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2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesPanama
Mexico
DatesJanuary 7 – February 25
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance96,571 (8,048 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Andre Akpan (3 goals)
Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano
2005
2009
All statistics correct as of March 18, 2009.

The 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Canada. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in Panama and Group B was held in Mexico. On January 21, 2007, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On February 23, 2007, Mexico and Costa Rica achieved qualification as well.

Qualification

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Region Qualification Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean qualifying   Haiti
  Jamaica
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central America (UNCAF) Central American qualifying   Costa Rica
  Guatemala
host   Panama
North America (NAFU)   Mexico
automatically qualified   United States

Squads

Group A

Panama hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City between January 17–21.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
  Panama 3 1 1 1 4 8 −4 4
  Haiti 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
  Guatemala 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Haiti 1 – 4 United States United States
Yveson 73' ( pen.) Report[ permanent dead link] Akpan 25' 38' 61'
Wallace 48'
Panama 1 – 1  Guatemala
Barahona 65' Report Ovalle 2' ( o.g.)

United States United States0 – 0  Guatemala
Report
Panama 3 – 2  Haiti
Wallace 22'
Saintilus 72' ( o.g.)
Brown 83'
Report Saintilus 60'
Yveson 77'

Guatemala 0 – 2  Haiti
Report Augustin 52' 83'
Panama 0 – 5 United States United States
Report Adu 7' 90'
Rogers 49'
Smith 60'
Villanueva 70'

Group B

Mexico hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Banorte in Culiacán, Sinaloa between February 21–25.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
  Jamaica 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Jamaica 0 – 2  Costa Rica
Report Borges 3' ( pen.)
Solórzano 90+'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Terry Vaughn ( United States)
Mexico 2 – 0  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Villaluz 28'
dos Santos 86'
Report
Attendance: 12,833

Costa Rica 3 – 2  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cordero 5'
Solórzano 43'
Herrera 55'
Report Berkeley 2'
Hanley 14'
Mexico 2 – 0  Jamaica
Villaluz 31'
dos Santos 56'
Report
Attendance: 17,425

Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 – 1  Jamaica
Berkeley 77' Report Grant 36'
Mexico 1 – 1  Costa Rica
Esqueda 70' Report Solórzano 6'

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