The 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship was the football championship tournament for under-17 in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and was formatted to determine the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. The 8-team tournament was originally scheduled to be played from April 21 to May 2 and hosted by Mexico at the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana. However, the tournament was cancelled on April 27 due to the swine flu outbreak in Mexico. At the time that the tournament was cancelled the group stage had already been played, and the four teams who could qualify to the U-17 World Cup – Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States – had already done so.

Squads

Teams

Region Qualification Tournament Qualifiers Caribbean (CFU) 2008 CFU Youth Cup Central America (UNCAF) 2009 Central American U-17 qualifying tournament North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified Canada United States

Venues Tijuana Estadio Caliente Capacity: 27,333

Group stage The groups were drawn at the CONCACAF headquarters on January 15, 2009. The match schedule for the groups and final rounds were announced two weeks later. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.

Group A

Group B

Championship round The four teams to qualify for the semifinals were automatically qualified to the World Cup. The championship round, however, was not played because it was cancelled due to a swine flu outbreak. The four qualifiers are:

United States

Goal scorers

5 goals Jack McInerney 4 goals Anthony Lozano 3 goals Martín Galván 2 goals Joel Campbell Yaudel Lahera Garcia Kristian Álvarez Carlos Campos Sebastian Lletget

2 goals (continued) Nicholas Palodichuk 1 goal Jaineil Hoilett Coulton Jackson Justin Maheu Russell Teibert Juan Bustos Rosbin Mayorga Marvin Ceballos Kendel Herrate Gerson Lima Gabriel Navas

1 goal (continued) Nestor Nahum Martínez Johny Rivera José Danilo Tobías Víctor Mañon Salvador Jasso Luis Télles Luis Gil Joseph Gyau Stefan Jerome Own goal Adrian Mora (for Mexico)

See also CONCACAF Under-17 Championship FIFA U-17 World Cup

References

External links Official CONCACAF Under 17 Tournament page 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship results at official CONCACAF page