2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Summary

The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final tournament took place in the United States between 19 and 27 November 2006.[2] The United States and Canada received byes into the semi-finals of the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.

2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Dates19–26 November
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions United States (6th title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Maribel Domínguez
Mexico Mónica Ocampo
Canada Christine Sinclair
United States Abby Wambach
(2 goals)
Best player(s)United States Kristine Lilly
Best goalkeeperCanada Erin McLeod[1]
2002
2010

The United States won the competition with Canada, as the runner-up. Both teams automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a play-off for a spot.

Teams edit

Pre-qualified

North and Central America Qualifying

Caribbean Qualifying

Qualification edit

UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying edit

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  Mexico 2 2 0 0 17 0 6
  Nicaragua 2 1 0 1 2 10 3
  El Salvador 2 0 0 2 1 10 0
  Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico  9–0  Nicaragua
Mexico

Nicaragua  2–1  El Salvador
Mexico

Mexico  8–0  El Salvador
Mexico

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
  Panama 2 2 0 0 5 0 6
  Guatemala 2 1 0 1 2 4 3
  Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 1 4 0
  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Guatemala  2–1  Costa Rica

Panama  2–0  Costa Rica

Panama  3–0  Guatemala
Machado   10'
De Mera   24'
Aguilar   76'
Report

CFU Qualifying edit

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup,[3] there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

Preliminary round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barbados   0–1   Antigua and Barbuda 0–1 0–0
Cayman Islands   1–3   Netherlands Antilles 1–2 1–0
British Virgin Islands   1–8   U.S. Virgin Islands 1–3 0–5
Turks and Caicos Islands   w.o.[1]   Bahamas
Grenada   w.o.[1]   Guyana
Saint Kitts and Nevis   w.o.[1]   Montserrat
  • ^^^ Bahamas, Guyana and Montserrat withdrew.
Barbados  0–1  Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda won 1–0 on aggregate.


Netherlands Antilles won 3–1 on aggregate.


US Virgin Islands won 8–1 on aggregate.


First round edit

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.

Group A[3][4]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Dominican Republic 9 3 3 0 0 11 2 +11
  Bermuda 6 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5
  U.S. Virgin Islands 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3
  Turks and Caicos Islands 0 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11
Group B[5]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Haiti were denied entry, but were allowed play-off with group winners   Suriname
  Suriname 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9
  Netherlands Antilles 3 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5
  Aruba 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Group C[3][6]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Jamaica 9 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27
  Saint Lucia 6 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 3 1 0 2 5 16 −11
  Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13
Group D[7]
Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Trinidad and Tobago 9 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4
  Dominica 1 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8
  Grenada 1 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15

Group A








Group B


Suriname  7–1  Netherlands Antilles

Aruba  1–2  Netherlands Antilles

Aruba  0–3  Suriname

Playoff

Suriname  0–3  Haiti

Group C



Jamaica  5–0  Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia  3–2  Saint Kitts and Nevis

Jamaica  10–0  Antigua and Barbuda
  • Mitchell   1', 21', 38'
  • V. Reid   5', 82', 90'
  • Parker   26'
  • Davis   60'
  • Duncan   71', 90+1'

Antigua and Barbuda  1–2  Saint Lucia

Jamaica  11–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • N. Reid   5', 26', 32'
  • Parker   9'
  • Davis   21'
  • V. Reid   38', 69'
  • Bell   42'
  • Jackson   45' (pen.)
  • Duncan   55', 89'

Group D



Trinidad and Tobago  10–0  Grenada
St. Louis   20' (pen.), 23', 41', 57'
Mollon   37', 54', 59', 63'
Cooper   68'
Cordner   73'
Report

Dominica  2–2  Grenada
Report

Trinidad and Tobago  4–1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Douglas   67'
Cordner   69'
Burgin   87'
St. Louis   90'
Report Robinson   89'


Trinidad and Tobago  6–0  Dominica
St. Louis   10'
?   47' (o.g.)
Douglas   48', 54'
Burgin   75'
Mollon   89'
Report

Final round edit

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between 6 September and 10 September.[5] The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Trinidad and Tobago 6 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11
  Dominican Republic 3 2 1 0 1 2 7 −5
  Suriname 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6
Trinidad and Tobago  5–1  Suriname
James   13'
Russell   36'
St. Louis   62', 77'
Douglas   66'
(Report) Rigters   7'

Suriname  0–2  Dominican Republic
(Report) Jiménez   76'
Valerio   90'

Dominican Republic  0–7  Trinidad and Tobago
(Report) St. Louis   10', 53' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
James   13'
Mascall   45'
Russell   68'
Cordner   71'
Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Jamaica 6 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10
  Haiti 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
  Bermuda 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12
Jamaica  7–0  Bermuda
Davis   19', 76'
Reid   33', 61', 83', 88'
Duncan   89'
(Report)

Bermuda  0–5  Haiti
(Report) Joseph   16', 74'
Libertin   42', 65'
Dolce   76'

Haiti  0–3  Jamaica
(Report) Mitchell   38'
Reid   48'
Duncan   89'

Final tournament edit

First round edit

Jamaica  2–0  Panama
Sullivan   4'
Reid   59'
(Report)
Mexico  3–0  Trinidad and Tobago
P. Pérez   20'
González   45'
Domínguez   67'
(Report)

Semifinals edit

Winners qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Canada  4–0  Jamaica
Sinclair   40', 71'
Wilkinson   51'
Booth   88'
(Report)
United States  2–0  Mexico
Wambach   10', 64' (Report)

Third place play-off edit

Winner advanced to AFC–CONCACAF play-off.

Jamaica  0–3  Mexico
(Report) Ocampo   19' (pen.), 37'
Domínguez   22'

Final edit

Canada  1–2 (aet)  United States
Hermuss   44' (Report) Osborne   6'
Lilly   120' (pen.)

Awards edit

 2006 Women's Gold Cup winners 
 
United States
Sixth title

References edit

  1. ^ "CONCACAF Women's Championship award". canadasoccer.com.
  2. ^ Women's Gold Cup, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  3. ^ a b c Women's Caribbean Cup 2006 Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  4. ^ Bermuda girls go down in extra time, by Colin Thompson, published by The Royal Gazette on 8 May 2006. The final match of the group, between Bermuda and Dominican Republic, went to extra time after the score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. The table includes the extra time score.
  5. ^ a b 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / Copa Oro Femenina – Caribbean Qualification Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, from CONCACAF, retrieved 29 May 2006.
  6. ^ Girlz rout St Kitts & Nevis 11–0 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, from Jamaica Observer, retrieved 29 May 2006
  7. ^ Soca Princesses slam Dominica 6–0 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, from Trinidad Guardian, retrieved 29 May 2006

External links edit

  • Regulations