2007 UNCAF Nations Cup

El Salvador 8–18 February 7 1 1 1 CRC 6 PAN GUA SLV 14 39 HON 1949 Wilmer Velásquez(4 goals) 2009 2005 The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time El Salvador hosted the competition. The tournament also served as a qualifying process for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica won the tournament on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw with Panama in the final. It was Costa Rica's sixth title out of nine tournaments played. Panama reached the UNCAF final for the first time but also lost on penalty kicks in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005. Participating nations For El Salvador 2007, UNCAF considered for the first time since the tournament's founding in 1991 to invite national teams from outside of Central America to participate. The organization was in negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela to participate. UNCAF Cup regional tournament may invite Venezuela to participate http://www.sportsline.com/soccer/story/9718766 CBS Sportsline 2006-10-10 2006-10-25 https://archive.today/20130203015640/http://www.sportsline.com/soccer/story/9718766 2013-02-03 dead In the end, this did not happen, and the tournament (officially listed as the UNCAF Copa de Naciones Digicel) proceeded with only the seven UNCAF members. Participating teams include the seven UNCAF members: BLZ 1981 CRC SLV GUA HON 1949 NCA PAN Squads a complete list of all participating squads UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 squads Stadium El Salvador right 300 El Salvador 13.681089 -89.222358 San Salvador top San SalvadorEstadio CuscatlánCapacity: 53,400250px|center First round Group 1 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDSLV7321042+2GUA7321020+2NCA33102550BLZ 19810300337-4 8 February 2007 GUA 1–0 NCA Quiñónez 29 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Jose Pineda (Honduras) 8 February 2007 SLV 2–1 BLZ 1981 Rodríguez 25Quintanilla 55 Benavides 64 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) 10 February 2007 BLZ 1981 0–1 GUA    Cabrera 8 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Rolando Vidal (Panama) 10 February 2007 SLV 2–1 NCA Quintanilla 16 65 Wilson 53 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Germán Arredondo (Mexico) 12 February 2007 NCA 4–2 BLZ 1981 Palacios 12 20 68Busto 28 McCauley 25 34 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) 12 February 2007 SLV 0–0 GUA       Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Benito Archundia (Mexico) ± Group 2 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDPAN4211021+1CRC3210132+1HON 19491201124-2 9 February 2007 CRC 3–1 HON 1949 Fonseca 4 70González 46 Martínez 58 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Benito Archundia (Mexico) 11 February 2007 HON 1949 1–1 PAN Guardia 26 o.g. Rivera 80 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) 13 February 2007 PAN 1–0 CRC Blanco 87 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Fifth place 15 February 2007 NCA 1–9 HON 1949 Wilson 31 J. Martínez 3Velásquez 6 27 37 39 pen.S. Martínez 68 80 84 Mejía 78 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Honduras qualifies for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinals 16 February 2007 PAN 2–0 GUA Phillips 50Baloy 90+2 pen. Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador German Arredondo (Mexico) 16 February 2007 SLV 0–2 CRC Wallace 11Fonseca 13 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Benito Archundia (Mexico) All semifinalists qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third place 18 February 2007 GUA 1–0 SLV Albizuris 82 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) Final Final 18 February 2007 PAN 1–1 CRC Tejada 36 Bernard 85 San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán, Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Baloy Herrera Escobar 1–4 Centeno Fonseca Hernández Barrantes Awards fb 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup winner Costa Rica Sixth Scorers 4 goals HND Wilmer Velásquez 3 goals SLV Eliseo Quintanilla NCA Emilio Palacios HND 1949 Saúl Martínez CRC Rolando Fonseca 2 goals BLZ 1981 Deon McCauley NCA Samuel Wilson 1 goal CRC Leonardo González CRC Harold Wallace CRC Kurt Bernard SLV Juan Díaz Rodríguez GUA Claudio Albizuris GUA Gustavo Cabrera NCA Milton Busto HON 1949 Emil Martínez HON 1949 Carlos Will Mejía PAN Alberto Blanco PAN Luis Tejada PAN Ricardo Phillips PAN Felipe Baloy PAN Carlos Rivera 1 goal (Own Goal) PAN Ubaldo Guardia Notes Category:2007 in Central American football 2007 2007 Category:2006–07 in Salvadoran football Category:2006–07 in Costa Rican football Category:2006–07 in Honduran football Category:2006–07 in Guatemalan football Category:2006–07 in Nicaraguan football Category:2006–07 in Panamanian football Category:2006–07 in Belizean football