Trinidad & Tobago?s W Connection FC progress to 2007 Club Champions? Cup
28.1.07 - W Connection FC of Trinidad & Tobago progressed to the 2007 CONCACAF Champions? Cup? by capturing the 2006 CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship over the weekend.
W Connection FC, who will be making their first appearance at the Champions? Cup since 2003, claimed the Caribbean crown on Sunday (28 January) with a 1:0 victory over CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh (TRI) in the tournament finals held at Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, Trinidad & Tobago.
Both teams reached CFU Club Championship Final after W Connection FC defeated Harbour View FC (JAM) 3:2 in the semifinals in Marabella on Friday (26 January), while San Juan Jabloteh topped Baltimore Sportif (HAI) 2:0.
W Connection FC will now meet the first CONCACAF Champions? Cup? winners (1962), CD Guadalajara of Mexico in the Quarterfinal Series 3 with the first-leg taking place at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium on 13 February and the return-leg scheduled for 15 days later at the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara. COMPLETE BRACKETS
The quarterfinal winners will advance to the Champions? Cup Semifinal Series scheduled for 13-15 March and 3-5 April, respectively.
The Semifinal Series victors will play for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions? Cup? on 17-19 & 24-26 April, respectively, with the winner also qualifying to the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007. The Champions? Cup Runner-up will be one of the three CONCACAF invitees to the 2007 Copa Nissan Sudamericana.
The 2007 CONCACAF Champions? Cup? will be broadcast on television by the FoxSports International regional programming channels (Fox Soccer Channel ? USA; FoxSports en Español ? USA; Fox Sports Latin America Northern Cone ? Caribbean, Central America & Mexico).
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.
Caribbean Qualification ? 2006 CFU Club Championship
Semifinals ? Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Manny Ramjohn Stadium
26.01.2007: CL FINANCIAL SAN JUAN JABLOTEH (TRI) ? BALTIMORE SPORTIF (HAI) 2:0 (1:0)
Peter PROSPER 27?; Wendell JOSEPH 60?
San Juan Jabloteh: Daurance Williams (21: Brian James) ? Lester Peltier, Trent Noel, Aurtis Whitley (77: Anthony Wolfe), Wendell Joseph, Jason Marcano, Ian Gray, Nigel Daniel, Marcelle Francois, Cyd Gray, Peter Prosper (57: Glenton Wolfe). Booked: Daniel 3?, Gray 38?, Francois 44?, Whitley 68?, Peltier 90?, Sent offs: Gray 44?
Baltimore Sportif: Henry Philogene Jr. ? Luckson Joseph, Alain Vubert, Serge Louis, Teddy Saget (60: Luxene Elestin), Roland Saint-Jean, Emerlin Nicholas (70: Miguel Charles), Baril Joseph, Ednerson Raymond, Peter Germain, Dumel Decius. Booked: B. Joseph 13?, L. Joseph 16?, Raymond 68?
R: Javier JAUREGUI (ANT)
W CONNECTION FC (TRI) ? HARBOUR VIEW FC (JAM) 3:2 (2:0)
Andre TOUSSAINT 44?; Earl JEAN 45?+, 70? ? Donald STEWART 83?; Fabian TAYLOR 89?
W Connection FC: Jan Michael Williams ? William Oliveira (82: Brenton De Leon), Elijah Joseph, Ronaldo Viana, Earl Jean, Gefferson Goulart (25: Hughtun Hector), Andre Toussaint, Nickcolson Thomas, Andrei Pacheco, Devon Drayton, Christian Viveros. Booked: Drayton 3?, Viveros 10?, Oliveira 57?, Goulart 73?
Harbour View FC: Dwayne Miller ? Oneil Smith, Richard Edwards, Kevin Bryan (75: Rafeik Thomas), Gregory Simpson, Robert Scarlett, Fabian Taylor, Lovel Palmer (69: Gregg Taylor), Jermaine Taylor, Donald Stewart, Kemeel Wolfe (75: Loxley Thomas). Booked: K. Wolfe 3?, Scarlett 45?+, Stewart 45?+, Edwards 90?+, R. Thomas 90?+
R: Roberto MORENO (PAN)
Final ? Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Manny Ramjohn Stadium
28.01.2007: CL FINANCIAL SAN JUAN JABLOTEH (TRI) ? W CONNECTION FC (TRI) 0:1 (0:1)
Andrei PACHECO 11?
San Juan Jabloteh: Brian James ? Karlon Murray, Lester Peltier, Trent Noel, Wendell Joseph (66: Aurtis Whitley), Jason Marcano, Ian Gray, Nigel Daniel (86: Glenton Wolfe), Marcelle Francois, Anthony Wolfe, Peter Prosper (75: Elton John). Booked: Peltier 30?, Murray 37?, Gray 60?
W Connection FC: Jan Michael Williams ? William Oliveira (90: Brent De Leon), Elijah Joseph, Ronaldo Viana, Earl Jean, Gefferson Goulart (76: Hughtun Hector), Andre Toussaint (83: Kern Cupid), Nicholson Thomas, Andrei Pacheco, Devon Drayton, Christian Viveros. Booked: Viveros 6?, Thomas 16?, Toussaint 23?, Oliveira 62?, Williams 80?, Goulart 90?+
R: Javier JAUREGUI (ANT)
2007 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS? CUP?
Quarterfinals
QF 1
22.02.2007: Pachuca, Hidalgo MEXICO; Hidalgo Stadium (20:05)
PACHUCA CF (MEX) ? DEPORTIVO MARQUENSE (GUA)
28.02.2007: San Marcos, GUATEMALA; Marquesa de la Ensenada Stadium (18:15)
DEPORTIVO MARQUENSE (GUA) ? PACHUCA CF (MEX)
QF 2
21.02.2007: Puntarenas, COSTA RICA; Miguel Lito Perez Stadium (13:35)
PUNTARENAS FC (CRC) ? HOUSTON DYNAMO (USA)
01.03.2007: College Station, Texas USA; Aggie Soccer Complex (20:05)
HOUSTON DYNAMO (USA) ? PUNTARENAS FC (CRC)
QF 3
13.02.2007: Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Manny Ramjohn Stadium (20:05)
W CONNECTION (TRI) ? CD GUADALAJARA (MEX)
28.02.2007: Guadalajara, Jalisco MEXICO; Jalisco Stadium (20:45)
CD GUADALAJARA (MEX) ? W CONNECTION (TRI)
QF 4
21.02.2007: Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS; Tiburcio Carias Andino Stadium (20:00)
CD OLIMPIA (HON) ? D.C. UNITED (USA)
01.03.2007: Washington, D.C. USA; RFK Stadium (19:05)
D.C. UNITED (USA) ? CD OLIMPIA (HON)
Semifinal Series
First-leg: 13-15 March
Second-leg: 3-5 April
Final Series
First-leg: 17-19 April
Second-leg: 24-26 April