2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
# 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

The 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship was the biannual CONCACAF youth championship tournament for under-20 national teams. The 2009 edition was held in Trinidad and Tobago. All matches were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago and Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship traditionally serves as the CONCACAF qualifier for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and under the 2009 tournament format the four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 25 September to 16 October 2009.

## Qualifying

| Region | Qualification Tournament | Qualifiers |
| - | - | - |
| Caribbean (CFU) | Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament | Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago† |
| Central America (UNCAF) | Central American U-20 qualifying tournament | Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras‡ |
| North America (NAFU) | Automatically qualified | Canada Mexico United States |

### Notes

* † Trinidad and Tobago automatically qualified and did not participate in the qualification tournament due to their status as tournament hosts.
* ‡ The runner up from the Caribbean region, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the 3rd-place finisher from the Central American region, Honduras, played a playoff to determine the 8th and final qualifier for the tournament proper. The match was a one-game playoff on 2 March, four days prior to the opening of the tournament, in Macoya. Honduras won the match 3–1.

## Venues

| Dwight Yorke Stadium Location:Bacolet, Tobago Capacity:7,500 Home club: Tobago United | Marvin Lee Stadium Location:Macoya, Trinidad Capacity:6,000 Home club: Joe Public F.C. |
| - | - |

## Group stage

The winner and runner-up from each group advanced to the semifinals.

### Group 1

All matches in this group were played at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Trinidad.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |

### Group 2

All matches in this group were played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tobago.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

## Championship round

All four teams to qualify for the semifinals automatically qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

## Goalscorers

### 3 goals

* Randy Edwini-Bonsu
* Josué Martínez
* Roger Rojas

### 1 goal

* Jorge Castro
* Diego Estrada
* Marco Ureña
* Léster Blanco
* Andrés Flores
* Herbert Sosa
* Cristhian Altimirano
* Johnny Leverón
* Mario Martínez
* José Valladares
* Reinieri Mayorquín
* Alonso Adlam
* Romario Campbell
* Antonio Salazar
* Axel Velasquez
* Juma Clarence
* Sean De Silva
* Qian Grosvenor
* Uriah Bentick
* Dilly Duka
* Perica Marošević
* Billy Schuler
* Brek Shea
* Tony Taylor

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 11 | Champions |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Honduras | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago (H) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 8 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |

Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

