The Haiti under-20 national team (pictured) gathers for a photo prior to its Caribbean qualifier against visiting Anguilla on June 30, 2016. (Photo courtesy of the Fédération Haïtienne de Football)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti and Bermuda secured the remaining two places in the final round of Caribbean qualifying for the 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, finishing first and second after the completion of first-round, Group 3 play on Sunday.
The host Haitians went a perfect 3W-0D-0L and conceded no goals in the first-round quartet with wins over Anguilla (8-0), Bermuda (3-0) and the Cayman Islands (5-0). Roberto Louima scored at least one goal in each of the three victories, notching a team-best four goals.
Bermuda, which advanced as one of the three best runners-up, registered triumphs in the match before and following the setback to Haiti, topping the Cayman Islands (3-0) and Anguilla (7-0). Jaz Ratteray Smith paced the Bermudians with three goals, including a pair the defeat of Anguilla.
Group winners Antigua & Barbuda, Trinidad & Tobago and St. Kitts & Nevis, plus other runners-up St. Lucia and Cuba, had previously earned final-round places with host Curacao in the eight-team, final-round that will be contested October 21-30.
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2016 CARIBBEAN FOOTBALL UNION UNDER-20 QUALIFYING
June 15 – October 30, 2016
FIRST ROUND
GROUP 1 (Raoul Illidge Sports Complex – Philipsburg, St. Maarten)
Antigua & Barbuda 3-2-1-0-9-2-7
Cuba 3-2-0-1-8-3-6
Puerto Rico 3-1-1-1-11-3-4
St. Maarten 3-0-0-3-0-20-0
June 15, 2016
Antigua & Barbuda 2, Cuba 1
Javorn Stevens 15’, 24’ / Lazaro Yasmani Tuero Zannetto 41’
St. Maarten 0, Puerto Rico 9
Javier de la Rosa 3’, 47’; Jose Rodriguez 22’; Andre Rivera 45’+2; Jeimax Osorio 60’, 70’; Juan O’Neill 68’; Carmelo Carrillo 76’ pen, 84’
June 17, 2016
Cuba 2, Puerto Rico 1
Luis Javier Paradela Diaz 1; Yoan Humberto Godinez Fuentes 70’ / Nicolas Cardona 18’ pen
St. Maarten 0, Antigua & Barbuda 6
Jermaine Browne 27’; Vashami Allen 30’ pen; Denie Henry 49’, 51’; Luther Wildin 79’; Matthew Hall 90’+2
June 19, 2016
Puerto Rico 1, Antigua & Barbuda 1
Jeimax Osorio 21’ / Javorn Stevens 2’
St. Maarten 0, Cuba 5
Eduard Puga 7’; Lazaro Yasmani Tuero Zanetti 9’; Dariel Alejandro Morejon Rodriguez 68’, 80’; Yoan Humberto Godinez Fuentes 82’
GROUP 2 (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)
Trinidad & Tobago 3-2-1-0-13-1-7
St. Lucia 3-2-1-0-4-1-7
Guadeloupe 3-1-0-2-5-2-3
Turks & Caicos Islands 3-0-0-3-0-18-0
June 15, 2016
Turks & Caicos Islands 0, St. Lucia 2
Antoine Wilfried 57’; Nyrone Winter 70’
Trinidad & Tobago 1, Guadeloupe 0
Jarred Dass 49’
June 17, 2016
St. Lucia 1, Guadeloupe 0
Ryi Maryat 47’
Trinidad & Tobago 11, Turks & Caicos Islands 0
Nicholas Dillon 11’, 29’, 49’, 62’, 65’; Isaiah Hudson 15’, 58’; Kierron Mason 46’; Noah Powder 51’; Micah Lansiquot 72’; Morgan Bruce-de Rouche 83’
June 19, 2016
Guadeloupe 5, Turks & Caicos Islands 0
Yvann Macon 17’, 30’, 48; Giovanni Dupalan 51’; Dimitri Bolivar 53’
Trinidad & Tobago 1, St. Lucia 1
Isaiah Hudson 64’ / Cassius Joseph 39’
GROUP 3 (Host: Stade Sylvio Cator – Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Haiti 3-3-0-0-16-0-9
Bermuda 3-2-0-1-10-3-6
Cayman Islands 3-1-0-2-4-9-3
Anguilla 3-0-0-3-1-19-0
June 29, 2016
Bermuda 3, Cayman Islands 0
Liam Evans 20’, 89’; Jaz Ratteray Smith 53’;
Haiti 8, Anguilla 0
Kenley Dede 21’; own-goal 29’ (Keanu Richardson); Leverton Pierre 36’; Roberto Louima 45’, 50’; Ronaldo Damus 48’, 77’; Odilon Jerome 90’+2
July 1, 2016
Cayman Islands 4, Anguilla 1
Zachary Scott 25’; Sebastian Martinez 31’; Michael Martin Cruz 39’; Leighton Thomas 62’ / Tyrique Lake 90’+3
Haiti 3, Bermuda 0
Roberto Louima 24’; Stevenson Guillaume 34’; Miche Chery 83’
July 3, 2016
Anguilla 0, Bermuda 7
Jaz Ratteray Smith 2’, 28’; Paul Douglas 13’; Jahnaze Swan 54’; Osagi Bascome 59’ pen; David Jones 86’; Jahkari Furbert 90’+1
Haiti 5, Cayman Islands 0
Kenley Dede 44’, 90’+4; Roberto Louima 60’; Stevenson Guillaume 66’; Jean Jean Francois 84’;
GROUP 4 (Estadio Panamericano – San Cristobal, Dominican Republic)
St. Kitts & Nevis 3-2-0-1-7-4-6
Dominican Republic 3-2-0-1-6-3-6
Jamaica 3-2-0-1-4-4-6
Dominica 3-0-0-3-3-9-0
June 15, 2016
Jamaica 2, Dominica 1
Shaman Nicholson 46’, 61’ / Zion Lander 24’
Dominican Republic 2, St. Kitts & Nevis 1
Manny Rodriguez 52’; Arismendy Jimenez 74’ / Tahir Hanley 42’
June 17, 2016
Jamaica 0, St. Kitts & Nevis 2
Tahir Hanley 60’, 83’
Dominican Republic 3, Dominica 0
Manny Rodriguez 62’; Victor Polanco 86’; Erick Paniagua 90’
June 19, 2016
St. Kitts & Nevis 4, Dominica 2
Gvanne Amory 14’; Steve Archibald 43’; Tahir Hanley 72’; Javier Sutton 77’ / Fitz Jolly 68’; Dillon Augustine 70’
Dominican Republic 1, Jamaica 2
Victor Polanco 86’ pen / Shamar Nicholson 19’; Nathaniel Adamolekun 41’
