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Through "This Week in CONCACAF History" you can revisit the region's most memorable people, events and crowning achievements.
July 10-16
July 10, 1999: A record crowd of 90,185 saw Brandi Chastain notch the game-winning penalty kick as host USA defeated China, after a scoreless 120 minutes of play in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California … The victory gave the Stars & Stripes its first world title since the inaugural FIFA tournament in 1991.July 11, 1993: Luis Roberto Alves (also known as "Zague") scored a record seven goals, leading host Mexico to a 9-0 win over Martinique in a Group B encounter at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup played in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.
July 12, 1987: Canada became the first CONCACAF nation to host a FIFA Under-16 (now U-17) World Cup as it opened the 1987 event with a 3-0 loss to Italy at Toronto's Varsity Stadium.
July 13, 1947: Adalberto Lopez posted a hat-trick (three goals), while Rodrigo Ruiz and Angel Segura each added a goal for Mexico in a 5-0 win over the USA in the first match of the inaugural North American Football Confederation Championship at the Estadio La Tropical in Havana, Cuba … The Tricolor then defeated the host, 3-1, four days later at the same venue to capture the 1947 title … The Leones del Caribe finished second after topping the Stars & Stripes, 5-2, in the last match of the triangular on July 20.
July 14, 2002:Haiti held host Dominican Republic to a 1-1 draw in the first-leg of Caribbean Under-20 Preliminary Qualifying at the Estadio Reformatorio in San Cristóbal … Brunel Fucien (36th) gave the Les Bicolor the lead, but Adrian Valenzuela (83rd) tied it for the Quisqueyanos … Seven days later, Haiti won the return-leg 2-1 in Port-au-Prince … Les Bicolor continued to the next round by finishing first in Group 3 in St. Kitts & Nevis and then eliminated Jamaica in the second stage to progress for the first time in history to the 2002 CONCACAF Under-20 Final Round (where they took third-place in Group B behind Canada and host USA).
July 15, 1952: USA's John Best became the first North American Referee to officiate the opening match of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament (Helsinki 1952) … John Best was the man in the middle as Yugoslavia defeated India 10:1 during the preliminary round encounter held at Töölön Pallokenttä Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
July 16, 2000: Host Barbados earned its first win over a non-Caribbean team in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying (for Japan/Korea 2002) after defeating Costa Rica, 2-1, in its opening match of the Semifinal Round Group C at Bridgetown's National Stadium … After Alexander Madrigal (48th) gave the Ticos the lead, the Bajans got consecutive goals by Llewellyn Riley (49th) and Michael Forde (84th) for the victory … Barbados, however, was eliminated following five-consecutive losses to conclude group play.
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