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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 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. 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 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. ---- ----


Third place playoff

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


Final


Awards

* Most Valuable Player (as Selected by Media): Tiffeny Milbrett (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 ...
; Tiffeny Milbrett; Charmaine Hooper (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 (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 (USA) * Monica Gonzalez (MEX) ;Midfielders * Shirley Cruz (CRC) * Aly Wagner (USA) *
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 ...
(CAN) ;Forwards * Shannon MacMillan (USA) * Tiffeny Milbrett (USA) * Charmaine Hooper (USA) ;Substitutes *GK: Lisa Jo Ramkissoon (TRI) *DF: Gabriela Trujillo (CRC) *MD: Tasha St. Louis (TRI) *AT: Marie-Denise Gilles (HAI) *AT: Maribel Domínguez (MEX) *AT: Kara Lang (CAN) *A:T Cindy Parlow (USA)


References


External links


Tables & Results
at RSSSF.com
Regulations
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