Diego Brenes scored for Costa Rica (0-0-1, 1 Point) in the 1:1 tie against Ecuador (0-0-1, 1 Point) in a Group A encounter at the Miécimo de Silva Sport Complex, while in the other group match on Sunday, the hosts, Brazil (1-0-0, 3 Points) posted a 3:0 win over Honduras (0-1-0, 0 Points) at the João Havelange Stadium.
In Group B, goals from Stephen McCarthy and Bobby Warshaw helped the USA (1-0-0, 3 Points) to a 2:1 triumph against Venezuela (0-1-0, 0 Points) at the Zico Football Center, while in an earlier group game at the Miécimo de Silva Sport Complex, Enrique Alejandro Esqueda scored for Mexico (0-0-1, 1 Point) for a 1:1 draw against Bolivia (0-0-1, 1 Point).
Elsewhere, Kemmar Daley scored the game-winner for Jamaica (1-0-0, 3 Points) as they defeated Colombia (0-1-0, 0 Points) 1:0 at the Zico Football Center in Group C play, while Jerome Mechack had the only goal for Haiti (0-0-1, 1 Point) in the 1:1 tie against Argentina (0-0-1, 1 Point).
The men's tournament continues on Wednesday (18 July) as Brazil greets Costa Rica at the João Havelange Stadium and then Mexico takes on Venezuela. Also on Wednesday, Honduras meets Ecuador at the Zico Football Center and then Haiti faces Colombia, while at the Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex will have Jamaica versus Argentina and then Bolivia playing against USA.
The three group winners along with the best second-place finisher will advance to the semifinals at Maracanã Stadium on 24 July. 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
15.07: Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex
ECUADOR - COSTA RICA 1:1 (1:1)
Pablo OCHOA 32' - Diego BRENES 13'
ECU: Maximo Banguera - Wilson Folleco (80: Carlos Delgado), Deison Mendez, Roberto Castro, Jefferson Pinto, Jefferson Montero (78: Jesus Alcivar), Edmundo Zura, Eduardo Bone (65: Fabricio Guevara), Israel Chango, Fidel Martinez, Pablo Ochoa. Booked: Castro 35'
CRC: Luis Carlos Zamora - Roy Smith, Jordan Smith, Esteban Luna, Diego Brenes, David Guzman (81: Jessy Beralta), Marcos Ureña (67: Bruno Castro), Alejandro Castro, Erick Rojas, Bryan Josué Oviedo, Jose Daniel Varela. Booked: Guzman 68', Oviedo 87'
R: Pablo LUNATI (ARG)
João Havelange Stadium
BRAZIL - HONDURAS 3:0 (1:0)
LULINHA 22' pen, 66', 90' pen
BRA: Marcelo - Rafael (71: Michel Machado), Tiago (74: Giuliano), Fabio Silva, Fellipe, Lulinha, Alex, Lazaro, Rafael Forster, Choco, Junior (62: Tales). Booked: Tiago 45'
HON: Marlos Javier Licona - Angel Gabriel Castro, Fredy Rolando Escobar, José Israel Fonseca, Fredy Alonso Sosa (66: Roger Fabricio Rojas), Christian Samir Martinez (75: Julio de Jesús Ocampo), José Arael Garay, Ronald Edgardo Martinez, Johnny Harald Leveron, Luis Fernando Garrido, Carlos Ismael Castellanos (62: Orlin Orlando Peralta). Booked: Garrido 7', Castellanos 44', Leveron 87'
R: Fernando CABRERA (URU)
18.07: João Havelange Stadium (15:30)
BRAZIL - COSTA RICA
Zico Football Center (18:15)
HONDURAS - ECUADOR
21.07: Maracanã Stadium (15:00)
BRAZIL - ECUADOR
Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex (15:00)
COSTA RICA - HONDURAS
Group B
15.07: Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex
MEXICO - BOLIVIA 1:1 (0:1)
Enrique Alejandro ESQUEDA 63' - Limberg GUTIERREZ 26'
MEX: Sergio Javier Arias - Christian Emmanuel Sanchez, Marco Ivan Perez, Hugo Ayala, Jose Oscar Recio, Alejandro Berber (76: Eduardo Barron), Raul Martinez (46: Emmanuel Cerda), Enrique Alejandro Esqueda, Moises Adrian Velasco, Jose Jonathan Piña (54: Ever Arsenio Guzman), Rodolfo Del Real. Booked: Recio 30', Sanchez 50', Sent offs: Recio 56'
BOL: Carlos Emilio Lampe - Juan Gabriel Aguilar, Carlos Hugo Tordoya, Ricardo Verduguez, Raul Gonzales, Didi Torrico, Luis Gatty, Alcides Peña, Juan Eduardo Fierro, Limberg Gutierrez, Gustavo Pinedo. Booked: Tordoya 21', Torrico 61', Gonzales 62', Verduguez 81'
R: Hector PACHECO (PER)
Zico Football Center
USA - VENEZUELA 2:1 (0:0)
Stephen MCCARTHY 50'; Bobby WARSHAW 90'+ - Francisco FLORES 76' pen
USA: Warren Gross - Kevin Alston, Greg Eckhardt, Omar Gonzalez, Michael Stephens (77: Bobby Warshaw), Peri Marosevic (64: Jeremy Hall), Greg Folk (86: Daniel Cruz), Chance Myers, Daniel Kelly, Jalil Anibaba. Booked: Folk 19', Alston 28', Stephens 64', Anibaba 75', Cruz 90'+
VEN: Rafael Romo (44: Jean Carlos Issa) - Jonny Mirabal, Jose Velasquez, Francisco Flores, Carlos Fernandez, Richard Lopez, Yonatan Valle, Gustavo Perez (57: Daniel Alejandro Blanco), Pablo Camacho, Angel Rivera (70: Franco Fasciana), Franco Signorelli. Booked: Mirabal 20', Rivera 30', Sent offs: Mirabal 68'
R: H. LOPES (BRA)
18.07: Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex (15:00)
BOLIVIA - USA
João Havelange Stadium (18:15)
MEXICO - VENEZUELA
21.07: Maracanã Stadium (10:00)
USA - MEXICO
Zico Football Center (10:00)
VENEZUELA - BOLIVIA
Group C
15.07: Zico Football Center
COLOMBIA - JAMAICA 0:1 (0:0)
Kemmar DALEY 76'
COL: Javier Cardona - Edward Zea, Charles Quinto, Sebastian Viafara, Juian Guillermo (82: Carlos Useche), Cristian Nazarith, James Rodriguez (72: Santiago Trellez), Edgar Felipe Pardo (72: Ricardo Serna), Carlos Ramos, Luis Mosquera, Andres Mosquera. Booked: Rodriguez 19'
JAM: Duwayne Kerr - Ajuran Brown, Ricardo Cousins (90: Norman Bailey), Eric Vernon, Kemmar Daley, Edward Campbell (86: Dawyne Smith), Obrian Woodbine, Alanzo Adlam (46: James Thomas), John-Ross Doyley, Damaine Thompson, Troy Smith. Booked: Cousins 57', Campbell 75', Brown 86'
R: Pablo Antonio POZO (CHI)
João Havelange Stadium
ARGENTINA - HAITI 1:1 (1:1)
Nicolas MAZZOLA 37' - Jerome MECHACK 33'
ARG: Rodrigo Meza - Mariano Ezequiel (68: Maximiliano Raffaele), Guido Pizarro, Caston Sauro, Alvaro Klusener, Franco Zuculini, Nicolas Mazzola, Nahuel Fernandes (63: Carlos Benitez), Pablo Sergio Rolon, Ezequiel Muñoz (86: Gaston Villarreal), Leandro Basterrechea. Booked: Pizarro 51', Rolon 63', Sent offs: Mazzola 90'
HAI: Dorleans Shelson (46: Guillaume Lesly) - Jerome Mechack, Ismael Gregory (87: Joseph Geraldy), Desrivieres Peterson, Pierre Elusma, Jean Jacques Bitielo, Saint Cyr Widner, Normil Valdo, Joseph Peterson, Charles Herold, Joseph Guemsly. Booked: Widner 66', Sent offs: Guemsly 71'
R: Alicio PENA JUNIOR (BRA)
18.07: Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex (12:30)
JAMAICA - ARGENTINA
Zico Football Center (15:30)
HAITI - COLOMBIA
21.07: Zico Footbal Center (12:30)
JAMAICA - HAITI
Miécimo da Silva Sport Complex (12:30)
ARGENTINA - COLOMBIA
Photo #1 - Jamaica vs. Colombia, by Bryan Cummings
Photo #2 - Costa Rica vs. Ecuador, from AFP
