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2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	November 19–26
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	17 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maribel Domínguez Mónica Ocampo Christine Sinclair Abby Wambach (2 goals)
Best player(s)	Kristine Lilly
Best goalkeeper	Erin McLeod
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The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final tournament took place in the United States between November 19 and 27, 2006. The United States and Canada received byes into the semi-finals of the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.

The United States won the competition with Canada, as the runner-up. Both teams automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a play-off for a spot.

Teams

Qualification

UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	0	17	0	6
Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	2	10	3
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	1	10	0
Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mexico	9–0	Nicaragua

Nicaragua	2–1	El Salvador

Mexico	8–0	El Salvador

Group B

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Panama	2	2	0	0	5	0	6
Guatemala	2	1	0	1	2	4	3
Costa Rica	2	0	0	2	1	4	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Guatemala	2–1	Costa Rica

Panama	2–0	Costa Rica

Panama	3–0	Guatemala
Machado 10' De Mera 24' Aguilar 76'	Report

CFU Qualifying

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup, there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barbados	0–1	Antigua and Barbuda	0–1	0–0
Cayman Islands	1–3	Netherlands Antilles	1–2	1–0
British Virgin Islands	1–8	U.S. Virgin Islands	1–3	0–5
Turks and Caicos Islands	w.o.	Bahamas
Grenada	w.o.	Guyana
Saint Kitts and Nevis	w.o.	Montserrat

• Bahamas, Guyana and Montserrat withdrew.

Barbados	0–1	Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda	0–0	Barbados

Antigua and Barbuda won 1–0 on aggregate.

Cayman Islands	1–2	Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles	1–0	Cayman Islands

Netherlands Antilles won 3–1 on aggregate.

British Virgin Islands	1–3	U.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands	5–0	British Virgin Islands

US Virgin Islands won 8–1 on aggregate.

First round

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.

Group A Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Dominican Republic 9 3 3 0 0 11 2 +11  Bermuda 6 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5  U.S. Virgin Islands 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3  Turks and Caicos Islands 0 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11	Group B Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Haiti were denied entry, but were allowed play-off with group winners  Suriname  Suriname 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 Netherlands Antilles 3 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5  Aruba 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Group C Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Jamaica 9 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27  Saint Lucia 6 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 3 1 0 2 5 16 −11  Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13	Group D Country Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Trinidad and Tobago 9 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4  Dominica 1 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8  Grenada 1 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15

Group A

Dominican Republic	3–1	U.S. Virgin Islands

Bermuda	4–0	Turks and Caicos Islands

Bermuda	4–1	U.S. Virgin Islands

Dominican Republic	5–0	Turks and Caicos Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands	2–0	Turks and Caicos Islands

Dominican Republic	3–1	Bermuda

Group B

Suriname	7–1	Netherlands Antilles

Aruba	1–2	Netherlands Antilles

Aruba	0–3	Suriname

Playoff

Suriname	0–3	Haiti

Group C

Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda

Jamaica	5–0	Saint Lucia
V. Reid 4' Davis 45' Parker 64' Duncan 70' N. Reid 89'

Saint Lucia	3–2	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Jamaica	10–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Mitchell 1', 21', 38' V. Reid 5', 82', 90' Parker 26' Davis 60' Duncan 71', 90+1'

Antigua and Barbuda	1–2	Saint Lucia

Jamaica	11–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis
N. Reid 5', 26', 32' Parker 9' Davis 21' V. Reid 38', 69' Bell 42' Jackson 45' (pen.) Duncan 55', 89'

Group D

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	Dominica
	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	10–0	Grenada
St. Louis 20' (pen.), 23', 41', 57' Mollon 37', 54', 59', 63' Cooper 68' Cordner 73'	Report

Dominica	2–2	Grenada
	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Douglas 67' Cordner 69' Burgin 87' St. Louis 90'	Report	Robinson 89'

Grenada	0–5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	6–0	Dominica
St. Louis 10' ? 47' (o.g.) Douglas 48', 54' Burgin 75' Mollon 89'	Report

Final round

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between September 6 and 10. The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Trinidad and Tobago	6	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11
Dominican Republic	3	2	1	0	1	2	7	−5
Suriname	0	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6

Trinidad and Tobago	5–1	Suriname
James 13' Russell 36' St. Louis 62', 77' Douglas 66'	(Report)	Rigters 7'

Suriname	0–2	Dominican Republic
	(Report)	Jiménez 76' Valerio 90'

Dominican Republic	0–7	Trinidad and Tobago
	(Report)	St. Louis 10', 53' (pen.), 57' (pen.) James 13' Mascall 45' Russell 68' Cordner 71'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jamaica	6	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
Haiti	3	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Bermuda	0	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12

Jamaica	7–0	Bermuda
Davis 19', 76' Reid 33', 61', 83', 88' Duncan 89'	(Report)

Bermuda	0–5	Haiti
	(Report)	Joseph 16', 74' Libertin 42', 65' Dolce 76'

Haiti	0–3	Jamaica
	(Report)	Mitchell 38' Reid 48' Duncan 89'

Final tournament

First round

Jamaica	2–0	Panama
Sullivan 4' Reid 59'	(Report)

Mexico	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
P. Pérez 20' González 45' Domínguez 67'	(Report)

Semifinals

Winners qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Canada	4–0	Jamaica
Sinclair 40', 71' Wilkinson 51' Booth 88'	(Report)

United States	2–0	Mexico
Wambach 10', 64'	(Report)

Third place play-off

Winner advanced to AFC–CONCACAF play-off.

Jamaica	0–3	Mexico
	(Report)	Ocampo 19' (pen.), 37' Domínguez 22'

Final

Canada	1–2 (aet)	United States
Hermuss 44'	(Report)	Osborne 6' Lilly 120' (pen.)

Awards

2006 Women's Gold Cup winners
United States Sixth title

References

1. "CONCACAF Women's Championship award". canadasoccer.com.
2. Women's Gold Cup, from RSSSF, retrieved May 29, 2006
3. ^ Women's Caribbean Cup 2006 Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, from RSSSF, retrieved May 29, 2006
4. Bermuda girls go down in extra time, by Colin Thompson, published by The Royal Gazette on May 8, 2006. The final match of the group, between Bermuda and Dominican Republic, went to extra time after the score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. The table includes the extra time score.
5. ^ 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / Copa Oro Femenina – Caribbean Qualification Archived June 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, from CONCACAF, retrieved May 29, 2006.
6. Girlz rout St Kitts & Nevis 11–0 Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, from Jamaica Observer, retrieved May 29, 2006
7. Soca Princesses slam Dominica 6–0 Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, from Trinidad Guardian, retrieved May 29, 2006

External links

• Regulations

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• CONCACAF Women's Championship tournaments
• International women's association football competitions hosted by the United States
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• 2006 in American women's soccer
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• 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
• November 2006 sports events in the United States