CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005

Technical Report

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword by President Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About CONCACAF and the Gold Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Section 1 Overall Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 8 Section 2 Team Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Jamaica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25 Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-27 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 Trinidad & Tobago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31 USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 Section 3 Match Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-48 Section 4 Referees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-52 Section 5 Venues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-56 Section 6 Final Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-63 Final Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 2005 Gold Cup Qualifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Final Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 All Time Gold Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Past Gold Cups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 The Final Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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CONCACAF President’s Message

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Foreword by CONCACAF Jack Warner Before the Gold Cup of 2005, I made the statement that this was the most important Gold Cup ever played; for many reasons.

We were playing in more venues than ever before, thus showing off CONCACAF teams and standards to a host of new spectators. We had greater television coverage than before, thus again presenting ourselves to many more fans and critics. We had many new sponsors, reaching out in partnership with us for the first time.

Most important, however, was the fact that we were presenting ten of our our best national teams, together, in our home region, only a year ahead of the World Cup of 2006 in Germany and looking to see if CONCACAF football was continuing its progress towards the higher levels of world football.

Now the Gold Cup is over and I can say confidently that our most important Gold Cup was our best Gold Cup by all measures; attendance, television viewing figures, sponsor satisfaction and high quality of play.

We had some magnificent games, high technical skills and one amazing performance. Normally, I would not single out any one team for comment but in this case I must. The rise of Panama's football must be recognised - from a nation of low football expectations to a place in the Gold Cup Final against the United States is progress beyond measure.

To then lose only on penalties to one of CONCACAF's strongest teams is a further sign of the need to watch Panama closely in future...and a sign to our other nations that such development, such progress is possible if the right people apply the right resources.

I hope others will be inspired by Panama and that all involved in the game will benefit from studying this technical report of the Gold Cup of 2005 - our most important and our best.

Regards,

Jack Warner President, CONCACAF

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About CONCACAF and the Gold Cup

About CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football is one of six continental confederations of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) and serves as governing body of football in this part of the world. It is composed of 40 national associations.

As the administrative body for the region, CONCACAF organizes competitions, offers training courses in technical and administrative aspects of the game, and helps builds football throughout the region. The primary function of the Confederation is the organization of competitions for national teams and clubs.

It also conducts qualifying tournaments for FIFA events including the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA world championships at youth levels and in beach football and futsal.

About CONCACAF Gold Cup™ The CONCACAF Gold Cup™ is CONCACAF’s showpiece event for men’s teams as it crowns the regional champion.

The USA won the inaugural eight-team competition in 1991, defeating Honduras before 40,000 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The teams battled to a scoreless draw and the first Gold Cup was decided on penalties with the stars & stripes emerging as 4:3 victors.

Mexico dominated the remainder of the decade, winning three consecutive CON ings in the final in front of 88,000 spectators at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. The 1998 Gold Cup™ Final, also at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, drew a sell-out crowd of 91,255, as the tricolor once again claimed the CONCACAF crown thanks to a 1:0 win over the USA. After the tournament field was increased to twelve teams for the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup™, Canada made history winning their first major international honour in more than 100 years of football by defeating Colombia in the final 2:0 at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.

After the USA claimed its first CONCACAF Gold Cup™ crown in over 10 years by topping Costa Rica in the 2002 finals at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Mexico returned to the top of the Confederation with their fourth crown in 2003 with 1:0 win over Brazil in the final at the Estadio Azteca.

The 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™ was won by the USA on penalties over Panama in the Final held at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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CONCACAF CAMPEONATO DE NACIONES’ ERA When the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) was formed in 1961, the first official national team competition was held lmore than two years later in El Salvador. Nine teams took part in the first competition, Costa Rica defeating the host country in the final.

The CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones, as it was called, was then held every two years from 1963-1971. The second edition (1965) held in Guatemala, saw Mexico defeat the host in the final of a six-team tournament. The 1967 competition was held in Honduras and saw a third different champion crowned, Guatemala. Costa Rica won their second title as hosts in 1969, knocking off Guatemala, while two years later, Mexico won their second championship as the tournament moved to the Caribbean for the first time, held in Trinidad & Tobago.

In 1973, the tournament kept the same format of six teams in one site playing a single round-robin, but now there were bigger stakes attaches: the Confederation’s berth in the FIFA World Cup finals. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the host country pulled off a shocking upset by winning the tournament and claiming a spot in West Germany 1974.

With the Campeonato de Naciones doubling as the final World Cup qualifying tournament, the next two editions were held in México City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1977 and 1981, respectively, the host country came away as champion and grabbed the spots on offers each time. In 1985 and 1989, the winner of the World Cup qualifying tournament was again crowned Confederation champion. Canada and Costa Rica were named champions in ’85 and ’89, respectively, but without ever lifting a trophy.

THE EARLY YEARS Prior to the formation of CONCACAF, football in the region was divided into smaller, regional divisions. Two main bodies existed: the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) founded in 1938 and the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) founded in 1946.

The CCCF held 10 championships from 1941-1961, Costa Rica winning seven (1941, ’46, ’48, ’53, ’55, ’60, ’61), and one each by El Salvador (1943), Panama (1951) and Haiti (1957). The NAFC held two championships, in 1947 and 1949, won each time by Mexico.

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The USA won its third Gold Cup in a similar fashion to its first ever win. This by way of a penalty kick shootout following a scoreless game. In 1991 it was against Honduras, 14 years later it was against a Panamanian team playing in its first final: a contrast to the experienced US squad that was playing in its eighth consecutive tournament and which had the best overall record in Gold Cup tournament play.

It was a tournament of competitive contests and surprise results. How else to describe the opening game in Group C when the guest team of South Africa defeated the defending champions, Mexico, who were returning from a memorable Confederations Cup in Germany. Two days earlier in Miami, Panama, making only its second appearance in the competition, opened with a dramatic win over the other guest team from Colombia.

Eighteen of the twenty five games were close, eleven games being decided by one goal and seven games finishing all square including two games involving Panama that were decided by penalty kicks.

REGGAE BOYZ LEAD CARIBBEAN Jamaica won its opening game against Guatemala in dramatic fashion with two goals in the first five minutes of play en route to a 4:3 victory. The Reggae Boyz were then involved in a six goal thriller, honors evenly shared with South Africa before losing a close contest with Mexico. The eventual champions from the USA were too strong in their quarter final match up although it might have been a different story had Jamaica not missed a penalty kick with the USA only ahead by one goal.

Cuba also had a meeting with Bruce Arena’s squad and were enroute to a possible 1:1 tie with 10 men only to concede three goals in the last three minutes of play. It failed to win its other two group games.

Trinidad & Tobago also started off well with a hard fought tie against Honduras, followed by a similar result against Panama. It was eventually eliminated by a Colombian team that was in a must win situation after losing its opening two games.

Overall teams from the CFU (Caribbean Football Union) had one win and three ties in their ten games with 14 goals scored and 24 conceded.

HONDURAS AND PANAMA IMPRESS Honduras were only four minutes away from a first ever Gold Cup Final between two teams from UNCAF (Central American Zone). Two late goals by the USA which included the winner in injury time prevented a final against the surprise team from Panama. Honduras had been impressive in both winning Group A and then edging out Central American rivals Costa Rica at the quarter final stage.

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The real story however was Panama; a team that had only participated in one previous Gold Cup Tournament and had never won a game in the competition. An opening day win over Colombia was followed by two close contests against Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras and a place in the quarter finals. Drama was to follow in an exciting contest against South Africa, won on penalty kicks, and a second win over Colombia in the semi-finals. A strong USA squad edged the Canaleros on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless soccer in the final.

Never the less, one of the finest days in the history of Panamanian Football.

Costa Rica also did well in the group stage that included a scoreless tie against the USA but defensive mistakes contributed to a disappointing loss to Honduras in the quarter finals.

Guatemala, the fourth UNCAF representative, had a tournament to forget after conceding eight goals in its first two games, although there was consolation in a 1:1 tie against South Africa in the final game.

Overall UNCAF teams had a 7-5-6 (W-L-T) record with 25 goals scored and 25 conceded.

VIVA PANAMA! It all started in April 2000 in a country where football ranked far behind baseball as the most popular sport. The game was only played for six months a year and international experience had been limited to one appearance in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1993.

New FPF (Federacion Panamena de Futbol ) President Ariel Alvarado was determined to change the situation. The appointment of Romanian coach Mihail Stoichta was to be the start of a remarkable period of development. The National League was increased to 10 months a year, more games were played at the National Team level and a discipline was instilled in players to compliment their natural technical skills.

On the field the Canaleros reached the semi final stage of the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup with some fine performances that included a win over host country, Honduras. The team however suffered a set back in the qualifying rounds for the 2002 Gold Cup losing 1:0 on aggregate to Cuba, a situation not helped by the broken leg suffered by star striker Jorge Dely Valdes.

It was back to the drawing board. A new development program was established that included the formation of a National Coaching School. Competition was also increased for the Under 17 and Under 20 National Teams since the Senior National Team was not in any major competition. It was to be a significant factor in the future success as were the links

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that were established with the Brazilian Federation.

A Brazilian coach worked with the Federation and there was a constant exchange involving youth teams and competitions between the two countries.

It had the desired effect when the Under 20 National Team became the first team from Panama to reach a FIFA World Championship when it qualified for the 2003 tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

Interest in the game increased throughout the country especially with Panamanian players following the talented Dely Valdes brothers and playing with clubs in South America and Europe. The appointment of a Colombian, Jose Hernandez as technical director also helped to create a new professional mentality with players in the national program.

Panama continues to impress at all levels of the game. The Under 20 National Team qualified yet again for a FIFA World Championship in Holland 2005, futsal continues to flourish throughout the country and a new program for Women’s Football has also produced some encouraging results. And then there was the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005...a defining moment in Panamanian football. A tournament to remember with two wins over Colombia, the thrilling victory over 2010 World Cup hosts, South Africa and the dramatic shoot out loss to CONCACAF powerhouse USA in the final. Viva Panama !

USA # 1 A team from the Northern Zone captured the honors yet again with the USA victory on penalty kicks over the surprise team from Panama. It was a deserved success for a well organized and focused US squad that only conceded three goals in six games. It was however a disappointing tournament for the two other Northern Zone representatives.

Mexico, the defending champions, lost their opening game against South Africa, qualified for the quarter finals with wins over Guatemala and Jamaica, only to lose against the other guest team from Colombia. A rare occurrence for the Tricolor who had only lost twice in its previous seven Gold Cup Tournaments.

Canada failed to progress out of the group stage after two close contests against Costa Rica and the USA. The Maple Leafs did get some satisfaction from the win over a Cuban team that had gained its only win in a Gold Cup tournament over Canada in 2003.

Overall teams from the Northern Zone combined for a 7-4-2 (W-L-T) record while scoring twenty goals and conceding eleven goals.

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MIXED FORTUNES FOR GUEST TEAMS CONMEBOL (South American Confederation) representatives Colombia were making their third appearance in the tournament. The Cafeteros started off with two disappointing defeats, bounced back to defeat Mexico in the quarter finals only to lose to Panama for the second time at the semi-final stage.

World Cup 2010 hosts and the first ever representatives from CAF (African Confederation) South Africa also beat Mexico in its opening game and gave some fine performances in group play. The Bafana Bafana were eventually eliminated by a Panamanian team that had the distinction of beating both guest teams.

TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL OBSERVATIONS Most of the teams in the tournament utilized a 44-2 system of play and its variations with no better example than the eventual champions, USA. Bruce Arena’s squad were the most tactically sophisticated team in the tournament always able to adjust according to the circumstances in a game. In the competitive semi-final game against Honduras injuries, the playing surface and hot, humid conditions were compounded by a difficult opponent. It resulted in a readjustment after starting the game with a 4-1-3-2 formation with Pablo Mastroeni as the defensive midfielder. An early injury to defender Eddie Pope did not help matters and it was a credit to Arena’s squad that they fought back using at times a flexible 3-3-4 in the second half to score the winner in injury time.

In the final the US squad utilised a fluid 4-3-3 with Chris Armas now the defensive midfielder and mobile flank players able to provide good team shape in both attack and defence. Their opponents in the final, Panama, utilized a flexible 4-4-2 throughout the tournament with mobile wide midfield players able to give good support in both attack and defence.

Both the finalists had a strong backbone, a key to success at any level of the game. Outstanding goal keepers, strong central defenders, mobile and skilful players in the centre of the midfield “engine room” and fast, skilful strikers.

It is interesting to note the utilization of players in the midfield areas of the field. Many of the teams opted for either a defensively minded player such as Pablo Mastroeni or Chris Armas (USA) at the base of a midfield diamond or triangle or two defensively minded midfield players in front of the back four (Siyabonga Siphika and Philip Evans (South Africa).

The presence of an attacking midfielder in a playmaker role was also important to several teams. The talented Colombian Tressor Moreno, Jafet Soto of Costa Rica and the Mexican Luis Perez all impressed

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with their vision, passing ability and overall skills.

Elrio Van Heerden was also an effective link between defence and attack for South Africa, a team that used a flexible 4-4-2 to good effect.

The defending champions from Mexico utilized their familiar 3-5-2 to good effect. Team shape was generally good in both attack and defence. Mobile defenders such as the excellent Carlos Salcido combining well with the wide midfield players who were always able to open and close the field with their intelligent positional play.

THE GOALS 73 goals were scored in the 25 games for an average of 2.92 goals per game; figures that were an improvement on the 2003 tournament when 50 goals were scored in 20 for a 2.50 average.

It is interesting to note that 25 (34%) of the goals were scored in the last 15 minutes of play with no better example than the Gold Cup winners. The USA scored seven of their eleven goals in that time period including three in the last three minutes of their opening game against Cuba. No teams failed to get on the score sheet in their games.

The 73 goals came from 741 goal attempts, shots and headers (30 per game average), which compares favorably with the 2003 tournament when there were only 483 goal attempts (24 per game average).

GENERAL PLAY 53 goals came from open play with 20 coming from combined play and actions in the central areas of the field, 19 were the result of flank play and 13 were individual actions. The latter a definite improvement on the 2003 tournament when only four goals came from solo play.

Some of the combined play in and around the penalty area resulted in well taken goals. Golden Boot winner DaMarcus Beasley excelled in this department with no better example than his goal against Jamaica when the timing of his run perfectly complimented the slide rule pass from Landon Donovan. The talented Honduran Wilmer Velasquez gave a clinic on finishing and the importance of accuracy over power with his two well placed shots in the game against Colombia. In the semi-final game between Colombia and Panama that featured five well taken goals Jairo Patino scored from a brilliant through ball and in the same game Ricardo Philips combined well with Luis Tejada to score the game winning goal for Panama.

The quantity and quality of the flank play varied in the tournament with several teams very limited in their use of the flanks to open up well organized defences. Despite this fact 19 goals were the result

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of balls being crossed in from the wings. The USA were very effective in this department with nearly 50 % (5/11) of the goals coming in this manner.

Interesting to note that the talented Mexican striker, Jared Borgetti, who is so effective in the air, scored both his goals in a more conventional way in the game against Guatemala. Mexico in fact had their problems at the other end of the field with three of the four goals that they conceded coming from cross balls delivered to the back post in the games against South Africa and Colombia. Several of the 15 headed goals came from well delivered crosses with none better than the only goal of the opening game by Luis Tejada (Panama), the equalizer by Cornell Glenn for Trinidad and Tobago against Panama and the far post header by Christian Bolanos (Costa Rica) against Honduras.

There were some brilliant solo efforts that resulted in goals but all too often there were cases of individual opportunism to profit from defenders or goal keepers mistakes. The pass back rule now makes it important to press a goal keeper when receiving a pass back since it might result in a poor clearance. Several goals were scored in this manner along with goals that were the result of rebounds off the goal keeper or his fellow defenders.

There were however some outstanding goals several of which featured players from one of the guest teams, Colombia. Jairo Patino’s superb volley was not enough to defeat Panama in the semi-final game but even that was overshadowed by the remarkable 40 yard “golazo” by team mate Abel Aguilar that eliminated Mexico from the competition at the quarter final stage. It was one of the few goals scored from outside the penalty area (total of eight -11% of all goals). All too often shots went high and wide of the goal.

Exceptions to the rule were the superb 20 yard shot by Trinidad and Tobago’s Gold Cup debutant Chris Birchall in the game against Honduras and the well placed 25 yard shot by Canada’s Atiba Hutchinson in the game against Cuba. Overall 34 of the 51 shots that resulted in goals came courtesy of the right foot but Reggae Boy Jermaine Hue was always dangerous with the opposite foot, scored two superb goals and had several near misses.

SET PLAYS 20 goals came from standard situations (set plays) with six the result of penalty kicks, six from free kicks and eight from corner kicks. There was a definite improvement in the taking of corner kicks and overall more goal attempts came from these situations. It compares favorably with the 2003 tournament when only four goals were scored in this man-

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ner and certainly the 2002 tournament when not one goal was scored from a corner kick. Teams were generally well organised with short corner kicks being used to good effect to increase attacking options.

There were still cases however when teams failed to provide cover at the posts which resulted in several goals being scored. The tallest player in the tournament South African striker Lungisani Ndlela was especially effective as a target player on set plays and it was his flick on from a corner kick that resulted in the opening goal of the game and ended the shut out record of the defending champions, Mexico.

Defenders were also used to good effect in set play situations. The tall Mexican defender Francisco Rodriguez scored with a header from a short corner kick in the game against South Africa and the talented US defender Oguchi Onyewu scored the winning goal in injury time against Honduras with a magnificent header following a free kick. Overall however free kicks lacked quality. Of the six goals scored in the tournament only two came from a direct shot on goal from the free kick. –the equalizer by Maynor Figueroa of Honduras in the opening game against Trinidad and Tobago and the well placed shot by Landon Donovan in the USA-Cuba game.

Only one penalty kick was missed in the course of a game, Andy Williams having his kick well saved by Kasey Keller in the quarter final game between Jamaica and the USA. It was a contrasting story for Panama who were involved in both penalty kick shoot outs in the competition. There were no problems in the quarter final game against South Africa when all five players scored and the brilliant Jaime Penedo saved from Ricardo Katzas for a 5:4 margin of victory. Penedo again saved a kick in the Final but his team mates had difficulty even hitting the target. Only one player, Felipe Baloy, scored and Kasey Keller was only required to make one save as the USA prevailed 3:1.

It is interesting to note that several goals came as a result of throw ins in the attacking third of the field and one goal even came from a goal kick.

Siyabonga Nomvete profiting from a flick on by Lungisani Ndlela following a long kick by Thabani Radebe in the thrilling South Africa – Jamaica game.

An excellent example of direct play!

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THE GOALS –WHERE THEY WERE SCORED FROM • 21 goals (29 %) were scored inside the goal area 2003 Gold Cup = 11 (22 %) • 21 goals (29 %) were scored between the goal area and the penalty spot.

2003 Gold Cup = 12 (24 %) • 17 goals (23 %) were scored between the penalty spot and the edge of the penalty area 2003 Gold Cup = 11 (22 %) • 8 goals (11 %) were scored outside the penalty area.

2003 Gold Cup = 9 (18 %) • 6 (8 %) were scored from penalty kicks.

2003 Gold Cup = 7 (14 %) INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES END OF A RECORD The 0:0 draw in the Group B game between the USA and Costa Rica ended a run of 18 consecutive wins by the stars and stripes in first round group play since 1991.

C = GOALS 23 goals were scored in the six Group C games at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

A total of 28 goals were scored in the other two groups combined.

DEJA VU ?

Ten players and four members of the coaching staff of the two finalists were involved in a memorable 2004 Olympic Qualifying game in the Estadio 3 de Marzo, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico.

The USA won the game 4:3 but only after Panama had scored three goals in 18 minutes to level the score.

THE WORLD’S GAME Forty players from leagues in 16 nations around the world represented their countries in the 2005 Gold Cup Tournament.

Twenty seven players from seven different countries play in Major League Soccer (MLS) including 15 players from the Gold Cup Champions, USA. The MetroStars were the only MLS team that was not represented in the tournament.

CLUB OR COUNTRY? Club teams were well represented in six national teams: • South Africa: Supersport United (7) and Orlando Pirates (6)

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• Cuba: Villa Clara (6) and Ciudad Habana (5) • Guatemala: CSD Comunicaciones (6) and CSD Municipal • Jamaica: Harbour View FC (7) • Canada: Montreal Impact (6) • Costa Rica: CS Herediano (5) NO PLACE LIKE HOME Mexico and Cuba were the only countries with entirely home based players.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS, THE NASL CONNECTION All the following had links with the North American Soccer League that was the top league in North America from 1968 until 1984 : Clive Toye (CONCACAF Head Office) New York Cosmos, Chicago, Toronto Ted Howard (CONCACAF deputy General Secretary) NASL Head Office Dick Howard (TSG member ) Detroit, Rochester, Toronto Nene Cubillas (TSG member) Fort Lauderdale Hernan Borja (Team Liaison Panama) New York Cosmos, Team America Glenn Myernick (USA Assistant Coach) Dallas, Portland, Tampa Bay. Wim Rijsbergen (Trinidad and Tobago Assistant Coach) New York Cosmos OLDEST AND YOUNGEST • USA had the oldest team in the tournament – 27 years 6 months • Colombia had the tournament’s youngest team – 24 years 8 months • Youngest player in the tournament: Leonel Duarte (Cuba) 17 years 11 months • Oldest player in the tournament: Richard Dean (Jamaica) 43 years 9 months ACTUAL PLAYING TIME Average after 25 games (includes extra time in two games) = 61 minutes 36 seconds Average in 2003 Gold Cup = 57 minutes 48 seconds FAIR PLAY PLEASE! A comparison 2003-2005 Gold Cup Tournaments 2005 (25 games) 2003 (20 games) 5 Red cards 15 87

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Canada

Canada had been eliminated from 2006 World Cup qualification so coach Frank Yallop used the tournament to introduce some young players to CONCACAF competition. Several were graduates of a talented youth team that had performed so well in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Only four players remained from the 2003 Gold Cup squad. Preparation was limited due to the fact that the European based players were in their off season and the eight North American based players were in the middle of their league schedule.

Goalkeeper Greg Sutton was one of six players from the Montreal Impact of the United Soccer League Division 1. A tall, confident and composed player he impressed with his aerial ability and distribution. In front of him Yallop utilized a conventional 4-4-2 system with each player having specific responsibilities. The zonal defence missed the leadership of the experienced Kevin McKenna in the key game against the USA after he was sent off in the opening game against Costa Rica but Gabriel Gervais and Atiba Hutchinson were more than adequate replacements. Hutchinson proved to be the best player on the team by virtue of his solid play and all round technical skills which included a well taken goal against Cuba. The steady Adam Braz and more attack minded Josh Simpson were used in the full back positions. Simpson was especially effective and caused problems with his dribbling skill and shooting ability.

The midfield featured a solid group of hard working players who offered good defensive and offensive support. Adrian Serioux was a strong presence in

the centre of the midfield, impressed with his work rate but was sent off against the USA. Patrick Leduc, or Sandro Grande, was his usual partner in the central areas of the field. On the right side the hard working Patrice Bernier proved to be a good ball winner and passed the ball well whilst on the opposite flank the skilful Jim Brennan was effective with his crossing and shooting ability.

The Maple Leafs were positive in attack, used the wings well but missed too many simple goal scoring chances and this proved to be the weakest area of the team. Ali Gerba scored an opportunistic goal against Cuba and alternated with the more mobile Olivier Occean but the most effective attacker was the quick, aggressive Dwayne DeRosario who was also utilized in a midfield role in the game against Cuba.

Overall it was a disappointing tournament for Canada who proved, as always, to be a fit and aggressive team consistent in its efforts and competitive in all its games. Strong in defence, it was a difficult team to break down with aerial play due to the ability of goal keeper Greg Sutton and his fellow defenders. The team, however, lacked a play maker in midfield and was guilty of missed chances in all three games. No better example than in the opening game against Costa Rica when it missed good chances after conceding a controversial penalty goal. Further misfortune came in the key game against the USA when the talented Atiba Hutchinson scored an unfortunate own goal. The win over Cuba was not enough to secure a spot in the quarter finals.

PLAYING SYSTEM: 4-4-2 with zonal marking. Square back four with tight marking defence and aggressive strikers.

STRENGTHS: Fit and aggressive team. Consistent in their efforts WEAKNESSES: Lack real quality in individual players Missed too many simple goal scoring chances OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (8) Serioux – strong presence in midfield. Good skills. High work rate (13) Hutchinson-solid defender with good skills who can also play midfield (14) DeRosario – quick aggressive midfielder/forward with positive attitude (15) Simpson- good left sided attacking wing defender. Clever dribbler AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM : 25 years 7 months OLDEST PLAYER: Gabriel Gervais 28 years 10 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Jamie Peters 18 years 2 months

Team Analysis

11

18 Sutton

13 5/4 Hutchinson Gervais / McKenna

2 Braz 6 Bernier

16 Leduc

15 Simpson

11 Brenman 8 / 12 Serioux / Grande

14 DeRosario

10 / 9 Occean / Gerba

#14 Dwayne DeRosario (center) played every minute for Canada at the 2005 Gold Cup #14 Dwayne DeRosario (centre) jug贸 todos los minutos para Canad谩 en la Copa Oro 2005

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegaci贸n: Victor MONTAGLIANI TD/DT: Frank YALLOP Assistant Coach/Asistente T茅cnico: Stephen HART Goalkeeper Coach/Preparador de Porteros: Paul DOLAN Team Manager/Encargado del Equipo: Morgan QUARRY Press Officer/Oficial de Prensa: Earl COCHRANE Doctor/Medico: Ed JOHNSON Trainers/Preparadores Fisicos: Dave FOLEY, Ted TILBURY Equipment Manager/Utilero: Victor MENDES

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 33

Name/Nombre Greg Sutton Adam Braz Chris Pozniak Kevin McKenna Gabriel Gervais Patrice Bernier Iain Hume Adrian Serioux Ali Gerba Olivier Occean Jim Brennan Sandro Grande Atiba Hutchinson Dwayne DeRosario Josh Simpson Patrick Leduc Jaime Peters Rhian Dodds Mike Franks

Pos. GK DF DF AT DF MD MD DF DF AT MD MD MD AT MD MD MD MD GK

D.O.B./F.D.N 19.04.1977 07.06.1981 10.01.1981 12.01.1980 18.09.1976 23.09.1979 20.10.1983 12.05.1979 27.07.1982 23.10.1981 08.05.1977 29.09.1977 08.02.1983 15.05.1978 15.05.1983 26.12.1977 04.05.1987 03.10.1979 27.04.1977

Club Montreal Impact Montreal Impact Haugesund FK/NOR Energie Cottus/GER Montreal Impact Tromso/SWE Tranmere Rovers/ENG Millwall/ENG Montreal Impact Odd Grenland/NOR Norwich City/ENG Montreal Impact Helsingborg/SWE San Jose Earthquakes/USA Millwall/ENG Montreal Impact Ipswich Town/ENG Kilmarnock/SCO Vancouver Whitecaps

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Colombia

effect in the midfield and scored a magnificent headed goal against Mexico. It was however fellow midfielder Abel Aguilar who scored one of the goals of the tournament in that contest with his remarkable shot from 40 yards.

Up front Wason Renteria and Martin Arzuaga were mobile and skilful attackers. The tall, strong Renteria was very effective as a target player in the two final games when he was partnered by Moreno.

Colombia were possibly guilty of overconfidence in their opening defeats to Panama and Honduras.

The Cafeteros recovered and advanced with their convincing win over Trinidad and Tobago in their final group game. The quarter final win over Mexico was well deserved since it was a fine team performance but they showed their inconsistency with their 3-2 defeat by Panama in the semi-finals.

PLAYING SYSTEM: Flexible 4-4-2 with a flat back four, a variety of combinations in midfield and two mobile attackers.

Colombia were hoping that it would be third time lucky after losing to Canada in the 2000 Final and being eliminated by Brazil in the 2003 Gold Cup tournament. It would not be easy for coach Reinaldo Rueda since his relatively inexperienced squad mainly consisted of home-based players. The three imports were the experienced Farid Mondragon between the posts, defender Jose De La Cuesta and the talented midfielder Jairo Patino. Several other key players were missing who would be required later in the year for World Cup 2006 qualifying games.

Farid Mondragon again proved to be a dominating presence in goal with his leadership and ability key factors in the quarter final win over Mexico. In front of him Rueda utilized a flat back four in the flexible 4-1-2-1-2 system. Jose De La Cuesta and Humberto Mendoza were commanding central defenders with the quick and mobile Yulian Anchico on the right side of the defence and Oscar Passo occupying a similar attacking role on the opposite side.

The well balanced midfield utilized Juan Carlos Ramirez in a defensive ball-winning role in front of the back four and the talented Tressor Moreno in a more advanced central midfield role as a play maker supplying quality passes for the forwards. Moreno was selected to the All Tournament Team as was Jairo Patino who was especially effective on the right side of the midfield and scored both the goals in the 3-2 loss to Panama in the semifinals. Hector Hurtardo operated on the opposite side of the midfield and like Patino worked well in both attack and defence. Jaime Castrillon was also used to good

STRENGTHS: Ball possession. Technical skills of players.

Overall team shape and organization.

WEAKNESSES: Overconfidence (factor in two opening defeats) Lack of concentration at times Flank play (only averaged 11 crosses a game) OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (1) Mondragon. Experienced and capable goal keeper. Team captain.

(9) Renteria-Hard working and effective attacker (10) Moreno – Talented play maker. Key team player (13) Anchico- Capable and fast defender in attack (17) Patino- Skilful and talented midfielder AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 24 years, 8 months OLDEST PLAYER: Farid Mondragon 34 years, 1 month YOUNGEST PLAYER: Fredy Guarin 19 years, 1 month

Team Analysis

13

1 Hondragon

13 Anchico

3 De La Cuesta

4 Mendoza

23 Passo

6 Ramirez 17 Patiño

18 Arzuaga

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

16 Hurtado

10 Moreno

9 Renteria

Name/Nombre Farid Mondragon Andres Gonzalez Jose Julian De La Cuesta Humberto Mendoza Jair Benitez Juan Carlos Ramirez Oscar Briceño Aldo Leo Ramirez Wason Liberado Renteria Tressor Moreno Cesar Augusto Valoyes Luis Enrique Martinez Yulian Anchico Hayder Palacio Jaime Castrillon Hector Hugo Hurtado Jairo Patiño Martin Arzuaga Juan Fernando Leal Macnelly Torres Abel Aguilar Fredy Guarin Oscar Enrique Passo

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF MD AT MD AT AT AT GK DF DF MD AT MD AT MD MD MD MD MD

#10 Tressor Moreno (yellow jersey) helped lead Colombia to 2005 Gold Cup Semifinals #10 Tressor Morneo (camiseta amarrilla) ayudó a Colombia a las semifinales de la Copa Oro 2005

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Gustavo MORENO TD/DT: Reinaldo RUEDA Assistant Coach/Asistente Técnico: Alexis MENDOZA Goalkeeper Coach/Preparador de Porteros: Pedro Antonio ZAPE Doctor/Medico: Hector Fabio CRUZ Trainer/Preparador Fisico: Carlos Eduardo VELASCO Equipment Manager/Utilero: Carlos TORRES

D.O.B./F.D.N 21.06.1971 08.01.1984 10.02.1983 02.10.1984 12.01.1979 22.03.1972 06.09.1985 18.04.1981 04.07.1985 11.01.1979 05.01.1984 11.07.1982 28.05.1984 22.07.1979 05.04.1983 21.09.1975 05.04.1978 23.07.1981 02.08.1980 01.11.1984 06.01.1985 30.06.1986 13.05.1980

Club Galatasary/TUR América de Cali Cadiz CF/ESP Atlético Nacional Independiente Medellín Independiente Santa Fe Deportes Tolima Independiente Santa Fe Boyaca Chico No club Independiente Medellin Independiente Santa Fe Deportes Tolima Atlético Junior Independiente Medellin Atlético Nacional River Plate/ARG Junior Envigado Junior Deportivo Cali Envigado Deportes Tolima

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Costa Rica

Costa Rica qualified for its seventh Gold Cup tournament after winning the UNCAF (Central American) Nations Cup. The Ticos are the Central American country with the most appearances in the Gold Cup semi-finals. The narrow defeat to the USA in the 2003 tournament was its fourth appearance in the final four. Alexandre Guimaraes, who led Costa Rica in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was back in charge after a spell in Mexican soccer. Only three players returned from the 2003 Gold Cup squad with one notable absentee being the experienced Paolo Wanchope.

The experienced duo of Alvaro Mesen and Jose Porras split their duties between the posts with Porras the more effective courtesy of his two shut outs. In front of them Guimaraes opted for a flexible 4-3-1-2 formation with the team well organized and collectively strong in defence. Some of the players however were sometimes too casual when in possession which resulted in goals being conceded notably two in the quarterfinal against Honduras. The central defenders Michael Umana, an honorable mention in the All Tournament Team, and Victor Cordero were strong tacklers who also impressed with their aerial play. They were flanked on the right side by the experienced Harold Wallace and by Roy Miller on the opposite flank. Both liked to get forward but had problems at times with their recovery.

The midfield was hard working in both defence and attack but apart from Bryan Ruiz lacked creativity and sufficient attacking methods. Dany Fonseca was especially effective in a defensive central midfield role and was a good ball winner. In front of him

Guimaraes used a variety of combinations with the youthful and skilful Ruiz very effective in the final third along with playmaker Jafet Soto. Soto with his vision and passing ability was the mastermind of the team and was an honorable mention in the All Tournament Team.

The attacks tended to be through the wings utilizing the flank defenders but achieved limited success in that department. Up front the mobility of the quick footed Oscar Rojas caused problems inside the penalty area and he had good assistance from Randall Brenes who scored two goals against Cuba.

Christian Bolanos was also an effective attacker and scored a well-taken headed goal against Honduras.

The Ticos proved to be a tactically and technically competent team that retained its pattern of play and shape of the plan. It was to be however, their complacency and careless play over a 30 minute period that was to cost them the game against Central American rivals, Honduras. A game that they could have won had they taken their chances at the end of the game. A contrast to the goal less game against the USA when the team showed defensive character and organization and did not make any costly mistakes in defence.

A disappointing end to the tournament for Costa Rica who now turn their attention to their third World Cup tournament.

PLAYING SYSTEM: 4-3-1-2 with a defensive central midfield player (6-Fonseca) and an attacking midfielder (10-Soto or 9-Ruiz) supporting the attackers.

STRENGTHS: Possession game. Solid defensive line. Aerial play.

WEAKNESSES: Complacency. Poor recovery of wing defenders.

OUTSTANDING PAYERS: (4) Umana - Outstanding central defender. Good aerial play. Strong tackler.

(9) Ruiz - Most skilful player on team. Creative and penetrative mid-fielder.

(10) Soto - Play maker with good vision. Master mind of team.

(11) Bolanos – Very attacking mid-fielder/forward.

Super sub.

AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 26 years 7 months OLDEST PLAYER: Mauricio Wright 35 years 3 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Bryan Ruiz 19 years 11 months

Team Analysis

15

1 / 18 Mesen / Porras

15 Wallace

4 Umaña

13 Cordero

3 Miller

6 Fonseca 20 Sequeira

16 Soto

7 Rojas

No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 23

11 Brenman

21 / 11 Brenes / Bolanos

Name/Nombre Alvaro Mesen Roy Miller Michael Umaña Gabriel Baddilla Dany Fonseca Oscar Emilio Rojas Jose Luis Lopez Bryan Ruiz Jafet Soto Christian Bolaños Junior Diaz Victor Cordero Geiner Segura Harold Wallace Steven Bryce Jose Francisco Porras Mauricio Wright Douglas Sequeira Randall Brenes Donny Grant

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF AT MD AT DF MD DF DF MD DF AT GK DF MD AT GK

#11 Christian Bolaños (red jersey), was a key attacker coming off the bench for Costa Rica #11 Christian Bolaños (camiseta roja), fue un atacante clave del banco de Costa Rica

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Rodrigo GONZALEZ TD/DT: Alexander GUIMARAES Ast. Coaches/Ast. Técnicos: Erick LONIS, Eduardo MENDEZ Goalkeeping Coach/Entrenador de Porteros: Frank CARRILLO Team Manager/Encargado del Equipo: Frank ROJAS Press Officer/Oficial de Prensa: Marvin HIDALGO Doctor/Medico: Gerardo ARTAVIA Trainers/Preparadores Fisicos: Rodrigo PORRAS, Alejandro VILLEGAS Equipment Manager/Utilero: Randall MOYA

D.O.B./F.D.N 24.12.1972 24.11.1984 16.07.1982 30.06.1984 07.11.1979 24.07.1979 31.03.1981 18.08.1985 01.04.1976 17.05.1984 12.09.1983 09.11.1973 14.10.1974 07.09.1975 16.08.1977 08.11.1970 20.04.1970 23.08.1977 13.08.1983 12.04.1976

Club CS Herediano CS Cartagines Los Angeles Galaxy/USA Deportivo Saprissa CS Herediano Dorados Culiacan/MEX Deportivo Saprissa LD Alajuelense CS Herediano Deportivo Saprissa CS Herediano Deportivo Saprissa AD Pérez Zeledon LD Alajuelense LD Alajuelense Deportivo Saprissa CS Herediano Chivas USA/USA CS Cartagines AD Pérez Zeledon

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Cuba

Cuba was making its third consecutive appearance in the CONCACAF Gold Cup finals and were hoping to improve on a quarter final finish in 2003 that included a first ever tournament win, 2-0 over Canada. Technical Director Armelio Luis Garcia had taken over from Miguel Company but there were some familiar faces in the squad. 11 players returned from the 2003 squad including “los tres amigos”, the midfield trio of Pedro Adriani Faife, Alain Cervantes and Jorge Ramirez.

The experienced Odelin Molina started in goal in the opening two games but was replaced by club team mate Alexis Aviles for the game against Canada. The outfield players were utilized in a conventional 4-4-2 with a flat back four. The central defenders, usually the experienced and steady Alexander Cruzata and Reysander Fernandez marked man to man a situation that sometimes led to problems with the transfer of responsibilities. The experienced and talented Yenier Marquez, equally comfortable in either attack or defence, impressed on the right side of the defence as did his partner Silvio Pedro Minoso on the opposite flank.

The midfield quartet created a good possession game at times with their interpassing and mobility but had problems with their defensive methods. The skilful and creative play maker Alain Cervantes was their best player and he received good support in the central areas of the midfield from the hard working Jaime Colome. Colome, who was sent off in the opening game against the USA, impressed with his dribbling and passing skills. The attack-minded Gisbel Morales proved to be a good passer on the

right side of the midfield whilst Enrique Villaurrutia showed a good work ethic and ball winning skills on the opposite flank.

Up front counter attacks were often utilized using quick long passes to the attacking duo of Lester More and the competent Mario Gil. More, “The Cuban Maradona”, was a potent attacker and impressed with his speed and finishing ability that included a goal against the USA. Overall Cuba impressed with their efforts which were always consistently good but were lacking in their ability to retain the organized shape of their original plan. This affected their fluid possession game and left loopholes in defence that were exploited by their opponents. No better example than in the opening game against the eventual champions.

The Cubanos took a surprise lead with a well taken goal by More only for the USA to score three goals in the last three minutes of the game against a 10 man Cuban team. Costa Rica profited from two late penalty kicks in the following game and in the final game Cuba were unable to repeat their 2003 performance against Canada. A wide open game in which both teams combined for a total of 34 shots and 17 saves was decided by another late goal.

PLAYING SYSTEM: Conventional 4-4-2 with a square back four.

STRENGTHS: Good possession in midfield. Counterattacks.

WEAKNESSES: Lack of tactical shape. High percentage of unforced errors.

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (2) Minoso – consistently good defender who makes good passing choices (3) Marquez –Best all round player (9) Cervantes – skilful aggressive play-maker (10) More – speedy forward who likes to shoot AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 25 years 6 months OLDEST PLAYER: Odelin Molina 40 years 11 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Leonel Duarte 17 years 11 months

Team Analysis

17

1 Molina

5 Cruzata

16 Fernandez 2 Miñoso

3 Marquez 15 Morales

9 Cervantes

14 Colomé

10 Moré

6 Villaurrutia

11 Gil #9 Alain Cervantes (red jersey) was a big playmaker for Cuba during 2005 Gold Cup #9 Alain Cervantes (camiseta roja) fue un jugador grande para Cuba durante la Copa Oro 2005

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Luis HERNANDEZ TD/DT: Armelio Luis GARCIA Assistant Coaches/Asistente Técnicos: Raúl GONZALEZ, Máximo IZNAGA, Rolando RODRIGUEZ Delegate/Delegado: Antonio GARCES Trainer/Preparador Fisico: Lázaro Noel CORDOVA Psycologist/Piscólogo: Lázaro Chi GONZALEZ

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Name/Nombre Odelin Molina Silvio Pedro Miñoso Yenier Márquez Mario Rodriguez Alexander Cruzata Enrique Villaurrutia Jorge Ramírez Disney Aquino Alain Cervantes Lester Moré Mario Gil Alexis Rene Avilés Maikel Galindo Jaime Colomé Gisbel Morales Reysander Fernández Pedro Adriani Faife Leonel Duarte Jensis Muñoz Yaikel Pérez

Pos. GK DF MD MD DF MD MD MD AT AT AT GK AT DF AT DF AT DF AT AT

D.O.B./F.D.N 03.08.1964 23.12.1976 03.01.1979 29.09.1977 26.07.1974 24.04.1985 11.07.1977 27.12.1977 17.11.1983 13.09.1978 17.10.1985 17.11.1972 28.01.1981 30.06.1979 13.10.1978 22.08.1984 01.01.1984 01.08.1987 26.01.1983 17.02.1985

Club Villa Clara Villa Clara Villa Clara Ciudad Habana Holguin Cienfuegos Granma Santiago de Cuba Ciego de Avila Ciego de Avila Ciudad Habana Villa Clara Villa Clara Ciudad Habana Pinar del Rio Ciego de Avila Villa Clara Ciego de Avila Ciudad Habana Ciudad Habana

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Guatemala

Guatemala were hoping to give a good performance in their seventh Gold Cup tournament to give an impetus to their 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign. The Chapines had hosted the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup and had finished third under the direction of the former Honduran World Cup player, Ramon Maradiaga. The mainly home based team was strengthened by the addition of two players from Major League Soccer, Guillermo “El Pando” Ramirez from the Los Angeles Galaxy and former Galaxy striker Carlos “El Pescadito” Ruiz, now with FC Dallas.

Maradiaga started all three goal keepers in the games with Paolo Cesar Motta impressing the most with his fine performance in the final game against South Africa. The team utilized a variety of formations ranging from a 3-5-2 to a flexible 4-4-2 system of play. The zonal defence had its problems in the opening games being vulnerable to through balls.

The central defenders Pablo Melgar and Gustavo Cabrera did well in the air in the final game against South Africa when the team was better organized defensively. Elmer Ponciano was an attack-minded right back with Angel Sanabria more defensively inclined on the opposite side of the defence.

In the flat midfield Guillermo Ramirez impressed with his work rate and competitive play which unfortunately resulted in a red card against Mexico.

Carlos Figueroa was however the most effective midfielder, a smart player with good positional sense he provided good width in attack. The experienced Fredy Thompson worked hard in a more defensive role in the centre of the midfield but the team

lacked a play maker in this important area of the field.

It is interesting to note that the team enjoyed more possession than their opponents in all three games courtesy of their good controlled build up play but they still lacked width in attack and crosses lacked quality apart from the fine headed goal by Carlos Ruiz in the game against Jamaica. The bulk of the attacking play focused on El Pescadito Ruiz who scored three goals in that game and assisted on the goal against South Africa. He was always a danger with his speed, mobility and opportunism but all too often lacked a supporting player in attack.

Guatemala never recovered from conceding two goals in the first five minutes of their opening game against Jamaica despite a spirited come back courtesy of a Carlos Ruiz hat trick. Overall the Chapines lacked organization and team shape especially in defence in the games against Jamaica and Mexico when they conceded eight goals. The team finished on a good note with the change in location and a well deserved draw against South Africa in Houston.

The challenge now is for the team to regroup and learn its Gold Cup lessons.

PLAYING SYSTEM: 3-5-2 in the opening game changed to a flexible 4-42 in the other two games.

STRENGTHS: Technical skills of players. Good controlled possession at times (more % of possession than all three opponent WEAKNESSES: Defending in first two games (Eight goals conceded) Limited width in attacking play Quality of cross balls (one goal from 48 crosses) OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (12) Figueroa- best midfield player. Involved in 2/4 goals scored.

(20) Ruiz- dangerous attacker- three goals and one assist in three games (25) Motta- fine display of goal keeping against South Africa AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 25 years 9 months OLDEST PLAYER: Julio Giron 35 years 4 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Angel Sanabria 21 years

Team Analysis

19

1 / 22 / 25 Klee / Molina / Motta

14 Ponciano

12 Figueroa

3 Melgar

6 Cabrera

7 Thompson

26 Sanabria

11 Ramirez 24 Davila

10 Villatoro

#20 Carlos Ruiz (blue jersey) led the offence for Guatemala #20 Carlos Ruiz (camiseta azul) fue el ataque de Guatemala

20 Ruiz

TD/DT: Ramon MARADIAGA Assistant Coach/Asistente Técnico: Gilberto YEARWOOD Goalkeeper Coach/Preparador de Porteros: Roy Orlando POSAS Delegates/Delegados: Oscar ARROYO, Adela de TORREBIARTE General Manager/Gerente General: Victor Hugh ESTRADA Press Officer/Oficial de Prensa: Hugo Oliva ORDOÑEZ Doctors/Medicos: Juan Francisco QUIÑONEZ, Rafael ROBLES Trainer/Preparador Fisico: Jose Leonel FLORES Equipment Managers/Utileros: Hector Raymond SARVIA, Bryan VASQUEZ

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Name/Nombre Miguel Angel Klee Nelson Noel Morales Pablo Sebastian Melgar Dennis Chen Victor Hernandez Gustavo Cabrera Fredy Thompson Gonzalo Romero Jose Zacarias Edwin Villatoro Guillermo Ramirez Carlos Figueroa Nestor Martinez Elmer Ponciano Julio Giron Dwight Pezzarossi Carlos Ruiz Rigoberto Gomez Luis Pedro Molina Hernan Sandoval Maynor Davila Paulo Cesar Motta Angel Sanabria

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF DF MD MD MD AT MD MD DF DF MD AT AT MD GK AT MD GK DF

D.O.B./F.D.N 19.02.1977 20.09.1976 14.01.1980 09.08.1977 23.06.1981 13.12.1979 02.06.1982 25.03.1975 15.03.1982 18.02.1980 26.03.1978 13.03.1981 13.03.1981 16.08.1982 02.03.1970 04.09.1979 15.09.1979 09.01.1977 04.06.1977 22.07.1983 12.02.1982 29.03.1982 26.07.1984

Club Cobán Imperial Cobán Imperial CSD Municipal Cobán Imperial Xelajú MC CSD Comunicaciones CSD Comunicaciones CSD Municipal Deportivo Suchitepéquez Suchitepéquez Los Angeles Galaxy/USA CSD Municipal CSD Comunicaciones Deportivo Jalapa CSD Municipal CSD Comunicaciones FC Dallas/USA CSD Comunicaciones Deportivo Jalapa CSD Comunicaciones Aurora FC CSD Municipal Cobán Imperial

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honduras

Honduras is now at a rebuilding stage following the disappointment of not reaching the final round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The experienced Jose De La Paz had returned as national coach and he selected a strong mainly home based squad supplemented by two players, Jorge Caballeros and Mario Guerrero, from Major Soccer League team Chicago Fire. Only four players returned from the 2003 squad and there was no place this time around for the experienced David Suazo and Julio Cesar Leon.

The team had qualified for the tournament after finishing runners up to Costa Rica in the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup. The experienced Victor Coello started in goal in every game and produced some steady performances. Junior Morales replaced an injured Coello in the semifinal game. The team was well organized in a zonal defence that was anchored by the dominant figure of All Tournament Team selection Jorge Samuel Caballeros assisted by either Asthor Henriquez or Erik Vallecilo in the centre of the defence. On occasion Henriquez also played in a defensive role in front of the back four. Junior Izaguirre was a fast mobile defender on the right side and like his opposite number, the speedy Maynor Figueroa, often moved up to support attacks down the flanks.

Mario Guerrero and the attack-minded Elvis Turcios, who both scored key goals in games, were often utilized in central areas of a mobile midfield and both did well in attack and defence. Oscar Garcia and Mario Berrios provided good service down

the flanks and provided good balance across the field.

The team operated with twin strikers but often in the course of the game additional players gave support in a variety of combinations. The speedy Jose Francisco Ramirez caused problems for opposing defenders but it was the experienced Wilmer Velasquez who was to be the team’s most effective attacker scoring three goals including two well taken strikes against Colombia. He was a well deserved selection as a member of the All Tournament Team.

Overall it was a good tournament for the Catrachos who also won the Gold Cup Fair Play award. They were the dominant team in Group A and gained a rewarding win over their close rivals from Costa Rica in an exciting quarter final game.

The USA scored two dramatic goals in the last five minutes of a well played semi-final to deny them the opportunity of a second appearance in a Gold Cup final.

The future looks good for Honduras based on the performances and results in Gold Cup 2005.

SYSTEM OF PLAY: Flexible 4-4-2 which often changed to 3-4-3 based on the game situation.

STRENGTHS: Strong athletic players. Confidence to overcome adversity. Competitive - never give up in a game.

Team work. Midfield possession.

WEAKNESSES: Problems with pace of game – resulted in mistakes.

Lack of concentration at times e.g. late goals in semi-final. Defending against crosses.

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (4) Caballeros – Strong tackling defender who reads game well. Strong in the air.

(10) Velasquez - Fast mobile with attacking skills.

Scored three goals in five games.

(19) Turcios - Creative midfielder with good passing skills.

AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 26 years 4 months OLDEST PLAYER: Wilmer Velasquez 33 years 3 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Hendry Thomas 20 years 5 months

Team Analysis

21

1 Corello 21 / 2 Vallecilo / Henriquez

4 Caballeros

6 Izaguirre

3 Figueroa 19 Turcios

14 Garcia

23 Guerrero

13 Berrios

#13 Mario Berrios (white jersey) provided Honduras good service down the flanks #13 Mario Berrios (camiseta blanca) proporcion buen servicio para Honduras por los laterales

10 Velasquez

No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Name/Nombre Victor Coello Asthor Henriquez Maynor Figueroa Jorge Samuel Caballeros Junior Izaguirre Edgar Nuñez Wilson Palacios Jose Francisco Ramirez Wilmer Velasquez Milton Nuñez Mario Berrios Oscar Garcia Eddy Vega Carlos Moran Elvis Danilo Turcios Hendry Thomas Erick Vallecilo Junior Morales Mario Ivan Guerrero Luis Guifarro Christian Garden

9 Ramirez

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF AT MD AT AT AT MD MD AT MD MD MD DF GK MD MD GK

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Jesus VELEZ TD/DT: Jose DE LA PAZ Assistant Coach/Asistente Técnico: Oscar SALGADO Doctor/Medico: Carlos BUEZO Trainer/Preparador Fisico: Jose Duvan RAMIREZ

D.O.B./F.D.N 29.09.1974 26.02.1983 02.05.1983 24.12.1974 12.08.1979 23.08.1979 29.07.1984 10.07.1976 28.04.1972 31.10.1972 29.05.1982 04.09.1984 13.08.1980 19.07.1984 08.05.1978 23.02.1985 29.01.1980 04.03.1978 30.11.1977 25.08.1976 22.09.1980

Club CD Marathón CD Olímpia Chicago Fire/USA CD Motagua Altético Olanchano CD Olímpia CD Olímpia CD Marathón CD Marathón CD Victoria CD Olímpia Real CD España Real CD España Chicago Fire/USA CD Vida

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Jamaica

Jamaica qualified for their sixth Gold Cup tournament as the top team in the Caribbean having won the 2005 CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Digicel Cup. The Reggae Boyz had reached the Gold Cup semi-finals in 1993 and also in 1998 the year in which they became the first nation from the English speaking Caribbean to reach the FIFA World Cup finals. Wendell Downsell was now in charge of a squad which contained a solid nucleus of home based players and six returnees from the 2003 Gold Cup team.

The tall dominant presence of Donovan Ricketts was in goal for three of the games and despite conceding nine goals proved to be a good shot stopper.

In front of him the team adopted a 4-4-2 system in most of the games with the experienced and disciplined Tyrone Marshall, an honorable mention in the All Tournament Team, usually the free player in front of the zonal defence. Damion Stewart and Jermaine Taylor were hard tackling central defenders with Tyrone Sawyers and Robert Scarlett on the flanks. It was a back four that was very physical at times actions that resulted in three red cards.

Opponents were also able to exploit a defence that on occasions lacked depth.

The vision and technical skills of Andy Williams made him an effective play maker in the central areas of the field whilst Jermaine Hue was the most effective flank player and scored two great goals with his left foot. Kari Stephenson usually played on the opposite side of a midfield that sometimes lacked width and the quantity and quality of cross balls (32 in four games) could have been better in

several games.

The Reggae Boyz did however score eight goals in the four games. The fast mobile attackers often caused problems with their individual actions as evidenced by the two goals scored by Ricardo Fuller. He was usually partnered up front by Luton Shelton who scored their opening goal in the tournament. Three goals came from set plays including two headed goals against South Africa.

Team shape was lacking at times but the fitness of the team and their competitive attitude made them a difficult team to play against. This was especially evident in the opening game when they were reduced to ten players after only 15 minutes and it was a similar situation in the last 19 minutes of the disciplined defensive game against Mexico. The team also came from behind to equalize three times in the exciting 3-3 draw against South Africa. Jamaica were eventually eliminated at the quarterfinal stage by the strong US squad a game in which they missed a penalty when the score was only 1-0.

A rebuilding stage for Jamaican football after the early elimination from World Cup 2006 qualifying but the performances of some of the home based players gave some hope for the future.

PLAYING SYSTEM: 4-4-2 in most games but played with an extra defender in the game against Mexico.

STRENGTHS: Physically strong players. Competitive play in all games. Speed and mobility of several players.

Attacking play in opening two games (seven goals from 38 goal attempts).

WEAKNESSES: Limited flank play – only averaged eight crosses a game. Team shape in defence - lacked balance and depth. Creativity in midfield.

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (9) Williams - midfield play maker one goal and two assists.

(14) Marshall – Tall dominant defender. Good ball winning skills and distribution.

AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 25 years 8 months OLDEST PLAYER: Roland Dean 43 years 9 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Nicholy Finlayson 19 years 7 months

Team Analysis

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30 Ricketts

3 Stewart

5 Sawyers

4 Taylor

6 Scarlett

14 Marshall 9 Williams

18 Stephenson

21 Shelton

No. 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 30

Name/Nombre Shawn Sawyers Damion Stewart Jermaine Taylor Tyrone Sawyers Robert Scarlett Lovel Palmer Andrew Williams Ricardo Fuller Roland Dean Jermaine Johnson Leighton Murray Tyrone Marshall Omar Daley Jermaine Hue Khari Stephenson Garfield Reid Damani Ralph Luton Shelton Nicholy Finlayson Teafore Bennett Claude Davis Donovan Ricketts

17 Hue #14 Tyrone Marshall of Jamaica (gold jersey) was selected to the All-Tournament Team #14 Tyrone Marshall de Jamaica (camiseta amarrilla) nombrado para el Mejor Equipo del Torneo

10 Fuller

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegaci贸n: Crenston BOXHILL TD/DT: Wendell DOWNSWELL Assistant Coach/Asistente T茅cnico: Patrick WALTERS Team Manager/Encargado del Equipo: Howard BELL Doctor/Medico: Charles ROBERTS Trainers/Preparador Fisicos: Denise ROBERTS, Sean SAMUELS

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF DF MD AT AT MD GK DF MD MD MD DF AT AT DF AT DF GK

D.O.B./F.D.N 19.09.1976 18.08.1980 14.01.1985 25.05.1981 14.01.1979 30.08.1984 23.09.1977 31.10.1979 13.10.1961 25.06.1980 22.09.1977 12.11.1974 25.04.1981 15.06.1978 18.01.1981 14.01.1981 06.11.1980 11.11.1985 19.12.1985 07.06.1984 06.03.1979 06.07.1977

Club Portmore United FC Harbour View FC Harbour View FC Portmore United FC Harbour View FC Harbour View FC Real Salt Lake/USA Portsmouth/ENG Tivoli Gardens FC Oldham Athletic/ENG Harbour View FC Los Angeles Galaxy/USA Portmore United FC Harbour View FC Kansas City Wizards/USA Rivoli United FC No club Harbour View FC Reno FC Portmore United FC Preston/ENG Bradford City/ENG

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Mexico

The defending champions were competing in their eighth CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament. The first country to capture four titles Mexico was also hoping it would be the first country to capture three championships without conceding a goal. It had been a busy summer for the Tricolor with the team giving some excellent performances in the FIFA Confederations Cup, including a magnificent win over the defending World Champions, Brazil. As a result Ricardo La Volpe had a limited preparation time for the tournament but still utilized 11 players from the squad that performed so admirably in Germany.

Moises Munoz and Jose Corona split the duties in goal with Munoz especially showing good field player skills behind the flexible 3-5-2 formation in which all the players were well aware of their roles and responsibilities. The back three consisted of a recovering sweeper Ricardo Osorio, who impressed with his composed play and ability to read the game, and two mobile full backs. Carlos Salcido with his overall technical skills proved to be very effective getting forward into attack whilst on the opposite side the tall Francisco Rodriguez was not only a competent defender but also dangerous on set plays. He scored a fine headed goal off a corner kick in the opening game against South Africa.

The well-balanced midfield was anchored by the experienced Gerardo Galindo who combined well with Perez and Naelson in the central areas of the field although on occasions in his desire to get forward he left gaps that were exploited by opponents.

The talented Luis Perez, an All Tournament Team

selection, with his vision and passing ability made him an effective play maker whilst the other side of the midfield triangle Antonio Naelson impressed with his work rate in both attack and defence. The positional play and work rate on the flanks of Mario Mendez and Gonzalo Pineda made them particularly effective in maintaining the overall team shape in both attack and defence.

Attacks usually developed from a controlled build up through central channels as well as the flanks with the overlapping runs of Salcido on the left side.

The flank play was very effective especially when long balls were directed in the air towards the excellent target player, Jared Borgetti. Ironically the talented striker scored both his goals with well taken shots, not headers, against Guatemala. Mexico missed his presence and leadership when he was suspended for the quarterfinal game against Colombia.

Alberto Medina was his usual partner in attack, scored the only goal of the game against Jamaica but was sent off in the game against Colombia.

Mexico never recovered from the surprise 2-1 defeat by South Africa in the opening game. It was followed by two expected wins over Guatemala and a competitive Jamaican team but elimination came at the hands of the other guest team from Colombia. This courtesy of a remarkable “golazo” in the quarterfinals. Overall a disappointing tournament for the defending champions who will now turn their attention to the FIFA World Cup finals in Germany next summer.

PLAYING SYSTEM: Flexible 3-5-2 with (4) Osorio the free player in the back three and (21) Galindo as the defensive central midfielder STRENGTHS: Technical skills of players. Team shape in attack and defence. Support play. Quality of crosses (77 in four games with 11 headers at goal). Quality of shots (58 shots on goal 50% on target) WEAKNESSES: Defending back post on crosses and corner kicks (¾ goals conceded in this way) OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (3) Salcido - attacking left back with very good technical skills (9) Borgetti – Striker with excellent aerial ability.

Scored two well taken goals (23) Perez - Talented midfield play maker AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 25 years 8 months OLDEST PLAYER: Jared Borgetti 31 years 11 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Guillermo Ochoa 20 years

Team Analysis

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1 / 12 Muñoz / Corona

4 Osorio

2 Rodriguez

3 Salcido

21 Galindo

16 Mendez

23 Perez

19 Medina

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

7 Naelson

#3 Carlos Arnaldo Salcido (green jersey) was Mexico’s attacking leftback #3 Carlos Arnaldo Salcido (camiseta verde) fue México ataque a la izquierdas

9 Borgetti

Name/Nombre Moises Muñoz Francisco Rodriguez Carlos Arnaldo Salcido Ricardo Osorio Israel Lopez Ismael Rodriguez Antonio Naelson Rafael Garcia Jared Borgetti Omar Bravo Daniel Osorno Jose de Jesus Corona Gonzalo Pineda Carlos Morales Mario Mendez Rafael Marquez Lugo Aaron Padilla Alberto Medina Juan Pablo Garcia Gerardo Galindo Hector Altamirano Luis Ernesto Pérez Guillermo Ochoa

14 Pineda

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Jose Alberto DE LA TORRE TD/DT: Ricardo LAVOLPE Assistant Coaches/Asistente Técnicos: Jorge CAMPOS, Francisco Javier RAMIREZ Coordinator/Coordinador: Ricardo MARTINEZ Press Officer/Oficial de Prensa: Mauricio ZAVALA Doctors/Medicos: Carlos Alberto COCCARO, Jose Luis SERRANO Trainers/Preparadores Fisicos: Alberto AGUILAR MIJES, Milton GRANIOLATI CHA Equipment Managers/Utileros: Isaac ESTRADA, Gonzalo SALDAÑA

Pos. GK DF AT DF MD MD MD MD AT AT AT GK DF MD DF AT AT AT AT MD MD MD GK

D.O.B./F.D.N 01.02.1980 20.10.1981 02.04.1980 30.03.1980 29.09.1974 10.01.1981 23.05.1976 14.08.1974 14.08.1973 04.03.1980 16.03.1979 26.01.1981 19.10.1982 06.09.1979 01.06.1979 02.11.1981 13.08.1977 29.05.1983 24.11.1981 23.05.1978 17.03.1977 12.01.1981 13.07.1985

Club CA Monarcas Morelia CD Guadalajara CD Guadalajara CDSC Cruz Azul CD Toluca CF Monterrey CD Toluca CDSC Cruz Azul Pachuca CF CD Guadalajara Atlas CF Tecos UAG Pumas UNAM Tigres UANL CD Toluca CA Monarcas Morelia Club América CD Guadalajara Atlas CF Pumas UNAM Club Santos Laguna CF Monterrey Club América

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Panama

Panama were making their second appearance in the CONCACAF Gold Cup with their only other being in the 1993 tournament. Colombian technical director Jose Hernandez was hoping that a good performance in the tournament would prepare the Canaleros for the final World Cup 2006 qualifying games later in the year. It was an experienced squad with eight players with foreign clubs and three players from the youth team that had done so well in the 2003 World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates.

Jaime Penedo played every minute of every game and his outstanding performances were rewarded with a spot on the All Tournament team as well as a the goal keeper of the tournament award. In front of him was another All Tournament selection, defender Felipe Baloy, who impressed not only with his competitiveness but also his technical skills. Jose Anthony Torres was his usual partner in the centre of a back four which was always rigid in a flexible 4-4-2 formation. Luis Moreno and Carlos Rivera, who was strong in the air, occupied the full back positions with Moreno a steady defender and Rivera more attack minded.

Gabriel Gomez worked hard an attack and defence in the centre of the midfield and he combined well with the more defensively inclined Engin Mitre. The speed and mobility of Ricardo Philips who scored two goals against Colombia caused problems on the flanks a contrast to the slow deliberate play and passing ability of Alberto Blanco. The key player in a mobile midfield which adjusted well to the circumstances of the game, was Julio Medina III. “El cerebro” or the brains of the team, Medina

impressed with his creativity and passing ability.

Up front Luis Tejada had an outstanding tournament and was a deserving winner of the Miller Lite MVP Award. He proved to be a dangerous attacker, especially in the air, scored three goals in six games and was also selected to the All Tournament Team.

Tejada had an ideal partner in the experienced Jorge Dely Valdes who scored two important goals to compliment his technical skills, passing ability and positional play. Valdes was also an honorable mention on the All Tournament Team.

Overall it was a tremendous tournament for the Canaleros who came so close to a memorable victory over the USA in the final game. The team surprised every one with the win over Colombia in the opening game and then proceeded to beat the South American powerhouse for a second time in a memorable semi final game. The team had edged the other guest team from South Africa in a dramatic quarter final which went to penalty kicks but lost to the USA in a similar fashion in the final. Performances and results that will stand them in good stead for future Gold Cup tournaments.

PLAYING SYSTEM: Flexible 4-4-2 with a flat back four and a variety of combinations in midfield ranging from a 4-3-3 in attack to a 4-2-2-2 with attacking wide midfield players.

STRENGTHS: Team shape and organization – strong team spine.

Focused performance. Goal keeping. Depth and concentration in defence. Technical skills of several players WEAKNESSES: Flank play lacking at times (averaged 10 crosses a game). Team discipline (One red, 21 yellow cards) OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (1) Penedo - Top goal keeper in the tournament with 45 saves. Excellent shot stopper.

(5) Baloy – Strong skilful defender. Member of All Tournament team.

(7) Dely Valdes – Skilful and mobile attacker (10) Medina – creative midfielder with vision and passing ability.

(18) Tejada – Dangerous attacker. Scored three goals member All Tournament team.

AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 26 years 8 months OLDEST PLAYERS: Jorge and Julio Dely Valdes 38 years 4 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Gabriel Gomez 21 years 2 months

Team Analysis

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1 Penedo

3 Moreno

4 Torres

6 Gomez

5 Baloy

20 Mitre

15 / 8 Philips / Blanco

7 Dely Valdes

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

2 Rivera

10 Medina III #10 Julio Medina III (red jersey) help lead Panama to the first-ever Gold Cup Final #10 Julio Medina III (camiseta roja) ayudó a Panamá a su primer final de Copa Oro

18 Tejada

Name/Nombre Jaime Penedo Carlos Rivera Luis Moreno Jose Anthony Torres Felipe Baloy Gabriel Gomez Alberto Blanco Julio Cesar Dely Valdes Jorge Luis Dely Valdes Julio Medina III Roberto Brown Jose Calderon Joel Solanilla Roman Torres Ricardo Phillips Ubaldo Gustavo Guardia Luis Alfonso Henriquez Luis Tejada Gustavo Avila Engin Mitre Angel Luis Rodriguez Oscar McFarlane Donaldo Gonzalez

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Ariel ALVARADO TD/DT: Jose HERNANDEZ Assistant Coach/Asistente Técnico: Jorge Amado NUNES General Manager/Gerente General: Rolando GONZALEZ Doctors/Medicos: Agusto ALVARADO, Juan Carlos ANDRION

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF MD MD AT AT MD AT GK DF AT MD DF DF AT MD MD MD GK GK

D.O.B./F.D.N 26.09.1981 30.05.1979 19.03.1981 27.08.1972 24.02.1981 29.05.1984 08.01.1978 12.03.1967 12.03.1967 14.07.1976 15.07.1977 14.08.1985 24.12.1983 20.03.1986 31.01.1975 08.06.1977 23.11.1981 28.03.1982 21.04.1981 16.10.1981 15.02.1976 27.11.1971

Club Deportivo Árabe Unido DIM/COL Envigado/COL CD Marathón/HON Paranaense/BRA Tauro FC Alania/RUS Deportivo Árabe Unido Deportivo Árabe Unido Aguila/SLV San Francisco FC San Francisco FC CD Plaza Amador Chepo FC Tauro FC Deportivo Árabe Unido Envigado/COL Deportivo Árabe Unido CD Plaza Amador Tauro FC CD Marathón/HON

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

South Africa

South Africa, one of two guest teams in the tournament, also became the first African nation to compete in the Gold Cup. It had not been an easy preparation for the host country of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A long and tiring trip to North America was compounded by the fact that head coach Stuart Baxter had a very short preparation period and was also unable to obtain the release of most of the foreign based players. Players were also unavailable from two of the top clubs in the country.

The calm, composed and consistent play of Calvin Marlin in goal was a key factor in all the games that he played. When he was unable to play in the game against Jamaica Thabani Radebe proved to be a capable deputy. Baxter utilized a flexible 4-4-2 in games adopting a 4-2-3-1 in defence and a 4-3-3 in attack. The team was well organized in the zonal defence with the attack minded and competent Lucky Lekgwathi on the right side and the steady Lucas Thwala on the opposite flank. Two tall strong central defenders Sibonisio Gaxa and Ricardo Katza were supported in front by two defensive midfield players Siyabonga Siphika and Philip Evans. Evans had an outstanding tournament and was an honorable mention in the All Tournament Team. A tall strong ball winner with an excellent work rate, he also impressed with his use of the long ball and even scored a headed goal in the surprise win over Mexico.

The midfield was well balanced with hard working, speedy and mobile flank players Abram Raselemane and Lebohang Mokoena on the right side and the impressive Siyabanga Nomvete on the left side. Nomvete was especially effective in the transi-

tion from defence to attack with his direct running with the ball into space. The technical skills and vision of Elrio Van Heerden who would often drop deep to receive balls from the two defensive midfielders also made him an effective play maker.

Attacks varied from fast attacks using the fast mobile flank attackers to slow attacks using a controlled build up through central areas of the field.

The quality and quantity of crosses varied in all four games. This despite the presence of the tall dominant target player Lungisani Ndlela who scored two goals and assisted on two others with flick-ons.

Overall the team scored two goals with headers from ten headed goal attempts and 60 crosses.

The Bafana Bafana made a dramatic entry to their first ever Gold Cup with the surprise 2-1 win over the defending Gold Cup champions, Mexico. An exciting 3-3 draw against Jamaica was followed by two more drawn games against Central American opponents Guatemala and Panama. The team showed its fighting spirit in the latter two games when it came back to equalize although it lost on penalty kicks to the eventual finalists, Panama. South Africa proved to be a well organized team that was able to adapt well to situations in games and still retain its team shape.

This despite having less possession in all four games than their opponents. They can look back with some satisfaction on their first ever Gold Cup tournament.

PLAYING SYSTEM: Flexible 4-4-2 with a 4-5-1 in defence and a 4-3-3 in attack.

STRENGTHS: Overall team shape and organization in attack and defence. Transition from defence to attack Speed and mobility of midfield players. Team spirit WEAKNESSES: Limited in attacking play but five goals from 20 goal attempts in first two games. Overly physical play at times. Quality of crosses OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (1) Marlin - competent goal keeper who made key saves in the quarter final game (4) Evans - Work rate and ball winning in midfield (11) Van Heerden – play maker with speed and technical skills AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 25 years 2 months OLDEST PLAYER: Thabani Radebe 35 years 7 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Lee Langeveldt 18 years 8 months

Team Analysis

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1 Marlin 6 Gaxa

2 Lekgwathi

8 Siphika

5 Katza

3 Thwala

4 Evans

18 Raselemane

14 Nomvete

11 Van Heerden

#11 Elrio Van Heerden (yellow jersey) guided South Africa to the Quarterfinals #11 Elrio Van Heerden (camiseta amarrilla) llev贸 a Sud谩frica a los cuartos de finales

19 Ndlela

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Name/Nombre Calvin Marlin Lucky Lekgwathi Lucas Thwala Philip Evans Ricardo Katza Siboniso Gaxa Daine Klate Siyabonga Siphika Lebohang Mokoena Craig Bianchi Elrio Van Heerden Stanley Kgatle Solace Nkosi Siyabanga Nomvete Andrew Mofedi Thabang Radebe Reagan Noble Abram Raselemane Lungisani Ndlela Peter Peterson Gift Leremi Lee Langeveldt

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegaci贸n: Reuben MAHLALELA TD/DT: Stuart BAXTER Assistant Coach/Asistente T茅cnico: Steve KOMPHELA Goalkeeper Coach/Preparador de Porteros: Alejandro HEREDIA Team Manager/Encargado del Equipo: Stanley TSHABALALA Coordinator/Coordinador: Barney SHIVAMBO Doctors/Medicos: Sello MOTAUNG, Joseph RAMOKGADI Equipment Managers/Utileros: Tumelo KUJANE, Moeketski MAHLATSI

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF DF MD MD AT DF MD MD AT AT DF GK MD MD AT DF MD GK

D.O.B./F.D.N 20.04.1976 08.01.1976 19.10.1981 08.03.1972 12.05.1978 06.04.1984 25.02.1985 24.04.1981 29.09.1986 25.03.1978 11.07.1983 13.09.1982 22.08.1981 02.12.1977 18.01.1979 04.12.1969 22.07.1983 23.03.1975 08.09.1980 27.02.1981 13.12.1984 10.11.1986

Club Supersport United Orlando Pirates FC Orlando Pirates FC Supersport United FC Supersport United FC Supersport United FC Supersport United FC Manning Rangers Orlando Pirates FC Mameldoi Sundowns FC FC Copenhagen/DEN Silver Stars Bloemfontein Celtics FC Empoli/ITA Orlando Pirates FC Orlando Pirates FC Wits University Supersport United FC Supersport United FC Moroka Swallows Orlando Pirates FC FC Fortune

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Trinidad & Tobago

partner to the mobile and skilful Jason Scotland.

Both players were dangerous in the air and the overall aerial play of the team was evident in all their games. No better examples than the two well taken goals in the game against Panama.

Trinidad and Tobago made a fine start to the tournament with the 1-1 result against a strong Honduran team that was followed by another drawn game against eventual finalists, Panama. Colombia proved too strong to overcome in the final group game in which Kelvin Jack was outstanding in goal.

Overall a promising beginning for the new coach who has, in a short time, instilled in his team the importance of playing as a unit with everyone complementing each other when attacking and defending.

PLAYING SYSTEM: Flexible 4-4-2 which often changes to 4-3-3 in the course of a game.

Trinidad and Tobago, the country with the best record of all the CFU countries, was making its sixth appearance in the Gold Cup finals. It was the first however for the experienced Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker who had taken over the Soca Warriors after the disappointing start to the 2006 World Cup qualifying camapaign. The veterans Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy were missing from the line up but Beenhakker was still able to assemble an experienced squad that contained 14 players from overseas clubs.

Kelvin Jack was preferred to the veteran Shaka Hislop in goal and had a fine tournament highlighted by a nine save performance against Honduras in the opening game and a magnificent game against Colombia in the 2-0 defeat. Beenhakker utilized a flexible 4-4-2 system in which the two strong and physical central defenders Dennis Lawrence and Marvin Andrews were the dominant figures in a zonal back four. Emery John and the versatile Cyd Gray played in the full back positions with Gray always willing to join in attacks.

The midfield was well balanced with Silvio Spann and Christopher Birchall in charge of recovering the ball. Gold Cup debutant Birchall also got on the scoresheet courtesy of his magnificent shot in the opening game. Vision and passing ability made Colin Samuel the key play maker in the midfield with the speedy Cornell Glen, scorer of an excellent headed goal against Panama, and the more defensive minded Densill Theobald operating on the flanks.

The strength and personality of Stern John up front made him an ideal captain as well as a good

STRENGTHS: Teamwork. Technical skills of players.

Goalkeeping (18 saves in three games).

Heading in defence.

WEAKNESSES: Fitness - ability to play for 90 minutes. Defensive technique. Flank play (only 19 crosses in three games) OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (7) Birchall- midfielder with passing ability. Scored well taken goal against Honduras.

(21) Jack – Tall dominant goal keeper with excellent reflexes AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 27 years OLDEST PLAYER: Shaka Hislop 36 years 5 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Kenwyne Jones 20 years 9 months

Team Analysis

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21 Jack

6 Lawrence

3 John

20 Samuel

19 Spann

10 Scotland

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Name/Nombre Neil Shaka Hislop David Charles Emery John Marvin Andrews Brent Sancho Dennis Lawrence Christopher Birchall Angus Eve Aurtis Whitley Jason Scotland Carlos Edwards Brent Rahim Cornell Glen Stern John Kenwyne Jones Anton Pierre Densill Theobald Silvio Spann Colin Samuel Kelvin Jack Daurance Williams Glenton Wolffe Cyd Gray

4 Andrews

24 Gray

18 / 13 7 Birchall Theobald / Glen

14 John

Pos. GK DF DF DF DF DF MD MD MD AT MD MD AT AT AT DF MD MD AT GK GK DF DF

#7 Christopher Birchall (red jersey) scored Trinidad & Tobago’s first goal #7 Christopher Birchall (camiseta roja) anotó el primer gol de Trinidad y Tobago

Head of Delegation/Jefe de Delegación: Bruce AANENSEN TD/DT: Leo BEENHAKKER Assistant Coaches/Asistente Técnicos: Theo DE JONG, George JOSEPH, Joseph PHILLIP, Wilhelmus RIJSBERGEN Goalkeeper Coach/Preparador de Porteros: Michael MAURICE Press Officer/Oficial de Prensa: Shaun FUENTES Doctors/Medicos: Terence BABWAH, Wayne LAWSON Trainer/Preparador Fisico: Nicholas ZEPHYRINUS

D.O.B./F.D.N 22.02.1969 29.09.1977 18.06.1975 27.12.1975 13.03.1977 01.08.1974 05.05.1984 23.02.1972 01.05.1977 18.02.1979 24.10.1978 08.08.1978 21.10.1980 30.10.1976 05.10.1984 23.09.1977 27.06.1982 21.08.1981 27.08.1981 29.04.1976 13.05.1983 30.12.1981 21.11.1976

Club W Connection New England Revolution/USA Glasgow Rangers/SCO Dundee FC/SCO Wrexham FC/WAL Port Vale FC/ENG San Juan Jabloteh San Juan Jabloteh Dundee United/SCO Wrexham FC/WAL Falkirk FC/SCO Columbus Crew/USA Coventry FC/ENG Stoke City FC/ENG Defence Force Caledonia AIA/ITA Yokohama FC/JPN Dundee FC/SCO Dundee FC/SCO San Juan Jabloteh North East Stars San Juan Jabloteh

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

USA

The USA, oldest team in the tournament, had a solid nucleus of players from Major League Soccer along with eight players currently with clubs in Europe. Six players were on the 2003 Gold Cup squad.

The familiar figure of Kasey Keller was again in goal and had another outstanding tournament, made key saves in games and only conceded two goals in five games. He was a well deserved selection as a member of the All Tournament squad. Arena usually opted for a flexible 4-4-2 formation with a defensive midfielder in front of the back four and three mobile midfielders supporting the forwards. The experienced Frankie Hejduk and mobile Steve Cherundolo, were both effective in attack and defence down the right flank. On the opposite side Greg Vanney proved to be a strong defender with a flair for attacking play. A variety of partnerships were used in the centre of the defence with both Jimmy Conrad and Oguchi Onyewu having outstanding tournaments. Onyewu was particularly impressive with his aerial play and tackling, also his gamewinner in the semis helped to earn him a spot on the All Tournament team.

Pablo Mastroeni or Chris Armas were both very effective when playing in the defensive midfield role in front of the back four and provided a strong link between attack and defence. The remaining midfield players usually consisted of Steve Ralston on the right side and the experienced John O’Brien on the left side. O’Brien was an honorable mention in the All Tournament Team whilst another All Tournament team member, Landon Donovan, played in a more central role in support of the forwards.

Skillful, business like and innovative Donovan also proved to be a good finisher with his three goals and two assists.

Up front, and in midfield, DaMarcus Beasley proved to be a versatile attacking player with his speed and crossing ability as evidenced by his three goals and four assists which earned him the Texaco Top Scorer Award. Josh Wolff was also an effective striker with his overall skills and work rate.

The Stars and Stripes proved to be fit, well organized and composed in their play with all the players familiar with their roles and responsibilities in both attack and defence. The positional and support play of the individual players always ensured that the team shape was maintained in attack and defence but it was their overall discipline and concentration over 90 minutes that were key factors in their success. Over 50% (6/11 goals) came in the last five minutes of play, which includes three goals in three minutes against Cuba along with a game-winner during injury time in the semifinals.

Bruce Arena can look back with great satisfaction, on a tournament that showed the depth of the USA as it prepares for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. PLAYING SYSTEM: Flexible 4-4-2, on occasion switched to a flexible 3-5-2 STRENGTHS: Team shape. Support play. Aerial play in attack and defence. Midfield possession. Competitive qualities Organisation on set plays.

WEAKNESSES: Problems at times defending against fast, mobile opponents. Quality of final pass. Finishing.

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: (4) Onyewu - Tall dominant defender. Member of All Tournament team.

(5) O’Brien – midfield work rate and quality support play in attack and defence.

(7) Beasley - Multi talented attacker. Golden Boot and member All Tournament team.

(10) Donovan – Finishing skills. Member All Tournament team (18) Keller - Outstanding goal keeper with shot stopping ability. 0.37 G.A.A. s AVERAGE AGE OF TEAM: 27 years 6 months OLDEST PLAYER: Kasey Keller 35 years 8 months YOUNGEST PLAYER: Santino Quaranta 20 years 9 months

Team Analysis

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18 Keller 12 Conrad

6/2 Cherundolo / Hesduk

4 Onyewu

3 Vanney

25 / 14 Mastroeni / Armas

5 O’Brien

10 Donovan

19 Ralston

16 Wolff

#7 John O’Brien (blue jersey) gave quality support for the USA on attack and defense #7 John O’Brien (camiseta azul) dío apoyo en la defense y en el ataque para los USA

7 Beasley

TD/DT: Bruce ARENA Assistant Coaches/Asistente Técnicos: Glenn MYERNICK, Curt ONALFO Goalkeeper Coaches/Preparadores de Porteros: Milutin SOSKIC, Phil WHEDDON General Manager/Gerenta General: Pam PERKINS Press Officer/Oficial de Prensa: Michael CAMMARMAN Doctor/Medico: Bert MANDELBAUM Trainers/Preparadores Fisicos: Todd DANIELS, Jim HASHIMOTO Equipment Manager/Utilero: Ryan MAXFIELD

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 23 24 25

Name/Nombre Marcus Hahnemann Frankie Hejduk Greg Vanney Oguchi Onyewu John O’Brien Steve Cherundolo DaMarcus Beasley Clint Dempsey Santino Quaranta Landon Donovan Conor Casey Jimmy Conrad Patrick Noonan Chris Armas Ben Olsen Josh Wolff Kasey Keller Steve Ralston Brad Davis Tony Sanneh Eddie Pope Matt Reis Pablo Mastroeni

Pos. GK DF DF DF MD DF MD MD AT AT AT DF AT MD MD AT GK MD MD DF DF GK MD

D.O.B./F.D.N 15.06.1972 05.08.1974 11.06.1974 13.05.1982 29.08.1977 19.02.1979 24.05.1982 09.03.1983 14.10.1984 04.03.1982 25.07.1981 12.02.1977 02.08.1980 24.05.1982 03.05.1977 25.02.1977 29.11.1969 14.06.1974 08.11.1981 01.06.1971 24.12.1973 28.03.1975 26.08.1976

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Colombia vs Panama 0:1 (0:0) Match/Partido 1: 06.07.2005: Miami, Florida USA; Orange Bowl (A: 10311) Luis TEJADA (Julio Medina III) 70’ COL: 1-Farid Mondragón-C - 3-Jose De la Cuesta, 4- Humberto Mendoza, 6-Juan Carlos Ramirez, 9- Wason Renteria, 10- Tressor Moreno (46: 8-Aldo Ramirez), 13- Yulian Anchico, 16- Hector Hurtado (69: 21-Abel Aguilar), 17- Jairo Patiño, 18-Martin Arzuaga (80: 7-Oscar Briceño), 23- Oscar Passo. Booked /Amonestado: Renteria 38’, Mendoza 48’ TD: Reinaldo RUEDA PAN: 1-Jaime Penedo - 2-Carlos Rivera, 3- Luis Moreno, 4- Jose Torres, 5- Felipe Baloy, 6- Gabriel Gomez, 9Julio Dely Valdes-C (80: 7-Jorge Dely Valdes), 10- Julio Medina (84: 19-Gustavo Avila), 15- Ricardo Phillips, 18Luis Tejada, 20- Engin Mitre (46: 8-Alberto Blanco). Booked /Amonestado: Moreno 38’, Penedo 67’, Rivera 71’, Medina 73’, Blanco 80’, Baloy 90+’ TD: Jose HERNANDEZ Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

COL 18 8 6 14 10 2

PAN 15 6 9 13 3 3

R: Carlos BATRES (GUA); A1: Hector VERGARA (CAN); A2: Francisco RAMIREZ (MEX); FO: Marco RODRÍGUEZ (MEX) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Jaime PENEDO (PAN)

Trinidad & Tobago vs Honduras 1:1 (1:1) Match/Partido 2: 06.07.2005: Miami, Florida USA; Orange Bowl (A: 10311) Christopher BIRCHALL (Jason Scotland) 28’ - Maynor FIGUEROA 43’ TRI: 21-Kelvin Jack - 3-Emery John, 4-Marvin Andrews, 6-Dennis Lawrence, 7-Christopher Birchall, 9-Aurtis Whitley, 10-Jason Scotland (71: 15-Kenwyne Jones), 12-Brent Rahim, 14-Stern John-C, 18-Densill Theobald (65: 20-Colin Samuel), 24-Cyd Gray. Booked /Amonestado: Rahim 23’, Emery John 54’ TD: Leo BEENHAKKER HON: 1-Victor Coello (86: 22-Junior Morales) - 2-Asthor Henriquez, 3-Maynor Figueroa, 6-Junior Izaguirre, 9Jose Francisco Ramirez (46: 11-Milton Nuñez), 10-Wilmer Velásquez-C, 13-Mario Berrios, 14-Oscar Garcia, 19Elvis Danilo Turcios (65: 8-Wilson Palacios), 21-Erick Vallecilo, 23-Mario Ivan Guerrero. Booked /Amonestado: Mario Berrios 90’+ TD: Jose DE LA PAZ Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

TRI 9 3 9 12 4 1

HON 18 10 2 10 2 3

R: Mauricio NAVARRO (CAN); A1: Leonel LEAL (CRC); A2: Paul MESSAM (BAH); FO: John WYNGAARDE (SUR) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Christopher BIRCHALL (TRI)

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Canada vs Costa Rica 0:1 (0:1) Match/Partido 3: 07:07:2005: Seattle, Washington USA; Qwest Field (A: 15831) Jafet SOTO 30’ pen CAN: 1-Greg Sutton – 2-Adam Braz, 4-Kevin McKenna-C, 6-Patrice Bernier, 9-Ali Gerba (70: 7-Iain Hume), 11Jim Brennan, 12-Sandro Grande (90: 17-Jaime Peters), 13-Atiba Hutchinson, 14-Dwayne DeRosario, 15-Josh Simpson, 16-Patrick Leduc (83: 8-Adrian Serioux). Booked /Amonestado: Hutchinson 28’, McKenna 30’, Gerba 53’, Brennan 66’, Bernier 90’, Sent off / Expulsado: McKenna 81’ TD: Frank YALLOP CRC: 18-Jose Francisco Porras-C - 3-Roy Miller, 4-Michael Umaña, 6-Dany Fonesca, 8-Jose Luis Lopez, 9-Bryan Ruiz, 10-Jafet Soto (76: 7-Oscar Rojas), 11-Christian Bolanos, 13-Victor Cordero, 15-Harold Wallace (56: 14Geiner Segura), 17-Steven Bryce (85: 20-Douglas Segueira). Booked /Amonestado: Segura 57’, Ruiz 63’ TD: Alexander GUIMARAES Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

CAN 5 2 1 19 10 6

CRC 6 2 3 25 3 0

R: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM); A1: Anthony GARWOOD (JAM); A2: Joseph TAYLOR (TRI); FO: Neal BRIZAN (TRI) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Jafet SOTO (CRC)

Cuba vs USA 1:4 (1:1) Match/Partido 4: 07:07:2005: Seattle, Washington USA; Qwest Field (A: 15831) Lester MORE (Alain Cervantes) 18’ - Clint DEMPSEY (DaMarcus Beasley) 44’; Landon Donovan 87’; DaMarcus BEASLEY (Santino Quaranta) 89’, DONOVAN (Beasley) 90’+ CUB: 1-Odelin Molina-C - 2-Silvio Pedro Miñoso (90: 19-Jensis Muñoz), 3-Yenier Márquez, 5-Alexander Cruzata, 6-Enrique Villaurrutia, 8-Disney Aquino, 9-Alain Cervantes, 10-Lester Moré (57: 18-Leonel Duarte), 13-Maikel Galindo (77: 11-Mario Gil), 14-Jaime Colome, 16-Reysander Fernandez. Booked /Amonestado: Miñoso 86’, Sent off / Expulsado: Colome 50’ TD: Armelio Luis GARCIA USA: 1-Marcus Hahnemann - 2-Frankie Hejduk, 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 8-Clint Dempsey, 9-Santino Quaranta, 11-Conor Casey (66: 10-Landon Donovan), 12-Jimmy Conrad, 14-Chris Armas-C, 15-Ben Olsen(75: 16-Josh Wolff), 21-Brad Davis (75: 5-John O’Brien), 22-Tony Sanneh. Booked /Amonestado: Sanneh 46’, Hejduk 53’, Beasley 89’ TD: Bruce ARENA Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

CUB 10 1 3 12 3 5

USA 13 4 4 14 8 2

R: Jose PINEDA (HON); A1: Daniel WILLIAMSON (PAN); A2: Arturo VELASQUEZ (MEX); FO: Roberto MORENO (PAN) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Landon DONOVAN (USA)

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South Africa - Mexico 2:1 (2:0) Match/Partido 5: 08.07.2003: Carson, California USA; Home Depot Center (A: 27000) Phillip EVANS (Lungisani Ndlela) 28’; Elrio VAN HEERDEN (Siyabango Nomvete) 41’ - Francisco RODRIGUEZ (Luis Ernesto Perez) 83’ RSA: 1-Calvin Marlin - 2-Lucky Lekgwathi, 3-Lucas Thwala, 4-Philip Evans, 5-Ricardo Katza, 6-Sibiniso Gaxa, 8Siyabinga Siphika, 9-Lebohang Mokoena (65: 17-Reagan Noble), 11-Elrio Van Heerden (90: 10-Craig Bianchi), 14-Siyabanga Nomvete (71: 21-Gift Leremi), 19-Lungisani Ndlela. Booked /Amonestado: Thwala 20’, Siphika 75’, Leremi 90’ TD: Stuart BAXTER MEX: 12-Jose de Jesue Corona - 2-Francisco Rodriguez, 3-Carlos Arnaldo Salcido, 4-Ricardo Osorio, 5-Israel Lopez (23: Luis Ernesto Perez), 7-Antonio Naelson (53: 10-Omar Bravo), 8-Rafael Garcia (46: 19-Albert Medina), 9-Jared Borgetti, 14-Gonzalo Pineda, 17-Rafael Marquez Lugo, 22-Hector Altamirano. Booked /Amonestado: Rodriguez 33’, Borgetti 56’ TD: Ricardo LA VOLPE Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

RSA 9 4 3 17 1 2

MEX 22 5 1 6 12 1

R: Rodolfo SIBRIAN (SLV); A1: Carlos PASTRANA (HON); A2: Reynaldo SALINAS (HON); FO: Walter QUESADA (CRC) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Philip EVANS (RSA)

Guatemala – Jamaica 3:4 (2:3) Match/Partido 6: 08.07.2003: Carson, California USA; Home Depot Center (A: 27000) Luton SHELTON (Damion Stewart) 3’; Ricardo FULLER 5’; Andrew WILLIAMS 45’+ pen; Jermaine HUE 57’ Carlos RUIZ 11’ pen, RUIZ 45’+ (Gonzalo Romero), RUIZ 87’ (Hernan Sandoval) GUA: 22-Luis Pedro Molina - 2-Nelson Noel Morales (29: 12-Carlos Figueroa), 3-Pablo Sebastian Melgar, 6Gustavo Cabrera, 7-Fredy Thompson, 8-Gonzalo Romero, 10-Edwin Villatoro (75: 24-Maynor Davila), 11Guillermo Ramirez, 14-Elmer Ponciano (62: 23-Hernan Sandoval), 20-Carlos Ruiz, 26-Angel Sanabria. Booked /Amonestado: Ruiz 11’, Melgar 45’ TD: Ramon MARADIAGA JAM: 30-Donovan Ricketts - 3-Damion Stewart, 5-Tyrone Sawyers, 6-Robert Scarlett, 9-Andrew Williams (75: 12-Jermaine Johnson), 10-Ricardo Fuller, 14-Tyrone Marshall, 17-Jermaine Hue (65: 16-Omar Daley), 18-Khari Stephenson, 21-Luton Shelton (56: 20-Damani Ralph), 25-Claude Davis. Booked /Amonestado: Fuller 45’+, Sent off / Expulsado: Claude Davis 15’ TD: Wendell DOWNSELL Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

GUA 19 7 3 15 6 3

JAM 13 7 4 17 2 1

R: Brian HALL (USA); A1: Greg BARKELY (USA); A2: Fernando TAMAYO (ECU); FO: Oscar RUIZ (COL) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Carlos RUIZ (GUA)

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Costa Rica vs Cuba 3:1 (0:0) Match/Partido 7: 09.07.2005: Seattle, Washington USA; Qwest Field (A: 15109) Randall BRENES (Jafet Soto) 61’; Jafet SOTO 81’ pen; BRENES 85’ pen - Maikel GALINDO (Alain Cervantes) 72’ CRC: 1-Alvaro Mesen-C – 4-Michael Umaña, 5-Gabriel Badilla, 7-Oscar Rojas, 9-Bryan Ruiz (45: 21-Randall Brenes), 10-Jafet Soto, 11-Christian Bolanos (75: 17-Steven Bryce), 12-Junior Diaz (45: 3-Roy Miller), 14Geiner Segura, 19-Mauricio Wright, 20-Douglas Segueira. Booked /Amonestado: none/ninguno TD: Alexander GUIMARAES CUB: 1-Odelin Molina-C – 2-Silvio Pedro Miñoso (68: 19-Jensis Muñoz), 3-Yenier Marquez, 5-Alexander Cruzata, 6-Enrique Villaurrutia, 9-Alain Cervantes, 10-Lester Moré, 13-Maikel Galindo, 15-Gisbel Morales (85: 18-Leonel Duarte), 16-Reysander Fernandez, 17-Pedro Adriani Faife (60: 7-Jorge Ramirez). Booked /Amonestado: Morales 45’, Cruzata 66’, Cervantes 80’ TD: Armelio Luis GARCIA Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

CRC 11 6 1 7 5 2

CUB 5 2 3 15 4 3

R: Benito ARCHUNDIA (MEX); A1: Arturo VELASQUEZ (MEX); A2: Pedro REBOLLAR (MEX); FO: Jose PINEDA (HON) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Randall BRENES (CRC)

USA vs Canada 2:0 (0:0) Match/Partido 8: 09.07.2005: Seattle, Washington USA; Qwest Field (A: 15109) OG 48’ (Atiba Hutchinson); Landon DONOVAN (DaMarcus Beasley) 90’ USA: 18-Kasey Keller-C – 3-Greg Vanney, 4-Oguchi Onyewu, 5-John O’Brien (67: 7-DaMarcus Beasley), 6-Steve Cherundolo, 10-Landon Donovan, 13-Patrick Noonan (81: 14-Chris Armas), 16-Josh Wolff, 19-Steve Ralston, 23Eddie Pope (46: 12-Jimmy Conrad), 25-Pablo Mastroeni. Booked /Amonestado: Donovan 45’ Mastroeni 75’, Onyewu 90’+ TD: Bruce ARENA CAN: 1-Greg Sutton – 2-Adam Braz, 5-Gabriel Gervais, 6-Patrice Bernier, 8-Adrian Serioux, 10-Oliver Occean (70: 9-Ali Gerba), 11-Jim Brennan-C (79: 12-Sandro Grande), 13-Atiba Hutchinson, 14-Dwayne DeRosario, 15Josh Simpson, 16-Patrick Leduc (67: 17-Jaime Peters). Booked /Amonestado: DeRosario 23’, Serioux 25’, Sent off / Expulsado: Serioux 82’ TD: Frank YALLOP Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

USA 13 4 2 15 7 0

CAN 5 2 3 15 2 2

R: Neal BRIZAN (TRI); A1: Joseph TAYLOR (TRI); A2: Anthony GARWOOD (JAM); FO: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Kasey KELLER (USA)

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Panama vs Trinidad & Tobago 2:2 (1:1) Match/Partido 9: 10.07.2005 Miami, Florida; Orange Bowl (A: 17292) Luis TEJADA (Julio Medina III) 24’; TEJADA (Jaime Penedo) 90’ - Marvin ANDREWS (Cyd Gray) 17’; Cornell GLEN (Angus Eve) 90’+ PAN: 1-Jaime Penedo, 2-Carlos Rivera, 3-Luis Moreno, 4-Jose Anthony Torres, 5-Felipe Baloy, 6-Gabriel Gomez (46: 8-Alberto Blanco), 9-Julio Cesar Dely Valdes (74: 11-Roberto Brown), 10-Julio Medina III, 15-Ricardo Phillips (88: 19-Gustavo Avila), 18-Luis Tejada, 20-Engin Mitre. Booked /Amonestado: Baloy 27’, Mitre 35’ TD: Jose HERNANDEZ TRI: 21-Kelvin Jack - 3-Emery John, 4-Marvin Andrews, 6-Dennis Lawrence, 7-Christopher Birchall, 10-Jason Scotland (69: 15-Kenwyne Jones 69’), 14-Stern John, 18-Densill Theobald (69: 8-Angus Eve), 19-Silvio Spann, 20-Colin Samuel (83: 13-Cornell Glen), 24-Cyd Gray. Booked /Amonestado: Lawrence 21’, Birchall 48’, Andrews 61’ TD: Leo BEENHAKKER Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

PAN 19 7 5 12 5 2

TRI 12 7 4 16 2 2

R: John WYNGAARDE (SUR); A1: Francisco RAMIREZ (MEX); A2: Paul MESSAM (BAH); FO: Mauricio NAVARRO (CAN) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Luis TEJADA (PAN)

Honduras vs Colombia 2:1 (0:1) Match/Partido 10: 10.07.2005 Miami, Florida; Orange Bowl (A: 17292) HON – Wilmer VELASQUEZ (Wilson Palacios) 79’; VELASQUEZ 82’ (Milton Núñez) - Tressor MORENO 30’ pen HON: 1-Victor Coello - 2-Asthor Henriquez (72: 8-Wilson Palacios), 3-Maynor Figueroa, 6-Junior Izaguirre, 10Wilmer Velasquez, 11-Milton Nuñez, 13-Mario Berrios (62: 24-Luis Guifarro), 14-Oscar Garcia, 19-Elvis Danilo Turcios, 21-Erick Vallecilo, 23-Mario Ivan Guerrero. Booked /Amonestado: Vallecilo 29’, Figueroa 60’ TD: Jose DE LA PAZ COL: 1-Farid Mondragon - 3-Jose Julian De la Cuesta, 4-Humberto Mendoza, 5-Jair Benitez, 6-Juan Carlos Ramirez, 9-Wason Liberado Renteria (76: 20-Macnelly Torres), 10-Tressor Moreno, 14-Hayder Palacio, 15-Jaime Castrillon, 17-Jario Patiño (45: 21-Abel Aguilar), 18-Martin Arzuaga (67: 11-Cesa Augusto Valoyes). Booked /Amonestado: Castrillon 70’, Palacio 71’, Valoyes 80’, Sent off / Expulsado: Moreno 85’ TD: Reinaldo RUEDA Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

HON 16 4 5 11 9 1

COL 11 6 2 18 3 0

R: Marco RODRIGUEZ (MEX); A1: Lionel LEAL (CRC); A2: Jose Luis CAMARGO (MEX); FO: Carlos BATRES (GUA) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Wilmer VELASQUEZ (HON)

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Mexico – Guatemala 4:0 (2:0) Match/Partido 11 10.07.2005: Los Angeles, California USA; L.A. Memorial Coliseum (A: 30710) Jared BORGETTI 5’; BORGETTI 14’ (Alberto Medina); Gerardo GALINDO (Luis Ernesto Perez) 54’, Omar BRAVO (Antonio Naelson) 65’ MEX: 1-Moises Muñoz - 2-Francisco Rodríguez, 3-Carlos Arnaldo Salcido, 4-Ricardo Osorio, 7-Antonio Naelson (73: 18-Aaron Padilla), 9-Jared Borgetti (46: 10-Omar Bravo), 15-Carlos Morales, 16-Mario Mendez, 19-Alberto Medina (67: 20-Juan Pablo Garcia), 21-Gerardo Galindo, 23-Luis Ernesto Perez. Booked /Amonestado: none/ninguno TD: Ricardo LA VOLPE GUA: 1-Miguel Angel Klee - 4-Dennis Chen (69: 26-Angel Sanabria), 5-Victor Hernandez, 6-Gustavo Cabrera, 7Fredy Thompson, 10-Edwin Villatoro (64: 23-Hernan Sandoval), 11-Guillermo Ramirez, 12-Carlos Figueroa, 13Nestor Martinez, 20-Carlos Ruiz, 24-Maynor Davila (77: 8-Gonzalo Romero). Booked /Amonestado: Ramirez 35’, Thompson 87’, Sent off / Expulsado: Ramirez 88’ TD: Ramon MARADIAGA MEX Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales 19 Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco 12 Saves/Atajadas 4 Fouls/Faltas 18 Corners/Tiros de Esquina 5 Offsides/Fuera de Lugar 4

GUA 16 4 5 14 6 4

R: Oscar RUIZ (COL); A1: Fernando TAMAYO (ECU); A2: Jose NAVIA (COL); FO: Rodolfo SIBRIAN (SLV); Miller Lite Man of the Match: Jared BORGETTI (MEX)

Jamaica – South Africa 3:3 (2:2) Match/Partido 12: 10.07.2005: Los Angeles, California USA; L.A. Memorial Coliseum (A: 30710) Jermaine HUE 35’; Damion STEWART (Andy Williams) 45’; Teafore BENNETT (Williams) 80’ - Abram RASELEMANE (Lucky Lekgwathi) 35’; Lungisani NDELA (Elrio Van Heerden) 41’; Siyabanga NOMVETE (Raselemane) 56’ JAM: 30-Donovan Ricketts - 3-Damion Stewart, 4-Jermaine Taylor, 5-Tyrone Sawyers (74: 20-Damani Ralph), 6Robert Scarlett, 9-Andrew Williams, 10-Ricardo Fuller, 12-Jermaine Johnson (64: 23-Teafore Bennett), 14Tyrone Marshall (83: 16-Omar Daley), 17-Jermaine Hue, 18-Khari Stephenson. Booked /Amonestado: Scarlett 29’, Stewart 60’ TD: Wendell DOWNSWELL RSA: 16-Thabani Radebe – 2-Lucky Lekgwathi, 3-Lucas Thwala, 4-Phillip Evans, 5-Ricardo Katza, 6-Siboniso Gaxa, 8-Siyabonga Siphika (46: 13-Solace Nkosi), 11-Elrio Van Heerden, 14-Siyabanga Nomvete (87: 17-Reagan Noble), 18-Abram Raselemane (56: 10-Craig Bianchi), 19-Lungisani Ndlela. Booked /Amonestado: Gaxa 41’, Nomvete 73’, Sent off / Expulsado: Gaxa 48’ TD: Stuart BAXTER JAM Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales 24 Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco 11 Saves/Atajadas 1 Fouls/Faltas 13 Corners/Tiros de Esquina 10 Offsides/Fuera de Lugar 4

RSA 11 4 9 14 4 2

R: Kevin STOTT (USA); A1: Chris STRICKLAND (USA); A2: Greg BARKEY (USA); FO: Walter QUESADA (CRC) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Andy WILLIAMS (JAM)

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Colombia - Trinidad & Tobago 2:0 (0:0) Match/Partido 13 12.07.2005 Miami, Florida USA; Orange Bowl (A: 8457) Abel AGUILAR (Jaime Castrillon) 77’; Hector Hugo HURTADO (Jaime Castrillon) 79’ COL: 1-Farid Mondragón - 3-Jose Julian De la Cuesta, 4-Humberto Mendoza, 8-Aldo Leo Ramirez, 13-Yulian Anchico, 15-Jaime Castrillon, 17-Jario Patiño (67: 16-Hector Hugo Hurtado), 18-Martin Arzuaga (78: 6-Juan Carlos Ramirez), 19-Juan Fernando Leal (52: 9-Wason Liberado Renteria), 21-Abel Aguilar, 23-Oscar Enrique Passo. Booked /Amonestado: Mondragon 48’ TD: Reinaldo RUEDA TRI: 21-Kelvin Jack - 3-Emery John, 4-Marvin Andrews (75: 2-David Charles), 6-Dennis Lawrence, 7-Christopher Birchall, 10-Jason Scotland (45: 12-Brent Rahim), 13-Cornell Glen (46: 8-Angus Eve), 14-Stern John, 19-Silvio Spann, 20-Colin Samuel, 24-Cyd Gray. Booked /Amonestado: Birchall 48’, Jack 57’, John 87’ TD: Leo BEENHAKKER Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

COL 20 8 3 20 8 3

TRI 5 2 5 12 1 1

R: Marco RODRIGUEZ (MEX); A1: Leonel LEAL (CRC); A2: Jose Luis CAMARGO (MEX); FO: Carlos BATRES (GUA) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Abel AGUILAR (COL)

Honduras - Panama 1:0 (0:0) Match/Partido 14 12.07.2005: Miami, Florida USA; Orange Bowl (A: 8457) Jorge Samuel CABALLEROS (Elvis Danilo Turcios) 80’ HON: 1-Victor Coello - 3-Maynor Figueroa, 4-Jorge Samuel Caballeros, 6-Junior Izaguirre, 8-Wilson Palacios, 9Jose Francisco Ramirez (62: 10-Wilmer Velásquez), 11-Milton Nuñez, 14-Oscar Garcia, 20-Hendry Thomas, 23Mario Ivan Guerrero (74: 18-Carlos Moran), 24-Luis Guifarro (62: 19-Elvis Danilo Turcios). Booked /Amonestado: none/ninguno TD: Jose DE LA PAZ PAN: 1-Jaime Penedo - 2-Carlos Rivera, 3-Luis Moreno, 4-Jose Anthony Torres, 7-Jorge Luis Dely Valdes, 8Alberto Blanco, 10-Julio Medina III (85: 9-Julio Cesar Dely Valdes), 15-Ricardo Phillips, 17-Luis Alfonso Henriquez, 18-Luis Tejada (46: 21-Angel Luis Rodríguez), 20-Engin Mitre (56: 19-Gustavo Avila). Booked /Amonestado: Mitre 32’, Rodriguez 68’, Moreno 74’, Medina III 75’ TD: Jose HERNANDEZ Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

HON 8 5 3 12 4 2

PAN 12 3 4 14 5 2

R: John WYNGAARDE (SUR); A1: Hector VERGARA (CAN); A2: Paul MESSAM (BAH); FO: Mauricio NAVARRO (CAN) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Jorge Samuel CABALLEROS (HON)

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USA – Costa Rica 0:0 Match/Partido 15: 12.07.2005: Foxboro, Massachusetts USA; Gillette Stadium (A: 15211) USA: 18-Kasey Keller – 2-Frankie Hejduk, 5-John O’Brien (58: 7-DaMarcus Beasley), 6-Steve Cherundolo, 8Clint Dempsey (78: 16-Josh Wolff), 12-Jimmy Conrad, 13-Pat Noonan (66: 10-Landon Donovan), 14-Chris Armas, 15-Ben Olsen, 19-Steve Ralston, 22-Tony Sanneh. Booked /Amonestado: Hejduk 87’ TD: Bruce ARENA CRC: 18-Jose Francisco Porras – 3-Roy Miller, 4-Michael Umaña, 6-Dany Fonseca, 8-Jose Luis Lopez (67: 20Douglas Sequeira), 10-Jafet Soto (76: 9-Bryan Ruiz), 13-Victor Cordero, 15-Harold Wallace, 17-Steven Bryce, 21-Randall Brenes (62: 11-Christian Bolaños), 7-Oscar Rojas. Booked /Amonestado: Rojas 25’, Bolaños 77’ TD: Alexandre GUIMAERES Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

CRC 3 2 5 14 3 5

USA 8 4 2 19 6 4

R: Benito ARCHUNDIA (MEX); A1: Pedro REBOLLAR (MEX); A2: Arturo VELAZQUEZ (MEX);FO: Jose PINEDA (HON) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Kasey KELLER (USA)

Canada – Cuba 2:1 (0:0) Match/Partido 16: 12.07.2005: Foxboro, Massachusetts USA; Gillette Stadium (A: 15211) Ali GERBA (Josh Simpson) 69’; Atiba HUTCHINSON 87’ – Alain CERVANTES 90’+ CAN: 1-Greg Sutton – 2-Adam Braz, 3-Chris Pozniak (64: 15-Josh Simpson), 4-Kevin McKenna, 5-Gabriel Gervais, 6-Patrice Bernier, 9-Ali Gerba, 10-Olivier Occean, 12-Sandro Grande (56: 17-Jaime Peters), 13-Atiba Hutchinson, 14-Dwayne DeRosario. Booked /Amonestado: Hutchinson 45’, Sent off / Expulsado: TD-Yallop 84’ TD: Frank YALLOP CUB: 12-Alexis Rene Aviles - 2-Silvio Pedro Miñoso (76: 19-Jensis Muñoz), 3-Yenier Marquez, 5-Alexander Cruzata, 6-Enrique Villaurrutia (59: 17-Pedro Adriani Faife), 9-Alain Cervantes, 10-Lester Moré, 11-Mario Gil (25: 18-Leonel Duartes), 14-Jaime Colome, 15-Gisbel Morales, 16-Reysander Fernandez. Booked /Amonestado: none/ninguno TD: Armelio Luis GARCIA Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

CAN 20 11 7 16 7 3

CUB 14 9 10 10 4 1

R: Roberto MORENO (PAN); A1: Daniel WILLIAMSON (PAN); A2: Anthony GARWOOD (JAM); FO: Neal BRIZAN (TRI) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Ali GERBA (CAN)

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Guatemala – South Africa 1:1 (1:1) Match/Partido 17: 13.07.2005: Houston, Texas USA; Reliant Stadium (A: 45311) Gonzalo ROMERO (Carlos Ruiz) 37’ - Solace NKOSI 45’ GUA: 25-Paulo Cesar Motta - 3-Pablo Sebastian Melgar, 6-Gustavo Cabrera (73: 2-Nelson Noel Morales), 8Gonzalo Romero (64: 9-Jose Zacarias), 12-Carlos Figueroa, 14-Elmer Ponciano, 16- Julio Giron, 20-Carlos Ruiz, 21-Rigoberto Gomez, 24-Maynor Davila, 26-Angel Sanabria. Booked /Amonestado: Sanabria 69’, Ponciano 83’ TD: Ramon MARADIAGA RSA: 1-Calvin Marlin - 2-Lucky Lekgwathi, 4-Philip Evans, 5-Ricardo Katza, 10-Craig Bianchi, 11-Elrio Van Heerden (81: 21-Gift Leremi), 13-Solace Nkosi, 14-Siyabanga Nomvete (82: 17-Reagan Noble), 18-Abram Raselemane (66: 7-Daine Klate), 19-Lungisani Ndlela, 20-Peter Peterson. Booked /Amonestado: Lekgwathi 76’, Ndlela 83’, Leremi 90’ TD: Stuart BAXTER Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

GUA 10 4 5 13 8 6

RSA 18 7 3 22 10 1

R: Kevin STOTT (USA); A1: Chris STRICKLAND (USA); A2: Jose NAVIA (COL); FO: Rodolfo SIBRIAN (SLV) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Solace NKOSI (RSA)

Mexico vs Jamaica 1:0 (1:0) Match/Partido 18: 13.07.2005: Houston, Texas USA; Reliant Stadium (A: 45311) Alberto MEDINA (Luis Ernesto Perez) 19’ MEX: 1-Moises Muñoz - 2-Francisco Rodríguez, 3-Carlos Arnaldo Salcido, 4-Ricardo Osorio, 7-Antonio Naelson (68: 17-Rafael Marquez Lugo) 9-Jared Borgetti, 14-Gonzalo Pineda, 19-Alberto Medina (58: 5-Israel Lopez), 21Gerardo Galindo, 22-Hector Altamirano, 23-Luis Ernesto Perez (81: 10-Omar Bravo). Booked /Amonestado: Borgetti 63’ TD: Ricardo LAVOLPE JAM: 1-Shawn Sawyers - 3-Damion Stewart, 4-Jermaine Taylor, 9-Andrew Williams, 16-Omar Daley, 17Jermaine Hue, 18-Khari Stephenson, 19-Garfield Reid, 20-Damani Ralph (60: 10-Ricardo Fuller), 23-Teafore Bennett (60: 12-Jermaine Johnson) 25-Claude Davis. Booked /Amonestado: Daley 43’, Taylor 66’, Sent off / Expulsado: Daley 71’ TD: Wendell DOWNSWELL Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

MEX 16 9 6 9 4 1

JAM 17 8 6 11 5 3

R: Walter QUESADA (CRC); A1: Modesto HIERREZUELO (CUB); A2: Carlos PASTRANA (HON); FO: Oscar RUIZ (COL) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Alberto MEDINA (MEX)

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Honduras vs Costa Rica 3:2 (3:1) Match/Partido 19: 16.07.2005: Foxboro, Massachusetts USA; Gillette Stadium (A: 22108) Wilmer VELASQUEZ 6’; Elvis Danilo TURCIOS (Velasquez) 27’; Milton NUÑEZ 30’ – Christian BOLAÑOS (Oscar Rojas) 40’; Bryan RUIZ (Jafet Soto) 81’ HON: 1-Victor Coello - 2- Asthor Henriquez, 3- Maynor Figueroa, 4-Jorge Samuel Caballeros, 6-Junior Izaguirre, 10-Wilmer Velasquez, 11-Milton Nuñez, 13-Mario Berrios (83: 21-Erick Vallecilo), 14-Oscar Garcia (78: 8-Wilson Palacios), 19-Elvis Turcios (69: 24-Luis Guifarro), 23-Mario Ivan Guerrero. Booked /Amonestado: Henriquez 67’, Caballeros 76’ TD: Jose DE LA PAZ CRC: 1-Alvaro Mesen - 3-Roy Miller, 4-Michael Umana, 6-Dany Fonseca (76: 8-Jose Luis Lopez), 7-Oscar Rojas, 10-Jafet Soto, 13-Victor Cordero, 15-Harold Wallace, 17-Steven Bryce (62: 9-Bryan Ruiz), 20-Douglas Sequeira, 21-Randall Brenes (36: 11-Christan Bolaños). Booked /Amonestado: Bolaños 38’, Rojas 42’, Cordero 78’ TD: Alexander GUIMARAES Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

HON 17 7 5 12 5 4

CRC 9 5 4 13 9 2

R: Benito ARCHUNDIA (MEX); A1: Franciso RAMIREZ (MEX); A2: Pedro REBOLLAR (MEX); FO: Neal BRIZAN (TRI) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Wilmer VELASQUEZ (HON)

USA vs Jamaica 3:1 (2:0) Match/Partido 20: 16.07.2005: Foxboro, Massachusetts USA; Gillette Stadium (A: 22108) Josh WOLFF (DaMarcus BEASLEY) 6’; DaMarcus BEASLEY (Landon Donovan) 42’; BEASLEY 83’ - Ricardo FULLER 88’ USA: 18-Kasey Keller - 3-Greg Vanney, 4-Oguchi Onyewu, 5-John O’Brien, 6-Steve Cherundolo (25: 15-Ben Olsen), 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 10-Landon Donovan, 12-Jimmy Conrad, 16-Josh Wolff (80: 14-Chris Armas), 19Steve Ralston (84: 9-Santino Quaranta), 25-Pablo Mastroeni. Booked /Amonestado: Vanney 7’, Sent off / Expulsado: Olsen 58’ TD: Bruce ARENA JAM: 30-Donovan Ricketts - 3-Damion Stewart, 4-Jermaine Taylor, 5-Tyrone Sawyers (60: 20-Damani Ralph), 6Robert Scarlett, 9-Andrew Williams, 10-Ricardo Fuller, 14-Tyrone Marshall, 17-Jermaine Hue (78: 19-Garfield Reid), 18-Khari Stephenson, 21-Luton Shelton (69: 12-Jermaine Johnson). Booked /Amonestado: Hue 20’, Stewart 21’, Sent off / Expulsado: Taylor 66’ TD: Wendell DOWNSELL Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

USA 15 10 2 17 7 3

JAM 9 2 7 15 3 5

R: Carlos BATRES (GUA); A1: Hector VERGARA (CAN); A2: Arturo VELAZQUEZ (MEX); FO: Jose PINEDA (HON) Miller Lite Man of the Match: DaMarcus BEASLEY (USA)

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Mexico – Colombia 1:2 (0:0) Match/Partido 21: 17.07.2005: Houston, Texas USA; Reliant Stadium (A: 60050) Gonzalo PINEDA 65’ - Jaime CASTRILLON (Jairo Patiño) 58’; Abel AGUILAR 74’ MEX: 1-Moises Muñoz - 2-Francisco Rodríguez, 3-Carlos Arnaldo Salcido, 4-Ricardo Osorio, 7-Antonio Naelson (64: 18-Aaron Padilla), 14-Gonzalo Pineda, 16-Mario Mendez (61: 10-Omar Bravo), 17-Rafael Marquez Lugo (33: 22-Hector Altamirano), 19-Alberto Medina, 21-Gerardo Galindo, 23-Luis Ernesto Perez. Booked /Amonestado: Galindo 28’, Naelson 62’, Perez 80’, Medina 83’, Sent off / Expulsado: Medina 90’+ TD: Ricardo LAVOLPE COL: 1-Farid Mondragón - 3-Jose Julian De La Cuesta, 4-Humberto Mendoza, 9-Wason Liberado Renteria (72: 18-Martin Arzuaga), 10-Tressor Moreno, 13-Yulian Anchico, 15-Jaime Castrillon, 17-Jairo Patiño (90: 6-Juan Carlos Ramirez), 19-Juan Fernando Leal (72: 16-Hector Hugo Hurtado), 21-Abel Aguilar, 23-Oscar Enrique Paso.

Booked /Amonestado: Patino 23’, Moreno 37’, Anchico 42’, Castrillon 57’, Hurtado 89’ TD: Reinaldo RUEDA Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

MEX 12 7 5 14 6 0

COL 14 8 4 14 5 2

R: Rodolfo SIBRIAN (SLV); A1: Carlos PASTRANA (HON); A2: Reynaldo SALINAS (HON); FO: Mauricio NAVARRO (CAN) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Tressor MORENO (COL)

South Africa vs Panama 1:1 (0:0) 3-5, Penalty Kicks Match/Partido 22: 17.07.2005: Houston, Texas USA; Reliant Stadium (A: 60050) Lungisani NDLELA 68’ - Jorge DELY VALDES (Luis Tejada) 48’ Philip EVANS (G), Siboniso GAXA (G), Ricardo KATZA (SV), Lucky LEKGWATHI (G) - Luis TEJADA (G), Angel Luis RODRIGUEZ (G), Felipe BALOY (G), Alberto BLANCO (G), Gabriel GOMEZ (G) RSA: 1-Calvin Marlin - 2-Lucky Lekgwathi, 3-Lucas Thwala, 4-Philip Evans, 5-Ricardo Katza, 6-Slboniso Gaxa, 7-Daine Klate (82: 17-Reagan Noble), 11-Elrio Van Heerden (66: 18-Abram Raselelmane), 13-Solace Nkosi, 14Siyabanga Nomvete (118: 12-Stanley Kgatle) , 19-Lungisani Ndlela. Booked /Amonestado: Thwala 34’, Noble 94’ TD: Stuart BAXTER PAN: 1-Jaime Penedo - 2-Carlos Rivera, 4-Jose Anthony Torres, 5-Felipe Baloy, 6-Gabriel Gomez, 7-Jorge Luis Dely Valdes (105: 19-Gustavo Avila), 8-Alberto Blanco, 15-Ricardo Phillips, 16-Ubaldo Gustavo Guardia (101: 14-Roman Torres), 17-Luis Alfonso Henriquez (99: 21-Angel Luis Rodríguez), 18-Luis Tejada. Booked /Amonestado: Guardia 19’, Phillips 112’ TD: Jose HERNANDEZ RSA PAN Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales 19 16 Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco 10 6 Saves/Atajadas 4 8 Fouls/Faltas 20 21 Corners/Tiros de Esquina 7 8 Offsides/Fuera de Lugar 1 1 R: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM); A1: Anthony GARWOOD (JAM); A2: Joseph TAYLOR (TRI); FO: Kevin STOTT (USA) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Jorge Luis DELY VALDES (PAN)

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Honduras vs USA 1:2 (1:0) Match/Partido 23: 21.07.2005: East Rutherford, New Jersey USA; Giants Stadium (A: 41721) Mario Ivan GUERRERO (Milton Nuñez) 30’ - John O’BRIEN 86’; Oguchi ONYEWU (Landon Donovan) 90’ HON: 1-Victor Coello (45: 22–Junior Morales) - 2-Asthor Henriquez (90: 24–Luis Guiffaro), 3-Maynor Figueroa, 4-Jorge Samuel Caballeros, 10-Wilmer Velasquez, 11-Milton Nuñez, 13-Mario Berrios, 14-Oscar Garcia, 19-Elvis Danilo Turcios (75: 8–Wilson Palacios), 21-Erick Vallecilo, 23-Mario Ivan Guerrero. Booked /Amonestado: Caballeros 44’, Berrios 49’, Turcios 58’, Garcia 72’ TD: Jose DE LA PAZ USA: 18–Kasey Keller - 4–Oguchi Onyewu, 5-John O’Brien, 7 –DaMarcus Beasley, 10–Landon Donovan, 12–Jimmy Conrad, 14–Chris Armas, 16–Josh Wolff (63: 13–Patrick Noonan), 19–Steve Ralston, 23–Eddie Pope (15: 2–Frankie Hejduk), 25–Pablo Mastroeni (56: 8–Clint Dempsey). Booked /Amonestado: Mastroeni 34’, Sent off / Expulsado: TD-Bruce Arena 58’ TD: Bruce ARENA Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves/Atajadas Fouls/Faltas Corners/Tiros de Esquina Offsides/Fuera de Lugar

HON 10 6 5 16 4 5

USA 20 9 3 16 6 1

R: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM); A1: Anthony GARWOOD (JAM); A2: Joseph TAYLOR (TRI); FO: Carlos BATRES (GUA) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Oguchi ONYEWU (USA)

Colombia vs Panama 2:3 (0:2) Match/Partido 24: 21.07.2005: East Rutherford, New Jersey USA; Giants Stadium (A: 41721) Jairo PATIÑO (Tressor Moreno) 63’; PATIÑO 89’ - Ricardo PHILLIPS (Julio Medina III) 12’; Jorge DELY VALDES (Luis Moreno) 26’; PHILLIPS (Luis Tejada) 73’ COL: 1–Farid Mondragón - 3–Jose Julian De La Cuesta, 4–Humberto Mendoza, 9–Wason Liberado Renteria (64: 18–Martin Arzuaga), 10–Tressor Moreno, 13–Yulian Anchico, 15–Jaime Castrillon (46: 5–Jair Benitez), 17–Jairo Patiño, 19–Juan Fernando Leal (36: 8–Aldo Leo Ramirez), 21–Abel Aguilar, 23–Oscar Enrique Passo. Booked /Amonestado: Leal 29’, Sent off / Expulsado: Mendoza 40’ TD: Reinaldo RUEDA PAN: 1–Jaime Penedo - 2–Carlos Rivera, 3–Luis Moreno, 4–Jose Anthony Torres, 5–Felipe Baloy, 6–Gabriel Gomez (64: 20–Engin Mitre), 7–Jorge Luis Dely Valdes (56: 16–Ubaldo Gustavo Guardia), 8–Alberto Blanco, 10–Julio Medina III (70: 17–Luis Alfonso Henriquez), 15–Ricardo Phillips, 18–Luis Tejada. Booked /Amonestado: Blanco 13’, Moreno 16’, Baloy 21’, Mitre 80’, Philips 90’, Penedo 90’+, Sent off / Expulsado: Moreno 53’ TD: Jose HERNANDEZ COL PAN Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts/Tiros Totales 26 11 Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco 15 6 Saves/Atajadas 2 9 Fouls/Faltas 13 28 Corners/Tiros de Esquina 9 0 Offsides/Fuera de Lugar 2 0 R: Rodolfo SIBRIAN (SLV); A1: Arturo VELASQUEZ (MEX); A2: Modesto HIERREZUELLO (CUB); FO: Jose PINEDA (HON) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Ricardo PHILLIPS (PAN)

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USA vs Panama 0:0 (0:0), 3:1 Penalty Kicks Match/Partido 25: 24.07.2005 East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Giants Stadium (A: 31018) Santino QUARANTA (G), Chris ARMAS (SV), Landon DONOVAN (G), Brad DAVIS (G) - Luis TEJADA (SV), Jorge DELY VALDES (M), Felipe BALOY (G), Alberto BLANCO (M) USA: 18–Kasey Keller - 2–Frankie Hejduk, 3–Greg Vanney, 4–Oguchi Onyewu, 5–John O’Brien, 7– DaMarcus Beasley (114: 15–Ben Olsen), 8–Clint Dempsey (84: 21–Brad Davis), 10–Landon Donovan, 12–Jimmy Conrad, 14–Chris Armas, 16–Josh Wolff (62: 9–Santino Quaranta). Booked /Amonestado: Davis 86’, Hejduk 119’ TD: Glenn MYERNICK PAN: 1–Jaime Penedo - 2–Carlos Rivera, 3–Luis Moreno, 4–Jose Anthony Torres, 5–Felipe Baloy, 6–Gabriel Gomez, 7–Jorge Dely Valdes, 8–Alberto Blanco, 10–Julio Medina III (87: 17–Luis Alfonso Henriquez), 18–Luis Tejada, 20–Engin Mitre (43: 21–Angel Luis Rodríguez). Booked /Amonestado: Gomez 62’ TD: Jose HERNANDEZ. Statistics/Estadísticas Goal Attempts / Tiros Totales Shots on Target/Tiros al Arco Saves / Atajadas Fouls / Faltas Corner Kicks / Tiros de Esquina Offsides / Fuera de Lugar

USA 23 12 5 26 10 1

PAN 18 7 10 21 5 6

R: Carlos BATRES (GUA); A1: Hector VERGARA (CAN); A2: Arturo VELASQUEZ (MEX); FO: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM) Miller Lite Man of the Match: Jaime PENEDO (PAN)

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Benito Archundia Mexico H: 1.70 W: 68 DoB: 21.03.66 FIFA: 01/1993

Roberto Moreno Panama H: 1.72 W: 70 DoB: 03.04.70 FIFA: 01/1996

Walter Quesada Costa Rica H: 1.78 W: 72 DoB: 09.05.70 FIFA 01/2001

Kevin Stott USA H: 1.76 W: 73 DoB: 09.07.67 FIFA: 01/1995

Carlos Batres Guatemala H: 1.78 W: 82 DoB: 02.04.68 FIFA: 01/1996

Peter Prendergast Jamaica H: 1.79 W:78 DoB: 23.09.63 FIFA: 01/1994

Marco Rodriguez Mexico H: 1.80 W: 79 DoB: 10.11.73 FIFA: 01/1999

John Wyngaarde Suriname H: 1.70 W: 70 DoB: 11.01.74 FIFA 01/2002

Neal Brizan Trinidad H: W: DoB: 01.11.69 FIFA:

Mauricio Navarro Canada H: 1.76 W: 77 DoB: 07.04.66 FIFA: 01/2000

Oscar Ruiz Colombia H: 1.85 W: 84 DoB: 01.11.69 FIFA: 01/1995 No photo available at time of printing:

Brian Hall USA H: 1.84 W: 86 DoB: 05.06.61 FIFA: 01/1992

Jose Pineda Honduras W: 1.78 H: 77 DoB: 25.03.71 FIFA: 01/1999

Rodolfo Sibrian El Salvador H: 1.78 W: 77 DoB: 30.11.63 FIFA: 01/1999

Assistant Referee Modesto Hierrezuelo Cuba H: 1.76 W: 75 DoB: 04.11.66 FIFA 01/2000

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Greg Barkey USA H: 1.82 W: 82 DoB: 20.08.63 FIFA 01/1995

Paul Messam Bahamas H: 1.82 W: 81 DoB: 03.09.71 FIFA 01/2001

Carlos Pastrana Honduras H: 1.70 W: 74 DoB: 27.11.68 FIFA: 01/1999

Fernando Tamayo, Ecuador H: 1.70 W: 67 DoB: 17.12.63 FIFA: 01/2001

Jose Camargo Mexico H: 1.70 W: 69 DoB: 25.09.72 FIFA 01/2005

Jose Navia Colombia H: 1.72 W: 62 DoB: 05.12.63 FIFA 01/2004

Reynaldo Salinas Honduras H: 1.72 W: 63 DoB: 17.03.63 FIFA: 01/1996

Joseph Taylor Trinidad H: 1.82 W: 80 DoB: 06.10.64 FIFA: 01/2002

Anthony Garwood Jamaica H: 1.71 W: 69 DoB: 15.12.72 FIFA 01/1998

Francisco Ramriez Mexico H: 1.71 W: 74 DoB: 27.11.62 FIFA 01/1999

Hector Vergara Canada H: 1.81 W: 84 DoB:15.12.66 FIFA: 01/1993

Arturo Velasquez Mexico H: 1.72 W: 70 DoB: 15.12.65 FIFA: 01/2003

Leonel Leal Costa Rica H: 1.66 W: 65 DoB: 20.08.63 FIFA 01/1995

Pedro Robollar Mexico H: W: DoB: 11.09.66 FIFA 01/1999

Chris Strickland USA H: 1.87 W: 88 DoB: 29.11.66 FIFA: 01/2002

Daniel Williamson Panama H: 1.78 W: 80 DoB: 30.07.77 FIFA: 01/2003

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2005 Venues GIANTS STADIUM East Rutherford, New Jersey Year Opened: 1972 Capacity: 80,242 Website: www.meadowlands.com Giants Stadium is the home of the MLS’ MetroStars.

In 1994, Giants Stadium was a site for the FIFA World Cup, hosting seven games including a semifinal. Additional events in Giants Stadium’s rich soccer history include the New York Cosmos with legendary Pele in the years of the NASL, the 1999 Women’s World Cup and Opening Ceremonies, the Parmalat Cup, U.S. Soccer Cup and MLS All-Star Game. In the past three years, Manchester United, Juventus, AC Milan, Mexico, Real Madrid, FC Porto, AS Roma and Peru have all played international matches at the stadium.

GILLETTE STADIUM Foxborough, Massachusetts Year Opened: 2002 Capacity: 68,756 Website: www.gillettestadium.com Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. opened in 2002 on the site of famed Foxboro Stadium, one of the most popular venues in U.S. Soccer history (hosting five women’s matches and 10 men’s games from 1991 to 2001). The U.S. Men’s National Team, which never lost at Foxboro Stadium (7-0-3), now boasts a 5-1 record at Gillette Stadium. Three matchdays of 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup were played at Gillette Stadium, which drew over 57,000 soccer fans. The original Foxboro Stadium hosted five games at the 1999 Women’s World Cup, and was also one of nine U.S. venues at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The venerable old stadium also hosted the inaugural MLS Cup in 1996 and the inaugural WUSA Founder’s Cup in 2001.

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup HOME DEPOT CENTER Carson, California Year Opened: 2003 Capacity: 27,000 Website: http://www.homedepotcenter.com/home/default.sps The Home Depot Center’s 27,000-seat stateof-the-art soccer stadium is the home of Major Leagues Soccer’s Club Deportivo Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy. The soccer stadium has hosted major national and international events, including the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup championship game, the 2003 MLS All-Star Game, two MLS Cup championships games (2003 and 2004) and the 2004 NCAA College Cup. The stadium hosts international events, including the first two editions of InterLiga (2004 and 2005) and several matches featuring the Mexican National Team. The Home Depot Center is also the soccer training headquarters for the United States Soccer Federation National Teams and offers nine practice fields for training purposes.

LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM Los Angeles, California Year Opened: 1921 (renovated in 1993) Capacity: 92,000 Website:http://www.lacoliseum.com/start.html Arguably, the Coliseum has been the site of more major international soccer matches than any other venue in the world, including the 1996 and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final matches (Mexico vs. Brazil in ’96, Mexico vs. USA in ‘98), each drawing sellout crowds of more than 90,000, a 1999 match that featured Mexico vs. Argentina, also in front of more than 90,000 and the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In addition, the Coliseum has hosted countless other matches featuring both National and club teams from North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia, including the Manchester United’s 2003 Los Angeles match against Club America and the Korean National team’s 2005 competition vs. Colombia and Paraguay.

Venues ORANGE BOWL Miami, Florida Year Opened: 1937 Capacity: 74,177 Website: http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/PublicFacilities/ Stadiums/Orange_bowl/ The Orange Bowl, which will be hosting the Gold Cup for a record fifth consecutive edition since 1998, has been the site of several of the country’s greatest soccer matches including the 1996 Summer Olympics. Among the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers held at the Orange Bowl were Jamaica vs.

Guatemala (2001) and most recently Mexico vs. St. Kitts (Nov. 13, 2004). The U.S. National Team has played at the stadium several times and the facility also hosted MLS Spring Training in 2002. Along with several international tournaments over the years, the Orange Bowl has staged international matches including U.S. vs. Haiti and Colombia vs. Argentina in 2004.

QWEST FIELD Seattle, Washington Year Opened: 2002 Capacity: 72,000 Website: www.qwestfield.com Seattle’s Qwest Field has hosted an amazing array of soccer competitions that have included amateur tournaments, ALeague (now USL First Division) professional soccer, and international exhibition matches. Qwest Field has hosted several international games in recent years. A matchup between the United States Men’s National Team versus Venezuela has held in March 2003. In July 2003, Qwest Field hosted an exhibition soccer match between Manchester United and Celtic which drew a sellout crowd of 67,000 fans. In July 2004, the facility hosted another exhibition soccer match between Chelsea and Celtic. Half a million people in the greater Seattle area are involved in soccer. Washington state is number one in youth soccer participation per capita and has one of the country’s largest adult soccer communities.

55 RELIANT STADIUM Houston, Texas Two Reliant Park Houston, TX 77054 Year Opened: 2002 Capacity: 69,500 Website: www.reliantpark.com Reliant Stadium has been the host to some of the most exciting soccer matches in the United States since opening its doors just over two years ago. Matches have featured both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams, the Mexican National Team, Mexican club teams and European powers. The biggest soccer match, held at Reliant Stadium, was an exhibition featuring the U.S. vs. Mexico in 2003. The crowd of 70,000 was the largest to watch a soccer game in Texas and was voted the best U.S. Soccer crowd of 2003. Reliant Stadium has hosted matches for the first two editions of InterLiga (2004 and 2005), staging the finals this month. With a capacity of 70,000 and a community that is both knowledgeable and passionate about soccer, Reliant Stadium will continue to be a favorite venue for both teams and fans to celebrate the sport.

Since its inauguration, Reliant Stadium has been the home of the Houston Texans of the NFL and also hosted the Super Bowl XXXVIII in February 2004.

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CONCACAF 2005 GOLD CUP FINAL STANDINGS GROUP A Honduras Panama Colombia Trinidad & Tobago

GP / PJ W / G 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 0

L/D 1 1 0 2

T / E GF / GC + / 0 4/2 2 1 3/3 0 2 3/3 0 1 3/5 -2

CONCACAF 2005 GOLD CUP QUALIFYING PTS 7 4 3 2

Miami Orange Bowl 07-06 7:00 pm Colombia vs. Panama 0-1 07-06 9:00 pm Trinidad vs. Honduras 1-1 07-10 7:00 pm Honduras vs. Colombia 2-1 07-10 9:00 pm Panama vs. Trinidad 2-2 07-12 5:00 pm Colombia vs. Trinidad 2-0 07-12 7:00 pm Honduras vs Panama 1-0 GROUP B USA Costa Rica Canada Trinidad & Tobago

GP / PJ W / G 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 0

L/D 1 1 0 0

T / E GF / GC + / 0 6/1 5 0 4/1 3 2 2/4 -2 3 3/9 -6

PTS 7 7 3 0

Seattle Qwest Field 07-07 8:30 pm Canada vs. Costa Rica 0-1 07-07 10:30 pm Cuba vs. USA 1-4 07-09 2:30 pm Costa Rica vs. Cuba 3-1 07-09 4:30 pm USA vs. Canada 2-0 Boston Foxboro Gillette Stadium 07-12 7:00 pm USA vs. Costa Rica 0-0 07-12 9:00 pm Canada vs. Cuba 2-1 GROUP C Mexico South Africa Jamaica Guatemala

GP / PJ W / G 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 0

L/D 0 2 1 1

T / E GF / GC + / 1 6/2 4 0 6/5 1 1 7/7 0 2 4/9 -5

PTS 6 5 4 1

Los Angeles Carson Home Depot Center 07-08 10:00 pm South Africa vs. Mexico 2-1 07-08 12:00 pm Guatemala vs. Jamaica 3-4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 07-10 3:00 pm Mexico vs. Guatemala 4-0 07-10 5:00 pm Jamaica vs. South Africa 3-3 Houston Reliant Stadium 07-13 8:00 pm Guatemala vs. South Africa 1-1 07-13 10:00 pm Mexico vs. Jamaica 1-0 QUARTERFINALS Boston, Foxboro - Gillette Stadium 07-16 1:00 pm Honduras vs. Costa Rica 3-2 07-16 4:00 pm USA vs. Jamaica 3-1 Houston - Reliant Stadium 07-17 3:00 pm Mexico vs. Colombia 1-2 07-17 6:00 pm South Africa vs. Panama 1-1 (3-5 Penalty Kicks) SEMIFINALS Giants Stadium - New York/ New Jersey 07-21 6:00 pm Honduras vs. USA 1-2 07-21 9:00 pm Colombia vs. Panama 2-3 FINAL Giants Stadium - New York/ New Jersey 07-24 3:00 pm USA vs. Panama 0-0 (3-1 Penalty Kicks) U.S.A. wins championship (*All times E.S.T)

CARIBBEAN ZONE QUALIFYING / ELIMINATORIAS ZONA CARIBE CFU Digicel Cup/Copa Digicel CFU First Round/Primera ronda GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Group/Grupo A Jamaica 3 3 0 0 26:2 9 Haiti 3 2 1 0 14:1 6 Saint-Martin 3 0 2 1 0:14 1 US Virgin Islands 3 0 2 1 1:22 1 24.11.2004 HAITI – US VIRGIN ISLANDS 11:0 (5:0) (A: 250) 24.11.2004 JAMAICA – SAINT-MARTIN 12:0 (9:0) (A: 2600) 26.11.2004 SAINT-MARTIN – HAITI 0:2 (0:1) (A: 500) 26.11.2004 US VIRGIN ISLANDS – JAMAICA 1:11 (0:5) (A: 4200) 28.11.2004 US VIRGIN ISLANDS – SAINT-MARTIN 0:0 (A: 200) 28.11.2004 JAMAICA – HAITI 3:1 (3:1) (A: 4000) GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Group/Grupo B French Guyana * 3 2 0 1 5:0 7 Martinique 3 1 0 2 5:1 5 Guadeloupe 3 1 1 1 7:1 4 Dominica 3 0 3 0 1:16 0 *Progress directly to the Third Round/Clasifica directamente a la Tercera Ronda 10.11.2004 GUADELOUPE – FRENCH GUYANA 0:1 (0:0) 10.11.2004 MARTINIQUE – DOMINICA 5:1 (3:1) 12.11.2004 GUADELOUPE – DOMINICA 7:0 (5:0) 12.11.2004 MARTINIQUE – FRENCH GUYANA 0:0 14.11.2004 DOMINICA – FRENCH GUYANA 0:4 (0:1) 14.11.2004 MARTINIQUE – GUADELOUPE 0:0 Group/Grupo C - CUBA Guyana, Dominican Republic & Netherlands Antilles withdrew/se retiraron Cuba progress to Second Round/clasifica a la Segunda Ronda GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Group/Grupo D Trinidad & Tobago 3 3 0 0 8:0 9 Grenada 3 1 1 1 7:6 4 Surinam 3 1 2 0 3:4 2 Puerto Rico 3 0 3 0 3:11 1 24.11.2004 GRENADA – SURINAM 2:2 (0:1) (A: 2000) 24.11.2004 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – PUERTO RICO 5:0 (2:0) (A: 2000) 26.11.2004 PUERTO RICO – SURINAM 1:1 (0:1) 26.11.2004 GRENADA – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0:2 (0:1) 28.11.2004 GRENADA – PUERTO RICO 5:2 (2:0) 28.11.2004 SURINAM – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0:1 (0:0) GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Group/Grupo E St. Vin. & Grenadines 3 1 0 2 8:4 5 British Virgin Islands 3 1 1 1 3:2 4 Bermuda 3 1 1 1 5:6 4 Cayman Islands 3 1 2 0 2:6 3 24.11.2004 - CAYMAN ISLANDS – BERMUDA 1:2 (0:2) (A: 200) 24.11.2004 - ST. VIN & THE GRENADINES – BRITISH V.I. 1:1 (0:0) (A: 300) 26.11.2004 - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – CAYMAN ISLANDS 0:1 (0:0) 26.11.2004 - ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES – BERMUDA 3:3 (1:0) 28.11.2004 - BERMUDA – BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0:2 (0:2) (A: 400) 28.11.2004 - ST. VIN & THE GRENADINES – CAYMAN ISLANDS 4:0 (2:0) (A: 850) GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Group/Grupo F St. Kitts & Nevis 3 2 0 1 9:2 7 St. Lucia 3 2 0 1 6:2 7 Antigua & Barbuda 3 1 2 0 6:8 3 Montserrat 3 0 3 0 5:14 0 31.10.2004 ST. KITTS & NEVIS – MONTSERRAT 6:1 (3:0) 31.10.2004 ST. KITTS & NEVIS – MONTSERRAT 6:1 (3:0) 02.11.2004 MONTSERRAT – ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 4:5 (2:1) 02.11.2004 ST. LUCIA – ST. KITTS & NEVIS 1:1 (0:1) 04.11.2004 ST. LUCIA – MONTSERRAT 3:0 (FORFEIT) 04.11.2004 ST. KITTS & NEVIS – ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 2:0 (2:0) 06.11.2004 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA – ST. LUCIA 1:2 (0:2) Second Round/Segunda ronda Series 1 12.12.2004 ST. LUCIA – JAMAICA 1:1 (1:1) 19.12.2004 JAMAICA – ST. LUCIA 2:1 (1:1) (A: 2500) Jamaica wins 3:2 on aggregate/ganá 3:2 por marcador global Series 2 12.12.2004 HAITI – ST. KITTS & NEVIS 1:0 (0:0) (A: 2500) 15.12.2004 ST. KITTS & NEVIS – HAITI 0:2 (0:1) (A: 1000)

Gold Cup 2005 Qualifying Haiti wins 3:0 on aggregate/ganá 3:0 por marcador global Series 4 12.12.2004 CUBA – MARTINIQUE 2:0 (1:0) 21.12.2004 MARTINIQUE – CUBA 0:2 (0:1) Cuba wins 4:0 on aggregate/ganá 4:0 por marcador global Series 5 BRITISH VI. – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0:4 (0:1) 12.12.2004: (A: 1600) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 2:0 (1:0) Trinidad & Tobago wins 6:0 on aggregate/ganá 6:0 por marcador global Series 6 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES – GRENADA 3:1 (2:0) 12.12.2004: GRENADA – ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 0:1 (0:1) (A: 1000) St. Vin & The Grenadines wins 4:1 on aggregate/ganá 4:1 por marcador global Third Round/Tercera ronda Series A JAMAICA – FRENCH GUYANA 5:0 (1:0) 08.01.2005 (A: 6500) FRENCH GUYANA – JAMAICA 0:0 15.01.2005 (A: 500) Jamaica wins 5:0 on aggregate/ganá 5:0 por marcador global Series B 09.01.2005 TRIN & TOBAGO – ST. VIN & THE GRENADINES 3:1 (0:1) (A: 1688) 16.01.2005 ST. VIN & THE GRENADINES – TRIN & TOBAGO 1:0 (0:0) (A: 1450) Trinidad & Tobago wins 3:2 on aggregate/ganá 3:2 por marcador global Series C 09.01.2005 (A: 15000) HAITI – CUBA 0:1 (0:0) 16.01.2005 CUBA – HAITI 1:1 (0:0) (0:1) aet Cuba wins 2:1 on aggregate/ganá 2:1 por marcador global Final Round/Ronda final Waterford, St. Michaels BARBADOS; National Stadium GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Teams/Equipos Jamaica 3 3 0 0 4:1 9 Cuba 3 2 1 0 5:2 6 Trinidad & Tobago 3 1 2 0 5:6 3 Barbados 3 0 3 0 2:7 0 JAMAICA – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2:1 (2:1) (A: 5000) BARBADOS – CUBA 0:3 (0:1) (A: 5000) 20.02.2005 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – CUBA 1:2 (1:1) (A: 2100) JAMAICA – BARBADOS 1:0 (1:0)(A: 2100) 22.02.2005 CUBA – JAMAICA 0:1 (0:0) BARBADOS – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2:3 (1:2) 24.02.2005 Top three teams from CFU Final Round will advance to the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™/Los mejores tres equipos de la Ronda Final CFU clasificarán a la Copa Oro™ CONCACAF 2005

59 CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE/ZONA CENTROAMERICANA 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup/Copa de Naciones UNCAF 2005 Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA; Estadio Mateo Flores GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Group/Grupo A Honduras 3 2 0 1 10:2 7 Guatemala 3 2 0 1 7:1 7 Nicaragua 3 1 2 0 2:9 3 Belize 3 0 3 0 0:7 0 19.02.2005 HONDURAS – NICARAGUA 5:1 (2:0) (A: 5306) GUATEMALA – BELIZE 2:0 (1:0) 21.02.2005 BELIZE – HONDURAS 0:4 (0:2) (A: 2330) GUATEMALA – NICARAGUA 4:0 (2:0) 23.02.2005 NICARAGUA – BELIZE 1:0 (0:0) (A: 6400) GUATEMALA – HONDURAS 1:1 (1:0) GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E Group/Grupo B Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 Panama 2 1 1 0 El Salvador 2 0 2 0 19.02.2005 EL SALVADOR – PANAMA 0:1 (0:0) (A: 5306) 21.02.2005 RICA – EL SALVADOR 2:1 (0:1) (A: 2330) 23.02.2005 PANAMA – COSTA RICA 0:1 (0:0) (A: 6400)

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Semifinals/Semifinales ^ 25.02.2005 HONDURAS – PANAMA 1:0 (0:0) (A: 11159) 25.02.2005 GUATEMALA – COSTA RICA 0:4 (0:3) Third Place/Tercer lugar 27.02.2005 GUATEMALA – PANAMA 3:0 (2:0) (A: 1491) Final 27.02.2005 COSTA RICA – HONDURAS 1:1 (0:0), 7:6 pen ^ Four UNCAF Nations Cup Semifinalist qualify to the Gold Cup™/ Los cuatro semifinalistas de la Copa de Naciones UNCAF clasificarán a la Copa Oro™

60 CONCACAF 2005 GOLD CUP FINAL STATS GOALS / GOLES 3: 7-DaMarcus BEASLEY (USA), 10-Landon DONOVAN (USA), 20-Carlos RUIZ (GUA) (1 pen), 18-Luis TEJADA (PAN), 10-Wilmer VELASQUEZ (HON) 2: 21-Abel AGUILAR (COL), 9-Jared BORGETTI (MEX), 21-Randall BRENES (CRC) (1 pen), 7-Jorge DELY VALDES (PAN), 10-Ricardo FULLER (JAM), 17-Jermaine HUE (JAM), 19-Lungisani NDLELA (RSA), 17-Jairo PATINO (COL), 5-Ricardo PHILLIPS (PAN), 10-Jafet SOTO (CRC) 2 (2 pen) 1: 4-Marvin ANDREWS (TRI), 23-Teafore BENNETT (JAM), 7-Christopher BIRCHALL (TRI), 10-Omar BRAVO (MEX), 11-Christian BOLANOS (CRC), 4Samuel CABALLEROS (HON), 15-Jaime CASTRILLON (COL), 9-Alain CERVANTES (CUB), 8-Clint DEMPSEY (USA), 4-Philip EVANS (RSA), 3-Mayor FIGUEROA (HON), 21-Gerardo GALINDO (MEX), 13-Maikel GALINDO (CUB), 9-Ali GERBA (CAN), 13Cornell GLEN (TRI), 23-Mario Ivan GUERRERO (HON), 16-Hector HURTADO (COL), 13-Atiba HUTCHINSON (CAN), 19-Alberto MEDINA (MEX), 10-Lester MORÉ (CUB), 10-Tressor MORENO (COL) 1 (1 pen), 13-Solace NKOSI (RSA), 11-Milton NUNEZ (HON), 5-John O’BRIEN (USA), 4-Oguchi ONYEWU (USA), 14-Gonzalo PINEDA (MEX), 18Abram RASELEMANE (RSA), 2-Francisco RODRIGUEZ (MEX), 8-Gonzalo ROMERO (GUA), 9Bryan RUIZ (CRC), 21-Luton SHELTON (JAM), 8Siyabonga SIPHIKA (RSA), 3-Damion STEWART (JAM), 19-Elvis Danilo TURCIOS (HON), 11-Elrio VAN HEERDEN (RSA), 9-Andrew WILLIAMS (JAM) 1 (1 pen), 16-Josh WOLFF (USA), OWN GOALS/AUTO GOLES 13-Atiba HUTCHINSON (CAN),

ASSISTS / ASISTENCIAS 4: 7-DaMarcus BEASLEY (USA) 3: 10-Julio MEDINA III (PAN), 23-Luis Ernesto PEREZ (MEX), 2: 15-Jaime CASTRILLON (COL), 9-Alain CERVANTES (CUB), 10-Landon DONOVAN (USA), 11Milton NUNEZ (HON), 18-Luis TEJADA (PAN) 1: , 21-Randall BRENES (CRC) 8-Angus EVE (TRI), 24-Cyd GRAY (TRI), 2- Lucky LEKGWATHI (RSA), 19-Alberto MEDINA (MEX), 3Luis MORENO (PAN), 10-Tressor MORENO (COL), 7-Antonio NAELSON (MEX), 19-Lungisani NDLELA (RSA), 14-Siyabanga NOMVETE (RSA), 10-Wilson PALACIOS (HON), 17-Jairo PATINO (COL) Jaime PENEDO (PAN), 9-Santino QUARANTA (USA), 18Abram RASELEMANE (RSA), 7-Oscar ROJAS (CRC), 8-Gonzalo ROMERO (GUA), 20-Carlos RUIZ (GUA), 23-Hernan SANDOVAL (GUA), 10-Jason SCOTLAND (TRI), 20-Douglas SEQUEIRA (CRC), 15-Josh SIMPSON (CAN), 3-Damion STEWART (JAM), 10-Jafet SOTO (CRC), 19-Elvis Danilo TURCIOS (HON), 10-Wilmer VELASQUEZ (HON), 11Elrio VAN HEERDEN (RSA)

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup GOALKEEPER CTY Mins G Sv Avg Jose PORRAS CRC 180 0 08 0.00 Kasey KELLER USA 480 2 14 0.37 Moises MUNOZ MEX 270 2 15 0.67 Victor COELLO HON 405 4 18 0.90 Calvin MARLIN RSA 300 3 10 0.90 Jaime PENEDO PAN 600 6 45 0.90 M. HAHNEMANN USA 090 1 04 1.00 Paulo MOTTA GUA 090 1 05 1.00 Shawn SAWYERS JAM 090 1 06 1.00 Greg SUTTON CAN 270 4 11 1.30 F. MONDRAGON COL 450 7 17 1.40 Kelvin JACK T&T 270 5 18 1.67 Alexis AVILES CUB 090 2 10 2.00 Jose CORONA MEX 090 2 01 2.00 Alvaro MESEN CRC 180 4 05 2.00 Thabani RADEBE RSA 090 3 09 3.00 D. RICKETTS JAM 270 9 12 3.00 Odelin MOLINA CUB 180 7 06 3.50 Miguel KLEE GUA 090 4 05 4.00 Luis MOLINA GUA 090 4 03 4.00 222 saves and 73 goals conceded in 25 games. In 2003 —158 saves and 50 goals conceded in 20 games.

TOTAL GOALS SCORED: 73 goals (25 games) = 2.92 goals per game WHEN THE GOALS WERE SCORED: 00 -15 minutes 8 goals (11%) 16 -30 minutes 12 goals (17%) 31 -45 minutes 13 goals (18%) 46 -60 minutes 6 goals (08%) 61 -75 minutes 9 goals (12%) 76 -90 minutes 25 goals (34%) 91 - 120 minutes 0 goals (0%) HOW THE GOALS WERE SCORED: TOTAL GOALS SCORED: 73 goals (from 741 goal attempts) SHOTS: 51 HEADERS: 15 PENALTIES: 06 OWN GOALS 01 FROM THE RUN OF PLAY 53 Passing run or break through in middle 20 Passing run or break through on flank 19 Solo performance 13 Own goal 01 FROM STANDARD SITUATIONS (set plays) 20 Corner kick 08 (from 274 total corners) Free kick (in attacking third) 06 Penalty kick 06

ACTUAL TIME - TIME OF POSSESSION 67:35 - COL:34:05 / PAN: 33:30 63:19 - TRI:28:37 / HON:34:42 54:03 - CAN:27:05 / CRC:26:58 50:48 - CUB:18:46 / USA:32:02 72:54 - RSA:25:09 / MEX:27:45 68:52 - GUA:36:50 / JAM:32:02 51:56 - CRC:33:23 / CUB:18:33 56:24 - USA:33:22 / CAN:23:02 61:48 - PAN:35:24 / TRI:26:24 63:20 - HON:31:19 / COL:32:01 60:28 - MEX:28:16 / GUA: 32:12 60:23 - JAM:35:34 / RSA:24:49 74:26 - COL:40:53 / TRI:33:33 67:01 - HON:36:18 / PAN:30:43 53:35 - USA:29:51 / CRC:23:44 60:05 - CAN:33:38 / CUB:26:27 54:23 - GUA:27:38 / RSA:26:45 64:08 - MEX:39:03 / JAM:25:05 55:32 - HON:27:25 / CRC:28:07 56:59 - USA:33:30 / JAM:23:29 62:38 - MEX:33:48 / COL:28:50 79:27* - RSA:38:10 / PAN:41:17 53:30 - USA:33:23 / HON:20:07 59:03 - COL:38:04 / PAN:20:59 79:21* - USA:44:23 / PAN:34:58 (AVERAGE (Inc. *ET):61:36) DISCIPLINARY RECORD When cards were issued: Total = 4 00 -15 minutes 04 16 -30 minutes 18 31 -45 minutes 22 (1 R) 46 -60 minutes 21 (5 R) 61 -75 minutes 24 (2 R) 76 -90 minutes 32 (6 R) 91 - 120 minutes 03 Team Disciplinary Records: Total Fouls Ave/Game Cards CANADA 50 17 08 Y 3 R COLOMBIA 79 6 12 Y 2 R COSTA RICA 59 15 07 Y 0 R CUBA 37 12 04 Y 1 R GUATEMALA 42 14 06 Y 1 R HONDURAS 61 12 09 Y 0 R JAMAICA 56 14 07 Y 3 R MEXICO 47 12 07 Y 1 R PANAMA 109 18 21 Y 1 R S. AFRICA 73 18 09 Y 1 R TRIN&TOB 40 13 08 Y 0 R USA 107 18 11 Y 2 R

All-Time Gold Cup Statistics 2005 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM Best XI GK: Jaime PENEDO (PAN); DF: Felipe BALOY (PAN), Jorge Samuel CABALLEROS (HON), Oguchi ONYEWU (USA); MD: DaMarcus BEASLEY (USA), Landon DONOVAN (USA), Jairo PATIÑO (COL), Luis Ernesto PEREZ (MEX); AT: Tressor MORENO (COL), Luis TEJADA (PAN), Wilmer VELASQUEZ (HON).

Honourable Mentions GK: Kasey KELLER (USA); DF: Tyrone MARSHALL (JAM), Michael UMAÑA (CRC); MD: Philip EVANS (RSA) John O’BRIEN (USA); AT: Jorge DELY VALDES (PAN), Jafet SOTO (CRC).

AWARDS / PREMIOS Miller Lite Most Valuable Player / Jugador Mas Valioso: Luis Tejada (PAN) Texaco Top Goal Scorer / Goleador: DaMarcus Beasley (USA) Allstate Best Goalkeeper / Mejor Arquero: Jaime Penedo (PAN) Fair Play / Juego Limpio: Honduras

61 CONCACAF GOLD CUP ALL-TIME STATS POSITIONS TABLE/ TABLA DE POSICIONES (1991-2005) Teams App GP W L T F:A Equipos Part PJ G D E F:A 1. USA 8 37 28 4 5 68:23 2. Mexico 8 33 23 4 5 81:17 3. Costa Rica 7 29 10 12 7 48:42 4. Canada 7 23 9 7 6 28:38 5. Honduras 7 22 9 9 4 34:34 6. Brazil 3 14 8 4 2 22:9 7. Jamaica 6 22 5 13 4 23:43 8. Colombia 3 13 5 6 2 14:17 9. Trin & Tob 6 16 4 9 3 22:30 10. Guatemala 7 19 2 12 5 16:35 11. Panama 2 9 2 3 4 10:14 12. El Salvador 4 11 3 7 1 7:22 13. S. Africa 1 4 1 0 3 7:6 14. Korea Rep 2 7 0 3 4 5:9 15. Martinique 3 8 1 5 2 5:20 16. Peru 1 4 1 2 1 7:7 17. Haiti 2 5 1 3 1 4:8 18. Cuba 4 10 1 8 1 7:28 19. Ecuador 1 2 1 1 0 2:2 10. St.Vin/Gre 1 2 0 2 0 0:8

CHAMPIONS/CAMPEONES 1991 – USA 1993 – MEXICO 1996 – MEXICO 1998 – MEXICO 2000 – CANADA 2002 – USA 2003 – MEXICO 2005 - USA

GOLDEN BALL WINNERS (MVP)/ BALONES DE ORO (JMV) 1991: Tony MEOLA (GK, USA) 1993: Ramon RAMÍREZ (MD, MEX) 1996: Raúl Rodrigo LARA (MD, MEX) 1998: Kasey KELLER (GK, USA) 2000: Craig FORREST (GK, CAN) 2002: Brian MCBRIDE (AT, USA) 2003: Jesus ARELLANO (AT, MEX) 2005: Luis TEJADA (AT, PAN) GOLDEN BOOT WINNERS/ BOTINES DE ORO 1991: Benjamin GALINDO (MEX) – 4 1993: Luis Roberto ALVES (MEX) – 12 1996: Eric WYNALDA (USA) – 4 1998: Luis HERNÁNDEZ (MEX) – 4 2000: Carlo CORAZZIN (CAN) – 4 2002: Brian MCBRIDE (USA) – 4 2003: Walter CENTENO (CRC)/ Landon DONOVAN (USA) – 4 2005: DaMarcus BEASLEY (USA) - 3 HIGHEST SCORES/ MARCADORES MAS GRANDES 9:0: Mexico – Martinique, 11.07.1993 7:2: Cuba – Costa Rica, 04.02.1998 8:0: Mexico – Canada, 18.07.1993 3:5: Honduras – Peru, 19.02.2000 6:1: Mexico – Jamaica, 22.07.1993 5:2: Costa Rica – El Salvador, 19.07.2003 ALL-TIME GOALSCORING LEADERS/ TABLA DE GOLEADORES Luis Roberto ALVES (MEX) 12 (1991-1993) Eric WYNALDA (USA) 9 (1991-2000) Landon DONOVAN (USA) 8 (2002-2005) Brian MCBRIDE (USA) 8 (2000-2003) Eduardo BENNETT (HON) 7 (1991-1996) Paulo Cesar WANCHOPE (CRC) 7 (1998-2002) Jared BORGETTI (MEX) 5 (2002-2005) Walter CENTENO (CRC) 5 (2002-2003) Carlo CORAZZIN (CAN) 5 (1996-2000) Luis Miguel SALVADOR (MEX) 5 (1993) Arnold DWARIKA (TRI) 4 (1996-2000) Benjamin GALINDO (MEX) 4 (1991) Luis HERNÁNDEZ (MEX) 4 (1996-2000) Juan Francisco PALENCIA (MEX) 4 (1998-2000) Juan Carlos PLATA (GUA) 4 (1998-2002) Carlos RUIZ (GUA) 4 (2002-2005)

62 PAST GOLD CUPS/ COPA ORO PASOS

1991 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA Los Angeles, California Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Honduras 3 2 0 1 10:3 5 México 3 2 0 1 8:3 5 Canada 3 1 2 0 6:9 2 Jamaica 3 0 3 0 3:12 0 28.06.1991 CANADA – HONDURAS 2:4 (0:3) 13374 28.06.1991 MÉXICO – JAMAICA 4:1 (2:1) 13374 30.06.1991 JAMAICA – HONDURAS 0:5 (0:2) 4797 30.06.1991 CANADA – MÉXICO 1:3 (0:2) 4797 03.07.1991 JAMAICA – CANADA 2:3 (1:1) 36703 03.07.1991 MÉXICO – HONDURAS 1:1 (1:0) 36703 Los Angeles/Pasadena, California USA Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 3 3 0 0 8:3 6 Costa Rica 3 1 2 0 5:5 2 Trinidad&Tobago 3 1 2 0 3:4 2 Guatemala 3 1 2 0 1:5 2 29.06.1991 COSTA RICA – GUA 2:0 (2:0) 18435 29.06.1991 USA – TRIN & TOBAGO 2:1 (2:1) 18435 01.07.1991 TRI – COSTA RICA 2:1 (1:1) 6344 01.07.1991 GUATEMALA – USA 0:3 (0:1) 6344 03.07.1991 TRI – GUATEMALA 0:1 (0:0) 36703 03.07.1991 USA – COSTA RICA 3:2 (1:2) 36703 Semifinals/Semifinales (Los Angeles) 05.07.1991 HON – COSTA RICA 2:0 (1:0) 41103 05.07.1991 USA – MÉXICO 2:0 (1:0) 41103 Third Place/Tercer Lugar (Los Angeles) 07.07.1991 MÉXICO – COSTA RICA 2:0 (1:0) 39873 Final (L.A.Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles) 07.07.1991USA – HONDURAS 0:0, 4:3 pen 39873

1993 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA Dallas, Texas USA (Cotton Bowl) Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 3 3 0 0 4:1 6 Jamaica 3 1 1 1 4:3 3 Honduras 3 1 2 0 6:5 2 Panama 3 0 2 1 3:8 1 10.07.1993 HONDURAS – PANAMÁ 5:1 (1:1) 11642 10.07.1993 USA – JAMAICA 1:0 (0:0) 11642 14.07.1993 JAMAICA – HONDURAS 3:1 (1:1) 13771 14.07.1993 USA – PANAMÁ 2:1 (0:1) 13771 17.07.1993 PANAMÁ – JAMAICA 1:1 (0:0) 18527 17.07.1993 USA – HONDURAS 1:0 (1:0) 18527 Ciudad de México, MÉXICO Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS México 3 2 0 1 18:1 5 Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5:3 4 Canada 3 0 1 2 3:11 2 Martinique 3 0 2 1 3:14 1 11.07.1993 CANADA – COSTA RICA 1:1 (1:0) 48000 11.07.1993 MÉXICO – MARTINIQUE 9:0 (4:0) 48000 15.07.1993 MARTINIQUE – CANADA 2:2 (0:2) 80000 15.07.1993 MÉXICO – COSTA RICA 1:1 (0:1) 80000 18.07.1993 CRC – MARTINIQUE 3:1 (1:0) 100000

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 18.07.1993 MÉXICO – CANADA 8:0 (5:0) 100000 Semifinals/Semifinales (Dallas/Ciudad de México) 21.07.1993 USA – CRC 1:0 aet Cotton Bowl 14826 22.07.1993 MÉX – JAM 6:1 (4:1) Azteca 110000 Third Place/Tercer Lugar (Ciudad de México) 25.07.1993 CRC – JAM 1:1 (1:0) Azteca 130800 Final (Ciudad de México) 25.07.1993 MÉX – USA 4:0 (2:0) Azteca 130800

1996 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA Anaheim/San Diego, California USA Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS México 2 2 0 0 6:0 6 Guatemala 2 1 1 0 3:1 3 St.Vin&Grenadines 2 0 2 0 0:8 0 11.01.1996 MÉX – VIN 5:0 (2:0) Jack Murphy 15352 14.01.1996 GUA – MÉX 0:1 (0:0) Jack Murphy 32571 16.01.1996 VIN – GUA 0:3 (0:3) Anaheim 52345 Anaheim/Los Angeles, California USA Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Brazil 2 2 0 0 9:1 6 Canada 2 1 1 0 4:5 3 Honduras 2 0 2 0 1:8 0 10.01.1996 CANADA – HONDURAS 3:1 (2:1) 27125 12.01.1996 BRAZIL – CANADA 4:1 (3:0) 8234 14.01.1996 HONDURAS – BRAZIL 0:5 (0:2) 20708 Anaheim Group/Grupo C GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 2 2 0 0 5:2 6 El Salvador 2 1 1 0 3:4 3 Trinidad & Tobago 2 0 2 0 4:6 0 10.01.1996 TRI – SLV 2:3 (0:1) Anaheim 27125 12.01.1996 USA – TRI 3:2 (2:2) 12425 14.01.1996 EL SALVADOR – USA 0:2 (0:0) 52345 Semifinals/Semifinales (Los Angeles/San Diego) 18.01.1996 BRAZIL – USA 1:0 (0:0) 22038 19.01.1996 MÉXICO – GUATEMALA 1:0 (0:0) 42221 Third Place/Tercer Lugar (Los Angeles) 21.01.1996 USA – GUA 3:0 (2:0) 88155 Final (Los Angeles) 21.01.1996 MÉXICO – BRAZIL 2:0 (0:0) 88155

1998 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida USA Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Jamaica 3 2 0 1 5:2 7 Brazil 3 1 0 2 5:1 5 Guatemala 3 0 1 2 3:4 2 El Salvador 3 0 2 1 0:6 1 01.02.1998 EL SALVADOR – GUATEMALA 0:0 26391 03.02.1998 BRAZIL – JAMAICA 0:0 43754 05.02.1998 BRAZIL – GUATEMALA 1:1 (0:0) 17842 08.02.1998 GUATEMALA – JAMAICA 2:3 (1:1) 55017 08.02.1998 EL SALVADOR – BRAZIL 0:4 (0:2) 55017 09.02.1998 JAMAICA – EL SALVADOR 2:0 (1:0) 5791

Oakland, California USA (Oakland Coliseum) Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS México 2 2 0 0 6:2 6 Trinidad&Tobago 2 1 1 0 5:5 3 Honduras 2 0 2 0 1:5 0 01.02.1998 HON – TRI 1:3 (0:2) 11234 04.02.1998 TRI – MÉXICO 2:4 (0:1) 17256 07.02.1998 MÉXICO – HON 2:0 (1:0) 36240 Oakland Group/Grupo C GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 2 2 0 0 5:1 6 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 8:4 3 Cuba 2 0 2 0 2:10 0 01.02.1998 USA – CUBA 3:0 (0:0) 11234 04.02.1998 CUBA – COSTA RICA 2:7 (0:5) 17256 07.02.1998 COSTA RICA – USA 1:2 (0:1) 36240 Semifinals/Semifinales (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) 10.02.1998 USA - BRAZIL 1:0 (0:0) 12298 12.02.1998 JAMAICA – MÉXICO 0:1 (0:0) aet 45507 Third Place/Tercer Lugar (Los Angeles) 15.02.1998 BRAZIL – JAMAICA 1:0 (0:0) 91255 Final (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) 15.02.1998 USA – MÉXICO 0:1 (0:1) 91255

2000 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA MIAMI (Orange Bowl) Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Honduras 2 2 0 0 4:0 6 Colombia 2 1 1 0 1:2 3 Jamaica 2 0 2 0 0:3 0 12.02.2000 COLOMBIA – JAMAICA 1:0 (1:0) 49591 14.02.2000 JAMAICA – HONDURAS 0:2 (0:0) 50164 16.02.2000 HONDURAS – COLOMBIA 2:0 (0:0) 3600 MIAMI (Orange Bowl) Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 2 2 0 0 4:0 6 Peru 2 0 1 1 1:2 1 Haiti 2 0 1 1 1:4 1 12.02.2000 USA – HAITI 3:0 (2:0) 49591 14.02.2000 HAITI – PERÚ 1:1 (0:0) 50164 16.02.2000 PERÚ – USA 0:1 (0:0) 36004 (San Diego, L.A.) Group/Grupo C GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS México 2 1 0 1 5:1 4 Trinidad&Tobago 2 1 1 0 4:6 3 Guatemala 2 0 1 1 3:5 1 13.02.2000 MÉXICO – TRI 4:0 (1:0) 22131 15.02.2000 TRI – GUATEMALA 4:2 (2:1) 23621 17.02.2000 MÉXICO – GUATEMALA 1:1 (1:1) 20113 (San Diego, L.A.) Group/Grupo D GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Costa Rica 2 0 0 2 4:4 2 Canada* 2 0 0 2 2:2 2 Korea Republic 2 0 0 2 2:2 2 * Won Draw/Ganó Sorteo 13.02.2000 CRC – CAN 2:2 (1:1) Qualcomm 22131 15.02.2000 CANADA – KOR 0:0 L.A. 23621 17.02.2000 KOR – CRC 2:2 (1:0) L.A. 20113

Past Gold Cups Quarterfinals/Cuartos de Finales (Miami/Los Angeles) 19.02.2000 USA – COL 2:2 (1:1) 1:2 pen OB 32972 19.02.2000 HON – PERÚ 3:5 (0:2) OB 32972 20.02.2000 CRC – TRI 1:2 (0:1) aet Qualcomm 18062 20.02.2000 MÉX – CAN 1:2 (1:0) aet Qualcomm 18062 Semifinals/Semifinales (San Diego/Los Angeles) 23.02.2000 COL – PERÚ 2:1 (1:0) Qualcomm 3402 24.02.2000 TRI – CAN 0:1 (0:0) L.A. Coliseum 2841 Final (Los Angeles) 27.02.2000 CAN – COL 2:0 (1:0) L.A. Coliseum 7000

2002 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA Pasadena, California, USA (Rose Bowl) Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS México 2 2 0 0 4:1 6 El Salvador 2 1 1 0 1:1 3 Guatemala 2 0 2 0 1:4 0 19.01.2002 SLV – MÉXICO 0:1 (0:1) 42117 21.01.2002 MÉXICO – GUATEMALA 3:1 (2:1) 31244 23.01.2002 GUATEMALA – SLV 0:1 (0:0) 12906 Pasadena, California, USA (Rose Bowl) Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 2 2 0 0 3:1 6 Korea Republic 2 0 1 1 1:2 1 Cuba 2 0 1 1 0:1 1 19.01.2002 USA – KOR 2:1 (1:1) 42117 21.01.2002 CUBA – USA 0:1 (0:1) 31244 23.01.2002 KOREA REPUBLIC – CUBA 0:0 12906 Miami Florida, USA (Orange Bowl) Group/Grupo C GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 3:1 4 Martinique 2 1 1 0 1:2 3 Trinidad & Tobago 2 0 1 1 1:2 1 18.01.2002 MQE – COSTA RICA 0:2 (0:1) 14508 20.01.2002 CRC – TRI 1:1 (0:0) 12253 22.01.2002 TRI – MQE 0:1 (0:0) 3827 Miami Florida, USA (Orange Bowl) Group/Grupo D GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Canada* 2 1 1 0 2:2 3 Haiti* 2 1 1 0 2:2 3 Ecuador 2 1 2 0 2:2 3 * Won Draw/Ganaron Sorteo 18.01.2002 HAITI – CANADA 0:2 (0:1) 14508 20.01.2002 ECUADOR – HAITI 0:2 (0:2) 12253 22.01.2002 CANADA – ECUADOR 0:2 (0:2) 3827 Quarterfinals/Cuartos de Finales (Miami/Pasadena) 26.01.2002 CRC – HAI 2:1 (1:0) aet OB 14823 26.01.2002 CAN – MQE 1:1 (0:0), 6:5 pen OB 14823 27.01.2002 MÉX – KOR 0:0, 2:4 pen RB 31628 27.01.2002 USA – SLV 4:0 (3:0) Rose Bowl 31628 Semifinals/Semifinales (Pasadena) 30.01.2002 CAN – USA 0:0, 2:4 pen Rose Bowl 7241 30.01.2002 CRC – KOR 3:1 (1:0) Rose Bowl 7241 Third Place/Tercer Lugar (Pasadena) 02.02.2002 CAN – KOR 2:1 (2:1) Rose Bowl 14432 Final (Pasadena) 02.02.2002 USA – CRC 2:0 (1:0)Rose Bowl 14432

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2003 FIRST ROUND/PRIMERA RONDA México DF (Estadio Azteca) Group/Grupo A GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS México 2 1 0 1 1:0 4 Brazil 2 1 1 0 2:2 3 Honduras 2 0 1 1 1:2 1 13.07.2003 MÉXICO – BRAZIL 1:0 (0:0) 75000 15.07.2003 BRAZIL – HONDURAS 2:1 (1:0) 3000 17.07.2003 HONDURAS – MÉXICO 0:0 20000 (Miami) Orange Bowl Group/Grupo B GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Colombia 2 1 0 1 2:1 4 Jamaica 2 1 1 0 2:1 3 Guatemala 2 0 1 1 1:3 1 13.07.2003 JAMAICA – COLOMBIA 0:1 (0:1) 15423 15.07.2003 GUATEMALA – JAMAICA 0:2 (0:1) 10323 17.07.2003 COL – GUATEMALA 1:1 (0:1) 11233 (Foxboro) Gillette Stadium Group/Grupo C GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS USA 2 2 0 0 4:0 6 El Salvador 2 1 1 0 1:2 3 Martinique 2 0 2 0 0:3 0 12.07.2003 USA – EL SALVADOR 2:0 (1:0) 33652 14.07.2003 MARTINIQUE – USA 0:2 (0:2) 8780 16.07.2003 SLV – MARTINIQUE 1:0 (0:0) 10361 (Foxboro) Gillette Stadium Group/Grupo D GP/PJ W/G L/D T/E F:A PTS Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3:1 3 Cuba 2 1 1 0 2:3 3 Canada 2 1 1 0 1:2 3 12.07.2003 COSTA RICA – CANADA 0:1 (0:0) 33652 14.07.2003 CANADA – CUBA 0:2 (0:1) 8780 16.07.2003 CUBA – COSTA RICA 0:3 (0:1) 10361 Quarterfinals/Cuartos de Finales (Foxboro/Miami/México DF) 19.07.2003 USA – CUBA 5:0 (3:0) Gillette 15627 19.07.2003 CRC – SLV 5:2 (2:1) Gillette 15627 19.07.2003 COL – BRA 0:2 (0:1) Orange Bowl 23425 20.07.2003 MÉX – JAM 5:0 (2:0) Azteca 10000 Semifinals/Semifinales (Miami/México DF) 23.07.2003 USA – BRA 1:2 (0:0) (1:1) aet O.B. 35211 24.07.2003 MÉX – CRC 2:0 (2:0) Azteca 35000 Third Place/Tercer Lugar (Miami) 26.07.2003 USA – CRC 3:2 (1:2) Orange Bowl 5093 Final (México DF) 27.07.2003 BRA – MÉX 0:1 (0:0) aet Azteca 80000

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2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

THE FINAL WORD CONCACAF OFFICIAL DELEGATION President Jack Warner Executive Assistant Patricia Modeste General Secretary Chuck Blazer Assistant to the General Secretary Adriana Martinez Senior Consultant Clive Toye Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard Deputy General Secretary Jason Hughes Deputy General Secretary Kerri-Ann Alleyne Deputy General Secretary Rafael Tinoco Director of Competitions & Events Jill Fracisco Director of Sales Stefano Turconi Director of Graphics Michael Maselli Media Officer Steven Torres Comptroller Joe Taranto Office Manager Sheyla Romano Sponsorship Assistant Marcia Guerrero Competition Assistants Doris Fernandez, Mike Neveu Logistics Nino Bussani, Dwayne Hampton, Mildred Pastor, Miguel Rivera Office Assistants Angela Howard, Tonette Palencia Chairman, Referees Committee Lisle Austin (BRB) Chairman, Doping Control Rudy Gittens (CAN) Chairman, Disciplinary Tony James (JAM) Match Commissioners

Referee Assessors

Technical Study Group

David Sabir (BER), Francis Cezair (TRI), Bertie Chimilio (BLZ) Yves Jean-Bart (HAI) Colin Klass (GUY) Jorge Ortega Lizano (CRC) Esse Baharmast (USA) Boni Bishop (TRI) Osmond Downer (TRI) Ronald Gutierrez (CRC) Emerson Mathurin (CAN) Carlos Ortiz (SLV) Dick Howard (CAN) Alvin Corneal (TRI) Teofilo Cubillas (PER)

SOCCER UNITED MARKETING (SUM) MLS Commissioner Don Garber President Ivan Gazidis Senior Vice-President Nelson Rodriguez VP Communications/Marketing Dan Courtemanche Venue Manager Thom Meredith Director of Operations Evan Dabby Director of Media Relations Simon Borg Manager of Communications Marisabel Muñoz Press Officer German Sferra Communications Coordinator Ben Ramirez Spencer Creative Director Rich Levy

CARSON/LOS ANGELES VENUE (08-10.07.2005) General Coordinator Hugo Salcedo Assistant General Coordinator Kerri-Ann Alleyne Logistics/Protocol Leticia Aldana, Kristen Fracisco Sponsorship Alex Sroka SUM Venue Manager Paul Mendes Venue Press Officer Nick Ammazzalorso Press Operations Erik Aluise, Greg Daurio, Randy Garcia, Albert Galdamez, Oscar Galdamez Sr. & Jr., Marco Antonio Reyes, Will Ris Statistics Yuki Fuji, Carl Hammond, Lisa MacDonald, Sam Nishi, Scott Tamashiro FOXBORO VENUE (12-16.07.2005) General Coordinator Marian Hynd Assistant General Coordinator Tom Babic Media Officer Steven Torres Logistics/Protocol Maeve Glass Sponsorship Kelly Downing SUM Venue Manager Joe Cummings Venue Press Officer Michael Preston Press Operations Jack Cammett, Denise Cicierega, Antonio Gara, Rebecca Greenstein, Alex Gomez, Matt Johnson, Erin O’Brien, Jorge Pardo, Allen Wardle Statistics Dennis Bollea, Tim Smith HOUSTON VENUE (13-17.07.2005) General Coordinator Horace Reid Assistant General Coordinator Kerri-Ann Alleyne Logistics/Protocol Nelida Cabeda Sponsorship Jason Wingo SUM Venue Manager David Taylor Venue Press Officer Kevin Cooper Press Operations Michael Gabaldon, Tiffany Jonson, Luis Labastidas, Nelson Mata, Roland Olivares, Daniel Perez, Shawn Ruby, Robert Saladino, Enrique Sanchez, Nick Schneck, Emma Smicth, Hillary Thomas, Juliet & Keith Yampey Statistics Facundo Caminos, Dan Graumann, Henrik Greve, Michelle Medina, Rich Melendez MIAMI VENUE (06-12.07.2005) General Coordinator Rafael Tinoco Assistant General Coordinator Mario Monterossa Media Officer Steven Torres Logistics/Protocol Kareem Schiebeck Sponsorship Darren McCartney SUM Venue Manager Eddie Roger Venue Press Officer Gabe Gabor Press Operations Manuel A. Colorado Nicole Dupes, George Gomez Lee Levenberg, Paul Ramu, Judes Rhodes, Robert Vickers Statistics Dante Aleman, Dee Dee Jones, Gary Jean

SEATTLE VENUE (07-09.07.2005) General Coordinator Marian Hynd Assistant General Coordinator Tom Babic Logistics/Protocol Maeve Glass Sponsorship Matthew Seabrook SUM Venue Manager Chris Wyche Venue Press Officer Frank MacDonald Press Operations Jason Benda, Jason Brough, Karri Deloney, Joanie Komura, Braden Konshuh, Shannon Lovejoy, Paul Madison, Mark Marino, Joelle Muchlinski, Erin Pierce, Jake Scrivner, Peter Sivisend, Everette Smith, Stu & Tammy Snow, Staci Wilson, Gary Wright Statistics Kevin Eubanks, Tim Haag, Bobby & Greg McLaughlin NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY VENUE (21-24.07.2005) General Coordinator Jill Fracisco Assistant General Coordinator Mike Neveu Media Officer Steven Torres Logistics/Protocol Kerri-Ann Alleyne Sponsorship Darren McCartney SUM Venue Manager Thom Meredith Venue Press Officer Zak Ivkovic Press Operations Bogie Bogdan, Rafael Diaz, Anthony & Vicent Favara, Dave Gansell, Karina Jorge, Scott & Rebecca Harris, Dima Kamenschick, John Neves, Carlo & Joseph Pascetta, Phil Peterson, Jim Shoopack, David Stahl, Dimitriy Takins Statistics Gerry Beatty, Steve Boy, Anthony Castro, Ian Flamm, Statistics Felix Gomez, Jairo Ruiz, Leanne Zintl EDITORIAL EDITORS: Dick Howard, Technical Committee, CONCACAF Jason Hughes, Deputy General Secretary (Communications), CONCACAF Steven Torres, Media Officer, CONCACAF GRAPHIC DESIGN: Michael Maselli PHOTOGRAPHS: Essy Ghavamedini; Tony Quinn; Bill Trueit TRANSLATION: Sheyla Romano

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