Puerto Rico Islanders open Caribbean Group C with victory
9.12.06 - Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR) opened the Group C of the 2006 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship First Round with a 3:1 victory over Hoppers FC (ATG) at the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon on Saturday.
Yuri Morales scored twice, while Alejandro Gonzalez added another for the host Puerto Rico Islanders (1-0-0, 3 Points) for the win.
The CFU Club Championship continues on Monday (11 December) in Bayamon as Trinidad & Tobago?s W Connection meets Hoppers FC of Antigua & Barbuda (0-1-0, 0 Points) at 20:00.
The triangular concludes on Wednesday (13 December) at the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium with Puerto Rico Islanders taking on W Connection at 20:00.
Elsewhere in the CFU Club Championship, goals by Decius Dumel and Jean Saint-Pierre led Baltimore Sportif of Haiti (1-0-0, 3 Points) to a 2:0 victory against the host Waterhouse FC of Jamaica in Group B play at the Waterhouse Stadium in Kingston on 8 December.
The event continues on Sunday (10 December) in Kingston as Baltimore Sportif faces UNDEBA of Netherlands Antilles at 15:30. Group B concludes on Tuesday (12 December) as Waterhouse FC greets UNDEBA at 18:00.
The winners of Groups B & C will join Harbour View FC of Jamaica and the Group D victor in the next round of the 2006 CFU Club Championship later this month.
The Caribbean Tournament Champion will progress to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions? Cup? and face 2006 Mexican League Torneo de Apertura Winner in the Quarterfinal Series 3.
The CONCACAF Champions Cup? is the longest running international club competition in the region and has crowned the champion club of the Confederation since its inception in 1962.
2007 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS? CUP?
Caribbean Qualification ? 2006 CFU Club Championship
First Round
Group B ? Kingston, JAMAICA; Waterhouse Stadium
08.12.2006: WATERHOUSE FC (JAM) ? BALTIMORE SPORTIF (HAI) 0:2 (1:0)
Jean SAINT-PIERRE 19?; Decius DUMEL 49?
Waterhouse FC: Richard McCallum ? Desmond Breakenridge, Oneil Thomas, Marco McDonald, Garfield Reid, Michael Stone (56: Craig White), Irvino English, Demar Phillips, Damian Williams (77: Weston Forrest), Brian Wollaston (56: Roberto Fletcher), Kevin Lameys. Booked: Fletcher 80?, Sent offs: English 27?
Baltimore Sportif: Henry-Jean Philogene ? Raymond Ednerson, Louis Serge, Joseph Luckson, Alain Vubert, Peter Germain, Jean Saint-Pierre (34: Charles Miguel), Decius Dumel, Nicolas Emerin, Joseph Barel, Teddy Saget (69: Junior Joseph) (88: Tonio Pierre). Booked: Saget 42?
R: Richard PIPER (TRI)
10.12.2006: BALTIMORE SPORTIF (HAI) ? UNDEBA (ANT) (15:30)
12.12.2006: WATERHOUSE FC (JAM) ? UNDEBA (ANT) (18:00)
Group C ? Bayamon, PUERTO RICO; Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium
09.12.2006: PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS (PUR) ? HOPPERS FC (ATG) 3:1 (3:1)
Yuri MORALES 7?, 23?; Alejandro GONZALEZ 44? ? Alejandro HERNANDEZ 5?
11.12.2006: W CONNECTION (TRI) ? HOPPERS FC (ATG) (20:00)
13.12.2006: PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS (PUR) ? W CONNECTION (TRI) (20:00)