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Through "This Week in CONCACAF History" you can revisit the region's most memorable people, events and crowning achievements.
June 1-5
June 1, 2009: For the second time in history, the Bahamas hosted a CONCACAF Congress as the 26th edition of the Ordinary Congress took place at the Paradise Island Hotel … The Bahamas also hosed the FIFA Congress for the first time June 2-3 … Under the chairmanship of President Jack Warner of Trinidad & Tobago, 38 delegates from the CONCACAF-affiliated national associations attended the CONCACAF Congress which had the following elections: Jack Warner - FIFA Vice-President & FIFA Exco Member - Caribbean Zone; Chuck Blazer of USA, FIFA Exco Member - North American Zone; Honduras' Alfredo Hawit, CONCACAF Vice-President - Central American Zone; Sunil Gulati of USA, Executive Committee Member - North American Zone; and Jamaica's Horace Burrell, Executive Committee Member - Caribbean Zone … Also, the CONCACAF Hall of Fame increased its membership with the inductions Jamaica's Anthony James, Julio Rocha of Nicaragua and the USA's Clive Toye into the Class of 2009.June 2, 1983: Host Mexico opened the 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 1-1 draw against Australia in front of 108,900 spectators at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca … Marcelino Bernal gave the Tricolor the lead (16th), however Frank Farina tied it for the Socceroos with 17 minutes remaining as it was the first time the FIFA U-20 World Cup was held in the CONCACAF region.
June 3, 2001: Goals by Mario Acevedo, Freddy Garcia and Dwight Pezzarossi led Guatemala to a 3-1 win over Panama at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras to capture its first Copa de Naciones UNCAF (now Copa Centroamericana) title … The Chapines finished atop the final group with seven points (2-0-1 record), while Costa Rica (1-1-1, 4 points) took second, El Salvador (0-0-3, 3 points) third and Panama (0-2-1, 1 point) fourth.
June 4, 2004: The USA and host Canada qualified for the 2004 FIFA Women's U-19 (now Under-20) World Cup in Thailand after defeating Mexico and Costa Rica, respectively, in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Championship at the Stade Molson in Montreal, Quebec … Angela Woznuk scored three times, Kerri Hanks had two goals and Stephanie Kron added another for the Stars & Stripes in the 6-0 win over the Tricolores, while Aysha Jamani, Veronique Maranda, Brittany Timko and Emily Zurrer had a goal apiece for the Maple Leafs in the 4-0 victory against the Ticas … Canada would then defeat the USA, 2:1, two days later in Ottawa, Ontario, to win its first CONCACAF U-19 title.
June 5, 1991: Honduras' Real CD España began the Central American Zone Second Round of the 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with a first-leg 1-0 win over the host Alianza FC of El Salvador in San Salvador … After 1-1 second-leg draw in San Pedro Sula and winning the series 2:1 on aggregate, Real CD España went on to defeat Costa Rican sides LD Alajuelense and Deportivo Saprissa to reach the Champions' Cup Semifinals, but was eliminated by Trinidad & Tobago's Police FC
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