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

walkover John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players avail ...

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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

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place playoff

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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 retired Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who most recently played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns of the ...

;

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 so ...

(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 (; born February 8, 1968) is an American soccer coach and former professional player. She earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team and retired in 2004 as the highest scoring defender in team history. ...

(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 (CRC) * Aly Wagner (USA) *

(CAN) ;Forwards *

Shannon MacMillan Shannon Ann MacMillan (born October 7, 1974) is an American retired football (soccer), 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 fo ...

(USA) *

(USA) ;Substitutes *GK: Lisa Jo Ramkissoon (TRI) *DF: Gabriela Trujillo (CRC) *MD: Tasha St. Louis (TRI) *AT: Marie-Denise Gilles (HAI) *AT:

Maribel Domínguez Maribel Domínguez Castelán (born 18 November 1978) is a Mexican former Association football, footballer who was the captain of the Mexico women's national football team. She is known internationally as Marigol for her record of 46 goals scor ...

(MEX) *AT:

Kara Lang Kara Elise Lang Romero (born 22 October 1986) is a former Canadian football (soccer), soccer player and current sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA World Cups and the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympi ...

(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 cha ...

(USA)

References

External links

Tables & Results
at RSSSF.com
Regulations
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