The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the

CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-17 tournament is a football (soccer) competition for women's national teams under 17 years of age in North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 Women's ...

, the biennial international youth football championship organized by

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for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by

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, and was planned to take place between 19–29 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017. A total of eight teams participated in the tournament. On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the

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in Bradenton, Florida,

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. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Uruguay as the CONCACAF representatives. Defending champions

defeated

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in the final to win their fourth title.

Qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

All matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at

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. All matches of the rescheduled tournament were played at

in Bradenton, Florida.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST ( UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2–3, and drawn to the remaining six positions.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; # Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #Drawing of lots. All times are local, CST ( UTC−6) for Nicaragua and EDT ( UTC−4) for the United States.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a

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. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a

(Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for

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Third place match

Winner qualifies for

Final

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

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Alison González Alison Hecnary González Esquivel (born 31 January 2002) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Club America of the Liga MX Femenil. Club career A native of Tepic, Nayarit, González began playing in Liga MX Femenil wit ...

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;4 goals * Natalia Mauleón ;3 goals * Andersen Williams *

María Paula Salas María Paula Salas Zúñiga (born 12 July 2002) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Costa Rica women's national team. International career Salas appeared in two matches for ...

* Flero Surpris * Nayeli Díaz *

Nicole Pérez Dania Nicole Pérez Jiménez (born 30 August 2001) is a Mexican professional football midfielder who currently plays for Monterrey of the Liga MX Femenil. Career A native of Guadalajara, Pérez trained for gymnastics in her home town as a child. ...

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;2 goals * Kaila Novak *

Priscila Chinchilla Priscila Chinchilla (born 11 July 2001) is a Costa Rican international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Glasgow City and the Costa Rica women's national football team. She appeared in three matches for Costa Rica and scored two goals at t ...

* Aylin Avilez *

Mia Fishel Mia Renee Fishel (born April 30, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Tigres UANL of Liga MX Femenil. Fishel spent her collegiate career with the UCLA Bruins, winning two Pac-12 titles before being drafte ...

* Reilyn Turner ;1 goal * Jadae Steede Hill *

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* Teni Akindoju * Jordyn Huitema *

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* Daniela Contreras * Carmen Marín *

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* Reyna Reyes *

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* Isabel Cacho * Hannah Bebar * Sophia Jones * Samantha Kroeger *

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* Makenna Morris *

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* Astrid Wheeler ;1 own goal * Jeimy Umaña * Valeria Roblero

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ;Best XI *Goalkeeper:

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*Right Back: Reyna Reyes *Center Back:

*Center Back: Tanna Sánchez *Left Back: Kate Wiesner *Center Midfielder: Sophia Jones *Center Midfielder:

*Center Midfielder: Nicole Pérez *Winger/Right Midfielder: Samantha Meza *Winger/Left Midfielder: Natalia Mauleón *Forward:

Notes

References

External links

Under 17s – Women
CONCACAF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship 2018

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