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Through "This Week in CONCACAF History" you can revisit the region's most memorable people, events and crowning achievements.
May 15-21
May 15, 2001: Host Trinidad & Tobago opened the final round of the 2001 Copa Caribe (now Digicel Caribbean Cup) with a 5-0 triumph over Barbados in Group A play at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar … Stern John had two goals (20th, 50th), while Arnold Dwarika (40th), Reynald Carrington (75th) and Brent Rahim (79th) each added one the Soca Warriors' victory … Trinidad & Tobago would then go on to win three of its next four matches, including a 3-0 triumph over Haiti in the final to capture its second consecutive and eight overall Caribbean title.May 16, 1965: Mexico secured its fifth-consecutive berth at the FIFA World Cup (England 1966) by finishing atop the CONCACAF Final Round Qualifying Group after a 1-0 victory over visiting Costa Rica at Mexico City's Estadio Olímpico … A crowd of 64,276 witnessed Ernesto Cisneros (17th) score the game-winner for the Tricolor which concluded group play with 7 points (3-0-1, record), ahead of Costa Rica and Jamaica.
May 17, 2009: Trinidad & Tobago's W Connection FC became the first club to win three CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Championships after defeating visiting Puerto Rico Islanders 2-1 at Macoya's Marvin Lee Stadium in the 2009 final … Jonathan Faña Farias had two goals (7th, 21st) for the host, while Pablo Martin Nuñez (34th) had the only score for the Islanders.
May 18, 1941: Two goals by Jose Rafael Meza and one from Jose Maria Araya lead host Costa Rica to the inaugural CCCF (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol) Championship title after defeating El Salvador 3-1 in the final match of tournament play at the San José's Estadio Nacional … The victory gave the Ticos a perfect 4-0-0 record (8 points) in a group that included Curacao, Nicaragua and Panama.
May 19, 1996: Mexico qualified to its seventh Men's Olympic Football Tournament after a 1-0 win over host Canada at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium to finish atop the six-team CONCACAF Final Round Standings with 15 points (5-0-0 record) … Enrique Alfaro (62nd) scored the game-winner as the Tricolor progressed to the Olympic Games (Atlanta, USA) for the first time since 1976.
May 20, 2004: Three goals by Guillermo Castañeda and two more from Hector Guzman help lead the offense for Mexico's Futsal Team in a 10-4 victory over visiting El Salvador in the first-match of the North-Central American Qualification Series 2 held at the Gimnasio Carlos Martinez Balmori in Pachuca, Hidalgo (Mexico) … The Tricolor's 10 goals were the most scored by a North American team in a CONCACAF Futsal qualifying match … Mexico then took the second match, 7-5, at the same venue two days later to progress to the 2004 CONCACAF Championship in Costa Rica.
May 21, 2005: Cesar Villaluz (11th) and Ever Guzman Zavala (86th) scored for host Mexico as it defeated Canada, 2-0, at the 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Final Round Qualification at the Estadio Carlos González y González in Culiacán, Sinaloa … The result gave the Tricolor the first-place crown in Group B (that also included Haiti, Honduras) with nine points (3-0-0 record) … Mexico would join Group A winner USA and Costa Rica (playoff winner between Groups A & B runners-up) as the Confederation's representatives at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, a tournament in which the Tricolor would win later in the year to become the first CONCACAF team to capture the championship
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