2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the first tournament of this type in Concacaf the tournament was held in Trinidad and Tobago from July 17–27, 2008. The first, second and third placed teams qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand.

2008 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship
Trinidad and Tobago 2008
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Dates17–27 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored77 (4.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Tiffany Cameron
Costa Rica Katherine Alvarado
United States Courtney Verloo (5 goals each)

Qualified teams
RegionMethod of qualificationTeams
Caribbean
Caribbean Football Union (CFU)		2007 Caribbean Football Union
Women's Under-17 Tournament		Jamaica Jamaica
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Central America
Central American Football Union (UNCAF)		2007 UNCAF Women's
Under-17 Tournament		El Salvador El Salvador
Costa Rica Costa Rica
North America
North American Football Union (NAFU)		Automatic qualificationCanada Canada
Mexico Mexico
United States United States
Host nation Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Advanced to Semi-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300241+239
 Costa Rica 311187+14
 Trinidad and Tobago 3111610−44
 El Salvador 3003222−200


Costa Rica 0–6 United States
  • S. Mewis 3', 54'
  • Verloo 16', 49'
  • Roberts 27' (pen.)
  • DiMartino 37'
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago 5–1 El Salvador
  • Shade 15'
  • Prentice 33'
  • DeLeon 35', 38'
  • Mckenzie 84'
 Flores 17'
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
United States 9–0 El Salvador
  • Nuzzolese 4', 63', 78'
  • Klei 9'
  • Brian 12'
  • Costa 15'
  • Brooks 27', 37'
  • Bennett 49' (pen.)
Referee: Carol-Anne Chenard (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–0 Costa Rica
Referee: Sabina Charles (Saint Lucia)
El Salvador 1–8 Costa Rica
Referee: Michelle Pye (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–9 United States
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3300114+79
 Mexico 3201114+76
 Puerto Rico 310228−63
 Jamaica 3003412−80


Puerto Rico 0–3 Canada
Referee: Erika Vargas (Costa Rica)
Mexico 6–0 Jamaica
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mexico 4–0 Puerto Rico
Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
Canada 4–3 Jamaica
Referee: Cecibel Ortega (El Salvador)
Jamaica 1–2 Puerto Rico
Procope 85'
Referee: Deysi Martínez (El Salvador)
Canada 4–1 Mexico
  • Harrison 14'
  • Cameron 50', 76'
  • Maltais 80'
 Díaz 77'
Referee: Erika Vargas (Costa Rica)

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

The winners of the two semifinal matches and the winner of the third place match qualified for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, held in New Zealand.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Tobago
 
 
 United States 1
 
27 July – Tobago
 
 Mexico0
 
 United States4
 
24 July – Tobago
 
 Costa Rica1
 
 Canada 0
 
 
 Costa Rica2
 
Third place
 
 
27 July – Tobago
 
 
 Canada1
 
 
 Mexico0

Semi-finals
Canada 0–2 Costa Rica
United States 1–0 Mexico

Third place
Canada 1–0 Mexico

Final
United States 4–1 Costa Rica

Winners
 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship 

United States
First title

Goalscorers

The top-scorer award was shared between Katherine Alvarado (Costa Rica), Tiffany Cameron (Canada) and Courtney Verloo (USA) with five goals each.[1]

References
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