# 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the sixth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in Seattle, Washington, United States and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The winning team, the United States, and runners-up, Canada, qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The U.S. were later awarded hosting rights to the 2003 tournament, replacing China due to the SARS outbreak. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two play-off matches for qualification.

## UNCAF Qualifying

Nicaragua and Belize withdrew. The first-placed Costa Rica and the second-placed Panama qualified for the Women's Gold Cup.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Panama | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Honduras | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## CFU Qualifying
### First round
#### Group 2

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Haiti | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Bahamas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 |

### Group 3

Guyana and Montserrat withdrew, causing Suriname and U.S. Virgin Islands to win by walkover.

### Final round
#### Third Place Playoff
## Final tournament
### First round
#### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| United States | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mexico | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Panama | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Canada | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Haiti | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| November 6 | November 6 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Canada | 2 | November 9 | November 9 |
| Mexico | 0 | November 9 | November 9 |
| Mexico | 0 | Canada | 1 |
| November 6 | November 6 | | Canada | 1 |
| November 6 | November 6 | United States | 2 |
| United States | 7 | United States | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | November 9 | November 9 |
| | | Mexico | 4 |
| | | Costa Rica | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

#### Third place playoff

Winner advanced to CONCACAF–AFC play-off.

#### Final

* 2002 Women's Gold Cup winners
* United States Fifth title

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player (as Selected by Media): Tiffeny Milbrett (USA)
* Golden Boot: Christine Sinclair; Tiffeny Milbrett; Charmaine Hooper (7 Goals)
* Top Goalkeeper (as Selected by Women's Gold Cup Technical Study Group): Jennifer Molina
* Fair Play Trophy: Costa Rica

### Best XI
#### Goalkeeper

* Jennifer Molina (MEX)

#### Defenders

* Candace Chapman (CAN)
* Joy Fawcett (USA)
* Brandi Chastain (USA)
* Monica Gonzalez (MEX)

#### Midfielders

* Shirley Cruz (CRC)
* Aly Wagner (USA)
* Christine Sinclair (CAN)

#### Forwards

* Shannon MacMillan (USA)
* Tiffeny Milbrett (USA)
* Charmaine Hooper (USA)

#### Substitutes

* GK: Lisa Jo Ramkissoon (TRI)
* DF: Gabriela Trujillo (CRC)
* MD: Tasha St. Louis (TRI)
* AT: Marie-Denise Gilles (HAI)
* AT: Maribel Domínguez (MEX)
* AT: Kara Lang (CAN)
* A:T Cindy Parlow (USA)