CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying [R]

[Ronaldinho11]

of course faces are going to be missing its olympic qualifiyng

[efernandez9]

El seleccionado preolímpíco reactivará hoy sus entrenamientos en la recta final de su preparación para su debut de este sábado contra Nicaragua, en Managua.

El equipo Sub 23 entrenará en horas de la mañana, en el estadio Nacional. Blas Pérez y Gabriel Gómez llegaron ayer de Colombia y hoy entrenarán con el resto del equipo.

Joel Solanilla, que milita en el equipo Patriotas del fútbol colombiano, estará arribando hoy. Mañana miércoles llegan José Justavino, en horas de la madrugada, procedente de Argentina, y en la tarde lo hace Felipe Baloy de Brasil.

Mañana se concentrará todo el equipo y el viernes partirán para Nicaragua.

Nicaragua y Panamá se enfrentan en una eliminatoria cuyo ganador avanzará a una segunda fase. El partido de ida se juega en Managua, Nicaragua este sábado 6 y el miércoles 10 de setiembre será el partido de vuelta en el Rommel Fernández.

[Ronaldinho11]

Nicaragua hasnt been playing any friendlies right?

[JG]

Costa Rica squad for the games against Belize:

Guardametas: Patrick Pemberton (Alajuelense), Adrián de Lemos y Daniel Rodríguez (Herediano).

Laterales: Greivin Portuguez y Carlos Johnson (Cartaginés); y Júnior Díaz (Herediano).

Defensas centrales: Pablo Salazar y José Villalobos Chan (Cartaginés); Michael Rodríguez y Cristian Montero (Alajuelense); y Michael Umaña (Herediano).

Volantes: Warren Granados y Carlos Hernández (Alajuelense); Daniel Vallejos (Herediano); José Luis López (Saprissa); Leonardo Araya (Santos); y Pablo Brenes (Pérez Zeledón).

Delanteros: Álvaro Saborío y Rándall Azofeifa (Saprissa); Érick Scott (Alajuelense); Bernie Scott (Comunicaciones, de Guatemala); y Diego Aguilar (Cartaginés).

No Winston Parks, as Lokomotiv Moscow wants him for their CL match against Dinamo Kiev on the 17th.

Trinidad & Tobago squad for the games against Bahamas:

GK: Daurance Williams (Jabloteh), Jan Michael Williams (Vibe CT 105 W Connection);
DF: Nigel Daniel (Jabloteh), Lyndon Diaz (South West Institute of Football), Julius James (Joe Public), Ronald Primus (Jabloteh), Densil Theobald (Joe Public);
MD: Hollis Brown (Joe Public), Devon Caseman (Joe Public), Michael Celestine (Jabloteh), Josh Johnson (Jabloteh), Devin Jordan (Joe Public), Corey Rivers (Defence Force), Silvio Spann (Vibe CT 105 W Connection), Glenton Wolfe (North East Stars);
AT: Kendall Davis (W Connection), Devon Mitchell (Jabloteh), Andre Toussaint (Joe Public).

Jamaica will likely be without top players Keith Kelly and Omar Daley for their first-leg match in Cuba.

[Ronaldinho11]

I think that Jamaica is making a mistake by not bringing them Cuba has proved that they can score and win and I think they already beat Jamaica earlier in the year Jamaica needs all the help they can get and leaving their top players isn't going to help at all.

[sidspaceman]

The road to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece begins this Friday (5 September 2003) for CONCACAF as the opening round of the two-game elimination series for the men’s Qualifying begins with the Bahamas hosting Trinidad &Tobago at the BFA National Stadium in Nassau at 19:30.
The first round features 20 teams competing in a home-and-home series while El Salvador, Honduras, St. Lucia and the USA receive byes into the second round.

The second round series are set for mid-November 2003 with the seven winners joining the host Mexico in the final round of CONCACAF qualification from 2-12 February 2004.

Thirteen squads are in women’s preliminary round, which begins in October and must be completed by 14 December 2003. The five remaining teams will join Canada, USA and the host Mexico in the final round from 2-12 February.

The CONCACAF final round will qualify two teams from each competition (men and women) to 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

2004 CONCACAF Men’s Under-23 Qualifying – First Round
Series 1
07.09.2003: Fredericksted, US VIRGIN ISLANDS; Paul E. Joseph Stadium (16:00)
US VIRGIN ISLANDS – CANADA
R: Marcio CARRANZA (HON)

10.09.2003: St. John, New Brunswick CANADA; Saint John Stadium (17:00)
CANADA – US VIRGIN ISLANDS
R: Stuart CROCKWELL (BER)

Series 2
PUERTO RICO WITHDRAWS, EL SALVADOR EARNS BYE

Series 3
07.09.2003: Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; Parque Del Este (16:00)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – HAITI
R: Neal BRIZAN (TRI)

12.10.2003: Port-au-Prince, HAITI; Stade Sylio Cator (18:00)
HAITI – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
R: Roberto DELGADO (CUB)

Series 4
06.09.2003: Managua, NICARAGUA; Estadio Denis Martinez (19:00)
NICARAGUA – PANAMA
R: Michael KENNEDY (USA)

10.09.2003: Ciudad de Panamá, PANAMA; Estadio Rommel Fernandez (20:30)
PANAMA – NICARAGUA
R: Mark FORDE (BRB)

Series 5
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA SUSPENDED BY FIFA, ST. LUCIA EARNS BYE

Series 6
07.09.2003: Grand Bay, DOMINICA; Geneva Playing Field (15:00)
DOMINICA – ST. KITTS & NEVIS
R: Alexander WILLIAMS (LUC)

11.10.2003: Basseterre, ST. KITTS & NEVIS; Warner Park (19:00)
ST. KITTS & NEVIS – DOMINICA
R: George PHILLIPS (GRN)

Series 7
05.09.2003: Nassau, BAHAMAS; BFA National Stadium (19:30)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – BAHAMAS
R: Alfredo WHITTAKER (CAY)

07.09.2003: Nassau, BAHAMAS; BFA National Stadium (19:30)
BAHAMAS – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
R: Jean-Francois CORRIVAULT (CAN)

Series 8
06.09.2003: St. George’s, GRENADA; Grenada National Stadium (19:00)
GRENADA – CAYMAN ISLANDS
R: John CALLENDAR (GUY)

12.10.2003: Grand Cay, CAYMAN ISLANDS; Truman Bodden Sports Complex (19:00)
CAYMAN ISLANDS – GRENADA
R: Ibrahim BROHIM (DMA)

Series 9
07.09.2003: La Habana, CUBA; Estadio Pedro Marrero (16:00)
CUBA – JAMAICA
R: Roberto MORENO (PAN)

12.10.2003: Kingston, JAMAICA; Tony Spaulding Sports Complex (17:00)
JAMAICA – CUBA
R: Noel BYNOE (TRI)

Series 10
07.09.2003: Paramaribo, SURINAME; Andre Kamperveen Stadium (19:00)
SURINAME – GUATEMALA
R: Urvin FANEIJTE (ANT)

12.10.2003: San Marcos, GUATEMALA; Marquesa de la Ensenada (11:00)
GUATEMALA – SURINAME
R: Jorge GASSO (MEX)

Series 11
13.09.2003: Heredia, COSTA RICA; Estadio Rosabal Cordero (12:00)
COSTA RICA – BELIZE
R: Nery ALFARO (SLV)

15.09.2003: Cartago, COSTA RICA; Estadio Fello Meza (12:00)
BELIZE – COSTA RICA
R: Rosnick GRANT (HAI)

Series 12
07.09.2003: Blairmont, GUYANA; Blairmont Ground (15:30)
GUYANA – BARBADOS
R: Timothy HAZELWOOD (VIN)

12.10.2003: Waterford, BARBADOS; National Stadium (20:00)
BARBADOS – GUYANA
R: Victor STEWART (JAM)

[Ronaldinho11]

Honduras earned the bye for their good performance in the last olympic games.

[JG]

Surinam squad for match vs. Guatemala:

GK: Andre Zebeda (Walking Bout Company), Gregory Fing Fing (House of Billiards).

DEF: Keith MacNack (Voorwaarts), Giovanni Berenstein (Voorwaarts), Leandro Pinas (Nacional) Germain van Dijk (Nacional), Roche Emanuelson (Robinhood), Ferdinand *********-a-Joe (Robinhood).

MID: Rivelino Cotin (WBC), Ives Vlijter (HOB), Edward Imankarijo (Kamal Dewaker).

FWD: Claudio Pinas (Inter Moengotapoe), Harold Betterson (Inter Moengotapoe), Etienne Linger (Kamal Dewaker), Carlos Loswijk (Nacional), Gordon Kinsaini (Robinhood), Mario Maasie (Leo Victor), Carvin Grant (Arsenal/Coronie).

I think Kinsaini is supposed to be their star player. Surinam has a weird mix of names.

Jamaica squad vs. Cuba:

Allien Whittaker, Richard McCallum, Sheldon Battiste, Alex Thomas, Wayne Ellis, Desmond Breakenridge, Garfield Reid, Tyrone Sawyers, Damion Williams, Weston Forrest, Roland Dean, Christopher Harvey, Demar Phillips, Lenworth Hyde, Cleveland Taylor, Adam Wallace, Simeon Howell and Khari Stephenson.

[Canadian_Supporter]

1st leg

T&T 3 Bahamas 0

The second leg will also be played in the Bahamas.

[JG]

Nicaragua 2-2 Panama

Panama came back twice, should win at home.

Guatemala roster vs. Surinam:

GK: Paulo Motta, Jorge M. Quiñónez
DEF: Henry Medina, Edgar Herrera, Néstor Martínez, Luis Reyes, Edwin González.
MID: Fredy Thompson, Selvin Motta, Luis Bonilla, José Zacarías, Julián Chacón, Julio Monterroso.
FWD: Mario Rodríguez, Jhony Leonardo, Julio Enríquez, Hernán Sandoval.

Guyana roster vs. Barbados:

Andrew Duran (goalkeeper), Orlando Gilgeous, Kelvin McKenzie, Travis Waterton,Walter Moore, Dirk Archer, Shawn Beveney (captain), Jonathan Peters, Emerick Williams, Gregory Richardson, Devon Millington, Fidel Smith (goalkeeper), Sherwin Cadogan, Kester Alleyne, Jerome Richardson, Travis Grant, Dwight Peters, Elton Browne.

Barbados roster vs. Guyana:

GK: Jason Boxhill, Sheldon Parson.
DEF: Barry Skwede, Shane Mark, Timothy Walton, John Warde, Rohan Hall, Kevin Padmore.
MID: Rondell Vaughn, Jeffrey Williams, Jason Goodridge, Shane Welch, Ramon Bignal .
FWD: Dwayne Barker, Fabian Forde, Roger Kirton, Dwayne Griffith, Neil Harvey.

[Gordon]

USVI 0 - Canada 10.

No Info onthe USVI roster. Sorry.


September 7, 2003 – CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
Paul E. Joseph Stadium – US Virgin Islands
Canada 10 (5)
USVI 0 (0)
Goals: Canada – Harmes (2, 38), Masciantonia (11, 71), Nsaliwa (19, 76), Friend (32), Godfrey (52, 86), OG (90+)
Canada: Andrew Olivieri; Adam Braz; Gordon Chin; Rob Friend (Elliot Godfrey, 46); Kevin Harmes (Chris Williams, 46); Atiba Hutchinson; David Masciantonia; Semir Mesanovic; Tam Nsaliwa; Chris Pozniak; Justin Thompson (Andres Arango, 46); Head Coach - Bruce Twamley


Secong Leg in Canada.

[JG]

Originally posted by Gordon
USVI 0 - Canada 10.


This is what the first round of CONCACAF WCQ is going to look like...

Other scores:

Cuba 1-1 Jamaica
Surinam 0-2 Guatemala

[JG]

Guyana 4-1 Barbados

http://www.stabroeknews.com/sports.htm#Guyana brush aside B/dos 4-1

[Canadian_Supporter]

2nd leg
T&T 3 Bahamas 1
(T&T advances 6-1 on aggregate)

1st leg
Dominican Republic 0 Haiti 1
Dominica 0 St Kitts 1
Grenada 5 Cayman Islands 0

Rosters of some of the games played this weekend can be found here... http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=2116

Costa Rica and Belize do not play their first leg until September 13th. The second leg is on September 15th.

[sidspaceman]

Originally posted by Gordon
USVI 0 - Canada 10.

No Info onthe USVI roster. Sorry.


September 7, 2003 – CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
Paul E. Joseph Stadium – US Virgin Islands
Canada 10 (5)
USVI 0 (0)
Goals: Canada – Harmes (2, 38), Masciantonia (11, 71), Nsaliwa (19, 76), Friend (32), Godfrey (52, 86), OG (90+)
Canada: Andrew Olivieri; Adam Braz; Gordon Chin; Rob Friend (Elliot Godfrey, 46); Kevin Harmes (Chris Williams, 46); Atiba Hutchinson; David Masciantonia; Semir Mesanovic; Tam Nsaliwa; Chris Pozniak; Justin Thompson (Andres Arango, 46); Head Coach - Bruce Twamley


Secong Leg in Canada.

Do you think that Canda will bring their full team to the match in Canada now?

[JG]

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Do you think that Canda will bring their full team to the match in Canada now?

With just three days between matches it will be hard to make many changes to the squad...will the USVI even bother to show up?

[sidspaceman]

Good question JG. I know Purto Rico pulled out before it started.

[TopDogg]

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Do you think that Canda will bring their full team to the match in Canada now?
That wasn't even the "full" team in the first match.

[Captain Canuck]

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Do you think that Canda will bring their full team to the match in Canada now?

Many of Canada's best U23 players weren't even called to begin with, as many had club duties in Europe or the A-league. Its possible that a couple of players who did play may be released to go back to their European clubs, but I suspect the Canadian coach will use the 2nd match as a substitute "friendly" to prepare for the El Salvador series in November.

There is a 16 year old with the Canadian team, (Jamie Peters, whom some Canadian fans are not-quite seriously referring to as "Canada's Adu")perhaps we might see him just for the sake of getting some experience.

[sidspaceman]

They might as well use the Peters kid. I think it is safe to say that this ones in the bag.