August 2005 Volume 15/ Number 3

CONCACAF NEWS
Official Newsletter of The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

(Left to Right) FIFA President Sepp Blatter, CONCACAF President Jack Warner, & USAs Goalkeeper
Kasey Keller lift the CONCACAF 2005 Gold CupTM Trophy Photo by Tony Quinn

USA WINS THIRD CONCACAF GOLD CUP CROWN

The USA claimed their third CONCACAF Gold Cup crown
defeating Panama 3:1 on penalty kicks in the 2005 Final held
at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on 24 July.
The crowd of over 30,000 saw the eighth edition of the
Gold Cup conclude with a scoreless draw after regulation and two overtime periods. This was the second time in the history of the tournament that the championship match was decided by penalty kicks. The last time was in 1991 when the
USA topped Honduras 4:3 for the inaugural CONCACAF Gold Cup at the L.A.
Memorial Coliseum.
In the 2005 Final penalty shootout, Brad Davis, Landon Donovan and Santino
Quaranta scored for the stars & stripes while Chris Armas kick was saved by the
canaleros goalkeeper Jaime Penedo. Felipe Baloy had the only goal for Panama,
with Luis Tejadas kick saved by USA goalkeeper Kasey Keller, while Jorge Dely
Valdes and Alberto Blanco missed the targets with their strikes.
Having reached the Gold Cup final in only their second ever appearance in
the tournament, the Panamanian team received many post-event accolades and
their players Luis Tejada and Jaime Penada were named the Miller Lite Most
Valuable Player and the Allstate Best Goalkeeper respectively.
Panama advanced to the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final after defeating
Colombia 3:2 in the semifinals at Giants Stadium on 21 July.
The crowd of 41,721 saw Panama take a 2:0 halftime lead over Colombia in
the semifinal encounter after goals from Ricardo Phillips and Jorge Del Valdes in
the 12th and 26th minutes, respectively.
After Jairo Patio got the cafeteros on the board in the 63rd minute, Phillips
increased the canaleros lead 10 minutes later. Patio added his second goal of
the match for Colombia with a minute remaining, but Panama held on for the
win and their first-ever berth to the Gold Cup Final.
In the earlier semifinal match at Giants Stadium, Honduras held a 1:0 advantage with five minutes remaining after a first half goal from Mario Ivan
Guerrero (30th minute), but consecutive scores from John OBrien and Oguchi
Onyewu gave the USA a come-from-behind 2:1 victory and a place in the final.

03.09.2005
2006 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Final Round
Match Day 7
07.09.2005
2006 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Final Round
Match Day 8
16.09 02.10.2005
2005 FIFA Under-17 World Championship
Peru
08.10.2005
2006 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Final Round
Match Day 9
12.10.2005
2006 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Final Round
Match Day 10

2005 GOLD CUP

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
The All-Tournament Team was
selected by the CONCACAF Technical
Study Group. The selections were
made from teams that reached at
least the quarterfinals of the 2005
CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Jaime
PENEDO
(PAN)

Oguchi
ONYEWU
(USA)

Jairo
PATIO
(COL)

Jorge Samuel
CABALLEROS
(HON)

Felipe
BALOY
(PAN)

Landon Luis Ernesto DaMarcus

DONOVAN
PEREZ
BEASLEY
(USA)
(MEX)
(USA)

Luis
TEJADA
(PAN)

Tressor
MORENO
(COL)

Wilmer
VELASQUEZ
(HON)

Honourable Mentions: GK: Kasey KELLER (USA);

DF: Tyrone MARSHALL (JAM), Michael UMAA (CRC);
MD: Philip EVANS (RSA), John OBRIEN (USA); AT:
Jorge DELY VALDES (PAN), Jafet SOTO (CRC)

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CONCACAF NEWS - August 2005

2005 CONCACAF
GOLD CUP Results
FIRST ROUND
Miami, Florida
Group A
GP W-L-T F:A
PTS
Honduras
3
2-0-1
4:2
7
Panama
3
1-1-1
3:3
4
Colombia
3
1-2-0
3:3
3
Trinidad & Tobago 3
0-1-2
3:5
2
06.07.2005 COLOMBIA PANAMA 0:1 (0:0)
06.07.2005 TRINIDAD&TOBAGO HONDURAS 1:1 (1:1)
10.07.2005 HONDURAS COLOMBIA 2:1 (0:1)
10.07.2005 PANAMA TRINIDAD&TOBAGO 2:2 (1:1)
12.07.2005 COLOMBIA TRINIDAD&TOBAGO 2:0 (0:0)
12.07.2005 HONDURAS PANAMA 1:0 (0:0)
Seattle and Foxboro
Group B
GP W-L-T F:A
PTS
USA
3
2-0-1
6:1
7
Costa Rica
3
2-0-1
4:1
7
Canada
3
1-2-0
2:4
3
Cuba
3
0-3-0
3:9
0
07.07.2005 CANADA COSTA RICA 0:1 (0:0)
07.07.2005 CUBA USA 1:4 (1:1)
09.07.2005 COSTA RICA CUBA 3:1 (0:0)
09.07.2005 USA CANADA 2:0 (0:0)
12.07.2005 USA COSTA RICA 0:0
12.07.2005 CANADA CUBA 2:1 (0:0)
Los Angeles and Houston
Group C
GP W-L-T F:A
PTS
Mexico
3
2-1-0
6:2
6
South Africa
3
1-0-2
6:5
5
Jamaica
3
1-1-1
7:7
4
Guatemala
3
0-2-1
4:9
1
08.07.2005 SOUTH AFRICA MEXICO 2:1 (2:0)
08.07.2005 GUATEMALA JAMAICA 3:4 (2:3)
10.07.2005 MEXICO GUATEMALA 4:0 (2:0)
10.07.2005 JAMAICA SOUTH AFRICA 3:3 (2:2)
13.07.2005 GUATEMALA SOUTH AFRICA 1:1 (1:1)
13.07.2005 MEXICO JAMAICA 1:0 (1:0)

CONCACAF WORLD CUP

2006 QUALIFICATION

USA (blue) & Honduras (white) battled to a 2:1

finish in the Semifinals of the 2005 CONCACAF
Gold Cup held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey

The surprise of the tournament, in only their

second appearance, Panama celebrates an
exciting run to the 2005 Gold Cup Final

Quarterfinals (Foxboro and Houston)

16.07.2005 HONDURAS COSTA RICA 3:2 (3:1)
16.07.2005 USA JAMAICA 3:1 (2:0)
17.07.2005 MEXICO COLOMBIA 1:2 (0:0)
17.07.2005 SOUTH AFRICA - PANAMA 1:1 (0:0), 3:1 pen
Semifinals (New York / New Jersey)
21.07.2005 HONDURAS USA 1:2 (1:0)
21.07.2005 COLOMBIA PANAMA 2:3 (0:2)
Final (New York / New Jersey)
24.07.2005 USA PANAMA 0:0, 3:1 pen
TM

CONCACAF 2005 GOLD CUP AWARDS

Miller Lite Most Valuable Player:
Luis Tejada (PAN)
Texaco Top Goal Scorer:
DaMarcus Beasley (USA)
Allstate Best Goalkeeper:
Jaime Penedo (PAN)
Fair Play:
Honduras

Brad Davis of the USA scores the winning penalty

kick in 2005 Final, which gave the stars & stripes
their third CONCACAF Gold Cup Crown.
All photos courtesy of Tony Quinn.

Guatemala, Mexico and

USA posted victories
against Panama, Costa Rica
and Trinidad & Tobago,
respectively, during Match
Day 6 of the CONCACAF
Final Round of World Cup Qualification
on 17 August.
Mexico remain on top as the only
unbeaten team in the CONCACAF Final
Round Standings after they topped
visiting Costa Rica 2:0 in Ciudad de
Mxico. Host Guatemala defeated
Panama 2:1 in Ciudad de Guatemala
and the USA defeated Trinidad &
Tobago 1:0 in East Hartford,
Connecticut.
The CONCACAF Final Round continues on 3 September with Match Day 7
when Panama host Costa Rica in
Ciudad de Panam, while Guatemala
visits Trinidad & Tobago in Port of
Spain and the USA greet Mexico in
Columbus, Ohio.
The winner of the Mexico-USA
game next month will be guaranteed
one of the three direct CONCACAF
berths to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in
Germany. With Mexico and the USA
well ahead in qualifying play, a victory for either side in their encounter
next month will guarantee their place
in Germany 2006.
The CONCACAF Final Round will
run until 12 October 2005, with the
top three finishers in the group
advancing directly to the World Cup.
The CONCACAF fourth-place finisher
will compete in a home-and-away playoff against either Bahrain or Uzbekistan
of the Asian Football Confederation, for
one of the last berths into the FIFA
event. These games will take place in
November 2005.
Final Round
GP
W-L-T F:A
PTS
Mexico
6
5-0-1 11:3
16
USA
6
5-1-0 12:3
15
Costa Rica
6
2-3-1 6:10
7
Guatemala
6
2-3-1
9:9
7
Trinidad & Tobago 6
1-4-1 4:10
4
Panama
6
0-4-2 3:10
2
Match Day 7
03.09.2005: PANAMA COSTA RICA (20:00)
03.09.2005: TRINIDAD&TOBAGO GUATEMALA (16:30)
03.09.2005: USA MEXICO (19:30)
Match Day 8
07.09.2005: MEXICO PANAMA (21:00)
07.09.2005: GUATEMALA USA (20:00)
07.09.2005: COSTA RICA TRINIDAD&TOBAGO (20:00)

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CONCACAF & UNICEF

UNITED FOR CHILDREN
CONCACAF and UNICEF signed on 21 July, a pledge to
develop a long term partnership to benefit children in
Latin America and the Caribbean. The pledge ceremony
was held between the two semifinal matches of the 2005
CONCACAF Gold Cup on the field at Giants Stadium in
East Rutherford, New Jersey USA.
UNICEF believes that sports and play must be part and
parcel of every childs life, advantaged and disadvantaged,
talented and instinctive, said Andres Franco, UNICEF
Representative. Play comes naturally to children, and is a
powerful force to ensure that children, especially children
in the developing world, realize their right to play.
CONCACAF President, Jack Warner, reinforced this message adding, As the most popular sport in the world,
football has the potential to be a tremendous power for
good, especially for young people. Through this relationship we will explore ways to harness the power of football
to have a positive impact on the lives of children across
this region.

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SAPRISSA QUALIFIES TO FIFA CLUB

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa qualified to
the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship
Toyota Cup with a 3:2 aggregate victory over
Pumas UNAM of Mexico in the two-legged
final of the 2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Pumas
UNAM's 2:1 victory over Saprissa in Ciudad de Mexico on 12
May was not enough to overturn the 2:0 lead the Costa
Rican side gained from the first leg as Saprissa went on to
claim their third ever CONCACAF Champions Cup title.
Deportivo Saprissa will now represent CONCACAF in the
2005 FIFA World Club Championship Toyota Cup, taking
place in Japan from 11-18 December, where they will
compete with the top side from each of the five other
Confederations for the title of Club World Champion.
2005 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS CUP Final (Second Leg)
11.05.2005: Ciudad de Mxico, MEXICO; Estadio Olmpico Universitario (A: 4000)
PUMAS UNAM (MEX) DEPORTIVO SAPRISSA (CRC) 2:1 (0:1)
Joaquin DEL OLMO 66; Leandro AUGUSTO 89 Ronald GOMEZ 33
R: Kevin STOTT (USA)
Deportivo Saprissa wins 3:2 on aggregate

TOUGH GROUPS DRAWN FOR THE

FIFA U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

CONCACAF President Jack Warner along with UNICEF Representatives after

signing a Pledge of Co-operation during semifinals of 2005 Gold Cup

CONCACAF TEAMS TO PLAY IN

COPA SUDAMERICANA
CONCACAF confirmed in June that Mexican
clubs Pumas UNAM and Club Amrica along
with D.C. United of USA will compete at
CONMEBOLs 2005 Copa Sudamericana.
The CONCACAF teams, who will take part for the first
time in the CONMEBOL event, will enter the tournament in
the Round-of-16 scheduled to start in mid-September.
After winning the 2005 Mexican League Torneo de
Clausura, Club Amrica will face winner of the Copa
Sudamericana First Round Series 2 that features clubs from
Colombia and Venezuela.
Meanwhile, Pumas UNAM, who finished second in the 2005
CONCACAF Champions Cup to automatically qualify to participate in the tournament, are scheduled to face the victor
from Series 3 between teams from Bolivia and Ecuador.
D.C. United, the defending Major League Soccer
Champion, will take on the winner from Series 4 First
Round that pairs clubs from Chile and Peru.

Costa Rica, Mexico and USA found themselves in tough groups when the draw for
the FIFA Under-17 World Championship Peru
2005 was held at the Museo Tumbas Reales
de Sipn in Chiclayo on 16 July.
CONCACAF President Jack Warner, FIFA Vice President
and Chairman of the Organising Committee for the FIFA
World U-17 Championship, presided over the draw ceremony that placed Costa Rica into Group A along with
China, Ghana and the host Peru, while Mexico will play in
Group B, against Australia, Turkey and Uruguay.
The USA was drawn into Group C, joining Cote
DIvorie, Italy and Korea DPR, while Group D has Brazil,
Gambia, Netherlands and Qatar.
The 16-team tournament will take place in five venues
in Peru, Chiclayo, Iquitos, Piura, Trujillo and the capital
Lima and runs from 16 September 2 October.

MEXICO FOURTH AT 2005

FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP
Mexico finished fourth at the 2005 FIFA
Confederations Cup after a 4:3 loss in overtime
to the host Germany in the third place match
at Zentralstadion in Leipzig on 29 June.
The tricolor began the FIFA Confederations Cup winning the Group B crown after victories in Hanovers
Niedersachsenstadion over the Asian Champions Japan
(2:1) on 16 June and then last years Copa America
Champions Brazil (1:0) on 19 June.
Mexico concluded group play with a scoreless draw against
the 2004 European Championship Winners, Greece at
Waldstadion on 22 June. The tricolor lost 6:5 on penalties to
Argentina in the semifinals in Hanover on 26 June.

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CONCACAF NEWS - August 2005

AROUND THE
CONFEDERATION
VENUES UNVEILED FOR FIFA WORLD
YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP CANADA 2007
FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF
President Jack Warner unveiled, at a
press conference in Toronto in May, the
venues for the FIFA World Youth
Championship Canada 2007.
Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa,
Vancouver and Victoria will host the
16th edition of FIFAs Under-20 tournament which takes place from 1-22 July
2007.
After Canadas outstanding organization of the inaugural FIFA U-19
Womens World Championship in 2002,
I look forward to what will unquestionably be an exciting edition of the FIFA
World Youth Championship, said
Warner. I am certain Canada will
again showcase their ability to stage
one of the worlds most prestigious
sport competitions.

725 FIFTH AVENUE, 17th FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022

CONCACAF NEWS

HAITI WINS COPA DE LAS ANTILLAS

Haitis Under-20 team won the 2005
Copa de las Antillas after defeating the
host Dominican Republic 1:0 at the

Parque del Este in Santo Domingo on

10 July, while Puerto Rico finished
third at the quadrangular tournament
with a 3:2 victory over Dominican
Republics Under-17 team.
The Copa de las Antillas title
returns to Haiti for the first time since
2002, when the Under-23 squad won
the event in Port-au-Prince.
The Dominican Republics U-20
team won the first tournament in 2001
in Santo Domingo, while Villa Clara of
Cuba and Cubas U-20 squad claimed
the titles of 2003 and 2004, in Zuleta
and Santo Domingo, respectively.
COSTA RICAS WHAYNE WILSON DIES
Costa Rican forward Whayne Wilson
died on 18 May due to injuries sustained
in a car accident.
The 29-year-old, who played for
Brujas FC, was driving to see his family
when his car hit a truck on the highway from San Jos to Limn.
Wilson was a fixture on the Costa
Rican squad during CONCACAF World
Cup Qualification to Germany 2006 and
recently led the ticos to their fifth
UNCAF Nations Cup in Guatemala 2005
and a berth to the Gold Cup.

Wilson also played on the Costa

Ricas Under-23 team at the 2004
Olympic Games in Greece and then
with the full national side at the 2004
Copa Amrica in Peru.
USA PARTICIPATES IN THE FIFA
BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP
The USA played in the inaugural FIFA
Beach Soccer World Cup this past May
at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
The stars & stripes were beaten in
both group encounters at the FIFA
annual 12 team tournament losing to
two eventual semifinalists, Japan (2:3)
and Portugal (3:9) on 9 and 10 May,
respectively.
France claimed the FIFA Beach
Soccer World Cup after defeating
Portugal in the 2005 finals on penalties
after a 3:3 draw in regulation and
overtime periods.
The field of teams for the 2006 FIFA
Beach Soccer World Cup has been
increased from 12 to 16 and will once
again be held in Brazil. For the first
time, CONCACAF will stage qualifying
matches next year with two teams progressing to the annual FIFA event.

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