2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.

Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2-0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States then met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.

During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from Cuba to the United States.

Qualification play-off
A qualification playoff to determine the final Gold Cup entrant was held in July and August 2001.

Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Squads
The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
 * Most Valuable Player: 🇺🇸 Brian McBride
 * Top Goalkeeper: 🇨🇦 Lars Hirschfeld
 * Fair Play Trophy: 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Best XI
Source:

Goalscorers
4 goals
 * 🇺🇸 Brian McBride

3 goals
 * 🇨🇦 Kevin McKenna

2 goals


 * Rolando Fonseca
 * Rónald Gómez
 * Paulo Wanchope
 * 🇪🇨 Álex Aguinaga

1 goal


 * 🇨🇦 Dwayne De Rosario
 * Walter Centeno
 * Hernán Medford
 * 🇸🇻 Santos Cabrera
 * Juan Carlos Plata
 * Charles Alerte
 * Golman Pierre
 * 🇲🇶 Patrick Percin
 * 🇲🇽 Adolfo Bautista
 * 🇲🇽 Marco Garcés
 * 🇲🇽 Jair García
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Ochoa
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Jin-cheul
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Do-hoon
 * 🇰🇷 Song Chong-gug
 * Stern John
 * 🇺🇸 Jeff Agoos
 * 🇺🇸 DaMarcus Beasley
 * 🇺🇸 Landon Donovan
 * 🇺🇸 Ante Razov
 * 🇺🇸 Josh Wolff

Own goals


 * 🇨🇦 Mark Rogers (for Martinique)
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Do-hoon (for Canada)
 * 🇪🇨 Édison Méndez (for Haiti)