The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match that took place on July 26, 2009, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, to determine the winner of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1]
Event | 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||
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Date | July 26, 2009 | ||||||
Venue | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford | ||||||
Man of the Match | Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) | ||||||
Referee | Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) | ||||||
Attendance | 79,156 | ||||||
Mexico won their 5th. Gold Cup (and 8th. continental title to date including the CONCACAF Championship) after thrashing United States 5–0.[2]
Background
editThis was the eighth CONCACAF Gold Cup final that featured the United States. They had won the title four times, most recently in 2007. Their opponent, Mexico, had won the tournament seven times, most recently in 2003. The two teams are longtime rivals and met twice before, splitting wins.[3] The 2009 final was the last U.S. match to be played at Giants Stadium before its demolition.[4][5]
Route to the final
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Grenada | 4–0 | Match 1 | Nicaragua | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honduras | 2–0 | Match 2 | Panama | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Haiti | 2–2 | Match 3 | Guatemala | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final standing |
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Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Panama | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Quarter-finals | Haiti | 4–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honduras | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Costa Rica | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) |
Match
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- Man of the Match
- Giovani dos Santos
- Assistant referees
- Ricardo Morgan
Willian Torres - Fourth official
- Joel Aguilar
References
edit- ^ El recuerdo del 5-0 de México al Team USA en la Copa Oro by Jaime Bernal on TUDN.com, November 11, 2021
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 by Eric Lugo on the RSSSF
- ^ Las 5 finales de Copa Oro entre México y Estados Unidos, May 5, 2019
- ^ Farewell to an Era: Giants Stadium Getting Demolished by TOM CANAVAN - February 4, 2010, on NBC New York
- ^ Giantes Stadium Demolition