2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Honduras
City	San Pedro Sula
Dates	27 February – 15 March
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (6th title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	113 (3.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo Córdoba; (6 goals)

The 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was a scheduled age-restricted international association football tournament organised by CONCACAF. The competition was used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. The competition was hosted by Honduras.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Previous best performances	FIFA U-17 World Cup Participations
North American zone
Canada	Automatic	15th	Runners-up (2011)	6
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	15th	Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013)	11
United States	Automatic	16th	Champions (1983, 1992, 2011)	14
Central American zone qualified through the Central America qualifying
Honduras	Host	16th	Fourth place (1983, 1985, 1987, 2013)	3
Costa Rica	Triangular 1 winner	15th	Champions (1994)	8
Panama	Triangular 2 winner	7th	Runners-up (2013)	2
Guatemala	Repechage playoff winner	10th	Quarterfinals (2013)	0
Caribbean zone qualified through the Caribbean qualifying
Haiti	Group A winner	6th	Final round group winner (2007)	1
Saint Lucia	Group A runner-up	2nd	Group stage (1988)	0
Jamaica	Group B winner	12th	Final round group winner (1999)	2
Cuba	Group B runner-up	9th	Champions (1988)	2
Trinidad and Tobago	Best third place	13th	Runners-up (1983)	2

Note: no titles or runners-up between 1999 and 2007.
Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event.

Venues

San Pedro Sula	San Pedro Sula
	Estadio Francisco Morazán	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
	Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 37,325

New format

Previously there were four groups of three teams during the group stage of the competition, each team played a minimum of two games and the previous format had a total of 20 matches. As from 2015 there will be two groups of six teams, each team will play a minimum of five games and the competition will have a total of 33 matches. CONCACAF stated that the new format would aid development and competition.^[1]

The knockout phase, which included eight matches, consisted of four quarterfinals, two semifinals, a third-place playoff and a final, has been replaced with two playoff games and a final.

Draw

The draw took place on 8 December at the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortés, Honduras.^[2]

On 2 December 2014, CONCACAF announced the procedure of the draw.^[3] The 12 teams were divided into three differing pots:

Pot	Teams
Pot 1 (Central America)	Honduras Costa Rica Panama Guatemala
Pot 2 (Caribbean)	Cuba Haiti Jamaica Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago
Pot 3 (North America)	Canada Mexico United States
Pot A (Seeding for Group A)	Six balls with a group positions, 1-6
Pot B (Seeding for Group B)	Six balls with a group positions, 1-6

Prior to the draw, hosts Honduras were assigned to position A1. The remaining teams in Pot 1 were drawn, alternating between groups A and B. Teams were assigned a position from Pot A (Group A) or Pot B (Group B). After all teams had been drawn from Pot 1, the draw proceeded (continuing to alternate between Groups A and B) to Pot 2, then Pot 3.^[3]

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each participating national association had to provide a provisional list of twenty to thirty players to CONCACAF thirty days before their first match. A final twenty-man selection had to be provided upon arrival in the venue.^[4]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras (H)	5	3	2	0	9	4	+5	11	Final and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Jamaica	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10	Playoff stage
3	United States	5	3	1	1	13	4	+9	10	Playoff stage
4	Guatemala	5	1	1	3	7	9	−2	4
5	Cuba	5	0	4	1	4	9	−5	4
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	1	4	4	15	−11	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)	Guatemala	4–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Raymundo 2', 54' Valdez 10' Lemus 45+2'	Report	Noel 39' Julien 45' Hudson 74'	Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)	United States	5–0	Cuba	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Arellano 5' Gallardo 40', 65', 88' Zendejas 43' 51' Wright 70'	Report	Hurtado 38'	Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)	Honduras	2–0	Jamaica	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Vuelto 12' Rivera 62' Alvarez 78' Matamoros 90'	Report	Brown 20' Beckford 81'	Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

2 March 2015 (2015-03-02)	Jamaica	2–1	Guatemala	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Adamolekun 13' 67' Vassell 45+2' Brown 82' Dawkins 90'	Report	Mendez 26'	Referee: Drew Fisher (Canada)

2 March 2015 (2015-03-02)	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	United States	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Burnett 78'	Report	Gallardo 31' Wright 71' McCabe 74' Olosunde 86'	Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

2 March 2015 (2015-03-02)	Cuba	1–1	Honduras	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Herrera 78'	Report	Grant 50' Arias 90+2'	Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)	Cuba	1–1	Jamaica	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Puga 47' 76'	Report	Marshall 40' Adamolekun 53' Bartley 54' James 84' 90+3'	Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)	Guatemala	1–4	United States	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Soto 65' Rodas 69' Garcia 73'	Report	Pérez 10', 20', 45+1' DaSilva 48'	Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)	Honduras	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Rivera 50' Andrade 53' Quaye 90'	Report	Patrick 13' Alexander 90+4'	Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)	Trinidad and Tobago	1–5	Jamaica	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Hoyce 18' Powder 44'	Report	Williams 36' Vassell 39' Senior 42' Adamolekun 45+3' Brown 80', 85' Hammond 87' Dawkins 90'	Referee: Drew Fisher (Canada)

8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)	Cuba	0–0	Guatemala	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Hurtado 29' Hernandez 65'	Report	Raymundo 61' Behrens 81' Diaz 90+3'	Referee: Jose Antonio Kellys Marquez (Panama)

8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)	United States	2–2	Honduras	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
19:30	De la Torre 23' Pérez 32' Gallardo 45' Arellano 65'	Report	Matamoros 16' Maldonado 38' Sanchez 87' Alvarez 90' Arias 90+'	Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

11 March 2015 (2015-03-11)	Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	Cuba	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Riley 65' Powder 71' Burnett 82'	Report	Puga 6' Ramirez 61' Borromeo 84' 90+2'	Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

11 March 2015 (2015-03-11)	United States	0–1	Jamaica	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Arellano 56'	Report	Grant 44' Nelson 57' (pen.) 85'	Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

11 March 2015 (2015-03-11)	Honduras	2–1	Guatemala	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Rivera 8' (pen.) Vuelto 38' Quaye 73'	Report	Lemus 6' Rodas 7' Garcia 26' Orellana 78'	Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	5	3	2	0	13	3	+10	11	Final and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10	Playoff stage
3	Costa Rica	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8	10	Playoff stage
4	Panama	5	3	0	2	15	7	+8	9
5	Haiti	5	1	0	4	6	17	−11	3
6	Saint Lucia	5	0	0	5	4	23	−19	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28)	Panama	1–3	Mexico	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Córdoba 37' Arias 28'	Report	C. Zamudio 5' Chanis 25' (o.g.) López 45' Aguirre 54' Cortés 58'	Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28)	Saint Lucia	0–4	Costa Rica	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Myers 24' Doxilly 90'	Report	Reyes 31', 52' Córdoba 43' Masis 49', 68'	Referee: Karl Tyrell (Jamaica)

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28)	Canada	3–1	Haiti	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Tabla 4' Ewart 34' Baldisimo 45+2' Chung 73'	Report	Damus 32' Jerome 41' Joseph 51' Jeudy 90+3'	Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03)	Haiti	0–7	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Thermidor 28' Damus 35' Joseph 42'	Report	Córdoba 9', 20' Avila 13', 51' Beckles 19' Carrasquilla 44' Rodríguez 79'	Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03)	Mexico	6–0	Saint Lucia	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
17:00	A. Zamudio 22' Torres 43', 90+4' Magaña 58' Gurrola 61', 76' K. Lara 72'	Report		Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03)	Costa Rica	2–3	Canada	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Martínez 17' (pen.) Villegas 19' Reyes 47' Arboine 56'	Report	Baldisimo 16' Ewart 31' Sagno 57' (pen.) Sadiki 64' 67' Tabla 83' Trasolinin 89'	Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)	Costa Rica	4–1	Haiti	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Daly 3', 8' Smith 45' Reyes 67' González 69'	Report	Dede 21' Pierre 28' 35'	Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)	Panama	6–2	Saint Lucia	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Córdoba 17', 18', 33' Beckles 36', 40' Blackman 55' Del Busto 62' Picart 74' Gutiérrez 89'	Report	Philip 12' Joseph 76' Nicholas 82'	Referee: Karl Tyrell (Jamaica)

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)	Canada	1–1	Mexico	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Sadiki 36' Borges 41'	Report	Torres 19'	Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

9 March 2015 (2015-03-09)	Mexico	2–0	Haiti	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Venegas 34' 71' López 38' (pen.)	Report	Charles 29' Dede 90+2'	Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

9 March 2015 (2015-03-09)	Costa Rica	2–0	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Blackman 77' (o.g.) Reyes 80' Córdoba 84' Daly 87' Juárez 90+2'	Report	Del Busto 6' Arias 13' Chanis 41' Rodríguez 90'	Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

9 March 2015 (2015-03-09)	Saint Lucia	1–3	Canada	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Winter 44'	Report	Sagno 34' Ewart 35' Tabla 57'	Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

12 March 2015 (2015-03-12)	Mexico	1–1	Costa Rica	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
14:30	Esquivel 34' C. Zamudio 50' Aguirre 58'	Report	Masis 57' Sequeira 85'	Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

12 March 2015 (2015-03-12)	Saint Lucia	1–4	Haiti	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
17:00	Nicholas 2' Simon 14'	Report	Damus 9', 31', 45' Jeudy 64'	Referee: Jose Antonio Kellys Marquez (Panama)

12 March 2015 (2015-03-12)	Canada	0–1	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
19:30	Johnson 80' Ewart 90+2'	Report	Santos 9' Gutiérrez 14' Nelson 69'	Referee: Karl Tyrell (Jamaica)

Final stage

In the final stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).^[4]

Playoff stage

The second-and third-place teams from each group were re-seeded by group stage results, with the best team facing the fourth-best team, and the second-best team facing the third-best team.

Ranking of second and third-placed teams

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	United States	5	3	1	1	13	4	+9	10
2	B	Costa Rica	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8	10
3	B	Canada	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10
4	A	Jamaica	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10

First match(es) will be played: 27 February 2015. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Because all four teams finished with the same number of points and not all of them faced each other, the first playoff tiebreaker used for reseeding was goal differential in all group matches. Because two teams were tied on goal differential, the No. 3 and 4 seeds were determined based on total goals scored in the tournament.^[5] This resulted in both third-place teams being ranked ahead of both second-place teams.

15 March 2015

15:00

Costa Rica	3−0	Canada
Hernández 18' Reyes 27' Sakiki 74' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

15 March 2015

18:00

United States	0−0	Jamaica
	Report
Penalties
C. Pulisic Gallardo Barbir Zendejas Nelson Velela	5−4	Nelson Hinds Hammond Senior Talbott Marshall

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Costa Rica and the United States qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Final

15 March 2015

21:00

Honduras	0−3	Mexico
	Report	Magaña 7' C. Zamudio 15' Torres 50'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

Both Honduras and Mexico qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Top goalscorers

Players with three or more goals:^[6]

6 goals

Ronaldo Córdoba

5 goals

Andy Reyes

4 goals

3 goals

Duwayne Ewart
Jostin Daly
Nathaniel Adamolekun
Claudio Zamudio
Oliver Beckles

References

1 2 "Honduras to Host CONCACAF Under-17 Championship in 2015". CONCACAF.com. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
↑ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Honduras 2015". CONCACAF.com. December 8, 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
1 2 "Official Draw Confirmed for the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Honduras 2015". CONCACAF.com. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
1 2 "2015 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Regulations". CONCACAF (via issuu.com). 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
↑ "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
↑ "Under 17s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-03-01.

External links

Under 17s – Men, CONCACAF.com

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[announcement-1] 1 2 "Honduras to Host CONCACAF Under-17 Championship in 2015". CONCACAF.com. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

[2] "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Honduras 2015". CONCACAF.com. December 8, 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

[draw-procedure-3] 1 2 "Official Draw Confirmed for the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Honduras 2015". CONCACAF.com. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[regulations-4] 1 2 "2015 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Regulations". CONCACAF (via issuu.com). 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[5] "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-13.

[6] "Under 17s – Men". Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-03-01.

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