CONFEDERATION OF NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL NEWSLETTER

APRIL 2001

VOLUME 11 / NUMBER 1

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
4 April (Giants Cup)
Quarterfinals, first leg
Arnett Gardens FC v D.C. United (Kingston, Jamaica)
CD Saprissa v Columbus Crew (San Jose, Costa Rica)
4-8 April (Copa Caribe)
Group I Preliminary Round
Guyana (Guyana, Cuba. Dominica, Saint-Martin)
4-8 April (Copa Caribe)
Group II Preliminary Round
Martinique (Martinique, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Cayman
Islands, British Virgin Islands)
4-8 April (Copa Caribe)
Group V Preliminary Round
Suriname (Suriname, Barbados, Grenada, Aruba)

The USA defeated Mexico 2:0 in frosty Columbus, Ohio (Photo Tony Quinn, SoccerPixUSA)

USA ONLY COUNTRY WITH MAXIMUM POINTS IN

FINAL ROUND OF WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
A pair of quality wins has sent the USA to the top of the table in the
final round of FC qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Facing the traditional giant of the Confederation on the opening
matchday 28 February, the USA took full advantage of their homefield advantage and defeated Mexico 2:0 in frosty Columbus, Ohio.
Two second-half goals, from Josh Wolff and Earnie Stewart, gave the
USA the full points.
A month later Bruce Arena's charges traveled to San Pedro Sula,
where a wonderful 86th-minute free kick from Clint Mathis gave a
depleted U.S. side a surprising 2:1 away victory. Missing three first-choice performers,
the USA midfield and defense shackled an in-form Honduras side.
Honduras opened their final round account with a vital away point in Costa Rica,
though a stoppage time goal from the home side left Honduras thinking the could have
taken the full complement.
Costa Rica rebounded from that disappointment on home soil to send Trinidad &
Tobago to their second defeat in two matches - both away from home - in a 3:0 victory
in Alajuela.
T&T was also forced to travel to open the round, falling to an early goal from
Tyrone Marshall in Jamaica, as the Reggae Boyz maintained their nearly six-year
unbeaten streak in "The Office" - otherwise known as the National Stadium.
But Jamaica too had to hit the road for their second match, heading to the lair of the
giant, the colossal Estadio Guillermo Caedo (Azteca) in Mexico. Though the home
(Continued on Page 2)

10-14 April (Copa Caribe)

Group III Preliminary Round
Haiti (Haiti, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, US Virgin Islands)
11 April (Giants Cup)
Quarterfinals, return leg
D.C. United v Arnett Gardens FC (Washington, D.C. USA)
Columbus Crew v CD Saprissa (Columbus, Ohio USA)
18-22 April (Under-17 Junior Competition)
FC GROUP A FINAL ROUND, St. Louis, Missouri
(USA, Canada, El Salvador, Jamaica)
25 April (WC2002)
Jamaica v Honduras, Kingston, National Stadium (19:30)
25 April (WC2002)
Trinidad & Tobago v Mexico,
Port-of-Spain, Queens Park Oval (16:00)
25 April (WC2002)
USA v Costa Rica,
Kansas City, Missouri, Arrowhead Stadium (18:30)
2-6 May (Under-17 Junior Competition)
FC GROUP B FINAL ROUND, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
(Honduras, Costa Rica, Haiti, Mexico)

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9-20 May (UNCAF Copa de Naciones)

Honduras (Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa; Estadio Olimpico
Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula; Estadio Excelsior, Puerto Cortes;
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba)

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FIRST GIANTS CUP

QUARTERFINALS SET

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CD Saprissa also drew in the second leg,
a scoreless draw with Alianza FC of El
Salvador, after a 5:1 thrashing in the first
leg. Both matches were played in Costa
Rica after the recent earthquakes left the
Salvadoran club's stadium unsuitable.
Arnett Gardens traveled to SV Transvaal
and captured a 1:1 draw, before returning
home to complete a heavy win on aggregate
with a 5:1 victory in Kingston after the
Surinamese side had two players sent off.

The dates, sites and

kickoff times for
the first two quarterfinals in the
inaugural FC
Giants Cup have
been decided, with
the first legs of
each set to be played on 4 April, and the
return matches in both ties on 11 April.
CD Saprissa of Costa Rica, which eliminated Alianza FC in their preliminary
round series, hosts Columbus Crew of the
USA at Estadio Saprissa in the first leg of
their quarterfinal series. Columbus Crew
will play host to the return match in their
first-ever appearance in continental club
competition.
D.C. United of the USA, winners of the
1998 FC Champions Cup, travel to Jamaica
to face Arnett Gardens FC in Kingston in
the first leg of their quarterfinal matchup,
before hosting the return engagement in
Washington one week later.
Guatemalan powers CSD Comunicaciones
and CSD Municipal completed their passage
after big first-leg victories. Municipal collected
their pass after a 1:1 home draw with El
Salvador's CD Aguila at the Estadio Nacional
Mateo Flores in Guatemala following a 3:1
win away a week earlier.
Comunicaciones drew 1:1 with CD
Motagua of Honduras in the capital city of
Tegucigalpa after winning 4:0 in
Guatemala, which all but eliminated last
season's Honduras champion.

PRELIMINARY ROUND
SERIES A
04.03.2001, Paramaribo, Suriname, Andre Kamperveen Stadion
SV TRANSVAAL - ARNETT GARDENS FC 1:1 (1:0)
Bennie KEJANSIE 31' - Gerald NEIL 63'
R: Urvin FANEIJTE (ANT)

SERIES D
07.03.2001: San Jose, Estadio Saprissa
ALIANZA FC - CD SAPRISSA 1:5 (1:1)
Alejandro LARREA 45' - Jeaustin CAMPOS 33'; Rolando FONSECA
60', 83'; Andre VIEIRA 68'; Walter CENTENO 87'
R: Hugo CASTILLO (GUA)
08.03.2001: San Jose, Estadio Saprissa
CD SAPRISSA - ALIANZA FC 0:0
R: Marcio CARRANZA (HON)
(CD Saprissa win on aggregate 5:1)
QUARTERFINALS
SERIES 1
04.04.2001: Kingston, Tony Spaulding Sports Complex (15:00)
ARNETT GARDENS FC - D.C. UNITED
11.04.2001: Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium (19:30)
D.C. UNITED - ARNETT GARDENS FC

11.03.2001, Kingston, Jamaica, Tony Spaulding Sports Complex

ARNETT GARDENS FC - SV TRANSVAAL 5:1 (1:1)
Denton SHEDDEN 15', 77'; Gerald NEIL 60'; Donovan SMITH 88';
Cornel CHIN-SUE 89' - Regillio REINGOUD 32'
R: Mervin LEE (ATG)
(Arnett Gardens win on aggregate 6:2)

SERIES 2
TBD.2001:
CSD COMUNICACIONES - CD GUADALAJARA
TBD.2001:
CD GUADALAJARA - CSD COMUNICACIONES

SERIES B
07.03.2001: Cd. Guatemala, Estadio Mateo Flores
CSD COMUNICACIONES - CD MOTAGUA 4:0 (3:0)
Luis TORRES 16', 32' 41'; Martin MACHON 48' pen
R: Olger MEJIA (CRC)

SERIES 3
TBD.2001:
CSD MUNICIPAL - CF AMERICA
TBD.2001:
CF AMERICA - CSD MUNICIPAL

14.03.2001, Tegucigalpa, Estadio Nacional Tiburcio Carias:

CD MOTAGUA - CSD COMUNICACIONES 1:1 (1:1)
Hector CARBALLO 42' - Martin MACHON 15'
R: Walter RIVERA (SLV)
(CSD Comunicaciones win on aggregate 5:1)
SERIES C
07.03.2001: San Miguel, Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza
CD AGUILA - CSD MUNICIPAL 1:3 (0:1)
Marcio SAMPAIO 72' - Mario ACEVEDO 12', 68'; Uwaldo PEREZ 65'
R: Roberto MORENO (PAN)
14.03.2001: Cd. Guatemala, Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores (20:00)
CSD MUNICIPAL - CD AGUILA 1:1 (0:1)
Selvin PONCIANO 74' - Rodinei MARTINS 19'
R: Vivian GONZALEZ (HON)
(CSD Municipal win on aggregate 4:2)

(World Cup Qualifying, continued from Page 1)

crowd might have been far from convinced, Mexico let little doubt
they were still well in the thick of the race for the three FC berths in
Korea/Japan 2002, winning 4:0 with two early goals and two late
goals, to draw into third place in the table on goal differential.
Mexico heads to Trinidad & Tobago looks to maintain their
form - and for a little revenge - on the third matchday (25 April).
T&T defeated Mexico 1:0 in a semifinal round in Port-ofSpain.The USA faces Central American bogey side Costa Rica in
Kansas City, Missouri on the same day, a resumption of a battle
with has highlighted the USA's last two World Cup qualification
campaigns. Costa Rica will be looking to repeat their draw won on
U.S. soil in the semifinal round.
The third match sees Honduras traveling to Jamaica suddenly
in need of points - and heading to a place where they suffered a 1:3
reversal in the semifinal round.
USA
COSTA RICA
MEXICO
JAMAICA
HONDURAS

P
2
2
2
2
2

W
2
1
1
1
0

D
0
1
0
0
1

L
0
0
1
1
1

F:A
4:1
5:2
4:2
1:4
3:4

PTS
6
4
3
3
1

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

0:4

SERIES 4
04.04.2001: San Jose, Estadio Saprissa (20:00)
CD SAPRISSA - COLUMBUS CREW
11.04.2001: Columbus, Columbus Crew Stadium (20:00)
COLUMBUS CREW - CD SAPRISSA
SEMIFINALS
27.04.2001
WINNER SERIES 1 v WINNER SERIES 2
WINNER SERIES 3 v WINNER SERIES 4
FINAL
29.04.2001
SEMIFINAL WINNERS

28.03.2001, San Pedro Sula, Estadio Olimpico (A: 45000)

HONDURAS - USA 1:2 (0:1)
Julio Cesar de LEON 59' - Earnie STEWART 32'; Clint MATHIS 86'
R: Fredy BURGOS (GUA)
28.03.2001, Alajuela, Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto (A: 17500)
COSTA RICA - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 3:0 (0:0)
Steven BRYCE 46'; Paulo WANCHOPE 80', 89'
R: KIM Jung Koo (KOR)
25.03.2001, Mexico D.F., Estadio Guillermo Caedo (Azteca) (A: 80000)
MEXICO - JAMAICA 4:0 (2:0)
Antonio DeNIGRIS 15', 17'; Jared BORGUETTI 83', 87'
R: Mauricio NAVARRO (CAN)
28.02.2001, Kingston, National Stadium (A:34000)
JAMAICA - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1:0 (1:0)
Tyrone MARSHALL 17'
R: Carlos BATRES (GUA)
28.02.2001, Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Crew Stadium (A:24329)
USA - MEXICO 2:0 (0:0)
Josh WOLFF 47'; Earnie STEWART 87'
R: Rodolfo SIBRIAN (SLV)
28.02.2001, San Jose, Estadio Saprissa (A: 20000)
COSTA RICA - HONDURAS 2:2 (0:1)
Rolando FONSECA 70', Rodrigo CORDERO 93' - Jose Luis PINEDA 2'; Milton NUEZ 85'
R: Ali Mohammed BUJSAIM (UAE)

CONFEDERATION NEWS - April 2001

LOS ANGELES GALAXY:

2000 FC CHAMPIONS
Ezra Hendrickson's
strike after a wonderful movement in
the 78th minute, his
second goal of the
final, gave the USA
their second FC
Champions' Cup
title, LA Galaxy defeating CD Olimpia of
Honduras 3:2 in the final Sunday afternoon
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Hendrickson's strike finished off a pulsating match, both teams battling back
from a goal down. Galaxy became just the
second U.S. team to win the
Confederation's premier club competition
since its inception in 1962, after D.C.
United won in 1998.
Both teams already won a large prize in
winning their semifinal matches, each
earning berths in the FIFA Club World
Championship later this year in Spain.
For the second consecutive match,
Galaxy survived a penalty shootout, defeating fellow U.S. club D.C. United from the
penalty spot 4:2 after a 1:1 draw in regulation time - where both goals were also
scored through penalties. Olimpia meanwhile continued their domination of
Mexican clubs, hammering Pachuca CF
behind a hat trick from Denilson Costa.
2000 FC CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL ROUND
FINAL
CD OLIMPIA - LOS ANGELES GALAXY 2:3 (1:2)
Danilo TOSELLO 34' pen, Robert LIMA 51' - Ezra HENDRICKSON
36', 78'; Cobi JONES 39'
R: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM)
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
Pedro PINEDA 14' , Omar ARELLANO 38' - Carey TALLEY 33'
R: Kevin STOTT (USA)
SEMIFINALS
PACHUCA CF - CD OLIMPIA 0:4 (0:1)
Denilson COSTA 35', 58', 78'; Alex PINEDA CHACON 49'
R: Carlos BATRES (GUA)
LOS ANGELES GALAXY - D.C. UNITED 1:1 (4:2 pens)
Greg VANNEY 29' pen - Marco ETCHEVERRY 48' pen
R: J.J. ROBLES (MEX)
QUARTERFINALS
17.01.2001
D.C. UNITED - LD ALAJUELENSE 2:1 (1:0)
Carey TALLEY 15'; Ben OLSEN 92' - Luis Diego ARNAEZ 74' pen
R: Mauricio NAVARRO (CAN)
LOS ANGELES GALAXY - REAL CD ESPAA 0:0 (5:3 pen)
R: Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM)
16.01.2001
CD TOLUCA - CD OLIMPIA 0:1 (0:0)
Robert LIMA 86'
R: Carlos BATRES (GUA)
PACHUCA CF - JOE PUBLIC FC 1:0 (0:0)
Gabriel CABALLERO 73' pen
R: Kevin STOTT (USA)

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FC REPRESENTATIVES
FOR FIFA WORLD YOUTH
CHAMPIONSHIP
The USA and
Costa Rica rounded out the FC's
four representatives to the 2001
FIFA World Youth
Championship in
convincing fashion
in the Group B qualifying tournament in
Tunapuna, Trinidad.
The two teams drew 1:1 on the final
day of competition, but both had easily
punched their tickets for Argentina after
rampaging wins on the first days, each
hanging heavy defeats on Guatemala and
Trinidad & Tobago.
The two teams join Canada and
Jamaica, who were the top two in the
Group A tournament in Victoria, British
Columbia in early March, as the
Confederation's teams in Argentina from
17 June - 8 July.
Mexico, which has participated in nine
of 12 FIFA World Youth Championships,
and Honduras, which had participated in
two of the last three, were surprisingly
eliminated by the two winners in Canada.
Of the four qualifiers for Argentina
2001, the USA has appeared in a World
Youth finals on seven occasions, their best
finish a fourth-place showing in 1989.
Canada and Costa Rica will each be making their fifth trip to the World Youth
Championship, for Costa Rican, their
fourth in a row. Jamaica has never qualified for the finals at the U-20 level.

FC FINAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT

GROUP A
28.02.2001 (A: 3317)
MEXICO - JAMAICA 1:1 (1:0)
Luis PEREZ 46+ - Craig GORDON 62
CANADA - HONDURAS 1:0 (1:0)
Julian de GUZMAN 8
02.03.2001 (A: 4833)
HONDURAS - JAMAICA 1:2 (1:0)
Kevin SAMBULA 8' - Keith KELLY 60', 78'
CANADA - MEXICO 1:0 (1:0)
Julian DeGUZMAN 20'
04.03.2001 (A: 5000)
MEXICO - HONDURAS 2:0 (2:0)
Uzziel LOZANO 14', Rafael MARQUEZ 30'
JAMAICA - CANADA 0:0

Canada
Jamaica
Mexico
Honduras

P
3
3
3
3

W
2
1
1
0

D
1
2
1
0

L
0
0
1
3

F:A
2:0
3:2
3:2
1:5

PTS
7
5
4
0

GROUP B
18.03.2001
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - COSTA RICA 0:3 (0:0)
Winston PARKS 51'; Erick SCOTT 78'; Jace PETERS 88' og
Sent off: Thor JOHNSON (TRI) 41'
USA - GUATEMALA 5:0 (4:0)
Conor CASEY 9'; Bobby CONVEY 12', 19'; DaMarcus BEASLEY
30'; Brad DAVIS 74'
20.03.2001
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - USA 1:5 (0:3)
DaMarcus BEASLEY 13', 40'; Landon DONOVAN 14'; Bobby
CONVEY 47'; Brad DAVIS 91' - Michael-Lee CELESTINE 65'
GUATEMALA - COSTA RICA 1:8 (1:3)
Joaquin ALVAREZ 6', 89 og - Jose Luis LOPEZ 11'; Winston PARKS
43', 62'; Warren GRANADOS 44'; Erick SCOTT 47', 80', 85'
22.03.2001
USA - COSTA RICA 1:1 (0:1)
Kyle MARTINO 53' - Joel FAJARDO 41'
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - GUATEMALA 0:0

Costa Rica
United States
Trinidad & Tobago
Guatemala

P
3
3
3
3

W
2
2
0
0

D
1
1
1
1

L
0
0
2
2

F:A
12:2
11:2
1:8
1:13

PTS
7
7
1
1

FIELDS NOW SET FOR FINAL FC UNDER-17

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS
The final eight teams are now known for the two final qualifying tournaments in the FC
Under-17 Junior Competition.
The winner of each four-team round-robin will advance to the FIFA U-17 World
Championship, to be held in Trinidad & Tobago from 14-30 September. The first tournament will is set for 18-22 April in St. Louis, Missouri USA, matching Canada, El
Salvador, Jamaica and the host country. The Group B qualifier will be played in San
Pedro Sula, Honduras from 2-6 May, with Costa Rica, Haiti, Mexico and the host.
FC FINAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS - U-17 JUNIOR COMPETITION
GROUP A - 18-22.04.2001, St. Louis, Missouri USA
18.04.2001: CANADA - EL SALVADOR (17:00); USA - JAMAICA (19:00)
20.04.2001: EL SALVADOR - JAMAICA (17:00); USA - CANADA (19:00)
22.04.2001: JAMAICA - CANADA (14:00); USA - EL SALVADOR (16:00)
GROUP B - 02-06.05.2001, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
02.05.2001: MEXICO - COSTA RICA (17:00); HONDURAS - HAITI (19:00)
04.05.2001: MEXICO - HAITI (17:00) HONDURAS - COSTA RICA (19:00)
06.05.2001: HAITI - COSTA RICA (15:00); HONDURAS - MEXICO (17:00)

HEADQUARTERS

Office of the General Secretary Chuck Blazer

725 Fifth Avenue, Trump Tower, NY, NY 10022
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UNCAF Headquarters 2a Calle 25-80, Zona 15
Vista Hermosa II, Edo. Maria del Alma
5o Nivel, Apartamento 500
Cd. Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A.
(P): 011-502-369-8129 (F) 011-502-365-7866
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CFU Headquarters
131 Eastern Main Rd, Arouca, Trinidad WI
(P): 1-809-646-5753 (F): 1-809-646-4076
cfu@wow.net

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Montserrat Football Association

PRESIDENT: Vincent Cassell
1st VICE PRESIDENT: James White
2nd VICE PRESIDENT: Clement Pollidore
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS: Nigel Osborne, Kenneth Lee
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PRESIDENT: Mark Louis
VICE PRESIDENT: Alfred Emmanuel
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GENERAL SECRETARY: George R.D. Rutherford

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Calle Islas de la Bahia
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PHONE: +1-473/440-9903 FAX: +1-473/440-9973

CANADA TO HOST FIFA WOMENS U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP

FIFA has announced the Canadian Soccer Association will host the inaugural FIFA
U-19 Womens World Championship in 2002.
The championship is slated to take place in the late August/early September time
frame and will feature 12 nations playing a format of three groups of four teams in round
robin play during the approximate 17-day schedule. The top two finishers in each group
as well as the two best third-place finishers advance to the quarter-finals.

FIFA CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW ANNOUNCED

Los Angeles Galaxy of the USA were drawn into the glamour group as the schedule
was set for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship at the tournament draw held 6
March in La Corua, Spain.
The winners of the 2000 FC Champions Cup held last month in their home city, Los
Angeles Galaxy were drawn into Group C, along with Real Madrid CF of Spain, the 2000
UEFA Champions League winners, Jubilo Iwata of Japan, winners of the 2000 Asian
Champions Cup, and Hearts of Oak from Ghana, winners of the 2000 CAF Champions
League. All the group matches will be played at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.
The FCs other representative, CD Olimpia of Honduras, were drawn into Group B,
also played in Madrid at Estadio Vicente Calderon. They will face SE Palmeiras of Brazil,
winners of the 2000 Copa Libertadores, Galatasaray SK of Turkey, winners of the UEFA
Cup in 2000, and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, who captured the 2000 Asian Super Cup.

FIFA VISIT U-17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP VENUES IN T&T

A FIFA inspection team visited the five stadia to be used for the 2001 FIFA Under-17
World Championship, 14-30 September in Trinidad & Tobago.
Four stadia - in Arima, Marabella and Couva in Trinidad and Bacolet, Tobago - are
being built for the event. The fifth, the Hasely Crawford National Stadium in Port-ofSpain, which will host opening and final matches, has undergone a complete renovation.
We are satisfied to a large extent with the progress, and what we have seen does
make us very happy that the tournament will be a full success, said Walter Gagg, FIFA
Director of Development. This is the smallest country FIFA has ever given a world
championship.