Sunday, June 21st 2009, 4:00 AM It may not be the World Cup, but the Caribbean Cup 2009 soccer series is international, and it's extremely exciting. Every Sunday afternoon through Sept. 6, New York-area soccer fans will flock to the Thomas Jefferson High School field, at 125-08 Flatlands Ave. (near Shepherd Ave.) in Brooklyn, for matchups between teams named for Caribbean nations. Tournament matches are preceded by a special-feature soccer game beginning at 1p.m. This is the 18th year for the Caribbean Cup series, and it just keeps growing and growing, said Curtis Chance, a tournament organizer. In today's competition, St. Vincent and the Grenadines takes on Dominica; Grenada meets Guyana, and St. Kitts-Nevis will battle Haiti. Game times each week are 2:40 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., respectively. Next Sunday, it will be St. Lucia vs. Haiti; Trinidad and Tobago vs. Columbia, and Jamaica vs. Barbados. The lineup for July 5 - the Fourth of July weekend - will be Grenada vs. Dominica; St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Guyana, and St. Kitts-Nevis vs. Antigua and Barbuda. For tickets and information, call (646) 879-5732, (347) 886-8224 or (917) 868-0498.
Tickets are $8.00 through August 9th...Championship games run through September 6th, call 646-879-5732. Check out the Schedule below: June 14 2:40TRINIDAD/TOBAGO vs ANTIGUA/BARBUDA 4:30 ST. LUCIA vs COLUMBIA 6:15 JAMAICA vs GUYANA June 21 2:40 ST. VINCENT/GRENADINES vs DOMINICA 4:30 GRENADA vs GUYANA 6:15 ST. KITTS/NEVIS vs HAITI June 28 2:40 ST. LUCIA vs HAITI 4:30 TRINIDAD/TOBAGO vs COLUMBIA 6:15 JAMAICA vs BARBADOS July 5 2:40 GRENADA vs DOMINICA 4:30 ST. VINCENT/GRENADINES vs GUYANA 6:15 ST. KITTS/NEVIS vs ANTIGUA/BARBUDA July 12 2:40 ANTIGUA/BARBUDA vs BARBADOS 4:30 JAMAICA vs ST. LUCIA 6:15 DOMINICA vs GRENADA July 19 4;30 ST. KITTS/NEVIS vs TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 6:15 HAITI vs COLOMBIA July 26 2:40 BARBADOS vs GUYANA 4:30 COLUMBIA vs ANTIGUA/BARBUDA 6:15 GRENADA vs ST. VINCENT/GRENADINES Aug 2 4:30 TRINIDAD/TOBAGO vs HAITI 6:15 JAMAICA vs ST. VINCENT/GRENADINES Aug 9 4:30 GUYANA vs DOMINICA 6:15 ST. KITTS/NEVIS vs ST. LUCIA Aug 16 4:30 EAST ZONE 2ND PLACE vs WEST ZONE 3RD PLACE 6:15 EAST ZONE 1ST PLACE vs WEST ZONE 4TH PLACE Aug 23 4:15 WEST ZONE 2ND PLACE vs EAST ZONE 3RD PLACE 6:00 WEST ZONE 1ST PLACE vs EAST ZONE 4TH PLACE Aug 30 4:15 GAME (1) WINNER vs GAME (4) WINNER 6:00 GAME (3) WINNER vs GAME (2) WINNER Sep 6 3:30 3RD PLACE GAME 5:30 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Yep not alot of real carribean nations represented, just Jamaica, Haiti and Trini, No Cuba, PR and DR? And what the ******** is Colombia doing there?
In certain circles, Colombia similar to Venezuela is considered a secondary Carribean nation. It's a slight strech but its valid.
its a stretch of about 400 miles for Colombia, and about 100 for Venezuela.. those circles should get their heads checked, or at least take a look at an atlas before expanding the known Caribbean to, really, just any large group of minorities living in NYC with known soccer skills. anyway, PR should be represented