2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
	File:2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.png
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	4–17 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Jamaica
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	83 (5.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Morgan (7 goals)
Best player	Julie Ertz
Best young player	Jody Brown
Best goalkeeper	Yenith Bailey
Fair play award	United States
	← 2014 2022 →

The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Championship (also known as the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament), the quadrennial international football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 17 October 2018 in the United States.^[1]^[2]

The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, while the fourth-placed team advanced to a play-off against the third-placed team from the South American confederation, CONMEBOL.^[3] It also determined the CONCACAF teams playing at the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Lima.^[4]

The United States were the defending champions of the competition. They successfully defended their title as hosts, winning the final 2–0 against Canada for their 8th CONCACAF Women's Championship title.^[5]

This was the last CONCACAF tournament branded as the "Women's Championship". In August 2019, CONCACAF announced a rebranding of the competition as the CONCACAF W Championship.^[6]

Qualification

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Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams playing in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as members of the North American Football Union (NAFU), qualified automatically. Two teams from the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) and three teams from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualified from their regional qualifying competitions.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA Women's World Cup appearances	FIFA ranking at start of event^[7]
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada	Automatic	9th	Champions (1998, 2010)	6	5
Mexico	Automatic	9th	Runners-up (1998, 2010)	3	24
United States (title holders & hosts)	Automatic	9th	Champions (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014)	7	1
Costa Rica	Central American winners	7th	Runners-up (2014)	1	34
Panama	Central American runners-up	3rd	Group stage (2002, 2006)	0	66
Jamaica	Caribbean winners	6th	Fourth place (2006)	0	64
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean runners-up	10th	Third place (1991)	0	52
Cuba	Caribbean third place	1st	Debut	0	88

Venues

The venues were announced by CONCACAF on 8 April 2018. Sahlen's Stadium and H-E-B Park hosted the group stage matches, while Toyota Stadium hosted the four matches in the knockout stage.^[8]

Cary, North Carolina	Edinburg, Texas	Frisco, Texas
Sahlen's Stadium	H-E-B Park	Toyota Stadium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,735	Capacity: 20,500

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 4 September 2018, 10:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the Univision Studios in Miami.^[9]^[10] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. They were seeded into four pots. Pot 1 contained the United States, seeded in Group A, and Canada, seeded in Group B. The remaining six teams were allocated to Pots 2–4 based on the CONCACAF Women's Rankings. The two teams from UNCAF could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States (Position A1) Canada (Position B1)	Mexico Costa Rica	Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica	Panama Cuba

Squads

The provisional 35-player roster (4 must be goalkeepers) for each team was announced by CONCACAF on 10 September 2018.^[11] The final 20-player roster (2 must be goalkeepers) for each team was announced by CONCACAF on 26 September 2018.^[12] After the final 20-player roster was submitted, only injury-related changes would be submitted until 24 hours before each team's first match.^[13]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 12.12):^[13]

points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
fair play points in all group matches:
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
drawing of lots by CONCACAF.

Group A

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).^[14] Template:2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Group A

Trinidad and Tobago v Panama

4 October 2018
17:00

Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Panama
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456370	Cox 12' Rangel 68' Hernández 89'

Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

United States v Mexico

4 October 2018
19:30

United States	6–0	Mexico
Rapinoe 3', 71' Ertz 47' Morgan 57', 80' Heath 61'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456371

Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Attendance: 5,404
Referee: Carol Anne Chénard (Canada)

Panama v United States

7 October 2018
17:00

Panama	0–5	United States
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456375	Mewis 6' Lloyd 23', 29', 48' Press 32'

Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Attendance: 7,532
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago

7 October 2018
19:30

Mexico	4–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Corral 33', 62' Johnson 55' Sánchez 71'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456374	Cato 50' (pen.)

Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Referee: Mirian León (El Salvador)

Panama v Mexico

10 October 2018
17:00

Panama	2–0	Mexico
Riley 47' Cedeño 85'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456378

Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Trinidad and Tobago v United States

10 October 2018
19:30

Trinidad and Tobago	0–7	United States
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456379	Morgan 9', 50' Lavelle 41', 43' Dunn 45' Horan 49' Heath 58'

Sahlen's Stadium, Cary
Attendance: 3,996
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

Group B

All times are local, CDT (UTC−5).^[14] Template:2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Group B

Costa Rica v Cuba

5 October 2018
17:00

Costa Rica	8–0	Cuba
Herrera 4' Chinchilla 5', 45+1' F. Sánchez 19' S. Cruz 33', 38' Barrantes 82' (pen.), 90+2'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456372

H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

Canada v Jamaica

5 October 2018
19:30

Canada	2–0	Jamaica
Prince 33', 80'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456373

H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Jamaica v Costa Rica

8 October 2018
17:00

Jamaica	1–0	Costa Rica
Shaw 46'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456376

H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Cuba v Canada

8 October 2018
19:30

Cuba	0–12	Canada
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456377	Leon 11', 23', 55', 59' Huitema 13', 37', 52', 71' Rose 25' Quinn 56' Sinclair 63' Matheson 72'

H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

Cuba v Jamaica

11 October 2018
18:30

Cuba	0–9	Jamaica
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456380	Shaw 2' Brown 26', 38', 72' Campbell 30', 75' Blackwood 50' (pen.) Chang 64' Sweatman 82'

H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

Costa Rica v Canada

11 October 2018
21:00

Costa Rica	1–3	Canada
G. Villalobos 73'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456381	Beckie 25' Prince 40' Sinclair 57'

H-E-B Park, Edinburg
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match was level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time would be played and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time would be played, and if still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.14).^[13]

Bracket

All times are local, CDT (UTC−5).^[14]

Semi-finals		Final

14 October – Frisco

Panama	0
		17 October – Frisco
Canada	7
		Canada	0
14 October – Frisco
		United States	2
United States	6

Jamaica	0
		Third place play-off

		17 October – Frisco

		Panama	2 (2)

		Jamaica (p)	2 (4)

Semi-finals

Panama v Canada

14 October 2018
16:00

Panama	0–7	Canada
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456382	Sinclair 44', 49' Fleming 47' Beckie 58' Quinn 63' Leon 76', 78'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

United States v Jamaica

14 October 2018
19:00

United States	6–0	Jamaica
Heath 2', 29' Rapinoe 15' Ertz 21' Morgan 33', 84' (pen.)	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456383

Toyota Stadium, Frisco
Attendance: 7,555
Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

Canada and United States qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Panama and Jamaica entered into the third place play-off.

Third place play-off

Panama v Jamaica

17 October 2018
16:00

Panama	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Jamaica
Mills 74' Cedeño 115'	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456384	Shaw 14' Brown 95'
	Penalties
*Pinzón Hernández Cedeño Rangel	2–4	* Blackwood Shim Chang Bond-Flasza

Toyota Stadium, Frisco
Referee: Carol Anne Chénard (Canada)

Jamaica qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Panama entered CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off vs. Argentina.

Final

Canada v United States

17 October 2018
19:00

Canada	0–2	United States
	https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-women/game-detail/456385	Lavelle 2' Morgan 89'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco
Attendance: 6,986
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

2018 CONCACAF champions
United States Eighth title

Awards

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[15]

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Julie Ertz
Golden Boot	Alex Morgan (7 goals)
Golden Glove	Yenith Bailey
Young Player	Jody Brown
Fair Play	United States

Best XI
Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Yenith Bailey	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kelley O'Hara Quinn^{[lower-alpha 1]} Abby Dahlkemper Crystal Dunn	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Jessie Fleming Julie Ertz Lindsey Horan	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tobin Heath Alex Morgan Megan Rapinoe

Goalscorers

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Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Panama failed to qualify losing out the play-off to 2018 Copa América Femenina third-placed team, Argentina.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup¹
Canada	14 October 2018^[16]	6 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
United States	14 October 2018^[16]	7 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
Jamaica	17 October 2018^[17]	0 (debut)

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

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The tournament was used to determine the four teams from CONCACAF which would qualify for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament. The top team from each of the three zones, i.e., Caribbean (CFU), Central American (UNCAF), and North American (NAFU), would qualify, with the fourth team to be determined by CONCACAF at a later date.^[4] However, both United States and Canada declined to participate to focus on the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, so Mexico qualified for the North American berth.^[18]

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Pan American Games²
Jamaica	CFU	11 October 2018	1 (2007)
Panama	UNCAF	11 October 2018	1 (2007)
Mexico^[18]	NAFU	2019 (confirmed by CONCACAF)	5 (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
Costa Rica^[18]	UNCAF	2019 (confirmed by CONCACAF)	4 (1999, 2003, 2011, 2015)

² Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Controversy

In the 89th minute of the final match, Alex Morgan was offside when she scored the second goal for the USA, but the referee did not invalidate the goal.^[19] Video assistant referee was not used in this tournament.

Notes

↑ Then known as Rebecca Quinn

References

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External links

World Cup Qualifying – Women, CONCACAF.com

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v t e CONCACAF Women's Championship & Gold Cup
Championship era	Haiti 1991 USA 1993 Canada 1994 Canada 1998
Gold Cup era	USA 2000 Canada / USA 2002 USA 2006 Mexico 2010
Championship era	USA 2014
Squads	2014

v t e 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
AFC	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualification
CAF	2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations Qualification
CONCACAF	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Qualification
CONMEBOL	2018 Copa América Femenina
OFC	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup Qualification
UEFA	UEFA qualification Preliminary round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Play-offs
Play-off	CONMEBOL v CONCACAF