Action from Caribbean under-20 qualifier between host Trinidad & Tobago (red jersey) and Guadeloupe on June 15, 2016, in Couva. (Photo: Caribbean Action Images)
COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago – Caribbean qualifying for the 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship opened Wednesday with three of the four first-round groups seeing action.
Puerto Rico was the biggest winner of the day, registering a 9-0 triumph over St. Maarten, while two teams -- Jamaica and the Dominican Republic – rallied for victories.
CONCACAF.com takes a look at the action:
Group 1 … Javorn Stevens (15’, 24’) scored two goals before 25 minutes elapsed and Antigua & Barbuda held on for a 2-1 win over Cuba … Three players – Javier de la Rosa, Jeimax Osorio and Carmelo Carrillo – scored two goals apiece in Puerto Rico’s 9-0 win over host St. Maarten.
Group 2 … St. Lucia needed second-goals from Antoine Wilfried (57’) and Nyrone Winter (70’) to upend stubborn Turks & Caicos Islands, 2-0 … Defending champion and host Trinidad & Tobago got the game’s only goal through Jarred Dass (49’) to defeat Guadeloupe.
Group 4 … Both games ended with a 2-1 scoreline … Zion Lander (24’) gave Dominica a 1-0 lead against Jamaica, but the Reggae Boyz got a pair of second-half goals from Shaman Nicholson (46’, 61’) for the win … The host Dominican Republic fell behind on a goal by St. Kitts & Nevis’ Tahir Hanley three minutes prior to halftime, but recovered to win thanks after the break by Manny Rodriguez (52’) and Arismendy Jimenez (74’).
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2016 CARIBBEAN FOOTBALL UNION UNDER-20 QUALIFYING
June 15 – October 30, 2016
FIRST ROUND
GROUP 1 (Raoul Illidge Sports Complex – Philipsburg, St. Maarten)
June 15, 2016
Antigua & Barbuda 2, Cuba 1
Javorn Stevens 15’, 24’ / Lazaro Yasmani Tuero Zannetto 41’
St. Maarten 0, Puerto Rico 9
Javier de la Rosa 3’, 47’; Jose Rodriguez 22’; Andre Rivera 45’+2; Jeimax Osorio 60’, 70’; Juan O’Neill 68’; Carmelo Carrillo 76’ pen, 84’
Puerto Rico 1-1-0-0-9-0-3
Antigua & Barbuda 1-1-0-0-2-1-3
Cuba 1-0-0-1-1-2-0
St. Maarten 1-0-0-1-0-9-0
June 17, 2016: Cuba v Puerto Rico; St. Maarten v Antigua & Barbuda
June 19, 2016: Puerto Rico v Antigua & Barbuda; St. Maarten v Cuba
GROUP 2 (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)
June 15, 2016
Turks & Caicos Islands 0, St. Lucia 2
Antoine Wilfried 57’; Nyrone Winter 70’
Trinidad & Tobago 1, Guadeloupe 0
Jarred Dass 49’
St. Lucia 1-1-0-0-2-0-3
Trinidad & Tobago 1-1-0-0-1-0-3
Guadeloupe 1-0-0-1-0-1-0
Turks & Caicos Islands 1-0-0-1-0-2-0
June 17, 2016: St. Lucia v Guadeloupe; Trinidad & Tobago v Turks & Caicos Islands
June 19, 2016: Guadeloupe v Turks & Caicos Islands; Trinidad & Tobago v St. Lucia
GROUP 3 (Host: Stade Sylvio Cator – Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
June 29, 2016: Bermuda v Cayman Islands; Haiti v Anguilla
July 1, 2016: Cayman Islands v Anguilla; Haiti v Bermuda
July 3, 2016: Anguilla v Bermuda; Haiti v Cayman Islands
GROUP 4 (Estadio Panamericano – San Cristobal. Dominican Republic)
June 15, 2016
Jamaica 2, Dominica 1
Shaman Nicholson 46’, 61’ / Zion Lander 24’
Dominican Republic 2, St. Kitts & Nevis 1
Manny Rodriguez 52’; Arismendy Jimenez 74’ / Tahir Hanley 42’
Dominican Republic 1-1-0-0-2-1-3
Jamaica 1-1-0-0-2-1-3
Dominica 1-0-0-1-1-2-0
St. Kitts & Nevis 1-0-0-1-1-2-0
June 17, 2016: Jamaica v St. Kitts & Nevis; Dominican Republic v Dominica
June 19, 2016: St. Kitts & Nevis v Dominica; Dominican Republic v Jamaica
