2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2003
(in Spanish)
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup logo.svg
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countriesUnited States
Mexico
Dates12–27 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (4th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored50 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Walter Centeno
United States Landon Donovan
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Mexico Jesús Arellano
Best goalkeeperMexico Oswaldo Sánchez
Fair play award United States
← 2002
2005 →

The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both United States and Mexico.[1] The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern U.S. city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.

The United States' Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5–0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semi-finals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2–1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1–0 in extra time.

Qualified teams[]

Team Qualification Appearances Last Appearance Previous best performance FIFA Ranking[2]
North American zone
 Mexico Automatic 7th 2002 Champions (1993, 1996, 1998) 11
 United States (TH) Automatic 7th 2002 Champions (1991, 2002) 9
 Canada Automatic 6th 2002 Champions (2000) 78
Caribbean zone qualified through the CFU Qualifying Tournament
 Jamaica Group A Winners 5th 2003 Third place (1993) 48
 Cuba Group B Winners 3rd 2003 Group stage (1998, 2002) 63
 Martinique Qualifying round 3rd 2002 Quarterfinals (2002) N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
 Costa Rica Winners 6th 2002 Runners-up (2002) 18
 Guatemala Runners-up 6th 2002 Fourth Place (1996) 65
 El Salvador Third Place 4th 2003 Quarterfinals (2002) 85
 Honduras Qualifying round 6th 2000 Runners-up (1991) 42
Other
 Brazil Invitation 3rd 1998 Runners-up (1996) 1
 Colombia Invitation 2nd 2000 Runners-up (2000) 22

Venues[]

Mexico United States
Mexico City Miami Foxborough
Estadio Azteca Orange Bowl Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 105,000 Capacity: 72,319 Capacity: 68,756
Estadio Azteca 07a.jpg Orange Bowl.jpg Gillette Stadium02.jpg

Squads[]

Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3  Honduras 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:[citation needed]
Mexico 1–0 Brazil
Borgetti Goal 70' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador)
Brazil 2–1 Honduras
Maicon Goal 16'
Diego Goal 84'		 Report De León Goal 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Honduras 0–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfaro Nery (El Salvador)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Jamaica 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
3  Guatemala 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source:[citation needed]
Jamaica 0–1 Colombia
Report Patiño Goal 42'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 15,423
Guatemala 0–2 Jamaica
Report Lowe Goal 30'
Williams Goal 73' (pen.)
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 10,323
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
Colombia 1–1 Guatemala
Molina Goal 79' Report Ruiz Goal 21' (pen.)
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 11,233
Referee: Grevin Porras (Costa Rica)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2  El Salvador 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3  Martinique 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]
United States 2–0 El Salvador
Lewis Goal 28'
McBride Goal 76'		 Report
Attendance: 33,652
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
Martinique 0–2 United States
Report McBride Goal 39', 43'
Attendance: 8,780
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
El Salvador 1–0 Martinique
González Goal 76' Report
Attendance: 10,361

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Cuba 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3  Canada 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Source:[citation needed]
Canada 1–0 Costa Rica
Stalteri Goal 59' Report
Attendance: 33,652
Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)
Cuba 2–0 Canada
Moré Goal 15', 46' Report
Attendance: 8,780
Costa Rica 3–0 Cuba
Centeno Goal 45'
Bryce Goal 72'
Scott Goal 77'		 Report
Attendance: 10,361
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 July - Mexico City
 
 
 Mexico5
 
July 24 - Mexico City
 
 Jamaica0
 
 Mexico2
 
19 July - Foxboro
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Costa Rica5
 
July 27 - Mexico City
 
 El Salvador2
 
 Mexico (ASDET)1
 
19 July - Foxboro
 
 Brazil0
 
 United States5
 
July 23 - Miami
 
 Cuba0
 
 United States1
 
19 July - Miami
 
 Brazil (ASDET)2 Third place
 
 Colombia0
 
July 26 - Miami
 
 Brazil2
 
 United States3
 
 
 Costa Rica2
 

Quarter-finals[]

United States 5–0 Cuba
Donovan Goal 22', 25', 55', 76'
Ralston Goal 42'		 Report
Attendance: 15,627
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Costa Rica 5–2 El Salvador
Scott Goal 11'
Centeno Goal 45+2', 68' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Bryce Goal 72'		 Report Murgas Goal 34' (pen.)
Pacheco Goal 54'
Attendance: 15,627
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
Colombia 0–2 Brazil
Report Kaká Goal 42', 66'
Attendance: 23,425
Referee: Ken Stott (United States)
Mexico 5–0 Jamaica
Bravo Goal 38'
García Goal 42'
Osorno Goal 55'
Borgetti Goal 61'
Rodríguez Goal 83'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Semi-finals[]

United States 1–2 (ASDET) Brazil
Bocanegra Goal 62' Report Kaká Goal 89'
Diego Golden goal 100'  (pen.)
Attendance: 35,211
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)
Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica
Márquez Goal 19'
Borgetti Goal 28'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (El Salvador)

Third place match[]

United States 3–2 Costa Rica
Bocanegra Goal 29'
Stewart Goal 56'
Convey Goal 67'		 Report Fonseca Goal 24', 39'
Attendance: 5,093
Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final[]

Main article: 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
Mexico 1–0 (ASDET) Brazil
Osorno Golden goal 97' Report
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards[]

Winners[]

 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners 

Mexico
Fourth title

Individual awards[]

Top Scorer: Most Valuable Player: Top Goalkeeper: Fair Play Award:
Costa Rica Walter Centeno
United States Landon Donovan
(4 goals each) 		Mexico Jesús Arellano Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez  United States


All-Star Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Mexico Oswaldo Sánchez

Costa Rica Carlos Castro
Brazil Maicon
Mexico Ricardo Osorio
Costa Rica Mauricio Wright

Costa Rica Walter Centeno
Mexico Rafael García
Colombia Giovanni Hernández

Mexico Jesús Arellano
United States Landon Donovan
Brazil Kaká


Reserves
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders

Cuba Odelín Molina

United States Bobby Convey
Honduras Jaime Rosales

Brazil Diego
Mexico Fernando Salazar
Jamaica Theodore Whitmore

References[]

  1. ^ "CONCACAF Gold Cup". National Soccer Hall of Fame. soccerhall.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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