CU20W Preview: Haiti v Costa Rica (Jan. 20, 2018)

COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago – Haiti will look to make it two wins in a row, while Costa Rica aims to bounce back from a loss to Canada, when they collida in the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship (CU20W) on Saturday at Ato Boldon Stadium 

CONCACAF.com takes a look at the game: 

2018 CONCACAF UNDER-20 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (CU20W)

Couva, Trinidad & Tobago -- Ato Boldon Stadium

January 20, 2018 

GROUP A 

HAITI v COSTA RICA, 3:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. local)

Costa Rica leads all-time CU20W series: 1W-0D-0L (4GF, 0GA) 

Last CU20W meeting

May 7, 2002 (Group Stage): Costa Rica 4, Haiti 0

Megan Chavez 26', 70’; Shirley Cruz 29'; Maricela Rojas 42' 

HAITI 

Facts

- 2018 Results: 3-2 win v Trinidad & Tobago (Nerilia Mondesir 26’, 45’+2, 54)

- Appearances: 4 (2002, 2012, 2015, 2018)

- All-Time Record: W3 D1 L6 GF8 GA40

- Best Finish: Group Stage-3 (2002, 2012, 2015)

- All-Time Leading CU20W Scorer: Nerilia Mondesir (5 goals – 2015: 2, 2018: 3)

- U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 0

- Qualification: Runner-up, Caribbean Qualifying

- Qualification Record: W5 D0 L1 GF42 GA3

- Qualification Results: 16-0 win v Anguilla, 7-0 win v Dominica, 3-1 win v Cuba, 12-0 win v St. Kitts & Nevis, 0-1 loss v Jamaica, 4-1 win v Dominican Republic

- Qualification Scorers: Nerilia Mondesir (14 goals); Sherley Jeudy, Melchie Daelle Dumonay (8); Roseline Elossaint (4); Danielle Etienne (3); Nelourde Nicolas (2); Kerlidade Damour, Magdala Macean, Naphtalie Northe (1)

- Nerilia Mondesir has scored Haiti’s last five CU20W goals

- Two of Haiti’s three all-time CU20W wins have come by the score of 3-2 (3-2 win v Panama in 2015)

- Haiti has conceded at least one goal in nine of its 10 all-time CU20W games

- Haiti has never scored in a CU20W match in which it has tied or lost 

Key Players

- FW Nerilia Mondesir: plays for Montpellier in France; 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (top scorer, 7 goals); Qualifying for 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (overall top scorer, 14 goals); Caribbean qualifying for the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship (12 goals) 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship (2 goals); Caribbean qualifying for 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (4 goals); 2014 CONCACAF Under-15 Girls’ Championship (joint-top scorer with Cayman Islands’ Chelsea Green, 6 goals)

- FW Melchie Daelle Dumonay: 15-years-old; 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (1 goal v Grenada)

- MF Roseline Elossiant: 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (1 goal v Grenada) 

COSTA RICA 

Facts

- 2018 Results: 1-3 loss v Canada (Catalina Estrada 28’)

- Appearances: 7 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018)

- All-Time Record: W12 D3 L9 GF59 GA57

- Best Finish: Third Place-3 (2004, 2010, 2014)

- All-Time Leading CU20W Scorer: Raquel Rodriguez Cedeño (5 goals – 2008 3, 2010: 2)

- U-20 Women’s World Cup Appearances: 2 (2010, 2014)

- Qualification: Central American Qualifying Classification Stage winner

- Qualification Record: W3 D0 L0 GF18 GA0

- Qualification Results: 10-0 win v Belize, 1-0 win v Nicaragua, 7-0 win v Honduras

- Qualification Scorers: Fabiola Villalobos (6 goals); Daniela Coto (3); Mariela Campos (2); Priscila Chinchilla, Maria Paula Coto, Maria Elizondo, Indira Gonzalez, Maria Paula Salas, Sofia Varela, Gloriana Villalobos (1)

- Conceded three goals in each of last three CU20W games

- Conceded at least one goal in last six CU20W games (17 total goals over that stretch)

- Scored one goal or fewer in six of last eight CU20W matches

- Has not lost two consecutive games in same CU20W since 2008 (0-4 v Canada, 0-4 v USA) 

Key Players

- MF Mariela Campos: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (2 games/0 goals)

- DF Maria Paula Coto: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (2 games/0 goals)

- MF Maria Elizondo: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3 games/0 goals)

- FW Catalina Estrada: scored three total goals in a pair of friendlies v Jamaica earlier in January

- FW Sofia Varela: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3 games/1 goal in 1-2 loss v Zambia)

- FW Fabiola Villalobos: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3 games/0 goals); 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (3/0); scored competition-best six goals in Central American qualifying for 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship, including four in 10-0 win v Belize

- MF Gloriana Villalobos: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3 games/0 goals); 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (3/0); on roster for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but did not see any action; 2016 CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship (2 goals in 2-4 loss v Mexico); plays for Florida State University in the United States; 12 senior team caps

- DF Kenlly Villalobos: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (3 games/0 goals)