2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2003; (in Spanish)
	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	United States; Mexico
Dates	12–27 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (4th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	50 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Centeno; Landon Donovan; (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jesús Arellano
Best goalkeeper	Oswaldo Sánchez
Fair play award	United States
	← 2002 2005 →

The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one country, with games played in both United States and Mexico.^[1] The games were played in Mexico City, Miami, and for the first time in a northern U.S. city, Foxborough. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2002: twelve teams were split into four groups of three, the top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Colombia and Brazil were invited, with the latter sending an Under-23 team.

The United States' Landon Donovan put four past Cuba in the quarterfinals in a 5–0 win, but the defending champions went out to Brazil in the semi-finals. The South Americans scored a goal in the 89th minute and added a penalty in extra time to win 2–1. Mexico won their first championship since 1998, beating Brazil 1–0 in extra time.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking^[2]
North American zone
Mexico	Automatic	7th	2002	Champions (1993, 1996, 1998)	11
United States (TH)	Automatic	7th	2002	Champions (1991, 2002)	9
Canada	Automatic	6th	2002	Champions (2000)	78
Caribbean zone qualified through the CFU Qualifying Tournament
Jamaica	Group A Winners	5th	2003	Third place (1993)	48
Cuba	Group B Winners	3rd	2003	Group stage (1998, 2002)	63
Martinique	Qualifying round	3rd	2002	Quarterfinals (2002)	N/A
Central American zone qualified through the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
Costa Rica	Winners	6th	2002	Runners-up (2002)	18
Guatemala	Runners-up	6th	2002	Fourth Place (1996)	65
El Salvador	Third Place	4th	2003	Quarterfinals (2002)	85
Honduras	Qualifying round	6th	2000	Runners-up (1991)	42
Other
Brazil	Invitation	3rd	1998	Runners-up (1996)	1
Colombia	Invitation	2nd	2000	Runners-up (2000)	22

Venues

Mexico	United States
Mexico City	Miami	Foxborough
Estadio Azteca	Orange Bowl	Gillette Stadium
Capacity: 105,000	Capacity: 72,319	Capacity: 68,756

Squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Brazil	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Honduras	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 13, 2003

12:00

Mexico	1–0	Brazil
Borgetti 70'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián ( El Salvador)

July 15, 2003

21:00

Brazil	2–1	Honduras
Maicon 16' Diego 84'	Report	De León 90' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro ( Canada)

July 17, 2003

21:00

Honduras	0–0	Mexico
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alfaro Nery ( El Salvador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Jamaica	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Guatemala	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 13, 2003

15:00

Jamaica	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Patiño 42'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 15,423

Referee: Kevin Stott ( United States)

July 15, 2003

20:00

Guatemala	0–2	Jamaica
	Report	Lowe 30' Williams 73' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 10,323

Referee: José Pineda ( Honduras)

July 17, 2003

Colombia	1–1	Guatemala
Molina 79'	Report	Ruiz 21' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 11,233

Referee: Grevin Porras ( Costa Rica)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Martinique	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 12, 2003

United States	2–0	El Salvador
Lewis 28' McBride 76'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 33,652

Referee: Felipe Ramos ( Mexico)

July 14, 2003

Martinique	0–2	United States
	Report	McBride 39', 43'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 8,780

Referee: Roberto Moreno ( Panama)

July 16, 2003

El Salvador	1–0	Martinique
González 76'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 10,361

Referee: Carlos Batres ( Guatemala)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	1	1	3	1	+2	3	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Cuba	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Canada	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July 12, 2003

13:00

Canada	1–0	Costa Rica
Stalteri 59'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 33,652

Referee: Richard Piper ( Trinidad and Tobago)

July 14, 2003

Cuba	2–0	Canada
Moré 15', 46'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 8,780

Referee: Peter Prendergast ( Jamaica)

July 16, 2003

Costa Rica	3–0	Cuba
Centeno 45' Bryce 72' Scott 77'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 10,361

Referee: Felipe Ramos ( Mexico)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

20 July - Mexico City

Mexico	5
		July 24 - Mexico City
Jamaica	0
		Mexico	2
19 July - Foxboro
		Costa Rica	0
Costa Rica	5
				July 27 - Mexico City
El Salvador	2
				Mexico (ASDET)	1
19 July - Foxboro
				Brazil	0
United States	5
		July 23 - Miami
Cuba	0
		United States	1
19 July - Miami
		Brazil (ASDET)	2	Third place
Colombia	0
				July 26 - Miami
Brazil	2
				United States	3

				Costa Rica	2

Quarter-finals

July 19, 2003

United States	5–0	Cuba
Donovan 22', 25', 55', 76' Ralston 42'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,627

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

July 19, 2003

Costa Rica	5–2	El Salvador
Scott 11' Centeno 45+2', 68' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Bryce 72'	Report	Murgas 34' (pen.) Pacheco 54'

Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Attendance: 15,627

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

July 19, 2003

Colombia	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Kaká 42', 66'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 23,425

Referee: Ken Stott (United States)

July 20, 2003

Mexico	5–0	Jamaica
Bravo 38' García 42' Osorno 55' Borgetti 61' Rodríguez 83'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Semi-finals

July 23, 2003

United States	1–2 (ASDET)	Brazil
Bocanegra 62'	Report	Kaká 89' Diego 100' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 35,211

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

July 24, 2003

Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica
Márquez 19' Borgetti 28'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Alfaro Nery (El Salvador)

Third place match

July 26, 2003

United States	3–2	Costa Rica
Bocanegra 29' Stewart 56' Convey 67'	Report	Fonseca 24', 39'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 5,093

Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)

Final

July 27, 2003

Mexico	1–0 (ASDET)	Brazil
Osorno 97'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

Walter Centeno
Landon Donovan

3 goals

Kaká
Jared Borgetti
Brian McBride

2 goals

Diego
Steven Bryce
Rolando Fonseca
Erick Scott
Lester Moré
Daniel Osorno
Carlos Bocanegra

1 goal

Maicon
Paul Stalteri
Mauricio Molina
Jairo Patiño
Marvin González
Gilberto Murgas
Alfredo Pacheco
Carlos Ruiz
Julio César de León
Onandi Lowe
Andy Williams
Omar Bravo
Rafael García
Rafael Márquez
Juan Pablo Rodríguez
Bobby Convey
Eddie Lewis
Steve Ralston
Earnie Stewart

Awards

Winners

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners
Mexico Fourth title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Jesús Arellano

Top Goalkeeper

Oswaldo Sánchez

Fair Play Trophy

United States

Best XI

G - Oswaldo Sánchez
D - Carlos Castro
D - Maicon
D - Ricardo Osorio
D - Mauricio Wright
M - Walter Centeno
M - Rafael García
M - Giovanni Hernández
F - Jesús Arellano
F - Landon Donovan
F - Kaká

Reserves

G - Odelín Molina
D - Bobby Convey
D - Jaime Rosales
M - Diego
M - Fernando Salazar
M - Theodore Whitmore

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Mexico (H)	5	4	1	0	9	0	+9	13	Champions
2	Brazil	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	9	Runners-up
3	United States (H)	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	12	Third place
4	Costa Rica	5	2	0	3	10	8	+2	6	Fourth place

5	Colombia	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
7	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
8	Cuba	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3

9	Canada	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Honduras	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
11	Guatemala	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
12	Martinique	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2003. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

References

^ "CONCACAF Gold Cup". National Soccer Hall of Fame. soccerhall.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

Official Gold Cup Technical Report
Results and line-ups at rsssf.com

[1] "CONCACAF Gold Cup". National Soccer Hall of Fame. soccerhall.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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