The annual CFU tournament will have 19 Caribbean sides along with invited guest team of El Salvador, who will enter the 2007 competition in the quarterfinal round.
The first round of the 2007 CFU Youth Cup will have five groups playing in five venues: Bacolet, Macoya, Malabar, Marabella and Port of Spain from 18-23 August.
The group winners along with the two best second-place finishers will join El Salvador in the quarterfinals on 26 August. The semifinals are scheduled for 28 August, with the third-place match and final set for two days later in Port of Spain.
Canada won the first CFU Youth Cup after defeating Guatemala by a score of 4:0 in the final held at Port of Spain's Hasely Crawford Stadium on 13 August 2005. Jamaica took the third-place honours earlier in the day with a 3:0 win over Trinidad & Tobago. COMPLETE STORY
Last year, Mexico captured the CFU Youth Cup, when it was an U-16 event, after topping Haiti 3:0 in the final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on 27 August 2006. The 2006 tournament, which also doubled as the Caribbean Preliminary Qualification to the CONCACAF U-17 Final Round, had Trinidad & Tobago taking third at the CFU Youth Cup following a 2:0 triumph over Jamaica on 27 August. COMPLETE STORY
2007 CFU YOUTH (U-15) CUP - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Group A: Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands
Group B: Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Grenada
Group C: Barbados, Bermuda, Netherlands Antilles
Group D: British Virgin Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Surinam
Group E: Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Sint-Maarten
18.08
Port of Spain; Hasely Crawford Stadium
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - ARUBA (17:00)
19.08
Malabar; Larry Gomes Stadium
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA - GRENADA (10:00)
HAITI - CAYMAN ISLANDS (12:00)
Marabella; Manny Ramjohn Stadium
ST. KITTS & NEVIS - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (10:00)
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES - SURINAM (12:00)
Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
DOMINICA - SINT-MAARTEN (15:00)
JAMAICA - GUYANA (17:00)
Bacolet; Dwight Yorke Stadium
BARBADOS - NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (15:00)
Port of Spain; Hasely Crawford Stadium
US VIRGIN ISLANDS - BAHAMAS (15:00)
21.08
Malabar; Larry Gomes Stadium
CAYMAN ISLANDS - ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (10:00)
HAITI - GRENADA (12:00)
Marabella; Manny Ramjohn Stadium
SURINAM - ST. KITTS & NEVIS (10:00)
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (12:00)
Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
GUYANA - SINT-MAARTEN (15:00)
JAMAICA - DOMINICA (17:00)
Bacolet; Dwight Yorke Stadium
BERMUDA - NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (15:00)
Port of Spain; Hasely Crawford Stadium
ARUBA - US VIRGIN ISLANDS (15:00)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - BAHAMAS (17:00)
23.08
Malabar; Larry Gomes Stadium
GRENADA - CAYMAN ISLANDS (10:00)
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA - HAITI (12:00)
Marabella; Manny Ramjohn Stadium
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - SURINAM (10:00)
ST. KITTS & NEVIS - ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (12:00)
Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
DOMINICA - GUYANA (15:00)
SINT-MAARTEN - JAMAICA (17:00)
Bacolet; Dwight Yorke Stadium
BARBADOS - BERMUDA (15:00)
Port of Spain; Hasely Crawford Stadium
BAHAMAS - ARUBA (15:00)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - US VIRGIN ISLANDS (17:00)
