The eighth and last berth in the finals of the CONCACAF Under-17 Junior Tournament is up for grabs this week when Group B of Central Zone qualifying is played at Estadio La Pedregaleña in Colón, Panama. The round-robin tournament will feature sides from the host nation, Costa Rica and Belize with matches scheduled for 15, 17 and 19 January. http://concacaf.com/news/article.page/1161
Both teams crushed Belize ... Costa Rica 8-0 and Panama 4-0. Then on Sunday, despite complaints about the officiating, the Ticos escaped with a 2-2 draw. In the final round of qualifying, they will face Mexico, Cuba, and host nation Canada.
nats before the world cup colombia sub17 vs. USa in lauderdale, fla for feb26 then a small international tournament in barranquilla colombia vs. peru, mexico and Paraguay
U-17 CONCACAF QUALIFICATION Does anyone know if the U-17 CONCACAF qualification, starting Mar. 5th, will be on TV.
First FIFA U-17 World Championship place on offer this week in Guatemala The first of the CONCACAF qualifiers to the FIFA Under-17 World Championship will be decided this week in Guatemala when the Group A final tournament in the CONCACAF Under-17 Junior Tournament is played at Estadio Mateo Flores. The USA – which have appeared in all nine previous editions of the FIFA championship, Jamaica, El Salvador and the host country will take part in the round-robin event beginning Wednesday. The winner of the group, along with the winner of Group B, to be played from 26-30 March in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; earn the two CONCACAF automatic berths to the FIFA Under-17 World Championship Finland 2003. The second-placed teams will meet in a home and home series after the conclusion of Group B to determine the third and final Confederation berth. http://concacaf.com/news/article.page/1241
Re: U-17 CONCACAF QUALIFICATION The best we get is Matchtracker at http://www.ussoccer.com tomorrow at 7PM Eastern 4PM Pacific.
USA defeat Jamaica 3:0 in Group A opener Pre-tournament favorites USA scored two goals in the first half and cruised to a 3:0 defeat of Jamaica in the opening match of Group A of the CONCACAF Under-17 Final Junior Tournament Wednesday at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala. http://concacaf.com/news/article.page/1243
USA earn World Championship berth, Jamaica head to playoff The USA maintained their record of having qualified for every FIFA Under-17 World Championship, defeating host Guatemala 3:0 on Sunday to claim the Group A title in the CONCACAF Under-17 Final Junior Tournament. The USA ended the round-robin event at Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City with seven points from their three matches, ahead of Jamaica, who Sunday came from behind to draw 1:1 with El Salvador. The result left the young Reggae Boyz on four points and sent them into a playoff with the second-placed team from Group B for the third and final Confederation berth. The winner of Group B, to be played 26-30 March in Canada, will earn the second automatic entry. http://concacaf.com/news/article.page/1249