2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship


The 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Women's Championship/Gold Cup/Women's World Cup qualifying tournament, was a women's football tournament that took place in the United States between 15 and 26 October 2014. It served as CONCACAF's qualifier to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The top three teams qualified directly. The fourth placed team advanced to a play-off against the third placed team of the 2014 Copa América Femenina.
The qualifying to the tournament was organized by the Central American Football Union in Central America and the Caribbean Football Union in the Caribbean and started on 19 May 2014.
The United States and Mexico received byes into the tournament. A total of 30 teams entered qualifying, with Martinique and Guadeloupe not eligible for World Cup qualification as they are only members of CONCACAF and not FIFA. Therefore, a total of 28 teams were in contention for the three direct places plus the play-off place against CONMEBOL's Ecuador. Canada did not participate as they already qualified to the World Cup as hosts.
The United States defeated Costa Rica 6–0 in the final to win their seventh title.

Qualifying

North America

members Mexico and the United States gained direct entry to the final tournament. Canada did not participate as they already qualified to the World Cup as hosts.
The qualification was played between 19 and 25 May.
The inaugural Women's Caribbean Cup served as the qualifying event. Four nations advanced to the CONCACAF finals. Qualifying to the Caribbean Cup took place from 23 May to 22 June. The finals were played in August 2014. The group stage draw was published in April 2014.
Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified directly to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
However, as Martinique is not a member of FIFA – since it is an overseas department of the French Republic – it is therefore not eligible to qualify. It was announced during the Final Draw on September 5 that Martinique would not be able to advance beyond the group round, and that the next best team would take their place in the semifinals should they finish in the top two in their group.

Venues

The tournament was played in four venues.
CityStadiumCapacity
WashingtonRobert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium45,596
BridgeviewToyota Park20,000
Kansas CitySporting Park18,467
ChesterPPL Park18,500

Group stage

The teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams.
  3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams.
  4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Drawing of lots.

    Group A


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Group B


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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played and followed, if necessary, by penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
The top three teams qualified directly to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to a play-off against the third placed team of the 2014 Copa América Femenina.

Bracket

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Carli Lloyd
Golden Boot Abby Wambach
Golden Gloves Hope Solo
Fair Play Award

GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards

Hope Solo
Diana Saenz
Christie Rampone
Whitney Engen
Meghan Klingenberg
Kennya Cordner
Carli Lloyd
Shirley Cruz Traña
Christen Press
Abby Wambach
Charlyn Corral

Goalscorers

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