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 Ameri ...

competition, and the twentieth

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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.

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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

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, five to

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, and four to the

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. 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 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Match officials

* Paul Ward *

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Joel Aguilar Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas (born July 2, 1975) is a Salvadoran retired football referee. He has been a FIFA listed international referee since 2002. Aguilar was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where he r ...

* Walter López *

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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 his ...

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 Germany, ...

* Roberto García *

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* Enrico Wijngaarde *

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* 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

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Miguel Sabah Miguel Sabah Rodríguez (born 14 November 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. Throughout his career, he played for Guadalajara, Cruz Azul, Monarcas Morelia, and Club León. Sabah made his debut in the ...

;3 goals *

Blas Pérez Blas Antonio Pérez Ortega (born 13 March 1981) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a forward for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League. Club career Pérez began his career in his native Panama with Panamá Viejo. He made ...

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Ali Gerba Ali Ngon Gerba (; born September 4, 1981) is a former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Born in Cameroon, he represented the Canada national team. Club career Canada and United States In 2000 Gerba signed with the Montreal ...

Celso Borges Celso Borges Mora (born 27 May 1988), is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Liga FPD club Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team. Early years His father is Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-born, C ...

Andy Herron Andy F. Herron (born February 2, 1978) is a Costa Rican footballer. Club career Before joining MLS and the Chicago Fire in late in 2004, Herron played two years with Costa Rican Herediano, which he led to Costa Rica's 2004's title, by leading ...

Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón (; born 25 March 1982) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward and captains Costa Rican club San Carlos from the Primera División de Costa Rica. Saborío originally retired in 2017, b ...

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 *

Giovani dos Santos Giovani dos Santos Ramírez ( ; born 11 May 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer. A versatile forward, dos Santos can play as an attacking midfielder, winger, and secondary striker. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Dos Santos began hi ...

Pablo Barrera Pablo Edson Barrera Acosta (born 21 June 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Querétaro. Barrera spent the early part of his career playing for Club Universidad Nacional in Mexico, before trans ...

Guillermo Franco Guillermo "Guille" Luis Franco Farquarson (born 3 November 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Argentina, he represented the Mexico national team. Early life Guillermo Franco was born in Corrientes, th ...

Luis Tejada Luis Carlos "Matador" Tejada Hansell (born 28 March 1982) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Molinos El Pirata. Club career Tejada's debut in professional soccer was with Tauro in the local league, where he ma ...

Kenny Cooper Kenneth Scott Cooper Jr. (born October 21, 1984) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward. He began his soccer career with Manchester United but failed to break through to the first team. He went on to play for clubs in P ...

Stuart Holden Stuart Alistair Holden (born August 1, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder, and is currently a lead TV game analyst for Fox Sports. Holden is part of the ownership group for Spanish La Liga soccer ...

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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 Wálter Centeno Corea (born 6 October 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and current manager of Guadalupe. He was a regular member of the Costa Rica national team and holds the record ...

* Warren Granados * Pablo Herrera *

Froylán Ledezma Froylán Greing Ledezma Stephens (born 2 January 1978) is a retired Costa Rican international football forward. He is nicknamed as ''El Cachorro'' which means "The Puppy". Club career A strong, quick and explosive striker, he debuted in th ...

Alexandre Alphonse Alexandre Alphonse (born 17 June 1982) is a French football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented Guadeloupe football team between 2009 and 2016. He currently works as an assistant coach in Switz ...

* Stéphane Auvray *

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 *

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 int ...

Monès Chéry Monès Chéry (born 12 February 1981) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He debuted in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup for Haiti and was also on the Haiti roster for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF ...

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 the ...

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 * Melvin Valladares *

Omar Cummings Omar Cummings (born 13 July 1982) is a former Jamaican international footballer who played as a forward. He spent his entire professional career in the United States. Career Youth and amateur Cummings attended Jonathan Grant High School, Cinc ...

José Antonio Castro José Antonio Castro González (born 11 August 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He gained notoriety for his performances with Club América and at the 2006 FIFA World Cup for Mexico. He is often refer ...

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Nelson Barahona Nelson Alberto Barahona Collins (born 22 November 1987 in Colón) is a Panamanian football attacking midfielder. He currently plays for the Categoría Primera B side Real Cartagena in Colombia. Club career Nicknamed ''el Russo'', Barahona ...

* Gabriel Enrique Gómez *

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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

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, the tournament was broadcast by

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, XPERTV 33 and

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and

, the tournament was broadcast by

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and

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(Mexico and United States Matches) and

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, 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

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. 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

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