Action from the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship match between Trinidad & Tobago (white jersey) and Guatemala on January 14, 2015, in Kingston, Jamaica. (Photo: Mexsport)

2015 CONCACAF UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP

Kingston & Montego Bay, Jamaica

January 9 – January 24, 2015

JANUARY 18, 2015 – PREVIEW

Montego Bay, Jamaica – Montego Bay Sports Complex

GROUP A

Panama v Trinidad & Tobago, 3:00 p.m. ET

Panama and Trinidad & Tobago split their previous two CU20 meetings: 1984 – Trinidad & Tobago 3, Panama 0; 2005 – Panama 3, Trinidad & Tobago 1

Panama Quick Facts

• Group A results: 4-0 win v Aruba (Ismael Diaz 19', 51’; Ervin Zorrilla 30'; Edson Samms 35'); 1-0 win v USA (Carlos Small 78’); 2-0 win v Jamaica (Edson Samms 56'; Ismael Diaz 87')
• 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
• Posted shutouts in six of nine CU20 qualifying & finals games
• Scored 3 or more goals in five of nine CU20 qualifying & finals games
• Ismael Diaz has scored in five of Panama’s nine CU20 qualifying/finals games
• Top qualifying scorers: Ismael Diaz (5 goals); Fidel Escobar (3); Chin Hormecha, Carlos Small (2)
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 4

Trinidad & Tobago Quick Facts

• CU20 Group A results: 2-2 draw v Jamaica (Aikim Andrews 6’; Kadeem Corbin 15’); 5-1 win Aruba (Jabari Mitchell 3'; 78’ pen; Aikim Andrews 16'; Kadeem Corbin 29' pen; Duane Muckette 58'); 2-0 loss v Guatemala
• 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)
• In 2-0 loss v Guatemala on Jan. 14, shutout for first time in seven CU20 qualifying/finals games
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 2

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Guatemala v Aruba, 5:30 p.m. ET

First-ever CU20 meeting

Guatemala Quick Facts

• Group A results: 1-1 draw v USA (Andy Ruiz 90’); 1-0 win v Jamaica (Stheven Robles 27’); 2-0 win v Trinidad & Tobago (own-goal, Martieon Watson 25'; Mauro Portillo 88')
• 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)
• Guatemala has conceded only one goal in its last five CU20 qualifying/finals games
• Four of Mauro Portillo’s six CU20 qualifying/finals have been scored in the 82nd minute or later
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 1

Aruba Quick Facts

• CU20 Group A results: 4-0 loss v Panama; 5-1 loss v Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan Homoet 90’+2); 8-0 loss v USA
• 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
• Conceded 17 goals in three CU20 finals games after allowing only six in six Caribbean qualifiers
• Top qualifying scorers: Duncan Homoet, Youri Wernet and Ricky Marte Hodge (2 goals each)
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 0

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Jamaica v USA, 8:00 p.m. ET

USA leads CU20 series: 5 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses (17 GF, 4 GA)

Jamaica Quick Facts

• Group A results: 2-2 draw v Trinidad & Tobago (Donja Smith 68’; Junior Flemmings 90’+4); 1-0 loss v Guatemala; 2-0 loss v Panama
• CU20 Appearances: 19
• CU20 Titles: 0
• Best Finish: Third Place – 1 (1970)
• Qualification Method: Host
• Winless in last five CU20 games (0W, 1D, 4L), shutout in four of those outings
• Last CU20 win came v Puerto Rico, 4-1, on February 19, 2013, in Puebla, Mexico
• Forward Michael Seaton, 18, was on Jamaica’s 2014 Caribbean Cup-winning roster
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 1

USA Quick Facts

• Group A results: 1-1 draw v Guatemala (Cameron Carter-Vickers 59’); 1-0 loss v Panama; 8-0 win v Aruba (Romain Gall 16', 23’ pen, 32’; Bradford Jamieson 18', 48’; Tommy Thompson 26'; Emerson Hyndman 30'; Amando Moreno 84')
• 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
• Eight-goal v outburst v Aruba on Jan. 14 fell one short of U.S. team record for most goals in a single CU20 match … record is 9-0 v Dominican Republic on September 26, 1976, in Puerto Rico
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 13