MIAMI, Florida – The first matches of the 2022 Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship Qualifiers took place earlier on Tuesday at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida where Bermuda, Bonaire and Bahamas all emerged victorious in Group A.
Goals from Reuben Edgecombe (32’) and Kai Perez (63’) for Bahamas overcame a Jaheim Lake (30’) goal for Saint Martin in a 2-1 victory for Bahamas.
Bonaire managed to rally from a 2-1 second half deficit to top Guyana 4-2. Gerry Burnette (40’)
gave Guyana a 1-0 lead, but then 11 minutes later had an own goal to make it 1-1.
The Golden Jaguars were back ahead 2-1 through Matrim Martin (52’), only for Bonaire to respond with three straight goals from Mervin Dishmey (58’), Freadyen Michiel (70’) and Rhiordan Piar (88’).
The morning slate ended with a commanding 4-0 win for Bermuda versus British Virgin Islands.
Jannis Roberts (9’), Hayden Dill (31’), Jaidyn Robinson (45+3’) and Chance Eve (75’) scored for
the Gombey Warriors.
There will be more action on Wednesday both at the IMG Academy and the Estadio Nacional in Managua, Nicaragua.
Group B will kick off at the IMG Academy with Aruba taking on Martinique and Puerto Rico facing the US Virgin Islands.
It will be the first ever CMU17Q meetings between Aruba and Martinique, and Puerto Rico and USVI.
Group D at the Estadio Nacional will then feature Antigua and Barbuda squaring off with Belize, followed by host nation Nicaragua dueling with Turks and Caicos Islands.
Antigua and Barbuda faced Belize in CMU17Q in 2019 with Antigua and Barbuda claiming a 2-1 victory. Meanwhile, it will be the first CMU17Q match-up between Nicaragua and Turks and Caicos Islands.
