Action from the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship game between Jamaica (yellow jersey) and host Honduras on February 27, 2015, in San Pedro Sula. (Photo: Mexsport)

2015 CONCACAF UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP
Honduras
February 27, 2015 – March 15, 2015  

MARCH 2, 2015 – PREVIEW
San Pedro Sula, Honduras – Estadio Francisco Morazan  

GROUP A

[do action="article_quote"]Jamaica v Guatemala, 3:30 p.m. ET[/do]

Jamaica leads CU17 series: 3 wins, 0 draws, 0 loss (7 GF, 3 GA) 

Last CU17 meeting: February 19, 2011 (at Montego Bay, Jamaica) --- Jamaica 1, Guatemala 0 

Jamaica Quick Facts

  • Group A Results: 2-0 loss v Honduras
  • CU17 Appearances: 12
  • CU17 Titles: 0
  • Best CU17 Finish: Final Round Group Winner – 1 (1999)
  • Qualification Method: Caribbean – Runner-up
  • Qualification Record: GP – 7; W – 6; D – 0; L – 1; GF – 37; GA – 7
  • Qualifying Scorers: Nicholas Nelson (10); Donovan Dawkins (8); Alex Marshall (7); Justin McMaster (4); Deshane Beckford, Tajea Brown, Ajeanie Talbott (2); Fabian Grant, Peter Vassell (1)
  • Defeated the U.S. Virgin Islands 19-0 in a Caribbean qualifier … Donovan Dawkins scored 7 goals in that match
  • Fell to Haiti, 2-0, in the Caribbean Under-17 Championship final
  • 0W-2D-4L in last 6 CU17 games
  • Conceded 2 goals or more in last 3 CU17 games
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 2 (1999, 2011)

Guatemala Quick Facts

  • Group A Results: 4-1 win v Trinidad & Tobago (Diego Raymundo 2', 54’; Victor Valdez 10'; Abel Lemus 45'+2)
  • CU17 Appearances: 10
  • CU17 Titles: 0
  • Best CU17 Finish: Quarterfinals – 1 (2013)
  • Qualification Method: Central America – Playoff Winner
  • Qualification Record: GP – 4; W – 2; D – 0; L – 2; GF – 5; GA – 5
  • Qualifying Scorers: Esteban Garcia (2 goals); Abel Lemus, John Mendez, Diego Raymundo (1)
  • Prevailed over El Salvador in a two-legged Central American playoff to qualify for CU17 (1st leg: 1-0 home loss; 2nd leg: 2-0 away win)
  • 3W-2D-8L in last 13 CU17 matches
  • Four-goal outburst v Trinidad & Tobago set new team record most goals in a single CU17 game
  • Prior to 4-1 win v Trinidad & Tobago, scored only 3 goals in previous 5 CU17 games combined
  • Conceded 1 goal or fewer in 6 of last 7 CU17 matches
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 0  

 

[do action="article_quote"]Trinidad & Tobago v United States, 6:00 p.m. ET[/do]

USA leads CU17 series: 4 wins, 3 draws, 1 losses (15 GF, 6 GA) 

Last CU17 meeting: April 3, 2007 (at Kingston, Jamaica) – Trinidad & Tobago 0, USA 3 

Trinidad & Tobago Quick Facts

  • Group A Results: 4-1 loss v Guatemala (Keston Julien 45’)
  • CU17 Appearances: 13
  • CU17 Titles: 0
  • Best CU17 Finish: Runner-up – 1 (1983)
  • Qualification Method: Caribbean – Best Third-Place Team from Final Round, Group Stage
  • Qualification Record: GP – 6; W – 4; D – 0; L – 2; GF – 10; GA – 7
  • Qualifying Scorers: Dereem Daniel, Tekay Hoyce (3 goals); Anthony Herbert (2); Shobal Celestine, Kierron Mason (1)
  • Scored 2 or more goals in 4 of 6 Caribbean qualifying matches
  • Posted shutouts in 3 of 6 Caribbean qualifying matches
  • 2W-1D-7L in last 10 CU17 games
  • Conceded 4 goals in each of last 2 CU17 games (4-1 loss v Guatemala; 4-2 quarterfinal loss v Panama on April 13, 2013)
  • Scored 1 goal or fewer in 7 of 8 all-time CU17 games v USA
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 2 (2001, 2007)  

USA Quick Facts

  • Group A Results: 5-0 win v Cuba (Hugo Arellano 5'; Joe Gallardo 40', 65’, 88’; Alejandro Zendejas 43’)
  • CU17 Appearances: 16
  • CU17 Titles: 3 (1983, 1992, 2011)
  • Best CU17 Finish: Champion – 3 (1983, 1992, 2011)
  • Qualification Method: automatic North American entrant
  • All-Time CU17 Record: GP – 70; W – 50; D – 10; L – 10; GF – 184; GA – 60
  • With 5-0 win over Cuba on Friday, remained undefeated in CU17 openers, improving to 15W-1D-0L (62 GF, 7 GA) … scored 3 or more goals in 13 of those games
  • Did not qualify for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup after falling to Honduras, 3-1, in 2013 CU17 quarterfinals…prior to that elimination, was only nation to qualify for all 14 previous editions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • 12W-0D-1L in last 13 CU17 games
  • Posted shutouts in 5 of last 6 CU17 games
  • Scored at least 1 goal in 27 consecutive CU17 games
  • Largest CU17 win v Trinidad: 4-0 in 1987
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 14 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)

[do action="article_quote"]Cuba v Honduras, 8:30 p.m. ET[/do]

Honduras leads CU17 series: 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses (10 GF, 1 GA) 

Last CU17 meeting: April 9, 2013 (at Panama City, Panama) --- Honduras 4, Cuba 1 

Cuba Quick Facts

  • Group A Results: 5-0 loss v USA
  • CU17 Appearances: 9
  • CU17 Titles: 1 - 1988
  • Best CU17 Finish: Champion – 1 (1988)
  • Qualification Method: Caribbean – Third Place
  • Qualification Record: GP – 6; W – 5; D – 0; L – 1; GF – 14; GA – 3
  • Qualifying Scorers: Carlos Borromeo (4 goals); Serguey Campillo, Yosniel Gonzalez, Raycharle Herrera (2); Jansiel Blanco, Carlos Cebranco, Omar Romero, Yordan Sanchez (1)
  • Posted shutouts in 5 of 6 Caribbean qualifying matches
  • 1W-4D-12L in last 17 CU17 games … last win v Canada (2-1) in 2009
  • Conceded 4 goals or more in 5 of last 8 CU17 matches
  • Last qualified for FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1991
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 2 (1989, 1991)  

Honduras Quick Facts

  • Group A Results: 2-0 win v Jamaica (Darixon Vuelto 12'; Jorge Alvarez 78')
  • CU17 Appearances: 16
  • CU17 Titles: 0
  • Best CU17 Finish: Fourth Place – 4 (1983, 1985, 1987, 2013)
  • Qualification Method: Host
  • All-Time CU17 Record: GP – 56; W – 16; D – 12; L – 28; GF – 66; GA – 99
  • Has not won consecutive games in the same CU17 tournament since 1985 (4-0 win v Panama, 4-1 win v Guatemala)
  • As a 15-year-old, forward Darixon Vuelto became the youngest Honduran to score in a Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League match, netting in a 4-1 loss to Luis Angel Firpo on October 23, 2013
  • FIFA U-17 World Cup Appearances: 3 (2007, 2009, 2013)