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2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« on: January 16, 2017, 11:07:49 AM »
2017 Caribbean Club Championship teams, groups & schedule announced
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CONCACAF announced Monday the clubs, groups and schedule for the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship.

A record 20 sides from 11 countries – headed by Trinidad & Tobago’s Central FC, the two-time defending champion – qualified for the 19th edition of the competition, which will determine the region’s representatives to the next edition of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.

The first round consists of five groups of four teams, which will play a round-robin format from late February through March.  Greenbay Hoppers FC (Antigua & Barbuda), Don Bosco FC (Haiti), Montego Bay United FC (Jamaica), Central FC (Trinidad & Tobago) and System 3 Sport Academy (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) will host the group stage.

Group Stage Venues

Group A: Antigua Recreation Ground – St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda,
Group B: Stade Sylvio Cator – Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Group C: Montego Bay Sports Complex - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Group D: Ato Boldon Stadium. – Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Group E: Victoria Park - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The five group winners will advance to the final round, scheduled to be played from May 13-21.

The Caribbean Club Championship has been contested annually since 1997 (with the exception of 1999 and 2008), when United Petrotrin of Trinidad & Tobago captured the inaugural title.  A champion has been crowned 16 times, with DirecTV W Connection, also of Trinidad & Tobago, lifting the trophy a record three times.

Besides Central FC, the 2017 field includes two former Caribbean champions: San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad & Tobago) and Portmore United (Jamaica).  Additionally, Transvaal, a past CONCACAF club champion (1973, 1981) qualified for the event as runner-up in the 2015/16 Surinamese league.

2017 Caribbean Club Championship Participating teams (alphabetical order)

Bequia United FC (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
Central FC (Trinidad & Tobago)
Cibao FC (Dominican Republic)
Club Barcelona Atletico (Dominican Republic)
Club Sportif Moulien (Guadeloupe)
Don Bosco FC (Haiti)
Elite Sport Club (Cayman Islands)
Flames United SC (Sint Maarten)
Greenbay Hoppers FC (Antigua & Barbuda)
Grenades FC (Antigua & Barbuda)
Inter Moengo Tapoe (Suriname)
Montego Bay United FC (Jamaica)
Police FC (Montserrat)
Portmore United FC (Jamaica)
Racing FC des Gonaives (Haiti)
San Juan Jabloteh FC (Trinidad & Tobago)
Scholars International (Cayman Islands)
SV Transvaal (Suriname)
System 3 Sport Academy (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
USR Sainte‐Rose (Guadeloupe)

First Round Schedule

GROUP A (Antigua & Barbuda)
February 22, 2017
Racing FC v Inter Moengo Tapoe
Greenbay Hoppers v Bequia United FC

February 24, 2017
Bequia United FC v Racing FC
Greenbay Hoppers v Inter Moengo Tapoe

February 26, 2017
Inter Moengo Tapoe v Bequia United FC
Greenbay Hoppers v Racing FC

GROUP B (Haiti)
March 1, 2017
Police FC v Cibao FC
Don Bosco FC v USR Sainte-Rose

March 3, 2017
Cibao FC v USR Sainte-Rose
Don Bosco FC v Police FC

March 5, 2017
USR Sainte-Rose v Police FC
Don Bosco FC v Cibao FC

GROUP C (Jamaica)
March 1, 2017
Club Barcelona Atletico v Elite Sport Club
Montego Bay United FC v Grenades FC

March 3, 2017
Grenades FC v Club Barcelona Atletico
Montego Bay United FC v Elite Sport Club

March 5, 2017
Elite Sport Club v Grenades FC
Montego Bay United FC v Club Barcelona Atletico

GROUP D (Trinidad & Tobago)
March 8, 2017
Scholars International v Portmore United FC
Central FC v SV Transvaal

March 10, 2017
Portmore United FC v SV Transvaal
Central FC v Scholars International

March 12, 2017
SV Transvaal v Scholars International
Central FC v Portmore United FC

GROUP E (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
March 8, 2017
Flames United SC v San Juan Jabloteh
System 3 Sport Academy v Club Sportif Moulien

March 10, 2017
San Juan Jabloteh v Club Sportif Moulien
System 3 Sport Academy v Flames United SC

March 12, 2017
Club Sportif Moulien v Flames United SC
System 3 Sport Academy v San Juan Jabloteh

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship teams, groups & schedule announced
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2017, 01:14:38 PM »
These  people need to get their geography correct about TT. ATO is not in PoS. Chaguanas.

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship teams, groups & schedule announced
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2017, 01:30:07 PM »
What are the predictions for the TT clubs in this tournament. Will they follow the same faith of the NT team? Or will they perform well enough as past Trini teams who have "dominated" this tournament. See the DJW team is not in it, then there should be no issues of match fixing, right? So, both Central and especially Jabloteh should be trying to prove the point that they are not like the MNT.

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 02:07:20 AM »
Love the large field, still a shame half the Caribbean isn't represented though.

Jabloteh's group is straight-forward - I'm usually the one preaching caution about fellow Caribbean teams, but Flames united are very weak and Vincy football isn't at the standard of their neighbours at the moment. CS Moulien might present more of a challenge, but I don't expect Jabloteh to get less than 7 points in that group.

Central, on the other hand, have been dealt a crap hand - I find it hard to believe that placing 1st can give you such a terrible draw as compared to Jabloteh's 2nd place. Portmore are an excellent team - one of the top 10 or maybe even top 5 in the region, whilst Transvaal have the potential to cause an upset (again, I preach caution when dealing with the Guyanas, they're tough when on their game). Scholars are perhaps the weaker side, but they aren't a walkover like perhaps other teams are.

Group A is definitely the most competitive. You'd expect Racing to win perhaps, but Moengotapoe will give them a run for their money. Greenbay Hoppers and Bequia are also middling teams for the region, so they'll be interesting to watch.

Group B is also competitive, although I imagine Police (MSR) will do well to keep matches below 5 goals against. They have a lot of strong competition - Don Bosco are a good shout for reaching the Semi-finals under the usual format, Cibao are rebuilding into a professional team, while Sainte-Rose are a side that can compete.

Montego Bay will have little trouble in Group C, which perhaps represents the 2nd least competitive after Jabloteh's. Atlético have some potential,  as do Grenades, to compete, but I doubt they'll get much of a sniff at Montego Bay. Elite are a wild-card, but I wouldn't expect more than a win from the group.

Predictions;

A
  • Racing
    Moengotapoe
    Hoppers
    Bequia

B
  • Don Bosco
    Cibao
    Sainte-Rose
    Police

C
  • Montego Bay
    Atlético
    Grenades
    Elite SC

D
  • Central FC
    Portmore
    Transvaal
    Scholars

E
  • Jabloteh
    CS Moulien
    System 3
    Flames Utd

Final Round;
1.Central
2.Montego Bay
3.Jabloteh

Don Bosco
Racing

There's a lot of scope to be wrong though - Don Bosco could bring a surprise or two - Jabloteh might be under threat from them.

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2017, 12:22:17 PM »
CONCACAF Champions League unveils new format without group stage
BY JEFF CARLISLE (ESPN).


CONCACAF has announced a revised format for the CONCACAF Champions League that eliminates the group stage starting in the 2017-18 edition of the tournament.

The tournament will now involve 31 clubs and be comprised of two stages. The first stage will see 16 teams from the Caribbean and Central America compete in a tournament that runs from August to October.

The winner will then move on to the second stage, where it will be joined by clubs from MLS (five teams, assuming the winner of the Canada Cup is an MLS team), Liga MX (four teams), the winner of the Caribbean Club Championship, as well as the overall champions from El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, and Guatemala. This stage will be contested from February to May.

"The expansion of the CONCACAF club competitions platform to 31 clubs is an important step forward in the Confederation's efforts to include more Member Association representation and increase participation at the highest levels of our competitions," said CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani.

"The continued growth of club competition in CONCACAF is representative of the strengthening of the sport throughout the region, and along with the new format for the Champions League, provides the base for a formidable club championship structure that will entertain and engage fans region-wide for years to come."

The effect of the format changes, at least as it relates to MLS and Liga MX clubs, is that the group stage that used to take place in the latter half of the calendar year, has been eliminated, thus helping to ease fixture congestion.

But MLS has long complained that the timing of the knockout stage of the tournament -- which has historically run during preseason and the early months of the regular season -- took place when its teams were far from peak form. The revised format will do little to change that.

A CONCACAF spokesman explained that the stakeholders from all of the leagues were consulted, and that MLS was asked whether it preferred to have the knockout stage run from August to October. MLS selected the option for it to run from February to May.

"One of the challenges that we were made aware of by MLS was that the August to October [timeframe] was likely to conflict with some important days on their league calendar, like Decision Day and the playoffs," said the spokesman. "So that was a challenge for them, among others, and alleviating fixture congestion was one of their goals."

As for why games have to start in February as opposed to March or April, the spokesman explained that when international fixture windows are taken into account, a March start date wouldn't allow for enough time to squeeze in eight matchdays.

"A March start would take up almost every midweek date, which just wasn't feasible," the spokesman said.

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2017, 12:31:27 PM »
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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2017, 04:26:20 PM »
Which TrinTo club allyuh think go make it  into the first stage?

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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2017, 05:47:49 AM »
Wow big change and not for the better. Phase 1 will be poorly televised and attended, seems skewed in USA and Mexico's favour. One rep instead of 3 in the final tourney, unless they win phase 1. Belize royally screwed and Central America cluttering phase 1 with 3 overall teams each in the tournament?

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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2017, 04:59:06 PM »
Jabloteh off to CONCACAF Champions League qualifying.
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Keith Jeffrey, head coach of former Caribbean champions San Juan Jabloteh, is bracing for a baptism of fire when he leads the San Juan Kingsinton Group E action of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2017 Club Championship—the Caribbean’s qualifying tournament to the CONCACAF Champions League—this week.

Jabloteh, whose 20-man squad left for St. Vincent today, will open against Sint Maarten’s Flames United SC on Wednesday 8 March (5:30 pm), then face Guadeloupe’s Club Sportif Moulien on Friday 10 March (5:30 pm), before completing the first round round-robin stage against hosts System 3 Sport Academy (7:30 pm) on Sunday 12 March. All matches will be contested at Victoria Park in Kingstown, St. Vincent.

Team captain and Jamaican defensive midfielder Damian Williams will lead Jabloteh’s 20-man squad which includes goalkeepers Javon Sample and Guyana’s Andrew Durrant; defenders Akeem Benjamin, Jerome Mc Intyre, Josiah Trimmingham, Jevon Morris and Jamaican Adrian Reid; midfielders Elijah Manners, Keyon Edwards, Jamaican Keithy Simpson, Kion Joseph, Panamanian Jairo Lombardo, Kennedy Hinkson, Nathan Lewis and Micah Lansiquot; and forwards Jamal Gay, Tyrone Charles, Kadeem Corbin, and Guyana’s Vurlon Mills.

According to Jabloteh coach Jeffrey, the San Juan club has already secured the signature of unattached Trinidad and Tobago international Carlyle Mitchell. However the T&T defender was unavailable for selection due to a groin injury picked up in training with the national team preparing for upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Mexico on 24 and 25 March respectively. Also on the injury list is defender Aquil Selby while forward Brent Sam is still on trial in Portugal.

Jeffrey, who travelled to St. Vincent ahead of his team, will be joined by assistant coaches Nigel Henry and Gilbert Bateau, goalkeeper coach Joshua Lamb, and team manager Michael Watson.

“I have no idea about our opponents,” Jeffrey told ttproleague.com today. “But we know one thing for sure, they will be fired up against us. They will all see us as the powerhouse in the group. Trinidad and Tobago is at the top of the list in football in the Caribbean but we are not underestimating the other teams.

“I have spoken to the coach of the ‘Vincy’ team (System 3 Sport Academy) and they have been looking us up on Youtube, and I would think it’s the same with our other opponents. The most we got about them online is their standings and some results. System 3 have also strengthened their team, adding some players from the United States and from within their St. Vincent league.

“We will have to do the things necessary to make us successful even if it means some tactical changes after getting to understand our opponents as the game progress.

“What is also important for us is that our players understand that they are not only representing Jabloteh, but representing Trinidad and Tobago.”

Jabloteh, champions in 2003, last competed at the Caribbean Club Championship in 2010, finishing third behind champions Puerto Rico Islanders and now defunct, runners-up Joe Public.

Jabloteh’s runners-up finish in the 2015/16 Digicel Pro League season qualified them along with champions Central FC for this season’s Caribbean Club Championship.

“This shows [Jabloteh’s] management made a good decision in putting me here to get Jabloteh back into CFU,” said Jeffrey back then. He was installed as technical director/head coach when the four-time Pro League champions, Jabloteh, resumed top-flight operations for the 2013/14 season following a one-year hiatus due to financial strains after then major sponsor—CL Financial—went into receivership.

Jabloteh, now, are coming off a third place finish in the just concluded 2016/17 Pro League season behind three-peat champions Central FC and runners-up W Connection.

Central FC, the two-time Caribbean defending champions, heads a record 21 clubs from 12 countries who have qualified for the this season’s edition of the CFU competition, which will determine the region’s representatives to CONCACAF’s expanded competitions platform.

The five group winners will advance to the final round, scheduled for May 14 – 21. Central, who received a bye as reigning champions, will host the final round in Trinidad.

“Only the group winners will be going forward,” added Jeffrey. “And we want to play before the supporters in Trinidad. So it’s important for us reaching the final six, and with the support of the home advantage—the 12th man—we want to go all the way to the final.”

Haitian outfit Racing FC (Group A), Dominican Republic’s Cibao FC (Group B) and Antigua and Barbuda outfit Grenades FC (Group C) have already secured their final round berths after topping their respective groups. The final round will be played in two groups of three, with both group winners facing each other in the final.

The champions of the Caribbean Club Championship earns a place in the newly re-formatted CONCACAF Champions League, while the second, third and fourth-placed clubs will participate in the Confederation’s newly launched club championship tournament for Caribbean and Central American clubs, which kicks off in August.

GROUP E (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)

March 8, 2017

Flames United SC (St. Maarten) v San Juan Jabloteh (T&T)

System 3 Sport Academy (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) v Club Sportif Moulien

March 10, 2017

San Juan Jabloteh v Club Sportif Moulien

System 3 Sport Academy (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) v Flames United SC (St. Maarten)

March 12, 2017

Club Sportif Moulien (Guadeloupe) v Flames United SC (St Maarten)

System 3 Sport Academy (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) v San Juan Jabloteh (T&T)

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2017, 05:32:00 AM »
Match day ...any chance of us gehhin a glimpse of the proceedings?

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« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2017, 06:33:44 AM »
Match day ...any chance of us gehhin a glimpse of the proceedings?

I may have to eat my words. That is wishful thinking.

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« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2017, 05:47:15 PM »
San Juan Jabloteh began their 2017 CFU Club Championship in style with a 9-0 demolition of Sint Maarten’s Flames United.
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2017, 06:38:19 PM »
San Juan Jabloteh began their 2017 CFU Club Championship in style with a 9-0 demolition of Sint Maarten’s Flames United.
Goals from Keithy Simpson (x3), Nathan Lewis (x3), Jairo Lombardo, Tyrone Charles, Jamal Gay

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« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2017, 07:48:13 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2017, 06:39:26 AM »
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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2017, 01:02:42 PM »
Lewis and Simpson on fire as Jabloteh out Flames 9-0 in CCL qualifying.
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Nathan Lewis and Keithy Simpson both grabbed hat-tricks as Trinidad and Tobago Pro League outfit San Juan Jabloteh dumped Sint Maarten’s Flames United 9-0 on Wednesday in the opening clash of Group E of the 2017 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship at Victoria Park in Kingstown, St. Vincent.

Trinidad and Tobago international, Lewis, completed his hat-trick in the first half with goals in the 21st, 40th and 44th minutes after Simpson opened the scoring in the 11th minute for the former Caribbean champions who took a 4-0 cushion into the break.

Jamaica national Simpson, who started along countrymen Damian Williams and Adrian Reid, made it 5-nil six minutes into the second half before completing his hat-trick on the hour mark--by which time Jabloteh were leading 7-0 inclusive of a 57th-minute item from Panamanian midfielder Jairo Lombardo.

Substitutes Tyrone Charles and Jamal Gay, who replaced Simpson and Guyana’s Verlon Mills respectively with twenty-three minutes left, completed the 9-0 rout with goals in the 72nd and 81st minutes, respectively.

Gay, however, will miss the remaining Group E fixtures against Guadeloupe’s Club Sportif Moulien on Friday (10 March) and host team System 3 Sport Academy on Sunday (12 March) due to a knee injury and is expected to be replaced by utility player Kennedy Hinkson.

Jabloteh coach Keith Jeffrey was happy for the victory but says his side were guilty of wasting a number of scoring opportunities.

“We could have been double the amount [at the end] but, like over the years without natural goal scorers, we weren't able to finish off the team early,” lamented the Jabloteh coach.

“Against Flames, who I would say can compete in the Super League (T&T’s second tier of football), we had around eight or nine chances in the first ten minutes but didn’t score.”

The result, however, put Jabloteh top of Group E but only ahead of Moulien by goal-difference, after the Guadeloupe outfit defeated System 3 Sporting Academy 4-0 in the second game of Wednesday’s Victoria Park double-header.

Jeffrey expects a tougher challenge from the Guadeloupe champions Moulien from 5:30pm on Friday in the virtual group final.

“I’ve had a look at them (Moulien) against the local side System 3 and they played a nice game and won 4-0,” Jeffrey said.

“It’s a virtual final for us on Friday. If we want to progress to the final six stage of the tournament we need to be more lethal. Our execution with and without the ball must also improve. Once we win on Friday we own Group E.”

A record 21 clubs from 12 countries, headed by two-time defending champions Central FC of Trinidad and Tobago, qualified for this season’s edition of the Caribbean Club Championship, which will determine the region’s representatives to CONCACAF’s expanded competitions platform.

The five group winners will advance to the final round of the Caribbean Club Championship, scheduled for May 14 – 21. Central, who received a bye as reigning champions, will host the final round in Trinidad.

Haiti’s Racing FC (Group A), Dominican Republic’s Cibao FC (Group B) and Antigua and Barbuda side Grenades FC (Group C) have already secured their final round berths after topping their respective groups. The final round will be played in two groups of three, with both group winners facing each other in the final.

The champions of the Caribbean Club Championship earns a place in the newly re-formatted CONCACAF Champions League, while the second, third and fourth-placed clubs will participate in the Confederation’s newly launched club championship tournament for Caribbean and Central American clubs, which kicks off in August.

Group E Results

San Juan Jabloteh 9 (Keithy Simpson 11', 51', 60', Nathan Lewis 21', 40', 44', Jairo Lombardo 57', Tyrone Charles 72', Jamal Gay 81') vs Flames United 0, at Victoria Park, St. Vincent;

System 3 Sport Academy 0 vs Club Sportif Moulien 4, at Victoria Park, St. Vincent.

Group E Standings

#  Team                                            MP   W   D   L   GF   GA  GD   Points
1  San Juan Jabloteh                       1      1    0   0    9      0    +9     3
2  Club Sportif Moulien                       1      1    0   0   4      0    +4     3
3  System 3 Sport Club                      1      0    0   1    0      4    -4     0
4  Flames United                                 1      0     0   1   0     9    -9     0

San Juan Jabloteh team vs Flames United

Javon Sample (GK), Damian Williams (capt.), Akeem Benjamin, Jevon Morris, Adrian Reid, Kion Joseph, Elijah Manners, Keithy Simpson (Tyrone Charles 67th minute), Jairo Lombardo (Kadeem Corbin 75th minute), Nathan Lewis, Vurlon Mills (Jamal Gay 67th minute).

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« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2017, 07:07:01 PM »
San Juan Jabloteh continued their winning ways in the 2017 CFU Club Championship with a 4-1 come-from-behind victory over Guadeloupe’s Club Sportif Moulien. Jabloteh played the last 20 minutes of the game with 10-men after captain Damian Williams was sent off. Jabloteh’s goals were scored by Jairo Lombardo Escobar (2), Vurlon Mills, and Nathan Lewis. Moulien’s goal was scored by Minnji Gomez.
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« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2017, 08:25:03 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2017, 08:31:54 PM »
Up, up and away. May it long continue.

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« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2017, 09:07:57 AM »
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« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2017, 09:15:20 AM »
Lombardo double virtually qualifies 10-man Jabloteh for Caribbean final round.
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San Juan Jabloteh looks set to join Trinidad and Tobago Pro League compatriots and two-time reigning champions Central FC in the Caribbean Club Championship 2017 Final Round to be hosted in Trinidad from May 14 - 21.

This after 10-man Jabloteh improved their stranglehold of Group E in St. Vincent with a 4-1 comeback win over Guadeloupe’s Club Sportif Moulien on Friday at Victoria Park in Kingstown.

Nineteen-year-old Panamanian midfielder Jairo Lambardo scored on either side of the break to cushion Jabloteh, after the San Juan Kings needed an equaliser through Verlon Mills after midfielder Minji Gomez had first put Moulien ahead.

Nathan Lewis capped off the victory with a late item but Jabloteh, already without injured striker Jamal Gay, must do without influential captain Damian Williams in their final group stage game against second-positioned System 3 Sport Academy on Sunday.

The Jamaican defensive midfielder received a direct red card midway in the second half. His position will be filled by Kion Joseph, Elijah Manners or Keyon Edwards, who according to coach Keith Jeffrey, have all “stepped up their game making the selection process a difficult one.”

The win, however, kept Jabloteh perfect with 6 points and a superior goal-difference of +12 ahead the clash against Vincentian team System 3 who have 3 points and a +3 goal-difference.

System 3, with a mountain of a challenge against Jabloteh, crushed Flames United 9-2 in the second game on Friday, jumping ahead of Moulien (3 points / +1 goal-difference) on goal-difference, while Flames, who will face the Guadeloupe side in their final game on Sunday, are anchored at the bottom without a point.

While a win or a draw will see Jabloteh through to the Final Round, a loss – based on the goal margin – can also suffice.

“We want to leave with 9 points,” said Keith Jeffrey, who plans to rotate his squad against System 3.

“We want to finish as shining group winners, but this game also allows us the opportunity to give other players more playing time, such as Tyrone Charles, Kadeem Corbin and Kennedy Hinkson, and give the team some fresh legs.”

The Jabloteh coach credited the performances of such players as Nathan Lewis, Keithy Simpson, Lombardo and Verlon Mills as “tremendous”, and said the competition within his entire team has been brilliant. He also singled out the performances of goalkeepers Javon Sample against Flames United and Andrew Durant against Moulien as great for the team.

Moulien had grabbed the lead on 13 minutes through Gomez and Jeffrey conceded that his side was outplayed for the first 20 minutes against the Guadeloupe outfit.

“I was very much impressed by Moulien,” said Jeffrey. “They were similar to Central FC in Trinidad, good structure in their play and all. But they (Moulien) didn’t have the speed to complement their play. Our speed and movement made the difference for us.”

Mills equalised for Jabloteh on 17 minutes, the Guyana winger's second goal of the tournament, before left-footed talent Lombardo gave the Pro League outfit a 2-1 lead by the 20th-minute.


Lombardo completed his double in the 68th-minute with his third goal of the campaign before he was replaced injured.

Lewis, who scored a hat-trick against Flames in Wednesday’s 9-0 opening win, got his fourth goal of the campaign five minutes from the end as Jabloteh moved one step closer to the Final Round.

Central, as reigning champions received a bye to the Final Round which will be contested in two groups of 3, with the overall group winners advancing into the title match and the Caribbean’s place in the newly re-formatted CONCACAF Champions League.

Haiti’s Racing FC (Group A), Dominica Republic’s Cibao FC (Group B) and Antigua and Barbuda side Grenades FC (Group C) have already qualified for the Final Round of the Caribbean Club Championship, while Puerto Rico Islanders, Jamaica’s Portmore United, Cayman Islands’ Scholars International and Suriname’s SV Transvaal will contest Group D in Puerto Rico from March 14 – 19.

Teams finishing second, third and fourth in the Caribbean Club Championship will participate in the Confederation’s newly launched club championship tournament for Caribbean and Central American clubs which kicks off in August. The winner of that tournament will also qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Results

San Juan Jabloteh 4 (Verlon Mills 17’, Jairo Lombardo 20’, 68’, Nathan Lewis 85’) vs Club Sportif Moulien 1 (Minji Gomez 13’), at Victoria Park, St. Vincent;

System 3 Sport Academy 9 vs Flames United 2, at at Victoria Park, St. Vincent.

San Juan Jabloteh team vs Club Sportif Moulien - Andrew Durrant (GK), Damian Williams (capt.) (Red Card), Akeem Benjamin (Josiah Trimmingham), Jevon Morris, Adrian Reid, Kion Joseph, Elijah Manners, Keithy Simpson, Jairo Lombardo (Tyrone Charles), Nathan Lewis, Vurlon Mills (Micah Lansiquot).

Group E Standings

#  Team                                            MP   W   D   L   GF   GA  GD   Points
1  San Juan Jabloteh                       2      2    0   0    13   1    +12     6
2  System 3 Sport Club                    2      1    0   1    9      6     +3     3
3  Club Sportif Moulien                    2      1    0   1    5      4     +1     3
4 Flames United                               2      0    0    2    2    18   -16     0 

Upcoming Games

(Sunday 12 March 2017)

Club Sportif Moulien (Guadeloupe) v Flames United SC (St Maarten), at Victoria Park, St. Vincent;

System 3 Sport Academy (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) v San Juan Jabloteh (T&T), at Victoria Park, St. Vincent.


San Juan Jabloteh double scorer Jairo Lombardo, third from left, is congratulated by his teammates during their 4-1 win over Club Sportif Moulien in their Caribbean Club Championship 2017 Group E clash at Victoria Park in Kingstown, St. Vincent on 10 March.

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2017, 08:28:49 PM »
San Juan Jabloteh qualifies for the final round of the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship after a Tyrone Charles header gave them a 1-0 win over St. Vincent and the Grenadines' System 3.
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« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2017, 03:52:37 PM »
Charles heads Jabloteh into Caribbean's final round of CCL qualifiers.
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Tyrone Charles scored off his head to seal San Juan Jabloteh's place in the Final Round of the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship—the region's qualifying tournament to the newly re-formatted CONCACAF club platform—with a 1-0 win over Group E host team System 3 Sport Academy on Sunday at Victoria Park in Kingstown, St. Vincent.

Jabloteh finished with maximum 9 points and ahead of, in descending order, Guadeloupe's Club Sportif Moulien (6 points), System 3 Sport Academy (3 points) and Sint Maarten's Flames United (0 point), to join another Trinidad and Tobago Pro League side, Central FC, in the Final Round to be hosted in Trinidad from May 14 - 21.

Central, the two-time Caribbean holders, received a bye to the final round as defending champions. While Jabloteh becomes the latest team to qualify for the Final Round after Haiti’s Racing FC (Group A), Dominica Republic’s Cibao FC (Group B) and Antigua and Barbuda side Grenades FC (Group C).

Puerto Rico Islanders, Jamaica’s Portmore United, Cayman Islands’ Scholars International and Suriname’s SV Transvaal will tackle each other in Group D in Puerto Rico from March 14 - 19 for the sixth and final berth into the Final Round which will be contested in two groups of three, each headed by Central and Jabloteh.

Both Final Round group winners will contest each other for the Club Championship title and Caribbean's spot in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Teams finishing second, third and fourth in the Caribbean Club Championship will join 13 Central American teams in the newly launched club championship tournament – set to begin in August – to battle for a trophy which guarantees the winner a place in the CONCACAF Champions League where they will join 15 other teams.

In the previous two seasons, Central FC defeated fellow Trinidad and Tobago Pro League compatriot W Connection in both Caribbean finals.

“We want it to be an all-Trinidad and Tobago final [again],” said San Juan Jabloteh head coach Keith Jeffrey, looking ahead to the 2017 Final Round. “We want to continue doing well in the tournament and we want to wish Central the very best also in the big six (Final Round).

“Both Central and Jabloteh being in the Final Round tells the rest of the Caribbean that the [Trinidad and Tobago] Pro League is the place to be. Our league is very competitive and we have the best players in the Caribbean.”

Flames United, Club Sportif Moulien and System 3 Sport Academy are the champions of their respective country, said Jeffrey.

“Our supporters back home and our community expected us to take full nine points and we are happy to be returning home having achieved in full—topping the group and with 9 points. We wanted to do well for Trinidad and Tobago and by extension the Pro League.”

Jabloteh were in control of Group E, with wins over Flames United and Moulien 9-0 and 4-1 respectively, ahead of Sunday’s final game against the hosts System 3 Sport Academy who, backed by their home supporters, did put up a valiant effort according to Jeffrey.

The decisive item arrived on 64 minutes for Jabloteh when Tyrone Charles, for his second goal of the tournament, headed into the back of System 3 Sport Academy’s net off an Elijah Manners corner.

But Jeffrey felt his side should have “finished off” the Vincentians by the first half.

“This was the best performance by System 3 during the tournament,” Jeffrey said. “They [also] had a good 12th-man in the home crowd but we should have finished them off since in the first half.”

Jeffrey had to do without injured striker Jamal Gay and suspended Jamaican defensive midfielder Damian Williams, who picked up a direct red card against Moulien on Friday. The Jabloteh coach also opted to start the fresher legs of Charles and Kadeem Corbin for star performers Panamanian Jairo Lombardo and Verlon Mills respectively, while veteran Keyon Edwards started in place of the unavailable Williams.

Jabloteh will return to Trinidad on today. Midfielders Tyrone Charles and Nathan Lewis will re-join the Trinidad and Tobago national team training squad preparing, under coach Dennis Lawrence, for crucial FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Panama and Mexico on March 24 and 28 respectively at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain.

Jeffrey, though, explained that his work has only just begun with the new Pro League season set to start in May, the same month his side, along with three-time reigning Pro League champions Central FC, must compete with the Caribbean's best-of-the-best for the regional crown and a place in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Group E Results

Club Sportif Moulien 8 vs Flames United 0, at Victoria Park, St. Vincent;

System 3 Sport Academy 0 vs San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Tyrone Charles 64’), at Victoria Park, St. Vincent.

San Juan Jabloteh team vs Club Sportif Moulien: - Andrew Durrant (GK), Damian Williams (Capt.) (Red Card), Akeem Benjamin (Josiah Trimmingham), Jevon Morris, Adrian Reid, Kion Joseph, Elijah Manners, Keithy Simpson, Jairo Lombardo (Tyrone Charles), Nathan Lewis, Vurlon Mills (Micah Lansiquot).

Group E Standings

#  Team                                            MP   W   D   L   GF   GA  GD   Points
1  San Juan Jabloteh                       3      3    0   0    14   1    +13     9
2  Club Sportif Moulien                    3      2    0   1    13    4    +9     6
3  System 3 Sport Club                    3      1    0   2    9      7     +2     3
4  Flames United                               3      0    0    3    2    26   -24     0

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Re: 2017 Caribbean Club Championship Thread
« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2017, 07:17:41 AM »
WATCH San Juan Jabloteh v. Flames United, Group Stage.

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« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2017, 07:34:46 AM »
WATCH San Juan Jabloteh v. CS Moulien, Group Stage.

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« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2017, 01:43:43 PM »
Glad Excobar (Bostock II) not running out for Panama..but then again what they have must be better  :worried:

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« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2017, 02:41:58 PM »
Boy! Is a good thing they have Caribbean qualifiers, because most of these teams would be slaughtered by Central American opposition. Not to mention Mex. and US.

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« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2017, 04:58:54 PM »
Boy! Is a good thing they have Caribbean qualifiers, because most of these teams would be slaughtered by Central American opposition. Not to mention Mex. and US.
not on dem break-ankle fields, not everybody could perform on dat yuh kno  :laugh:

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Draw Determines Matchups for the Finals of the Caribbean Club Competition 2017
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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has conducted the draw to determine the matchups and calendar of the Finals of the 2017 Caribbean Club Competition. 

The champion of the Caribbean Club Championship will qualify for the newly re-formatted Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, while the second, third and fourth-placed clubs will participate in the Confederation’s newly launched club championship for Caribbean and Central American clubs, which kicks off in August.

The draw, which was conducted by CONCACAF Director of Caribbean Football, Horace Reid, determined the groups and match schedule for the tournament that kicks off on May 14, in Trinidad and Tobago.

For the draw, the seeded teams were placed in positions A1 and B1, while the other four qualified clubs were sorted one by one. First, the name of the club was pulled from Pot 1, followed by the position from Pot 2.

Tournament host Central FC (TRI) was seeded into Group A and will face Cibao FC (DOM) and Grenades FC (ATG), while San Juan Jabloteh FC (TRI) was sorted with Portmore United (JAM) and Racing FC (HAI), in Group B. 

The Hasley Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain, will play host to all the matches of the regional club championship.

Group A
Central FC (TRI)
Cibao FC (DOM)
Grenades FC (ATG)

Group B
San Juan Jabloteh FC (TRI)
Portmore United FC (JAM)
Racing FC (HAI)
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Keith Jeffrey looks one step further with Jabloteh—eyes Caribbean final.
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His opponents are Haiti’s Racing FC and Jamaica’s Portmore United—two teams deep into their respective domestic national leagues. His side, San Juan Jabloteh, meanwhile are currently only in pre-season.

But Keith Jeffrey, the technical director/head coach of Jabloteh, is unfazed by the challenge his side faces in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship 2017 final round to be hosted in Trinidad from May 14 – 21 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

“We have to win at all costs,” Jeffrey said last week. “We are representing Trinidad (and Tobago) in this tournament. Racing are second in the Haiti League and Portmore just qualified for the Jamaica League big four. So it’s a situation where we will have to make up with home advantage—the 12th man. It’s always difficult when you are out of competition but we are not making excuses.”

One year ago Jabloteh, under the guidance of Jeffrey, secured a second-place finish in the 2015-16 Pro League to qualify for this season’s edition of the Caribbean Club Championship—the qualifier tournament to the Concacaf Champions League—their first return to the competition since 2009.

Jabloteh, the 2003 Caribbean champions, made an impressive return, cruising out of the first round group stage last March with wins over St. Maarten’s Flames United (9-0), Guadeloupe’s Club Sportif Moulien (4-1) and hosts System 3 Sporting Academy (1-0) in St. Vincent to enter the final round as the seeded team of Group B where they must take on Racing on 14 May and Portmore on 18 May.

Central FC, the two-time reigning Caribbean champions, received a bye to the final round and heads Group A where they must face Grenades FC of Antigua on 14 May and Cibao FC of Dominica Republic on 18 May. (See full schedule below)

The top team out of each final round group will contest Caribbean title match on May 21, with the champions earning automatic qualification into next season’s newly re-formatted Concacaf Champions League, which commences in February 2018.

The second, third and fourth place finishing teams in the CFU tournament will join 13 Central American teams in the Confederation’s newly launched club championship which kicks off in August. The overall champion team of the club championship for Caribbean and Central American clubs will also qualifying for next season’s Concacaf Champions League.

“We would like it to be an all-Trinidad final on May 21,” Jeffrey continued. “But if that doesn’t happen, we want to make sure at least one Trinidad team makes it to the final.”

Last year Central FC defended the Caribbean crown by prevailing over rivals W Connection in the final for a second consecutive time.

Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship 2017 (Final Round)
All matches will be contested at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad

(Sunday, May 14, 2017)

San Juan Jabloteh vs Racing FC—5:30pm (Group B)
Central FC vs Grenades FC—8pm (Group A)

(Tuesday, May 16, 2017)

Portmore United vs Racing FC—5:30pm (Group B)
Cibao vs Grenades—8pm (Group A)

(Thursday, May 18, 2017)

San Juan Jabloteh vs Portmore United—5:30pm (Group B)
Central FC vs Cibao—8pm (Group A)

(Sunday, May 21, 2017)

Third-place

Group A runners-up vs Group B runners-up—5pm

Final

Group A winners vs Group B winners—8pm

The real measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

 

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