2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was initially to be hosted by Nicaragua, and was planned to take place between 19–29 April 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 5 December 2017.^[1] A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Nicaragua United States
City	Managua Bradenton, Florida
Dates	19–21 April, 6–12 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Haiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	69 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melchie Dumornay Alison González Sunshine Fontes (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Melchie Dumornay
Best goalkeeper	Angelina Anderson
Fair play award	United States
← 2016 2022 →

On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua.^[2][3] On 11 May 2018, CONCACAF announced the tournament would resume play on 6 June and conclude on 12 June 2018, with the remainder of the tournament hosted at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Six teams played in the remainder of the tournament, as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico were already eliminated and were set to face each other in their last match.^[4]

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CONCACAF representatives.^[5]

Defending champions United States defeated Mexico in the final to win their fourth title.

Qualification

Further information: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

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.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances	Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada	Automatic	6th	Champions (2010)	5
Mexico	Automatic	6th	Champions (2013)	4
United States	Automatic	6th	Champions (2008, 2012, 2016)	3
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition^[6]
Nicaragua	Hosts	1st	Debut	0
Costa Rica	Group stage winners	4th	Runners-up (2008)	2
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition^[7]
Haiti	Final round winners	4th	Fourth place (2016)	0
Bermuda	Final round runners-up	1st	Debut	0
Puerto Rico	Final round third place	2nd	Group stage (2008)	0

Venues

All matches of the original tournament in Nicaragua were played at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua. All matches of the rescheduled tournament were played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 31 January 2018, 15:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.^[8][9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament hosts Nicaragua were seeded in position A1, while defending champions United States were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were allocated to pots 2–3, and drawn to the remaining six positions.^[10]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Nicaragua (Position A1)   United States (Position B1)	Canada   Mexico	Bermuda   Costa Rica   Haiti   Puerto Rico

Squads

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 15.C.2).^[11]

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), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 18.A.5):^[11]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Goal difference in all group matches;
5. Goals scored in all group matches;
6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6) for Nicaragua and EDT (UTC−4) for the United States.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Knockout stage
2	Haiti	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
3	Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0
4	Nicaragua (H)	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

19 April 2018 (2018-04-19)

17:30

Puerto Rico	1–4	Haiti
Cacho   69'	Report	Surpris   25', 57', 81' Dumornay   42'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

19 April 2018 (2018-04-19)

20:00

Nicaragua	0–8	Mexico
	Report	Pérez   10' Díaz   16' Mauleón   34', 43' González   45+1', 73' Aviléz   61' Reyes   66'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)

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21 April 2018 (2018-04-21)

17:30

Mexico	7–0	Puerto Rico
Díaz   22' Mauleón   56', 64' Buso   69' González   84', 86' Aviléz   89'	Report

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21)

20:00

Nicaragua	0–2	Haiti
	Report	Dumornay   29' V. Roblero   45+1' (o.g.)

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

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8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)

10:00

Mexico	1–1	Haiti
González   23' (pen.)	Report	Pierre   19'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Nicaragua	Cancelled	Puerto Rico
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Bermuda	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)

17:30

Canada	3–0	Bermuda
Riviere   40' Novak   63', 81'	Report

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)

20:00

United States	4–0	Costa Rica
Umaña   4' (o.g.) Linnehan   15' Wesley   60' Jones   79'	Report

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Attendance: 160

Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

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6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)

14:45

Costa Rica	1–2	Canada
Salas   86'	Report	Williams   18', 51'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)

17:00

United States	10–1	Bermuda
Fishel   6' Ordoñez   25' Doms   32', 48' Turner   41' Kroeger   44' Morris   47' Wheeler   85' Fontes   86', 90'	Report	Nesbeth   17'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Attendance: 480

Referee: Ronide Henrius (Haiti)

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8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)

14:45

Costa Rica	6–1	Bermuda
Marín   14' Chinchilla   21', 56' Salas   39', 90+2' Contreras   90+9' (pen.)	Report	Hill   90+5'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)

17:00

United States	1–0	Canada
Turner   65'	Report

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Attendance: 380

Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

In the semi-finals, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the third place match and final, if the match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Articles 11.C and 11.D).^[11]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 June – Bradenton
	Mexico	2
					12 June – Bradenton
	Canada	1
					Mexico	2
	10 June – Bradenton
					United States	3
	United States	3
	Haiti	2
					Third place
					12 June – Bradenton
					Canada	2
					Haiti	1

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)

10:30

Mexico	2–1	Canada
Vázquez   6' Pérez   45+2' (pen.)	Report	Akindoju   37'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

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10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)

17:00

United States	3–2	Haiti
Fontes   32', 50' Fishel   49'	Report	Dumornay   14', 90+3'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Attendance: 377

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)

10:00

Canada	2–1	Haiti
Huitema   48' Williams   89'	Report	Dumornay   75' (pen.)

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Referee: Miriam León (El Salvador)

Final

12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)

18:00^{[note 1]}

Mexico	2–3	United States
Pérez   32' (pen.) Díaz   45'	Report	Bebar   34' Fontes   46' Doms   76'

IMG Academy, Bradenton

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Winners

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
United States Fourth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[12][13]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup^1
United States	10 June 2018	3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
Mexico	10 June 2018	4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Canada	12 June 2018	5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

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

Goalscorers

5 goals

•   Melchie Dumornay
•   Alison González
•   Sunshine Fontes

4 goals

•   Natalia Mauleón

3 goals

•   Andersen Williams
•   María Paula Salas
•   Flero Surpris
•   Nayeli Díaz
•   Nicole Pérez
•   Maya Doms

2 goals

•   Kaila Novak
•   Priscila Chinchilla
•   Aylin Avilez
•   Mia Fishel
•   Reilyn Turner

1 goal

•   Jadae Steede Hill
•   Leilanni Nesbeth
•   Teni Akindoju
•   Jordyn Huitema
•   Jayde Riviere
•   Daniela Contreras
•   Carmen Marín
•   Milan Pierre
•   Vanessa Buso
•   Reyna Reyes
•   Anette Vázquez
•   Isabel Cacho
•   Hannah Bebar
•   Sophia Jones
•   Samantha Kroeger
•   Payton Linnehan
•   Makenna Morris
•   Diana Ordoñez
•   Kennedy Wesley
•   Astrid Wheeler

1 own goal

•   Jeimy Umaña (against the United States)
•   Valeria Roblero (against Haiti)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[14]

Golden Ball	Golden Boot	Golden Glove
Melchie Dumornay	Alison González	Angelina Anderson
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
United States

Best XI^[15]

• Goalkeeper:   Angelina Anderson
• Right Back:   Reyna Reyes
• Center Back:   Kennedy Wesley
• Center Back:   Tanna Sánchez
• Left Back:   Kate Wiesner
• Center Midfielder:   Sophia Jones
• Center Midfielder:   Melchie Dumornay
• Center Midfielder:   Nicole Pérez
• Winger/Right Midfielder:   Samantha Meza
• Winger/Left Midfielder:   Natalia Mauleón
• Forward:   Sunshine Fontes

Notes

1. The final was delayed from 16:30 to 18:00 due to inclement weather.

References

1. . CONCACAF.com. 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
2. "Concacaf Cancels Remainder of Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship 2018 for Security Concerns". CONCACAF.com. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. "Tournament Suspended, Bermuda Team Safe". bernews.com. Bernews. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
4. "2018 Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship to Resume Play in June". concacaf.com.
5. (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
6. "Calendario para la Eliminatoria Centroamericana Sub-17 Femenina de CONCACAF que se jugará en Chitré, Panamá del 24 al 28 de octubre 2017". UNCAF (in Spanish). Twitter. 27 September 2017.
7. . CONCACAF.com. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
8. . CONCACAF.com. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
9. . CONCACAF.com. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
10. . CONCACAF.com. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
11. "Regulations: Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship Nicaragua 2018 (English Edition)" (PDF). CONCACAF.
12. . FIFA.com. 10 June 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
13. . FIFA.com. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018.
14. "TSG reveals CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship Awards". CONCACAF. 12 June 2018.
15. "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI". CONCACAF.com. 14 June 2018.

External links

• Under 17s – Women, CONCACAF.com