The passing and vision of Jinan Abdalah (pictured) has been key to Honduras' success thus far in the 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship. (Photo: Mexsport)
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – With Canada (2W-0D-0L, 6 points) already assured of advancing, the second and last semifinal berth from Group B will be decided Tuesday at the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana.
That matter can be settled by the late morning if Jamaica (0W-1D-1L, 1 point) doesn’t defeat previously-eliminated Trinidad & Tobago (0W-0D-2L, 0 points) in an all-Caribbean pairing. Anything less than maximum points for the Reggae Girlz will see host Honduras (1W-1D-0L, 4 points) progress even before it faces the Canadians in the afternoon.
If Jamaica loses to or draws, the Honduras-Canada encounter will still have significance with final-four seeding at stake.
CONCACAF.com takes a look at the day’s games:
2015 CONCACAF UNDER-20 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (CU20W)
San Pedro Sula, Honduras – Escuela Internacional Sampedrana
Tuesday – December 8, 2015
GROUP A
Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica, 11:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. local)
Trinidad & Tobago leads all-time CU20W series: 2W-0D-0L (3 GF, 1 GA)
Trinidad & Tobago
- 2015 CU20W Results: 0-2 loss v Canada; 0-2 loss v Honduras
- Qualification: 3rd place, Caribbean
- CU20W Finals: 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015)
- Best Finish: 4th place-1 (2014)
- All-Time CU20W Record: W-7; D-1; L-14; GF-31; GA-69
- All-time Leading CU20W Scorer: 3 players with 4 goals each -- Maylee Attin-Johnson (2002: 1, 2006: 3), Kennya Cordner (2004: 2, 2008: 2), Anique Walker (2014: 4)
- 2015 Qualifying Record: W-2; D-2; L-1; GF-11; GA-5
- 2015 Qualifying Results: 2-0 win v St. Vincent & the Grenadines; 6-0 win v Dominica; 2-2 draw v Jamaica (Celeste Thomas 64’; Chevonne John 76’); 0-2 loss v Haiti; 1-1 draw (4:3 pens) v Puerto Rico
- 2015 Qualifying Scorers: Chevonne John, Tsianne Leander, Maya Matouk (2 goals); Corel Carmichael, Shaunalee Govia, Chelcy Ralph, Zoe Swift, Celeste Thomas (1)
- lost five consecutive CU20W games … shutout in four of those outings … conceded 20 goals over that stretch (two or more in each match)
- 4W-0D-8L in games following a loss in the same CU20W
- has more all-time wins in CU20W play (7) than all other Caribbean participants combined (5)
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 0
Jamaica
- 2015 CU20W Results: 2-2 draw v Honduras (Khadija Shaw 23’ pen, 73’); 0-7 loss
- Qualification: Runner-up, Caribbean
- CU20W Finals: 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
- Best Finish: 4th place-1 (2006)
- All-Time CU20W Record: W-3; D-6; L-16; GF-32; GA-60
- All-time Leading CU20W Scorer: Shakira Duncan (7 goals … 2006: 1, 2008: 6)
- 2015 Qualifying Record: W-4; D-1; L-1; GF-15; GA-6
- 2015 Qualifying Results: 5-0 win v Grenada; 4-1 win v St. Vincent & the Grenadines; 2-0 win v Curacao; 2-2 draw v Trinidad & Tobago (Khadija Shaw 34’; Rena Gordon 39’); 2-1 win v Puerto Rico; 0-2 loss v Haiti
- 2015 Qualifying Scorers: Khadija Shaw (7 goals); Deneisha Blackwood (3); Rasha Roberts (2); Rena Gordon, Asia Lee-Fatt, Simone Wark (1)
- winless in last 11 CU20W games (0W-4D-7L)
- last CU20W win: 6-0 v Nicaragua on June 21, 2008
- never conceded more than six goals in a CU20W match until 0-7 loss to Canada
- shutout in eight of last 11 CU20W games
- holds record for most draws in CU20W history: 6 … no other team has more than three
- FW Asia Lee-Fatt: scored 3 goals in 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship
- MF Khadija Shaw: scored 1 goal in 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship; MVP of 2013 Caribbean Under-20 Women’s Qualifying Tournament
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 0
Honduras v Canada, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. local)
First-ever CU20W meeting
Honduras
- 2015 CU20W Results: 2-2 draw v Jamaica (Elexa Bahr 4’, 23’); 2-0 win v Trinidad & Tobago (Fatima Romero 4’; Elexa Bahr 67’)
- Qualification: Host
- CU20W Finals: 2 (2014, 2015)
- Best Finish: Group Stage-1 (2014)
- All-Time CU20W Record: W-2; D-1; L-2; GF-8; GA-14
- All-time Leading CU20W Scorer: Elexa Bahr (3 goals … 2015: 3) … Linda Moncada held previous team-record (2 goals … 2014: 2)
- Elexa Bahr is the first Honduran to score in two consecutive CU20W games
- scored at least one goal in four of five all-time CU20W games
- unbeaten in last three CU20W games (2W-1D-0L)
- four of five all-time CU20W games have been against Caribbean opposition
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 0
Canada
- 2015 CU20W Results: 2-0 win Trinidad & Tobago (Sarah Kinzner 16’, Martina Loncar 82’); 7-0 win v Jamaica (Sura Yekka 4'; Sarah Kinzner 21'; Shana Flynn 27' pen; Taylor Pryce 50', 68’, 80’; Vital Kats 70’)
- Qualification: automatic North American entrant
- CU20W Finals: 6 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015)
- Best Finish: Champion-2 (2004, 2008)
- All-time CU20W Record: W-23; D-0; L-4; GF-82; GA-15
- All-time Leading CU20W Scorer: Aysha Jamani (10 goals … 2004: 6, 2006: 4)
- 17W-0D-0L all-time in CU20W group-stage games
- posted shutouts in six of last seven CU20W games
- 16-year-old Sarah Stratigakis has played 90 minutes in each of first two 2015 CU20W games
- GK Rylee Foster: won Golden Glove award at 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship; appeared in two games at 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup; youngest player on Canada roster for 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, but did not appear in any games
- DF Sura Yekka: 13 caps for Canada women’s national team
- MF Sarah Stratigakis: won Golden Ball award at 2014 CONCACAF Under-15 Girls’ Championship
- FW Anyssa Ibrahim: scored five goals in 2014 CONCACAF Under-15 Girls’ Championship
- In 7-0 win v Jamaica, Taylor Pryce became third Canadian to score three goals in a CU20W game … Jodi-Ann Robinson (2006 v Panama) and Jonelle Foligno (2008 v Costa Rica) are the others
- seven goals in win v Jamaica equaled team-record for most goals scored in a single CU20W match (2004 v Panama; 2006 v Trinidad & Tobago)
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 6 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
