2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament

The 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Canada. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in Panama and Group B was held in Mexico. On January 21, 2007, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On February 23, 2007, Mexico and Costa Rica achieved qualification as well.

2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesPanama
Mexico
DatesJanuary 7 – February 25
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance96,571 (8,048 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Andre Akpan (3 goals)
Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano

Qualification
Main article: 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

RegionQualificationQualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean qualifying  Haiti
 Jamaica
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central America (UNCAF) Central American qualifying  Costa Rica
 Guatemala
host  Panama
North America (NAFU)  Mexico
automatically qualified  United States

Squads
Main article: 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament squads

Group A

Panama hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City between January 17–21.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 321091+87
 Panama 311148−44
 Haiti 310257−23
 Guatemala 302113−22
Haiti 1 – 4United States United States
Yveson 73' (pen.) Report Akpan 25' 38' 61'
Wallace 48'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Panama 1 – 1 Guatemala
Barahona 65' Report Ovalle 2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,545
Referee: Manuel Glower (Mexico)
United States United States0 – 0 Guatemala
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Panama 3 – 2 Haiti
Wallace 22'
Saintilus 72' (o.g.)
Brown 83'		 Report Saintilus 60'
Yveson 77'
Attendance: 9,632
Guatemala 0 – 2 Haiti
Report Augustin 52' 83'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Roy McArthur (Guyana)
Panama 0 – 5United States United States
Report Adu 7' 90'
Rogers 49'
Smith 60'
Villanueva 70'
Attendance: 17,180

Group B

Mexico hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Banorte in Culiacán, Sinaloa between February 21–25.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 321051+47
 Costa Rica 321063+37
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 301236−31
 Jamaica 301215−41
Jamaica 0 – 2 Costa Rica
Report Borges 3' (pen.)
Solórzano 90+'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Mexico 2 – 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Villaluz 28'
dos Santos 86'		 Report
Attendance: 12,833
Referee: Steven Depiero (Canada)
Costa Rica 3 – 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cordero 5'
Solórzano 43'
Herrera 55'		 Report Berkeley 2'
Hanley 14'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)
Mexico 2 – 0 Jamaica
Villaluz 31'
dos Santos 56'		 Report
Attendance: 17,425
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 – 1 Jamaica
Berkeley 77' Report Grant 36'
Attendance: 405
Referee: Steven Depiero (Canada)
Mexico 1 – 1 Costa Rica
Esqueda 70' Report Solórzano 6'
Attendance: 19,051
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

See also
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