2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament

2005 CONCACAF U-20 Qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesUnited States
Honduras
DatesJanuary 12–30
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance52,552 (4,379 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ryan Gyaki (4 goals)
2003
2007
All statistics correct as of March 26, 2009.

The 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted by the Netherlands. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in United States and Group B was held in Honduras. On January 16, 2005, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On January 30, 2005, Canada and Honduras achieved qualification.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region Qualification Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean qualifying  Jamaica
 Trinidad and Tobago
Central America (UNCAF) Central American qualifying  Costa Rica
 Panama
host  Honduras
North America (NAFU)  United States
automatically qualified  Canada
 Mexico

Venues

Carson San Pedro Sula
The Home Depot Center Estadio Francisco Morazán
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 20,000

Group A

United States hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California between January 12–16.

Team Played Win Draw Lose GF GA GD Pts
United States 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
 Panama 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Costa Rica 1–1 Panama
Cordero 54' Report Gun 76'
United States 6–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Gaven 1' 9' 25'
Adu 7' (pen.)
16' (o.g.)
John 53'
Report Crooks 23'

Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 Costa Rica
Jagdeosingh 85' Report Chacon 8'
Salazar 62'
Panama 0–2 United States
Report Adu 55' (pen.)
Peterson 88'

Panama 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Gallardo 12'
Salazar 71' 75'
Report Francois 77'
Costa Rica 0–2 United States
Report Barrett 2'
Szetela 37'

Group B

Honduras hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula between January 26–30.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
 Honduras 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Mexico 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Jamaica 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Mexico 1–2 Canada
Parra 15' Report Gyaki 27' 39'
Honduras 4–2 Jamaica
Güity 23' 41'
Núñez 45' (pen.) 72'
Report Priestley 55'
White 69'

Mexico 1–0 Jamaica
Hernandez 23' Report
Canada 1–0 Honduras
Gyaki 61' Report

Canada 1–0 Jamaica
Gyaki 74' Report
Mexico 0–2 Honduras
Report Nolasco 77'
Güity 88'

Goal scorers

4 goals

See also