Seven teams post victories on second day of Caribbean Qualification
Concacaf.com7.11.07 - Seven teams posted victories on the second day of group play at the 2007 CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship on Tuesday. The Caribbean Tournament, which is taking place in six venues in Trinidad & Tobago, will qualify one team to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup™.
Atullah Guerra scored twice to lead the 2003 Caribbean Champions, San Juan Jabloteh of Trinidad & Tobago to a 5:0 win over Netherlands Antilles’ SV Centro Social Deportivo Barber in Group A at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Meanwhile, in Group B action at the Macoya’s Marvin Lee Stadium, Joe Public FC (Trinidad & Tobago) defeated Sagicor South East United (Dominica) by a score of 5:0. Kerry Baptiste scored two of the goals to guide the 2000 CFU Club Winners.
In Group C play, Fabrice Noel notched four goals, while Alberto Zapata added three more to help the Puerto Rico Islanders to a 10:0 triumph over Antigua & Barbuda’s Hitachi Centre Sap FC at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. In the other Group C encounter in Marabella, Gerard Adensida and Bryen Damaba scored for Surinam’s Inter Moengotapoe in the 2:1 victory against the 2004 Caribbean Champions, Harbour View FC of Jamaica.
SV Leo Victor of Surinam eliminated the US Virgin Islands’ Helenites SC from Group D after a 4:0 win at the Marvin Lee Stadium. Vangillino Sastromadjo scored twice for SV Leo Victor as they earn their first victory at the Caribbean Tournament since 1994.
In Group E action at the Guaracara Park in Point-a-Pierre, Ranja Christian and Jamie Thomas scored to pace Bassa SC of Antigua & Barbuda to a 2:1 triumph over Cuba’s Pinar del Rio on Tuesday. In the other group match, Baltimore de St. Marc of Haiti easily defeated Netherlands Antilles’ Jong Colombia by a score of 12:0. Luxene Elestin scored four goals, while Gabriel Michel and Emerlin Nicholas added two goals each for Baltimore de St. Marc.
The 2007 CFU Club Championship continues on Thursday (8 November) with the last first round group matches as only eight teams will progress to the quarterfinals taking place three days later.
The CFU Club Tournament semifinals and final will take place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on 14 and 16 November, respectively.
The Caribbean winner will progress to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup™, joining the defending champion Pachuca CF, another Mexican side; D.C. United, one more club from the USA; along with CD Motagua of Honduras, Costa Rica’s Deportivo Saprissa and another Central American club.
2008 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS’ CUP™
Caribbean Qualification – 2007 CFU Club Championship
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Group A
06.11.2007: Port of Spain; Hasely Crawford Stadium
SV CENTRO SOCIAL DEPORTIVO BARBER (ANT) – SAN JUAN JABLOTEH (TRI) 0:5 (0:2) Atullah GUERRA 21’, 79’; Gason GREGORY 24’; Peter BYERS 49’; Shandell SAMUEL 53’
08.11.2007: Port of Spain; Hasely Crawford Stadium
SAN JUAN JABLOTEH (TRI) – SV DEPORTIVO NACIONAL (ARU) (17:00)
Group B
06.11.2007: Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
SAGICOR SOUTH EAST UNITED (DMA) – JOE PUBLIC FC (TRI) 0:5 (0:5) Kerry BAPTISTE 40’, 45’; Keyeno THOMAS 19’; Terrance MCALLISTER 24’; Gregory RICHARDSON 43’
08.11.2007: Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
JOE PUBLIC FC (TRI) – SV RCA (ARU) (17:00)
Group C
06.11.2007: Marabella; Manny Ramjohn Stadium
PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS (PUR) – HITACHI CENTRE SAP FC (ATG) 10:0 (4:0) Fabrice NOEL 10’, 45’, 48’; Alberto ZAPATA 45’, 50’, 73’; Victor HERRERA 2’; Marco VELEZ 72’; Alberto DELGADO 88’
INTER MOENGOTAPOE (SUR) – HARBOUR VIEW FC (JAM) 2:1 (1:1)Gerard ADENSIDA 45’; Bryen DAMBA 82’ – Jermaine HUE 16’
08.11.2007: Couva; Ato Boldon Stadium
PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS (PUR) – INTER MOENGOTAPOE (SUR) (15:00)
HARBOUR VIEW FC (JAM) – HITACHI CENTRE SAP FC (ATG) (17:00)
Group D
06.11.2007: Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
HELENITES SC (VIR) – SV LEO VICTOR (SUR) 0:4 (0:2) Randwil AINSAINI 28’, Sazel Hoog RORP 33’; Vangillino SATROMADJO 51’, 81’;
08.11.2007: Macoya; Marvin Lee Stadium
PORTMORE UNITED FC (JAM) – SV LEO VICTOR (SUR) (19:00)
Group E
06.11.2007: Point-a-Pierre; Guaracara Park
BASSA SC (ATG) – PINAR DEL RIO (CUB) 2:1 (0:1)Jamie THOMAS 47’; Ranja CHRISTIAN 63’ – Reinier NUŃEZ 8’
JONG COLOMBIA (ANT) – BALTIMORE DE ST. MARC (HAI) 0:12 (0:6)OG 10’; Luxene ELESTIN 12’, 22’, 39’, 56’; Raymond EDNILSON 19’; Junior JOSEPH 32’; Emerlin NICHOLAS 71’, 77’; Rolando ST. JEAN 76’; Gabriel MICHEL 84’, 89’
08.11.2007: Point-a-Pierre; Guaracara Park
JONG COLOMBIA (ANT) – BASSA SC (ATG) (15:00)
PINAR DEL RIO (CUB) – BALTIMORE DE ST. MARC (HAI) (17:00)
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