CU17 Preview, Final: May 7, 2017

2017 CONCACAF UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP

Panama

April 21 – May 7, 2017

May 7, 2017

Estadio Rommel Fernandez –Panama City, Panama

FINAL

USA v Mexico, 4:00 p.m. ET

Mexico leads CU17 series: 4W-1D-1L (16GF, 11GA)

All-Time CU17 Results

1987: Mexico 3, USA 1 (at Tegucigalpa, Honduras)

1991: Mexico 1, USA 1 (at Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

1992: Mexico 4, USA 3 (at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)

1994: Mexico 2, USA 1 (at San Salvador, El Salvador)

1996: Mexico 3, USA 1 (at Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

2017: Mexico 3, USA 4 (at Panama City, Panama)

Last Meeting

April 26, 2017 (Panama City, Panama) Mexico 3, USA 4

Roberto de la Rose 6’, 44’; own-goal, Jaylin Lindsey 90’+2 / Josh Sargent 26’, 40’; Blaine Ferri 51’; Ayo Akinola 84’

USA

First Round: 1st place, Group C … 3W-0D-0L; 10GF, 3GA

Classification Stage: 1st place, Group D … 2W-0D-0L; 9GF, 2GA

- First Round Results (Group C): 5-0 win v Jamaica (Chris Durkin 53'; Tim Weah 76'; Josh Sargent 87'; Ayo Akinola 88', 90'+2); 4-3 win v Mexico (Josh Sargent 26’, 40; Blaine Ferri 51’; Ayo Akinola 84’); 1-0 win v El Salvador (Zyen Jones 52’)

Classification Stage Results (Group D): 3-0 win v Honduras (Josh Sargent 25’, 82’; Ayo Akinola 65’); 6-2 win v Cuba (Indiana Vassilev 16’; own-goal, Miguel Coll 37’; Andrew Carleton 39’; Zyen Jones 49’; Bryan Reynolds 84’; Tim Weah 88’)

- Appearances: 17-1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

All-Time Record: 57W 12D 11L 211GF 69GA
Best Finish: Champion-3 (1983, 1992, 2011)
Qualification Method: automatic North American entrant
CU17 Final Record: 1W 1D 0L 3GF 0GA
CU17 Final Results: (1983) 0-0 draw, 5:3 pens v Trinidad & Tobago; (2011) 3-0 win aet v Canada (Nathan Smith 91’; Andrew Oliver 99’; Alfred Koroma 119’)
13 of 19 2017 CU17 goals scored in 2nd half
Scored 3 goals or more in 13 of last 22 CU17 games
Posted a perfect record in 3 CU17 editions: 2001 (3-0-0); 2009 (3-0-0); 2011 (5-0-0)

- FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 15-1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015

Mexico

First Round: 2nd place, Group C … 2W-0D-1L; 14GF, 5GA

Classification Stage: 1st place, Group E … 2W-0D-1L; 7GF, 1GA

- First Round Results (Group C): 6-0 win v El Salvador (own-goal, Kevin Menjivar 1'; Luis Olivas 31’; Daniel Lopez 35’, 46’; own-goal, Giovanni Avila 41’; Alan Maeda 75’); 3-4 loss v USA (Roberto de la Rosa 6’, 44’; own-goal, Jaylin Lindsey 90’+2); 5-1 win v Jamaica (Jairo Torres 24’, 35’; Daniel Lopez 32’, 62’; Adrian Vazquez 61’)

Classification Stage Results (Group E): 1-0 win v Panama (Jairo Torres 32’); 6-1 win v Costa Rica (Luis Olivas 2’, 40’ pen; Roberto de la Rosa 20’; Daniel Lopez 30’, 51’; Raul Sandoval 80’)

- Appearances: 16-1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017

All-Time Record: 59W 13D 5L 240GF 39GA
Best Finish: Champion-6 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2015)
Qualification Method: automatic North American entrant
CU17 Final Record: 2W 0D 0L 5GF 1GA
CU17 Final Results: (2013) 2-1 win v Panama (own-goal, Jaime De Gracia 56’; Salomon Wbias 69’); (2015) 3-0 win Honduras (Kevin Magaña 7’; Claudio Zamudio 15’; Ulises Torres 51’)
Scored at least 1 goal in each of last 19 CU17 games
25-game CU17 unbeaten streak ended in 3-4 loss v USA on April 26, 2017 (20W-5D-1L)
Prior to loss v USA, previous CU17 setback came on March 26, 2003, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1-4 v Costa Rica)
Conceded 1 goal or fewer in 20 of last 21 CU17 matches
FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 12-1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015

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CONCACAF UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP - FINALS

Results

1983: Trinidad & Tobago 0, USA 0 … 3:5 pens (at Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

2011: Canada 0, USA 3 aet (at Montego Bay, Jamaica)

2013: Panama 1, Mexico 2 (at Panama City, Panama)

2015: Honduras 0, Mexico 3 (at San Pedro Sula, Honduras)