Host country United States Runners-up Costa Rica Matches played 20 Top scorer Brian McBride Teams 12 | Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Fourth place South Korea Dates 18 Jan 2002 – 2 Feb 2002 Best player Brian McBride | |
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Champions United States (2nd title) Champion United States men's national soccer team Third place Canada men's national soccer team Similar 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||
2002 concacaf gold cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).
Contents
The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.
Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2-0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.
During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from Cuba to the United States.
Qualified Teams
A playoff between Panama (fourth place of 2001 UNCAF Cup) and Cuba (fourth place of 2001 Caribbean Cup) was held to determine who will participate the Gold Cup.
Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.
Squads
Quarterfinals
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Top scorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Top Goalkeeper
Fair Play Trophy
Best XI
Reserves