Group competition concludes at CONCACAF Gold Cup

Canada’s men’s national team has traveled to Philadelphia where it will take part in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final stage in less than a week. The team arrived Saturday, but did not train on Sunday after a busy schedule that saw the team play in three different venues in eight days.
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​On Sunday night, the last four teams completed the group phase of the 2009 competition. In Group C action, Mexico won 2:0 over Guadeloupe while Panama won 4:0 over Grenada. Mexico claimed first place in the group while Panama claimed the eighth and final quarter-final position for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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​On 18 July in Philadelphia, Canada will face Honduras while USA will face Panama on day one of the quarter-final stage. Then on 19 July in Dallas, Guadeloupe will face Costa Rica while Mexico will face Haiti.
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​On 23 July in Chicago, the Canada-Honduras winner will meet the USA-Panama winner in the first semi-final match. The Guadeloupe-Costa Rica winner then faces the Mexico-Haiti winner in the second semi-final match. On 26 July in New York, the semi-final winners will meet in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.
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​Canada finished first in Group A with seven points (two wins and one draw). Canada won 1:0 over Jamaica on 3 July in Los Angeles, won 1:0 over El Salvador on 7 July in Columbus, and drew 2:2 with Costa Rica on 10 July in Miami.