Canada, USA finish first in Women’s U-20 Groups.[/size]
Canada and USA finished first in their respective opening round groups at the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Puebla, Mexico over the weekend.Jollene Filigno scored three times to lead Canada to a 4:0 win over Costa Rica and claim the top spot in Group B on Saturday at Puebla’s Estadio Cuauhtémoc. Both teams had already progressed to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship.
In another Group B encounter, Shakira Duncan notched four goals for Jamaica in the 6:0 triumph against Nicaragua.
On Sunday, the USA took the first-place honors in Group A after posting a 3:0 win against the hosts, Mexico. Michelle Enyeart, Kelly O'Hara and Madeline Nicole Washington all scored for the Stars & Stripes in the victory.
In the other group match at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Kennya Cordner and Dernelle Mascall had two goals each for Trinidad & Tobago as they defeated Cuba by a score of 6:1.
The USA and Mexico will now face Costa Rica and Canada, respectively, in the semifinals of the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Puebla on 25 June .
The two finalists will not only play for the CONCACAF title on 28 June at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc, but will also qualify to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008. Prior to the final, the two losing semifinalists will compete in the third-place match for the last CONCACAF berth to the FIFA event.
2008 CONCACAF WOMEN’S UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Puebla, MEXICO; Estadio CuauhtémocGroup A[/b]
22.06: CUBA – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1:6 (0:3) (A: 500)
Yesenia GALLARDO 66’ – Kennya CORDNER 9’, 19’; Nikeisha NOEL 37’; Dernelle MASCALL 56’, 76’; Shanelle WARRICK 78’
CUB: 1-Katherine Montesino – 3-Leodana Bejerano, 4-Yamara López, 6-Jessica Popo Alvarez, 7-Yamisleidy Bernal Chacón (79: 9-Yudisleivi Feliú Hernández), 8-Yesenia Gallardo, 10-Yareni Karelia Fuentes, 15-Yoanna Valdés-C, 16-Yaimara Aguilar (66: 11-Rachel Pelaez), 18-Yudisleivi Reyes, 20-Yisel Rodríguez.
Booked: none
TD: Rufino SOTOLONGO
TRI: 20-Julie McDougall – 2-Ayana Russell-C, 3-Danielle Blair, 5-Annalis Cummings. 6-Kenya Charles, 7- Dernelle Mascall, 8-Iyesha Ollivierre (40: 9-Shanelle Warrick), 10-Avanell Isaac (77: 4-Kasara Gardner), 15-Nikesha Noel (58: 13-Arielle Ramchand-Duquesnay), 18-Jenelle Cunningham, 19-Kennya Cordner.
Booked: Mascall 28’
TD: Marlon CHARLES
Statistics: CUB – TRIGoal Attempts: 10 – 16
Shots on Target: 5 – 10
Saves: 2 – 1
Fouls: 8 – 10
Corner Kicks: 1 – 7
Offsides: 1 – 3
OfficialsR: Carol Anne CHENARD (CAN)
A1: Isabel TOVAR (MEX)
A2: Rita MUÑOZ (MEX)
FO: Quetzali ALVARADO (MEX)
T&T vs Cuba First Half.
T&T vs Cuba First Half.
MEXICO – USA 0:3 (0:1) (A: 12000)
Kelly O’HARA 8’; Michelle ENYEART 68’; Madeline Nicole WASHINGTON 88’
MEX: 1-Erika Venegas – 4-Ana Lilia Gómez (35: 6-Maria Areli Martínez), 7-Yalu Mondragon-C, 8.- Alejandra Abigail Torres (56: 14-Edna Valera Hernández), 9-Veronica Charlyn Corral, 10-Dinora Lizeth Garza, 11-Sandra Stephany Mayor, 13-Susana Berenice Mendoza, 19-Iliana Palma, 23-Liliana Mercado, 27-Liliana Gudalupe Godoy (75: 17-Ixchebel Tamara Romero).
Booked: Hernández 87’
TD: Andrea RODEBAUGH
USA: 1-Alyssa Naeher – 2-Lauren Fowlkes, 3-Meghan Klingenberg, 4-Nicola Marshal, 5-Keelin Winters-C, 10-Kelly O´Hara (60: 7-Madeline Nicole Washington), 13-Michelle Enyeart, 15-Casey Nogueira (76: 11-Christine Nairn), 19-Kiersten Dallstream, 22-Sidney Leroux (46: 17-Alex Morgan), 25-Rebecca Edwards.
Booked: O’Hara 42’, Fowlkes 67’
TD: Tony DICICCO
Statistics: MEX – USAGoal Attempts: 8 – 6
Shots on Target: 3 – 5
Saves: 2 – 0
Fouls: 17 – 11
Corner Kicks: 1 – 5
Offsides: 0 – 7
OfficialsR: Shane DESILVA (TRI)
A1: Lynda BRAMBLE (TRI)
A2: Cindy MOHAMMED (TRI)
FO: Cecibel ORTEGA (SLV)
Goals19-Shakira DUNCAN (JAM) – 6
13-Michelle ENYEART (USA) – 6
10-Kelly O’HARA (USA) – 5
9-Verónica Charlyn CORRAL (MEX) – 3
12-Jonelle FILIGNO (CAN) – 3
19-Kennya CORDNER (TRI) – 2
25-Rebecca EDWARDS (USA) – 2
18-Claudia Erika GARCIA (MEX) – 2
27-Liliana Gudalupe GODOY (MEX) –2 (1 pen)
14-Monica LAM-FEIST (CAN) – 2
7-Dernelle MASCALL (TRI) –2
11-Kimmia PARKER (JAM) – 2
17-Chelsea STEWART (CAN) – 2
7- Madeline Nicole WASHINGTON (USA) – 2
4-Julissa Del Carmen ACEVEDO (NCA) – 1
20-Wendy ACOSTA (CRC) – 1
9-Paige ADAMS (CAN) – 1
10-Katherine ALVARADO (CRC) – 1
15-Cristin GRANADOS (CRC) –1
4-Sharon Sancho GONZALEZ (CRC) – 1
23-Liliana MERCADO (MEX) – 1
17-Alex MORGAN (USA) – 1
11-Sandra Stephany MAYOR (MEX) – 1
7-Yalú MONDRAGON (MEX) – 1 (1 pen)
15-Nikeisha NOEL (TRI) – 1
10-Maryury Valeska PEREZ (NCA) – 1
11-Raquel RODRIGUEZ CEDEÑO (CRC) – 1
19-Karla SCHACHER (CAN) – 1
17-Adriana Pamela VENEGAS (CRC) – 1
9-Shanelle WARRICK (TRI) – 1
Own Goals10-Yareni Karlia FUENTES (CUB) - 1
SourceCONCACAF.COM
