2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
# 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by Nicaragua, and was planned to take place between 19–29 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017. A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.

On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CONCACAF representatives.

Defending champions United States defeated Mexico in the final to win their fourth title.

## Qualification

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performances | Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| North American Zone (NAFU) |||||
| Canada | Automatic | 6th | Champions (2010) | 5 |
| Mexico | Automatic | 6th | Champions (2013) | 4 |
| United States | Automatic | 6th | Champions (2008, 2012, 2016) | 3 |
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition |||||
| Nicaragua | Hosts | 1st | Debut | 0 |
| Costa Rica | Group stage winners | 4th | Runners-up (2008) | 2 |
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition |||||
| Haiti | Final round winners | 4th | Fourth place (2016) | 0 |
| Bermuda | Final round runners-up | 1st | Debut | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | Final round third place | 2nd | Group stage (2008) | 0 |

## Venues

All matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua. All matches of the rescheduled tournament were played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2–3, and drawn to the remaining six positions.

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| - | - | - |
| Nicaragua (Position A1)  United States (Position B1) | Canada  Mexico | Bermuda  Costa Rica  Haiti  Puerto Rico |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

### Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5):

* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6) for Nicaragua and EDT (UTC−4) for the United States.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Haiti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 June – Bradenton | 10 June – Bradenton |
| Mexico | 2 |
| Mexico | 2 | 12 June – Bradenton | 12 June – Bradenton |
| Canada | 1 | 12 June – Bradenton | 12 June – Bradenton |
| Canada | 1 | Mexico | 2 |
| 10 June – Bradenton | 10 June – Bradenton | | Mexico | 2 |
| 10 June – Bradenton | 10 June – Bradenton | United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 3 |
| Haiti | 2 | | |
| Haiti | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 June – Bradenton | 12 June – Bradenton |
| | | Canada | 2 |
| | | Haiti | 1 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

### Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

## Winners

* 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
* United States Fourth title

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| - | - | - |
| United States | 10 June 2018 | 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) |
| Mexico | 10 June 2018 | 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Canada | 12 June 2018 | 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |

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

## Goalscorers

### 5 goals

* Melchie Dumornay
* Alison González
* Sunshine Fontes

### 4 goals

* Natalia Mauleón

### 3 goals

* Andersen Williams
* María Paula Salas
* Flero Surpris
* Nayeli Díaz
* Nicole Pérez
* Maya Doms

### 2 goals

* Kaila Novak
* Priscila Chinchilla
* Aylin Avilez
* Mia Fishel
* Reilyn Turner

### 1 goal

* Jadae Steede Hill
* Leilanni Nesbeth
* Teni Akindoju
* Jordyn Huitema
* Jayde Riviere
* Daniela Contreras
* Carmen Marín
* Milan Pierre
* Vanessa Buso
* Reyna Reyes
* Anette Vázquez
* Isabel Cacho
* Hannah Bebar
* Sophia Jones
* Samantha Kroeger
* Payton Linnehan
* Makenna Morris
* Diana Ordoñez
* Kennedy Wesley
* Astrid Wheeler

### 1 own goal

* Jeimy Umaña (against the United States)
* Valeria Roblero (against Haiti)

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

| Golden Ball | Golden Boot | Golden Glove |
| - | - | - |
| Melchie Dumornay | Alison González | Angelina Anderson |
| CONCACAF Fair Play Award |||
| United States |||

### Best XI

* Goalkeeper: Angelina Anderson
* Right Back: Reyna Reyes
* Center Back: Kennedy Wesley
* Center Back: Tanna Sánchez
* Left Back: Kate Wiesner
* Center Midfielder: Sophia Jones
* Center Midfielder: Melchie Dumornay
* Center Midfielder: Nicole Pérez
* Winger/Right Midfielder: Samantha Meza
* Winger/Left Midfielder: Natalia Mauleón
* Forward: Sunshine Fontes
