) is a Costa Rican professional association football, footballer who last played as a midfielder for OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League and the Costa Rica women's national football team. A cre ...

(CRC) *

Aly Wagner Alyson Kay Wagner (born August 10, 1980) is an American sports broadcaster and retired soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States women's national soccer team. She is a two-time Ol ...

(USA) *

(CAN) ;Forwards *

Shannon MacMillan Shannon Ann MacMillan (born October 7, 1974) is an American retired soccer player, coach, FIFA Women's World Cup champion, Olympic gold and silver medalist. Named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year for 2002, MacMillan played for the United States ...

(USA) *

(USA) ;Substitutes *GK: Lisa Jo Ramkissoon (TRI) *DF:

Gabriela Trujillo Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela' ...

(CRC) *MD:

Tasha St. Louis Tasha St. Louis (born 20 December 1983) is a Trinidadian footballer who plays as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago women's national football team, Trinidad and Tobago women's national team, of which she is the top scor ...

(TRI) *AT: Marie-Denise Gilles (HAI) *AT:

Maribel Domínguez Maribel Domínguez Castelán (born 18 November 1978) is a Mexican former Association football, footballer who played for the Chicago Red Stars during 2013 Chicago Red Stars season, 2013 season of the National Women's Soccer League, and was cap ...

(MEX) *AT:

Kara Lang Kara Elise Lang Romero (born 22 October 1986) is a former Canadian soccer player and current sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She is th ...

(CAN) *A:T

Cindy Parlow Cynthia Marie Parlow Cone (; born May 8, 1978) is an American soccer executive and president of the United States Soccer Federation. A former professional soccer player, she is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup ch ...

(USA)

References

External links

Tables & Results
at RSSSF.com
Regulations
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