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)
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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

Further information: 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament 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[a]	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

Squads

Main article: 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament squads

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) Hosts

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

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

18:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

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

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

20:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

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

28 February 2004 (2004-02-28)

13:00

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

Costa Rica	1–0	Jamaica
Chávez 43'

28 February 2004 (2004-02-28)

15:00

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Jillanta Proctor (Canada)

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

1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)

18:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 1,650

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

1 March 2004 (2004-03-01)

20:00

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

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

25 February 2004 (2004-02-25)

13:00

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Erica Vargas (Costa Rica)

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

25 February 2004 (2004-02-25)

15:00

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jillanta Proctor (Canada)

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

27 February 2004 (2004-02-27)

18:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 350

Referee: María Ortega (El Salvador)

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

27 February 2004 (2004-02-27)

20:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 350

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

29 February 2004 (2004-02-29)

13:00

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,304

Referee: Erica Vargas (Costa Rica)

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

29 February 2004 (2004-02-29)

15:00

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.

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

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

12:00

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

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

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

14:30

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: María Ortega (El Salvador)

Third place play-off

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

5 March 2004 (2004-03-05)

17:30

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 2,004

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

Final

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

5 March 2004 (2004-03-05)

20:00

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 Gabriela 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 Olympics1
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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