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2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Squads
These are the squads for the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Group A El Salvador Head coach: Carlos Recinos Guatemala Head coach: Julio César Cortés Mexico Head coach: Javier Aguirre Group B Cuba Head coach: Miguel Company South Korea Head coach: Guus Hiddink United States Head coach: Bruce Arena * Lagos and Cunningham were replaced after group matches by Group C Costa Rica Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães Martinique Head coach: Théodore Antonin Trinidad and Tobago Head coach: Renê Simões Group D Canada Head coach: Holger Osieck Ecuador Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez Hernán Darío Gómez Jaramillo (; born 3 February 1956), also known as El Bolillo (; ''The Baton''), is a Colombian former football manager and former player who played as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF. Canada, 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 Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States then met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991. During the tournament, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Rodríguez (footballer, Born 1971)
Jorge Humberto Rodríguez Alvárez (born 20 May 1971 in San Alejo, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer and currently manager. He was one of the mainstays of the El Salvador national football team during the second half of the 1990s. Club career Nicknamed ''El Zarco'', Rodríguez started his career with Salvadoran Second Division outfit Huracán and has played professionally for Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador sides Isidro Metapán, FAS, Águila and Alianza as well as for Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas) of Major League Soccer. In his six seasons with the Dallas Burn, Rodríguez appeared in 155 matches, scoring 25 goals. International career Rodríguez made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification against Nicaragua and has earned over a period of 14 years a total of 71 caps, scoring 9 goals. He has represented his country in 24 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1991, 1995 and 2001 UNCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera
Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquín (born 13 December 1979 in Santo Tomás, Guatemala) is a former Guatemalan football defender who last played for Deportivo Marquense in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala and was also a member of the Guatemala national team. On 12 September 2012 he was banned from play for life due to allegations of match-fixing. Club career Cabrera is the younger brother of former national team player Edy and both started playing football at JuCa de Izabal before moving to Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones. The brothers were separated when Edy joined Cobán Imperial. Prior to joining Major League Soccer outfit Real Salt Lake midway through the 2005 season, Cabrera spent ten seasons with Comunicaciones in his native Guatemala and again in 2006. He is a two-footed player that has been used on the left, right and center of his team's formations and has won four Guatemalan League championships between 1998–2005 and was also named MVP of the Guatemalan league in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSD Comunicaciones
Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful football clubs in Guatemala, Communicaciones have won 31 National Championships, including having won six consecutive, the most of any Guatemalan club team. In addition to their 31 league titles, Communicaciones have won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Communicaciones have garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups, one CONCACAF Champion's Cup and one CONCACAF League championship. The club plays their home games at the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores which has a capacity of 26,000. History Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel Carlos Aldana Sandoval, then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Swisher
Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero (born 21 June 1978) is a former Guatemalan football defender. Club career Swisher started his professional career with Aurora F.C. making his debut with the club in 1997. He then played for some other local teams before he joined Polish side Polonia Warszawa from CD Suchitepéquez in June 2005, after several exceptional years in Guatemala. He lasted only one season in Europe and returned to Suchitepéquez only to play for four different teams in the next four seasons. After joining Petapa in 2009 he moved to USAC before the 2009–2010 season. In March 2010, his former club Jalapa were deducted 6 points for breach of contract after not paying the salaries of Swisher and Maynor Dávila. In June 2013, Swisher announces his retirement from professional football, making USAC his last team. Worked as a coach for the New York Red Bulls Academy and currently is the head coach of U17 St. Louis City SC. International career Swisher made his debut for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigua GFC
Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the Estadio Pensativo. They are nicknamed ''Los Panzas Verdes'' ("Green bellies") in reference to the local avocados and as represented by the green stripes on the team uniform. History The club was founded in 1958 by Dr. Miguel Ángel Soto Bustamante and Mr. Antonio Martínez Barrios with the colonial city as its home. The club's first president was Rogelio Toldeo Estrada and the club's first manager was César Rodríguez Gudiel. After earning promotion to the maximum division (''Liga Mayor "A"'') in the 1957–58 season, Antigua finished third in the 1959–60 league table. However, they could not retain their level in the following years, suffering relegation after the 1964 season. After more than a decade in the '' Liga Mayor B'', the club's administration was inherited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Melgar
Pablo Sebastián Melgar Torino (born January 14, 1980) is a retired Guatemalan-Chilean football (soccer), football defender (football), defender. Club career Before playing in Chile, Melgar played for local clubs Deportivo Zacapa, Antigua GFC, Aurora F.C., and CSD Municipal, Municipal, the latter from 2004 to 2007, during which time the club won five Liga Nacional de Guatemala, league titles in a row. He then left Municipal for Club de Deportes Antofagasta, Antofagasta but decided not to return to Chile after finding it hard to play football outside the capital, Santiago de Chile. After a stint with Universad de San Carlos (Guatemalan football club), USAC, Melgar returned to Municipal for the Apertura 2010 season. International career Melgar has been a regular on the Guatemala national football team, Guatemala national team, for which he has competed at the youth, Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic, and full international levels. Tournaments in which he partaked include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Chen
Denis Geovani Chen Fernández (born 9 August 1977) is a Guatemalan former football defender who last played for local club Cobán Imperial in Guatemala's second division. His last name Chen in Chinese is 陈. Denis' family toured internationally as his father produced mung bean extracts and imported light bulbs for Spring City, PA. Denis attended Owen J. Roberts High School in 1992. Club career The small San Pedro Carchá-born Chen played for Cobán Imperial and CSD Municipal before joining Petapa in 2007. In 2009, he joined Deportivo Jalapa and then Cobán Imperial. International career Chen made his debut for Guatemala in a May 1999 friendly match against Canada and has, as of January 2010, earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, as well as at the 2001 and 2003 UNCAF Cups and the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSD Municipal
Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or ''Los Rojos'' (the Reds), is a Guatemalan football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their home matches at the Estadio El Trébol. As of 2015, they are the team that has remained the most years at the top level in Guatemala, having done so since the inception of the national league in 1942. They have won the domestic league 31 times; most recently winning the 2019 ''Apertura'' tournament. They won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1974. Municipal is the most winner and popular football club in Guatemala and are traditional arch-rivals of Comunicaciones, who is also based in Guatemala City. History The club was founded on May 17, 1936 by workers of the ''Ayuntamiento'' (city hall) of the Guatemala City municipality, hence the name ''Municipal''. They were first promoted to the top division, (then called ''Liga Capitalina)'' in 1938. They fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Estrada
Edgar Eladio Estrada Solís (born November 16, 1967), popularly known as "El Gato" (The Cat), is a Guatemalan footballer who has played goalkeeper for several clubs in Guatemala's top division. He was capped 71 times for the Guatemala national football team. Club career "El Gato" started his professional career at Aurora F.C., winning the domestic league title in the 1992-93 season. He remained there until 1996, when he joined CSD Comunicaciones. He helped that club win four consecutive league titles. In 2001, he signed with CSD Municipal, where he won two more titles. He then had a second stint with Comunicaciones. On May 11, 2003, he scored his first career goal via a penalty kick. He repeated such action one year later, against his former club Aurora. After having retired due to a spine injury, he surprisingly returned to play in 2005 for Comunicaciones. He then joined Deportivo Suchitepéquez, of whom he was a member until the end of 2006. As of the 2008 ''Clausura'' tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio César Cortés
Julio César "''El Pocho''" Cortés Lagos (born 29 March 1941) is an Uruguayan football coach and former midfielder who participated in three World Cups with the Uruguay national team. At the club level, Cortés was most successful during the time he played for Uruguayan club Peñarol, winning two league titles and the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in 1966. He has spent the majority of his coaching career in Central America, managing several clubs, and having two tenures as coach of the Guatemala national team, which he led to win the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup tournament. Playing career Cortés began his career with Sud América, and in 1962 he joined C.A. Cerro. He left the club in 1965 to play in Argentina for Rosario Central. Peñarol and international success After one season with Rosario, Cortés returned to Uruguay to join Peñarol in 1966, and became part of a first team that included players like Pedro Rocha, Alberto Spencer, Julio César ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan José Gómez
Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran retired professional goalkeeper. He is currently working as part of a sports narration staff for the private sports channel Tigo Sports based in El Salvador. Club career Águila Gómez played for the reserve team at Salvadoran giants Águila, but was not given any chance to play in the first team since Raúl García and Melvin Barrera were above him in the goalkeepers pecking order. Due to the strong competition in the goal he then turned striker and made his senior debut on loan at Santa Clara, and played for Jocoro before returning to play in goal for Águila in 2000. With the team of San Miguel Gómez won the Copa Presidente 1999–2000 (defeating in the final to Luis Ángel Firpo 3–2), also the Apertura 2000 and Clausura 2001 tournaments, suffering also a defeat at the final of the Apertura 2003. San Salvador FC He joined San Salvador FC in 2004, but left them for Luis Án ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
