Jamaica's Chad Letts (green jersey #20) tries to elude Trinidad & Tobago defenders during their Caribbean under-17 qualifier on September 20, 2016, in Couva, Trinidad & Tobago. (Photo: CA-Images)

COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago – Haiti (2W-1D-0L, 7 points) and Jamaica (2-1-0, 7) claimed berths in the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship by completing Group A play in the final round of Caribbean qualifying with wins over Bermuda and host Trinidad & Tobago (1-0-2, 3) on Tuesday at Ato Boldon Stadium.

The Haitians and Jamaicans also advanced to the regional semifinals, which will be contested on Friday. T&T can still earn a place in the CONCACAF event as the best third-place team, but it needs Curacao (1-0-1, 3) and Suriname (1-0-1, 3) to lose their Group B encounters on Wednesday, and then hope that goal difference falls favorably.

In a 5-0 win over Bermuda, Steeve Selso Saint-Duc paced table-topping Haiti with two goals, netting once in each half to give him a team-best three goals for the competition. Nael Wellofky Elysee puth Les Grenadiers ahead 1-0 in the second minute, while Steeve Mondestin made it 3-0 in the 65th minute. An own-goal by Edry Moore with four minutes remaining in normal time completed the scoreline.

Trinidad & Tobago conceded the first two goals in a third straight match, falling 3-2 to rival Jamaica. The second-place Reggae Boyz were led by Raewin Senior, whose pair of goals bookended Nicque Daley’s 35th minute strike. Down two goals at halftime, T&T rallied to equalize thanks to tallies by Nion Lammy, but Senior had the final word in the 74th minute.

Group B play concludes Wednesday at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain with all four teams still in contention to advance. First-place Cuba (2-0-0, 6) will move on with a Guadeloupe (0-0-2, 0) win over Curacao (1-0-1, 3) or a draw in the nightcap against Suriname (1-0-1, 3). There will be a three-way tie atop the table if Curacao and Suriname prevail. The duo’s fate – along with that Cuba -- will then be decided through tiebreakers.

The competition, which runs through September 25, will qualify the top five finishers to the CONCACAF event scheduled to be played in Panama, April 21 to May 7, 2017. The field will also include the host nation, Canada, Mexico, the United States and three Central American sides.

2016 CARIBBEAN UNDER-17 QUALIFYING – FINAL ROUND
Trinidad & Tobago
September 16-25, 2016

GROUP A (Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva, Trinidad & Tobago)

Haiti 3-2-1-0-7-0-7
Jamaica 3-2-1-0-9-4-7
Trinidad & Tobago 3-1-0-2-5-7-3
Bermuda 3-0-0-3-4-14-0

September 16, 2016
Bermuda 2, Jamaica 6
Rahzir Jones 30’; Tokia Russell 81’ / Raewin Senior 5’; Kaheem Parris 17’ pen, 72’; Kendall Edwards 36’; Nicque Daley 42’; own-goal, Tokia Russell 90’+1

Trinidad & Tobago 0, Haiti 2
Nael Wellofky Elysee 22’; Steeve Selso Saint-Duc 67’

September 18, 2016
Jamaica 0, Haiti 0

Trinidad & Tobago 3, Bermuda 2
Che Benny 70’; Jaydon Prowell 73’, 90’+2 / Tokia Russell 11’, 26’

September 20, 2016
Haiti 5, Bermuda 0
Nael Wellofky Elysee 2’; Steeve Selso Saint-Duc 45’+2, 70’; Steeve Mondestin 65’; own-goal, Edry Moore 86’

Trinidad & Tobago 2, Jamaica 3
Nion Lammy 47’; Jaydon Prowell 57’ / Raewin Senior 13’, 74’; Nicque Daley 35’

GROUP B (Hasely Crawford Stadium -- Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

September 17, 2016
Suriname 2, Guadeloupe 0
Achero Hoever 21’, 52’

Cuba 2, Curacao 1
Yandry Romero 37’; Ribaldo Roldan 78’ / Shurendric Fransinet 57’ pen

September 19, 2016
Guadeloupe 0, Cuba 6
Yandry Romero 31’; Ribaldo Roldan 35’; Cristian Turka 58’; Manuel Cruz 75’; Brian Savigne 86’ pen, 90’+3

Suriname 1, Curacao 3
Jenairo Eenig 4’ / Nathan Bernadina 10’, 29’; Shurendric Fransinet 45’+1

Cuba 2-2-0-0-8-1-6
Curacao 2-1-0-1-4-3-3
Suriname 2-1-0-1-3-3-3
Guadeloupe 2-0-0-2-0-8-0

September 21, 2016: Curacao v Guadeloupe; Cuba v Suriname

SEMIFINALS
September 23, 2016: Group A winner v Group B runner-up; Group B winner v Group A runner-up

THIRD PLACE MATCH
September 25, 2016: Semifinal losers

FINAL
September 25, 2016: Semifinal winners