THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO ADVANCE TO THE ROUND OF 16 AT THE UNDER-17 WORLD CUP
The United States and Mexico finished second in their respective groups to advance to the Round-of-16 at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Both teams lost their opening games of the tournament before winning the remaining two in the Group Stage.
The United States will face Group F winner Italy on Wednesday (November 4) while Mexico will face Group F runner-up Korea Republic on Thursday (November 5).
The United States opened with a 2-1 loss to Spain before beating Malawi 1-0 on Thursday (October 29) and the United Arab Emirates 1-0 on Sunday (November 1) to book a spot in the next round. Following a 2-0 loss to Switzerland and a 1-0 upset over Brazil, Mexico advanced with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Japan on Friday (October 30).
Honduras fell to Germany by a score of 3-1 in its final Group Stage match on Friday (October 30). Previously, Los Catrachos had fallen 1-0 to Argentina in the first match of Group A before losing to hosts Nigeria by the same margin.
Costa Rica was the first CONCACAF side to manage a point with a 1-1 draw against New Zealand in its opener, however, the Central American side proceeded to lose to Turkey and Burkina Faso by identical 4-1 scores.
The final will played on Sunday, November 15.
GROUP A ACTION BEGINS IN WOMEN'S U-17 CFU QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
Roseland Bordella scored eight times and Yolande Merone another five to pace Haiti to a CONCACAF Women's Under-17 record 24-0 victory over the British Virgin Islands on Monday (November 2), the opening day of play in Group A of the women's U-17 CFU qualifying tournament at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince.
The Cayman Islands defeated Bahamas 2-1 in the day's first game. The tournament continues on Wednesday (November 4) when the Cayman Islands play the British Virgin Islands and hosts Haiti face the Bahamas.
Group play will finish Friday (November 6) when the British Virgin Islands plays the Bahamas and Haiti meets the Cayman Islands. The winner of Group A will join Group B winner Jamaica in the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship to be played in Costa Rica in March. The runner-up from Group A will face off against the Group B runner-up Dominican Republic to determine the CFU's final representative in Costa Rica next year.
DATES FOR UNCAF WOMEN'S UNDER 17 QUALIFYING ANNOUNCED
The UNCAF women's Under-17 qualifying tournament will be played November 24-28 in La Chorrera, Panama. All games will be played at the Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez.
Host Panama along with Nicaragua and El Salvador will look for a berth in the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship to be played in Costa Rica in March.
On November 24, Panama will face Nicagarua in the tournament's opener before Nicaragua meets El Salvador two days later. The tournament will end with Panama hosting El Salvador on November 28.
2010 CONCACAF WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
Final Round
09.05.2009: San Jose, Costa Rica; Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
COSTA RICA - MEXICO 0:3 (0:1)
09.05.2009: Sandy, Utah USA; Rio Tinto Stadium
UNITED STATES - EL SALVADOR 2:1 (2:1)
09.05.2009: Sandy, Utah USA; Rio Tinto Stadium
UNITED STATES - EL SALVADOR 2:1 (2:1)
09.05.2009: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
HONDURAS - TRINDAD 4:1 (2:0)
09.09.2009: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD; Hasely Crawford Stadium
TRINIDAD - UNITED STATES 1:0 (0:0)
09.09.2009: San Salvador, EL SALVADOR; Estadio Cuscatlan
EL SALVADOR - COSTA RICA 1:0 (0:0)
09.09.2009: Ciudad de Mexico, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca
MEXICO - HONDURAS 1:0 (0:0)
10.10.2009: Ciudad de Mexico, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca
MEXICO - EL SALVADOR 4:0 (1:0)
10.10.2009: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
HONDURAS - UNITED STATES 3:2 (0:0)
10.10.2009: San Jose, Costa Rica; Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
COSTA RICA - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0:4 (1:0)
10.14.2009: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD; Hasely Crawford Stadium
T RINIDAD - MEXICO 2:2 (1:0)
10.14.2009: San Salvador, EL SALVADOR; Estadio Cuscatlan
EL SALVADOR - HONDURAS 0:1 (0:0)
10.14.2009: Washington, D.C. USA; RFK Stadium
UNITED STATES - COSTA RICA 2:2 (0:2)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Friendlies
09.30.2009: Dallas, Texas, USA; Cotton Bowl
MEXICO - COLOMBIA 1:2 (0:1)
11.14.2009: Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Estadio Nacional
HONDURAS - LITHUANIA
11.18.2009: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA; Lockhart Stadium
HONDURAS - PERU
11.14.2009: Bratislava, Slovakia; TBD
SLOVAKIA - UNITED STATES
11.14.2009: Skopje, Macedonia; TBD
MACEDONIA - CANADA
11.18.2009: Aarhus, Denmark; NRGi Park
DENMARK - UNITED STATES