Goals from Ricardo Cousins, Kemmar Daley, John-Ross Doyley and James Thomas gave Jamaica (3-0-0, 9 Points) a 4:0 win over Haiti (0-2-1, 1 Point) and first-place in Group C at the Zico Football Center. Meanwhile, in the other Group C encounter on Saturday, Argentina (0-1-2, 2 Points) played Colombia (1-1-1, 4 Points) to a scoreless draw at the Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex.
In Group B action on Saturday at the Maracanã Stadium, second half goals by Enrique Alejandro Esqueda and Rodolfo Del Real led Mexico (2-0-1, 7 Points) to a 2:0 triumph against the USA (1-2-0, 3 Points) and a spot in the semifinals.
Another team with a place in the semifinals was Bolivia (2-0-1, 7 Points) after topping Venezuela (0-3-0, 0 Points) by a score of 2:0 to claim first-place honours in Group B at the Zico Football Center. Bolivia edged out Mexico for the top spot in the group on total goal scored tiebreaker (7 to 5).
Elsewhere, Ecuador (2-0-1, 7 Points) won the Group A crown on Saturday after defeating the hosts, Brazil (2-1-0, 6 Points) by a score of 4:2 at the Maracanã Stadium. In the other group encounter at the Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex, Johnny Harald Leveron scored twice for Honduras (1-2-0, 3 Points) in the 2:1 win over Costa Rica (0-2-1, 1 Point).
The men's tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games continue on Tuesday (24 July) with the semifinals at the Maracanã Stadium with Jamaica taking on Mexico and then Bolivia facing Ecuador.
The bronze and gold medal games will take place on 27 July also at Maracanã Stadium.
2007 PAN AMERICAN GAMES - Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Men's U-20 Football Tournament
Group A
21.07: Maracanã Stadium
BRAZIL - ECUADOR 2:4 (1:1)
JUNIOR 37'; ALEX 71' - Hamilton CHASI 45'; Edmundo ZURA 47'; Jefferson MONTERO 62'; Pablo OCHOA 86'
BRA: Marcelo - Rafael (88: Bruno Colaco), Fabio Silva, Fellipe (63: Choco), Giuliano, Maicon, Lulinha, Alex, Lazaro, Rafael Forster, Junior (57: Tales). Booked: Fellipe 58', Sent offs: Forster 70'
ECU: Maximo Banguera - Wilson Folleco, Deison Mendez, Roberto Castro, Jefferson, Pinto, Hamilton Chasi, Jefferson Montero (86: Jesus Alcivar), Edmundo Zura (78: Pablo Ochoa), Carlos Delgado (89: Fabricio Guevara), Israel Chango, Fidel Martinez. Booked: Chango 31', Banguera 74'
R: Pablo LUNATI (ARG)
Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex
COSTA RICA - HONDURAS 1:2 (1:2)
Diego BRENES 10' - Johnny Harald LEVERON 21' pen, 34'
CRC: Leonel Moreira - Elias Palma, Roy Smith, Jordan Smith, Esteban Luna, Miguel Brenes (46: Jose Daniel Varela), Diego Brenes, Jorge Castro, Jessy Peralta, Carlos Chacon (71: David Guzman), Josue Martinez (61: Marcos Ureña). Booked: D. Brenes 65', Sent offs: Varela 69'
HON: Francisco Javier Reyes - Gustavo Albero Carias, Kevin Alberto Castro, Julio De Jesus Ocampo (76: Angel Gabriel Castro), Orlin Orlando Peralta, Fredy Alonso Sosa (80: Roger Fabricio Rojas), Christian Samir Martinez, Jose Arael Garay, Ronald Edgardo Martinez, Johnny Harald Leveron, Luis Fernando Garrido (84: Alfredo Antonio Mejia). Booked: Mejia 87'
R: Joaquin ANTEQUERA (BOL)
Group B
21.07: Maracanã Stadium
USA - MEXICO 0:2 (0:0)
Rodolfo DEL REAL 75'; Enrique Alejandro ESQUEDA 78'
USA: Warren Gross - Shawn Barry (54: Danny Barrera), Kevin Alston, Greg Eckhardt, Omar Gonzalez, Bobby Warshaw, Michael Stephens (46: Daniel Kelly), Peri Marosevic (66: Daniel Cruz), Stephen McCarthy, Chance Myers, Jalil Anibaba. Booked: Anibaba 40', Barrera 63', Myers 86', Sent offs: Anibaba 72', Barrera 80'
MEX: Sergio Javier Arias - Christian Emmanuel Sanchez, Hugo Ayala, Raul Martinez, Enrique Alejandro Esqueda, Moises Adrian Velasco (88: Emmanuel Cerda), Jose Jonathan Piña, Eduardo Barron (76: Jose Oscar Recio), Mario Gallegos (74: Alejandro Berber), Jorge Emmanuel Torres, Rodolfo Del Real. Booked: none
R: Fernando CABRERA (URU)
Zico Football Center
VENEZUELA - BOLIVIA 0:2 (0:2)
Juan Eduardo FIERRO 7', 32'
VEN: Rafael Romo - Jonny Mirabal, Henry Pernia, Jose Velasquez, Carlos Fernandez (46: Roberto Alterio), Jose Parra (77: Jose Paez), Richard Lopez, Daniel Alejandro Blanco, Angel Rivera, Franco Signorelli, Francos Fasciana (46: Jonatan Del Valle). Booked: Parra 4', Mirabal 17', Blanco 35'
BOL: Carlos Emilio Lampe - Juan Gabriel Aguilar, Carlos Hugo Tordoya, Didi Torrico, Luis Gatty, Alcides Peña (89: Ricardo Verduguez), Juan Eduardo Fierro (77: Ariel Juarez), Limberg Gutierrez (86: Juan Miguel Noe), Gustavo Pinedo, Ronald Aguino, Marvin Orlando Bejarano. Booked: Tordoya 15', Peña 35'
R: Ricardo CERDAS (CRC)
Group C
21.07: Zico Footbal Center
JAMAICA - HAITI 4:0 (3:0)
James THOMAS 2'; John-Ross DOYLEY 18'; Kemmar DALEY 26'; Ricardo COUSINS 67'
JAM: Dwayne Kerr (84: Dwayne Miller) - Ajuran Brown, Jermaine Jarrett, Ricardo Cousins, Eric Vernon, Kemmar Daley, James Thomas (80: Alanzo Adlam), Obrian Woodbine, Dawyne Smith (69: Andrae Campbell), John-ross Doyley, Troy Smith. Booked: Vernon 5', Sent offs: Doyley 49'
HAI: Dorleans Shelson - Jerome Mechack, Desrivieres Peterson (46: Ismael Gregory), Pierre Elusma, Jean Jacques Bitielo, Saint Cyr Widner, Saint Louis Wiselet (63: Gilberto Sylvain), Normil Valdo, Joseph Peterson (78: Nicolas Perou), Charles Herold, Joseph Guemsly. Booked: Herold 17', Sent offs: Valdo 85'
R: Djalma BELTRAME (BRA)
Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex
ARGENTINA - COLOMBIA 0:0
ARG: Rodrigo Meza - Mariano Ezequiel Bittolo, Guido Pizarro, Gaston Sauro, Alvaro Klusener (65: Carlos Benitez), Franco Zuculini, Nicolas Mazzola, Nahuel Fernandes (33: Pablo Sergio Rolon), Ezequiel Muñoz, Leandro Basterrechea, Fabio Rodrigo Gimenez (58: Maximiliano Raffaele). Booked: Gimenez 22', Mazzola 79'
COL: Andres Felipe Mosquera - Edward Zea, Charles Quinto, Sebastian Viafara, Cristian Nazarith, Santiago Trellez (40: Julian Guillermo), James Rodriguez (53: Ricardo Chara), Edgar Felipe Pardo, Carlos Ramos, Osneider Alvarez (76: Jose Ramirez), Andres Mosquera. Booked: Ramos 32', Quinto 77', Sent offs: Ramos 50'
R: Helber LOPEZ (BRA)
Semifinals
24.07: Maracanã Stadium
JAMAICA - MEXICO (15:30)
BOLIVIA - ECUADOR (19:00)
Photo #1 - Jamaica, by Bryan Cummings
Photo #2 - Mexico vs. USA, from MEXSPORT
