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VOLUME 13 / NUMBER 5
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
3 November 14 December 2003
Womens Olympic Preliminary Qualifying
5-9 November 2003
Central Zone Qualifying (Quadrangular 3)
2004 CONCACAF Champions Cup
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
5-12 November 2003
Caribbean Zone Qualifying (First Round)
2004 CONCACAF Champions Cup
15/16 November 2003
Mens Olympic Second Round Qualifying First Legs
19/23 November 2003
Mens Olympic Second Round Qualifying Second Legs
26 November - 3 December 2003
Caribbean Zone Qualifying (Semi-Finals)
2004 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Canada (red), USA (white) battle for the ball. They are two of the four CONCACAF representatives
at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in UAE. (Photo: J.Brett Whitesell/ISI)
Canada, Mexico, Panama and the USA will carry the CONCACAF banner
at the 2003 FIFA World Youth (Under-20) World Championship, which will
be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this month.
The tournament, which was postponed from its original dates of 25
March 16 April 2003 due to the threat of war in the Persian Gulf region, is taking place
from 27 November 19 December.
Under the Organizing Committee Chairmanship of CONCACAF President, FIFA Vice
President, Jack Warner, the 24-team tournament has six groups of four teams in the
opening round with the top two along with the four best third-place finishers advance to
the knock-out stage.
Making their sixth appearance at the FIFA event, Canada will compete in Group C at
the Rashid Stadium in Dubai, along with Brazil, Czech Republic and Australia, while
Mexico, who are in their 10th world championship, find themselves in Group E at the
Khalifa Stadium in Al Ain, with Saudi Arabia, Ireland and Cote d'Ivoire.
Playing in their first FIFA world championship, Panama are in Group A at the Zayed
Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, joining Slovakia, Burkina Faso and the host country,
while the USA, who are in their ninth appearance at the FIFA competition, are in Group F
at the Al Nahayan Stadium in Abu Dhabi with Paraguay, Germany and Korea Republic.
U-20 TENTATIVE ROSTERS
CANADA
GK: Daniel Fernndez, Andrew Olivieri, Simon Rayner;
DF: Andres Arango, Matthew Britner, David Edgar, David
Fronimadis, Andrew Hainault, Kevin Harmse, Simon
Kassaye, Julien Meunier, Jonathan Trudeau;
MD: Gordon Chin, Jason Di Tullio, Waldemar Dutra, Ryan Gyaki,
Atiba Hutchinson, Nikolas Lederwood, Sita-Taty Matondo, Jeremy
Shepherd, Josh Simpson, Chris Williams;
AT: Dylan Hughes, Chris Lemire, Dave Simpson.
TD: Dale MITCHELL
PANAMA
GK: Joseph Caldern, Anibal Orozco, Carlos Valds;
DF: Irving Bailey, Jean Botacio, Jair Carrasquilla,
Armando Gun, Kairo Martnez, Miguel Olivares, Joel
Solanilla, Edgar Tem;
MD: James Brown, Jean Bocanegra, Gabriel Gmez, Angel
Lombardo, Jean McLean, Orlando Rodrguez, Juan Ramn Sols,
Rodrigo Tello;
AT: Csar Aguilar, Ren Cohn, Elas Ortega, Christian Vega.
TD: Gary STEMPEL
MEXICO
GK: Jess Yair Urbina, Vctor Odin Patio;
DF: Diego Ordaz, Juan De la Barrera, Diego Cervantes,
Adrin Cortes, Ricardo Jimnez, Fernando Lpez, Yamet
Prez, Fausto Manuel Pinto;
MD: Juan De la Cruz, Diego De la Torre, Elliot Huitron, Juan Carlos
Medina, Oscar Uriel Zea Mondragn, Francisco Javier Torres,
Ignacio Torres Olvera;
AT: David Alfredo Costilla, Jess De Nigris, Alberto Esquivel
Reyna, Guillermo Rojas, Isaac Romo, Mario Virginio Ortiz.
TD: Eduardo RERGIS
USA
GK: Clint Baumstark, Steve Cronin, Fred Williams;
DF: Ryan Cochrane, Jordan Harvey, Craig Jared Klass,
Chris Lancos, Chad Marshall, Drew Moor, Heath Pearce,
Frank Simek;
MD: Arturo Alvarez, Craig Capano, Ricardo Clark, Bobby Convey,
Ned Grabavoy, Justin Mapp, Miguel Saavedra, Jordan Stone;
AT: Devin Barclay, Cameron Knox, Ed Johnson, Mike Magee,
Santino Quaranta.
TD: Thomas RONGEN
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first stage will be completed by the weekend of 19-20 June and the
semi-final stage begins on 18 August and end on 17 November 2004.
At the semi-final stage, the twelve qualifiers will be divided into
three groups of four, with the top two from each group moving on to
the final qualifying stage.
The final group of six qualifiers will play, home and away, from
9 February 2005 - 12 October 2005 at which point the three certain
CONCACAF qualifiers and the team in fourth place will be known.
CONCACAF 2006 World Cup Qualifying Dates
2004
8 September Game 3
9-10 October Game 4
Preliminary Round
13 October Game 5
18 February Leg 1
17 November Game 6
31 March Leg 2
2005
Second Round
Final Round
12-13 June Leg 1
9 February Game 1
19-20 June Leg 2
26-27 March Game 2
Semi-Final Round
30 March Game 3
18 August Game 1
4-5 June Game 4
4-5 September Game 2
8 June Game 5
17 August Game 6
3-4 September Game 7
7 September Game 8
8-9 October Game 9
12 October Game 10
Fourth-Place Playoff
12 November Leg 1
16 November Leg 2
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