2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

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2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
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The Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the final.
Event2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada Colombia
Canada Colombia
2 0
Date27 February 2000
VenueMemorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
RefereePeter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Attendance6,197
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The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match played on 27 February 2000 at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada beat Colombia 2–0. This was Canada's first Gold Cup title and its second major title, the first since the 1985 CONCACAF Championship. As the Gold Cup champions, Canada represented CONCACAF at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan.[1]

Background[]

As the lowest-ranked member of the North American Football Union, Canada didn't enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup automatically and had to play the qualification, held in 1999 in the United States. The Canadians qualified by leading the group ahead of Haiti, the other qualified nation, Cuba and El Salvador, both failed to qualify.

Colombia, a member of CONMEBOL was invited to the tournament by CONCACAF. Peru was also invited to the 2000 edition, making them the second South American countries to play the Gold Cup after Brazil, which participated in 1996 and in 1998. By reaching the final match, Colombia repeated the same record as Brazil in 1998.

Both, Colombia and Canada had been runner-ups in their groups during the first round, respectively Groups A and D. However, Canada and South Korea, another invited participant, tied in every criteria in Group D and the qualification had to be decided in the coin toss, favoring Canada.[2]

By the time of the competition, Canada hadn't win a major title since 1985 while Colombia was yet to win a big honor in its history.

Route to the final[]

Further information: 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada Round Colombia
Opponents Result First round Opponents Result
 Costa Rica 2–2 Match 1  Jamaica 1–0
 South Korea 0–0 Match 2  Honduras 0–2
Group D runners-up[a]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
 Canada 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
 South Korea 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
Final standings Group A runners-up
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
 Colombia 2 1 0 1 1 2 –1 3
 Jamaica 2 0 0 2 0 3 –3 0
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 Mexico 2–1 (a.e.t.) Quarter-finals  United States 2–2 (2–1 pen.)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Semi-finals  Peru 2–1

Match details[]

Canada 2–0 Colombia
De Vos Goal 45'
Corazzin Goal 68' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 6,197[3]
Canada
Colombia
GK 1 Craig Forrest
RB 2 Paul Fenwick Yellow card 28'
CB 4 Tony Menezes Yellow card 80'
CB 5 Jason de Vos (c) Yellow card 76'
LB 13 Mark Watson
RM 21 Martin Nash Substituted off 89'
CM 11 Jim Brennan
CM 12 Jeff Clarke
LM 7 Paul Stalteri Yellow card 78'
CF 15 Richard Hastings
CF 9 Carlo Corazzin
Substitutions:
FW 16 Garret Kusch Substituted in 89'
Manager:
Holger Osieck
GK 22 Diego Gómez
RB 2 Andrés Mosquera Yellow card 88'
CB 3 Roberto Carlos Cortés
CB 5 Gonzalo Martínez
LB 19 Arley Dinas
RM 16 Bonner Mosquera Substituted off 46'
CM 14 John Wilmar Pérez
CM 17 Mayer Candelo
LM 10 Faustino Asprilla (c) Yellow card 19'
CF 20 Victor Bonilla Substituted off 57'
CF 11 Martín Zapata
Substitutions:
MF 7 Héctor Hurtado Substituted in 46'
FW 9 Edwin Congo Substituted in 57'
Manager:

Notes[]

  1. ^ In Group D, Canada and South Korea required a coin toss as a final tiebreaker.

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Korea/Japan 2001 - Teams (Canada)". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2001.
  2. ^ "When Canada Won The Gold Cup By Winning A Coin Toss And Upsetting Mexico". the18. 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (February 28, 2000). "Canada Has Its Golden Moment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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