# 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (19th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in the United States between 1 May and 16 May 2019. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as CONCACAF representatives.
Mexico were the defending champions, and won a fourth consecutive title.

## Qualified teams

The format for qualification had changed since the 2017 edition. The qualifying competition no longer featured Caribbean and Central American zones.
The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Ranking as of May 2017. A total of 35 teams entered the tournament. The sixteen highest-ranked entrants were exempt from qualifying and advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked nineteen entrants had to participate in qualifying, where the four group winners advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage of the final tournament.
| Round | Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA U-17 World Cup appearances |
| Group stage | Mexico (title holders) | 1st ranked entrant | 17th | Champions (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015, 2017) | 13 |
| Group stage | United States (host) | 2nd ranked entrant | 18th | Champions (1983, 1992, 2011) | 16 |
| Group stage | Honduras | 3rd ranked entrant | 18th | Runners-up (2015) | 5 |
| Group stage | Costa Rica | 4th ranked entrant | 17th | Champions (1994) | 10 |
| Group stage | Panama | 5th ranked entrant | 9th | Runners-up (2013) | 2 |
| Group stage | Canada | 6th ranked entrant | 17th | Runners-up (2011) | 6 |
| Group stage | Jamaica | 7th ranked entrant | 14th | Final group winner (1999) | 2 |
| Group stage | Haiti | 8th ranked entrant | 8th | Final group winner (2007) | 1 |
| Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 9th ranked entrant | 14th | Runners-up (1983) | 2 |
| Group stage | Guatemala | 10th ranked entrant | 11th | Quarter-finals (2013) | 0 |
| Group stage | El Salvador | 11th ranked entrant | 15th | Fourth place (1999) | 0 |
| Group stage | Suriname | 12th ranked entrant | 2nd | First round (2017) | 0 |
| Group stage | Curaçao | 13th ranked entrant | 7th | First round (1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2017) | 0 |
| Group stage | Barbados | 14th ranked entrant | 3rd | First round (2011, 2013) | 0 |
| Group stage | Bermuda | 15th ranked entrant | 2nd | First round (1996) | 0 |
| Group stage | Guyana | 16th ranked entrant | 1st | Debut | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Nicaragua | Qualifying Group A winner | 2nd | First round (1994) | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Dominican Republic | Qualifying Group B winner | 3rd | First round (1994, 1996) | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Guadeloupe | Qualifying Group C winner | 1st | Debut | 0 |
| Round of 16 | Puerto Rico | Qualifying Group D winner | 3rd | First round (1983, 1991) | 0 |

### Notes

* ↑ Also final group winner in 1999 and 2005.
* ↑ Also final group winner in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
* ↑ Also final group winner in 2001 and 2003.
* ↑ Includes five appearances as the Netherlands Antilles before 2010.

## Venues

Matches were played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida:
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| Bradenton, Florida | class=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. |
| IMG Academy | class=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. |
| 27°26′27″N 82°36′29″W﻿ / ﻿27.4409°N 82.6081°W﻿ / 27.4409; -82.6081﻿ (IMG Academy) | class=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. |
| Capacity: 5,000 | class=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. |

## Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 19 February 2019, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida, United States. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking, the top four ranked teams were seeded into position one of each group, while the remaining twelve teams were distributed in the other pots, as follows:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Mexico (E1)  United States (F1)  Honduras (G1)  Costa Rica (H1) | Panama  Canada  Jamaica  Haiti | Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala  El Salvador  Suriname | Curaçao  Barbados  Bermuda  Guyana |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete.

## Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the qualifying round.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
* Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams;
* Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal on points);
* Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finished equal in points);
* Greater goal difference in all group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Barbados | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Haiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Curaçao | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Suriname | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 2 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | Mexico | 5 | | | | |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | | Mexico | 5 | | | | |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | El Salvador | 1 | | | | |
| El Salvador | 2 | El Salvador | 1 | | | | |
| El Salvador | 2 | | | | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | | |
| Jamaica | 1 | | | | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | |
| Jamaica | 1 | | | | Mexico | 1 | |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | Mexico | 1 | |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | Haiti | 0 | |
| Haiti | 2 | | | | Haiti | 0 | |
| Haiti | 2 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | Haiti | 1 (4) | | | | |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | | Haiti | 1 (4) | | | | |
| 8 May – Bradenton, FL | 8 May – Bradenton, FL | Honduras | 1 (3) | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Honduras | 1 (3) | | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | | | | | | | 16 May – Bradenton, FL | 16 May – Bradenton, FL |
| Honduras | 4 | | | | | | | 16 May – Bradenton, FL | 16 May – Bradenton, FL |
| Honduras | 4 | | | | | | | Mexico | 2 |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | | | | Mexico | 2 |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | | | United States | 1 |
| United States | 8 | | | | | | | United States | 1 |
| United States | 8 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | | |
| Guadeloupe | 0 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | | |
| Guadeloupe | 0 | United States | 3 | | | | | | |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | | United States | 3 | | | | | | |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | Panama | 0 | | | | | | |
| Panama | 2 | Panama | 0 | | | | | | |
| Panama | 2 | | | | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | |
| Guatemala | 0 | | | | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | 14 May – Bradenton, FL | | | |
| Guatemala | 0 | | | | United States | 4 | | | |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | United States | 4 | | | |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | Canada | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | 2 | | | | Canada | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | 12 May – Bradenton, FL | | | | |
| Nicaragua | 1 | Costa Rica | 1 (3) | | | | |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | | Costa Rica | 1 (3) | | | | |
| 9 May – Bradenton, FL | 9 May – Bradenton, FL | Canada | 1 (4) | | | | |
| Canada | 4 | Canada | 1 (4) | | | | |
| Curaçao | 0 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The four quarter-final winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

### Final
## Awards
### Winners

* 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship winners
* Mexico 8th title
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

#### Golden Ball

* Israel Luna

#### Golden Boot

* Geancarlo Castro (7 goals)

#### Golden Glove

* Eduardo García

#### Fair Play

* United States
Best XI :
| Position | Player |
| GK | Eduardo García |
| DF | Jean Geffrard |
| DF | Kobe Hernandez-Foster |
| DF | Alejandro Gómez |
| DF | Stanley Guirand |
| MF | Danny Leyva |
| MF | Eugenio Pizzuto |
| MF | Gianluca Busio |
| FW | Geancarlo Castro |
| FW | Israel Luna |
| FW | Giovanni Reyna |

## Goalscorers

There were 152 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.
7 goals
* Geancarlo Castro
6 goals
* Giovanni Reyna
5 goals
* Jayden Nelson
* Emerson Mauricio
* Jeffry Miranda
* Israel Luna
* Santiago Muñoz
* Gianluca Busio
4 goals
* Rajay Wright
* Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez
* Griffin Yow
3 goals
* Kamron Habibullah
* Manfred Ugalde
* Michel Pierre
* Fredler Christophe
* Efraín Álvarez
* Éric Pinto
* Justin Araujo-Wilson
* Jaiye Sheppard
* Ricardo Pepi
2 goals
* Jérémie Omeonga
* Jacen Russell-Rowe
* Roshyson Anita
* Héctor Medrano
* Aarón Lowis
* Kevin Román
* Luis Vásquez
* Alejandro Gómez
* Bryan González
1 goal
* Thierry Gale
* Devonte Richards
* Arnezha Astwood
* Jayce Basden
* Nazuri Dailey
* Simon Colyn
* Jean Carlo Alvarado
* Matthew Bolaños
* Keymark Davis
* Juruel Bemadina
* Othmar Inecia
* Jorge Flores
* Mathius Gaitán
* Andy Palencia
* Diego Santis
* Etienne Corlens
* Omre Etienne
* Maudwindo Germain
* Dany Jean
* Kervens Jolicoeur
* Kurowskybob Pierre
* Thero Rhinvil
* Carl Fred Sainte
* Miguel Carrasco
* Jose Aguilera
* Cristojaye Daley
* Revaldo Mitchell
* Isaac Scott
* Bruce El Mesmari
* Kevin Mariscal
* Luis Carlos Martínez
* Francisco Vallecillo
* Edilson Carrasquilla
* Jean Carlos Castillo
* Abdiel Castro
* Eric Rowe
* Reymundo Williams
* José Luis López
* Faisijo Burnet
* Geraldo Reumel
* Andrew De Gannes
* Axel Alejandre
* Kobe Hernandez-Foster
* Adam Saldana
* Bryang Kayo
1 own goal
* Andre Applewhaite (against Canada)
* Ethan Bryan (against United States)
* Elijah Nava (against Canada)
* Alejandro Jimenez (against Haiti)
* Rodrigo Rodríguez (against Mexico)
* Hans Dezac (against United States)
* Jeann Francisco Iglesias (against Costa Rica)

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Canada | 12 May 2019 | 6 (1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2013) |
| United States | 12 May 2019 | 16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) |
| Mexico | 12 May 2019 | 13 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Haiti | 12 May 2019 | 1 (2007) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.