2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the first edition of the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament was held in Costa Rica from 25 February to 5 March 2004.[1]

2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
Dates	25 February – 5 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	81 (5.06 per match)
Attendance	27,616 (1,726 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maribel Domínguez (9 goals)

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Mexico from 2 to 12 February 2004, but was later moved to Costa Rica.[2]

The top two teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives. The United States won the final 3–2 against Mexico, with both teams qualifying for the Olympics.

Qualification

Canada, Costa Rica and the United States automatically qualified for the final tournament. The remaining five berths were allocated to the five group winners of the qualification tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Mexico, the original hosts of the tournament, originally qualified automatically.[3] However, after the tournament venue was changed, new hosts Costa Rica instead qualified automatically, while Mexico took Costa Rica's place in the qualifying competition.

Team	Zone	Method of qualification	Previous Olympics
Canada	NAFU	Automatic	0
Costa Rica	UNCAF	Automatic (host)	0
Haiti	CFU	Group 3 winner	0
Jamaica	CFU	Group 2 winner	0
Mexico	NAFU	Group 4 winner	0
Panama	UNCAF	Group 5 runner-up[lower-alpha 1]	0
Trinidad and Tobago	CFU	Group 1 winner	0
United States	NAFU	Automatic	2

1. Panama replaced Guatemala after the National Football Federation of Guatemala was suspended by CONCACAF and FIFA in January 2004.[4]

Venues

The matches were held at the Estadio Nacional, San José and the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia.

San José Heredia	San José	Heredia
	Estadio Nacional	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 8,700

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[5]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[6]

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Play-off on neutral ground.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Panama	3	1	0	2	4	12	−8	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

26 February 2004

18:00

Canada	6–0	Jamaica
Latham  32'[7] Hooper  42' (pen.) Sinclair  46', 61', 90+' Moscato  82'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

26 February 2004

20:00

Costa Rica	6–1	Panama
Campos  2' Trujillo  25' Chávez  26', 45' Rodríguez  54' Cruz  69'	Report	Bedoya  27'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

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28 February 2004

13:00

Panama	0–6	Canada
		Latham  14'[8] Jamani  20', 50', 66', 75' Neil  25'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

28 February 2004

15:00

Costa Rica	1–0	Jamaica
Chávez  43'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Jillanta Proctor (Canada)

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1 March 2004

18:00

Jamaica	0–3	Panama
	Report	Gutiérrez  74' De Mera  85' Bedoya  90'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 1,650

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 March 2004

20:00

Costa Rica	1–2	Canada
Cruz  60'	Report	Latham  7' Jamani  21'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 1,650

Referee: María Ortega (El Salvador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	7	17	−10	3
4	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

Source: CONCACAF

25 February 2004

13:00

Mexico	5–0	Haiti
Pérez  7', 55', 63' Domínguez  80', 84'[9]	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Erica Vargas (Costa Rica)

25 February 2004

15:00

United States	7–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Boxx  22', 37', 82' Lilly  25' Hamm  40', 44' Wambach  42'	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jillanta Proctor (Canada)

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27 February 2004

18:00

Mexico	8–1	Trinidad and Tobago
López  20' Pérez  25', 55' Mora  37' Domínguez  38', 59', 73' Martínez  80'	Report	St. Louis  42'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 350

Referee: María Ortega (El Salvador)

27 February 2004

20:00

Haiti	0–8	United States
	Report	Wagner  12' Parlow  17', 72', 86' Fenelon  42' (o.g.) MacMillan  47' Tarpley  62' Wambach  80'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 350

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

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29 February 2004

13:00

Trinidad and Tobago	6–2	Haiti
Des Vignes  3', 38', 65' Atthin-Johnson  8' Elder  27' James  82'	Report	Hilaire  32' Ridore  89'[10]

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,304

Referee: Erica Vargas (Costa Rica)

29 February 2004

15:00

United States	2–0	Mexico
Castillo  10' (o.g.) Wambach  26'	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,304

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 March – San José
	Canada	1
					5 March – Heredia
	Mexico	2
					Mexico	2
	3 March – San José
					United States	3
	United States	4
	Costa Rica	0
					Third place play-off
					5 March – Heredia
					Canada	4
					Costa Rica	0

Semi-finals

The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

3 March 2004

12:00

Canada	1–2	Mexico
Jamani  84'	Report	Domínguez  25', 59'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

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3 March 2004

14:30

United States	4–0	Costa Rica
Wagner  5' Wambach  26' Lilly  30' Boxx  51'	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: María Ortega (El Salvador)

Third place play-off

5 March 2004

17:30

Canada	4–0	Costa Rica
Sinclair  20', 78' Hooper  43' Jamani  58'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 2,004

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

Final

5 March 2004

20:00

Mexico	2–3	United States
Domínguez  9', 15'	Report	Tarpley  45' Wambach  79' Foudy  84'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 2,004

Referee: Jillanta Proctor (Canada)

Goalscorers

There were 81 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 5.06 goals per match.

9 goals

• Maribel Domínguez

7 goals

• Aysha Jamani

5 goals

• Christine Sinclair
• Patricia Pérez
• Abby Wambach

4 goals

• Shannon Boxx

3 goals

• Christine Latham
• Megan Chávez
• Natalie des Vignes
• Cindy Parlow

2 goals

• Charmaine Hooper
• Shirley Cruz
• Maritzenia Bedoya
• Mia Hamm
• Kristine Lilly
• Lindsay Tarpley
• Aly Wagner

1 goal

• Carmelina Moscato
• Andrea Neil
• Ana Gabriel Campos
• Cindy Rodríguez
• Gabriela Trujillo
• Fernande Hilaire
• Sherline Ridore
• Evelyn López
• Alma Martínez
• Iris Mora
• Amarelis De Mera
• Raiza Gutiérrez
• Maylee Atthin-Johnson
• Raeann Elder
• Leslie Ann James
• Tasha St. Louis
• Julie Foudy
• Shannon MacMillan

1 own goal

• Judith Fenelon (against United States)
• María de Jesús Castillo (against United States)

Source: CONCACAF

Best XI

The following players were included in CONCACAF's "Best XI" of the tournament.[11]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Karina LeBlanc	Sharolta Nonen Gabriela Trujillo Joy Fawcett	Cindy Rodríguez Mónica Vergara Shannon Boxx Aly Wagner	Shirley Cruz Maribel Domínguez Abby Wambach
Honourable Mentions
Briana Scurry	Xiomara Briceño	Diana Matheson Alicia Wilson Patricia Pérez	Aysha Jamani Christine Sinclair

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics^1
Mexico	3 March 2004	0 (debut)
United States	3 March 2004	2 (1996, 2000)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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