Action from the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship match between host Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago (white jersey) on January 9, 2015, in Kingston. (Photo: Mexsport)
2015 CONCACAF UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Kingston & Montego Bay, Jamaica
January 9 – January 24, 2015
JANUARY 11, 2015 – PREVIEW
Kingston, Jamaica – National Stadium
GROUP A
Trinidad & Tobago v Aruba, 3:00 p.m. ET
First-ever CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (CU20) meeting
Trinidad & Tobago Quick Facts
- CU20 Group A results: 2-2 draw v Jamaica (Aikim Andrews 6’; Kadeem Corbin 15’)
- CU20 Appearances: 18
- CU20 titles: 0
- Best Finish: Runner-up – 1 (1990)
- Qualification Method: Caribbean – Champion
- Qualification Record: GP – 4; W – 3; D – 1; L – 0; GF – 10; GA – 2
- Top qualifying scorers: Kadeem Corbin (5 goals); Jabari Mitchell (2)
- Defeated Haiti, 3-0, in the final of the Caribbean Under-20 Championship on September 19, 2014 (Note: Kadeem Corbin scored all three goals)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 2
Aruba Quick Facts
- CU20 Group A results: 4-0 loss v Panama
- CU20 appearances: 1
- CU20 titles: 0
- Best finish: 1st CU20 appearance
- Qualification Method: Caribbean – Fourth Place
- Qualification Record: GP – 6; W – 4; D – 0; L – 2; GF – 8; GA – 6
- Scored at least one goal in all six qualifying matches, but never more than two
- Conceded one goal or fewer in four of six Caribbean qualifying matches
- Top qualifying scorers: Duncan Homoet, Youri Wernet and Ricky Marte Hodge (2 goals each)
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Panama v United States, 5:30 p.m. ET
USA leads series: 3 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses (9 GF, 0 GA)
- Last CU20 meeting: April 2, 2011 (at Guatemala City, Guatemala) - USA 2, Panama 0
Panama Quick Facts
- Group A results: 4-0 win v Aruba (Ismael Diaz 19', 51’; Ervin Zorrilla 30'; Edson Samms 35')
- CU20 Appearances: 9
- CU20 titles: 0
- Best Finish: Fourth Place - 1 (2011)
- Qualification Method: Central America – First Place
- Qualification Record: GP – 6; W – 5; D – 0; L – 1; GF – 18; GA – 7
- Top qualifying scorers: Ismael Diaz (5 goals); Fidel Escobar (3); Chin Hormecha, Carlos Small (2)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 4
USA Quick Facts
- Group A results: 1-1 draw v Guatemala (Cameron Carter-Vickers 59’)
- CU20 Appearances: 22
- CU20 titles: 0
- Best Finish: Runner-up – 6 (1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013)
- Qualification Method: automatic North American qualifier
- In 2013, fell 3-1 (aet) to host Mexico in the final…Benji Joya scored lone USA goal (10’ pen)
- Cameron Carter-Vickers, who turned 17 on December 31, played 60 minutes for the U.S. U23s in a 3-0 loss at Brazil on October 14, 2014
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 13
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Jamaica v Guatemala, 8:00 p.m. ET
Guatemala leads series: 6 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses (16 GF, 9 GA)
- Last CU20 meeting: March 29, 2011 (at Guatemala City, Guatemala) – Guatemala 2, Jamaica 0
- Jamaica’s last win v Guatemala in CU20 came on August 21, 1994, 6-5, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Jamaica Quick Facts
- Group A results: 2-2 draw v Trinidad & Tobago (Donja Smith 68’; Junior Flemmings 90’+4)
- CU20 Appearances: 19
- CU20 titles: 0
- Best Finish: Third Place – 1 (1970)
- Qualification Method: Host
- Forward Michael Seaton, 18, was on Jamaica’s 2014 Caribbean Cup-winning roster
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 1
Guatemala Quick Facts
- Group A results: 1-1 draw v USA (Andy Ruiz 90’)
- CU20 Appearances: 18
- CU20 titles: 0
- Best Finish: Runner-up - 2 (1962, 1973)
- Qualification Method: Central America – Fourth Place
- Qualification Record: GP – 6; W – 3; D – 1; L – 2; GF – 10; GA – 6
- Top qualifying scorers: Mauro Portillo (5 goals); Pablo Aguilar, Diego Palma (2)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 1