2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
# 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the first edition of the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament was held in Costa Rica from 25 February to 5 March 2004.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Mexico from 2 to 12 February 2004, but was later moved to Costa Rica.

The top two teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives. The United States won the final 3–2 against Mexico, with both teams qualifying for the Olympics.

## Qualification

Canada, Costa Rica and the United States automatically qualified for the final tournament. The remaining five berths were allocated to the five group winners of the qualification tournament.

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Mexico, the original hosts of the tournament, originally qualified automatically. However, after the tournament venue was changed, new hosts Costa Rica instead qualified automatically, while Mexico took Costa Rica's place in the qualifying competition.

| Team | Zone | Method of qualification | Previous Olympics |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | NAFU | Automatic | 0 |
| Costa Rica | UNCAF | Automatic (host) | 0 |
| Haiti | CFU | Group 3 winner | 0 |
| Jamaica | CFU | Group 2 winner | 0 |
| Mexico | NAFU | Group 4 winner | 0 |
| Panama | UNCAF | Group 5 runner-up | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | CFU | Group 1 winner | 0 |
| United States | NAFU | Automatic | 2 |

* ↑ Panama replaced Guatemala after the National Football Federation of Guatemala was suspended by CONCACAF and FIFA in January 2004.

## Venues

The matches were held at the Estadio Nacional, San José and the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia.

| San JoséHeredia | San José | Heredia |
| - | - | - |
| San JoséHeredia | Estadio Nacional | Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero |
| San JoséHeredia | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 8,700 |

## Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

* Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Play-off on neutral ground.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 March – San José | 3 March – San José |
| Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 5 March – Heredia | 5 March – Heredia |
| Mexico | 2 | 5 March – Heredia | 5 March – Heredia |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 2 |
| 3 March – San José | 3 March – San José | | Mexico | 2 |
| 3 March – San José | 3 March – San José | United States | 3 |
| United States | 4 | United States | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 5 March – Heredia | 5 March – Heredia |
| | | Canada | 4 |
| | | Costa Rica | 0 |

### Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

## Goalscorers

There were 81 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 5.06 goals per match.

9 goals

* Maribel Domínguez

7 goals

* Aysha Jamani

5 goals

* Christine Sinclair
* Patricia Pérez
* Abby Wambach

4 goals

* Shannon Boxx

3 goals

* Christine Latham
* Megan Chávez
* Natalie des Vignes
* Cindy Parlow

2 goals

* Charmaine Hooper
* Shirley Cruz
* Maritzenia Bedoya
* Mia Hamm
* Kristine Lilly
* Lindsay Tarpley
* Aly Wagner

1 goal

* Carmelina Moscato
* Andrea Neil
* Ana Gabriela Campos
* Cindy Rodríguez
* Gabriela Trujillo
* Fernande Hilaire
* Sherline Ridore
* Evelyn López
* Alma Martínez
* Iris Mora
* Amarelis De Mera
* Raiza Gutiérrez
* Maylee Atthin-Johnson
* Raeann Elder
* Leslie-Ann James
* Tasha St. Louis
* Julie Foudy
* Shannon MacMillan

1 own goal

* Judith Fenelon (against United States)
* María de Jesús Castillo (against United States)

Source: CONCACAF

## Best XI

The following players were included in CONCACAF's "Best XI" of the tournament.

| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| - | - | - | - |
| Karina LeBlanc | Sharolta Nonen Gabriela Trujillo Joy Fawcett | Cindy Rodríguez Mónica Vergara Shannon Boxx Aly Wagner | Shirley Cruz Maribel Domínguez Abby Wambach |
| Honourable Mentions ||||
| Briana Scurry | Xiomara Briceño | Diana Matheson Alicia Wilson Patricia Pérez | Aysha Jamani Christine Sinclair |

## Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| - | - | - |
| Mexico | 3 March 2004 | 0 (debut) |
| United States | 3 March 2004 | 2 (1996, 2000) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
