2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship
	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	February 12–27
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	55 (2.89 per match)
Attendance	695,087 (36,584 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlo Corazzin; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Craig Forrest
Best young player	Richard Hastings
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The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fifth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the 15th overall CONCACAF tournament. It was held in Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego in the United States. The format of the tournament changed from 1998; it was expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Peru and Colombia were invited from CONMEBOL, and the Republic of Korea were invited from AFC.

With all three games in Group D ending in ties and Canada tied with the Republic of Korea on every tiebreaker, a coin toss was used. Canada won and advanced to the quarter-finals. They went on to win their first and to date only Gold Cup title. In the quarter-finals, Canada upset defending champions Mexico in golden goal extra time 2–1. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-finals 1–0 after Craig Forrest saved a first-half penalty. Already assured as CONCACAF champions, Canada topped invitees Colombia 2–0 in the final.^[1]^[2]

The tournament marks the only time a CONCACAF Gold Cup has been won by a country other than the United States or Mexico, and the only time in the tournament's history that neither the United States nor Mexico made to the semifinal.

^ "Canada win Gold Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. February 28, 2000. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
^ Da Costa, Norman (February 26, 2010). "NORMAN DA COSTA RECALLS THE 2000 GOLD CUP EXPERIENCE". RedNationOnline. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.

[1] "Canada win Gold Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. February 28, 2000. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

[2] Da Costa, Norman (February 26, 2010). "NORMAN DA COSTA RECALLS THE 2000 GOLD CUP EXPERIENCE". RedNationOnline. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.

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