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Mexico to host CONCACAF U-20 Final Round Group B this week

20.2.07 - Mexico will host the 2007 CONCACAF Under-20 Final Round Qualification Group B from 21-25 February at the Banorte Stadium in Culiacán, Sinaloa. COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Mexico, which is staging its third CONCACAF youth event, will greet Costa Rica, Jamaica and St. Kitts & Nevis in Group B, from which two teams will progress to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 from 30 June ? 12 July.

The USA and Panama were the first two CONCACAF representatives to qualify to the FIFA U-20 World Cup after finishing first and second, respectively, in Group A Final Round Qualification held at the Rommel Fernández Stadium in Panama City from 17-21 January.

2007 CONCACAF UNDER-20 FINAL ROUND QUALIFICATION GROUP B

SCOUTING THE TEAMS?

COSTA RICA: Claimed one of the two Central American berths in the CONCACAF Final Round after winning the Union Centroamericana de Fútbol Group 2 over Nicaragua and the hosts, Honduras ? With Geovanni Alfaro at the helm, the ticos are making their 15th appearance at the CONCACAF Youth Tournament ? Costa Rica has qualified for five FIFA U-20 World Cups, the most of any Central American nation.

Roster

No. - Name - Pos.

1 - Alfonso Quesada - GK

2 - Brayan Jiménez - DF

3 - Rudy Dawson - DF

4 - Giancarlo González - DF

5 - Esteban Rodríguez - MD

6 - José Cubero - MD

7 - José Luis Cordero - MD

8 - Celso Borges - MD

9 - Cesar Elizondo - AT

10 - Luis Pérez - MD

11 - Jean Carlos Solorzano - AT

12 - Jonathan McDonald - AT

13 - Enmanuel Esquivel - DF

14 - Pablo Herrera - DF

15 - Orlando González - MD

16 - Leslie Ramos - DF

17 - Dave Myrie - DF

18 - Esteban Alvarado - GK

19 - Ricardo Garcia - AT

20 - Kendall Waston - DF

TD: Geovanni ALFARO

JAMAICA: Dean Weatherly is in charge of Jamaica, who earned a berth in the CONCACAF Final Round by eliminating Trinidad & Tobago in a home-and-away playoff series ? The reggae boyz competed in the playoff after finishing second in the Caribbean Football Union Group G Second Round with victories over Bermuda and Netherlands Antilles but were held to a scoreless draw against the hosts, Haiti and lost first-place on goal difference ? Jamaica became only the second Caribbean nation to qualify to a FIFA World Youth Championship when they competed in Argentina 2001.

Roster

No. - Name - Pos.

1 - Dwayne Miller - GK

3 - Andre Fagan - AT

4 - Joel Senior - MD

5 - Norman Bailey - MD

7 - Ricardo Cousins - MD

8 - Nicholas Beckett - DF

9 - Eric Vernon - DF

10 - James Thomas - MD

11 - Dawyne Smith - DF

12 - Keammar Daley - AT

13 - Dwayne Kerr - GK

14 - Omar Persad - MD

15- Michael Binns - DF

16 - Edward Campbell - MD

17 - Troy Smith - DF

18 - Draion McNain - AT

19 - Joel Grant - MD

20 - Montrose Phinn - DF

22 - Alanzo Adlam - AT

23 - Andrae Campbell - MD

TD: Dean WEATHERLY

MEXICO: One of the two North Zone representatives that progressed directly into the CONCACAF Final Round ? Mexico has won a total of 10 CONCACAF U-20 tournaments from 1962 to 1992 along with 10 appearances (second most in CONCACAF) at the FIFA U-20 World Cups ? The tricolor were runners-up at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Tunisia 1977 and were also the first CONCACAF nation to host the FIFA event in 1983 ? Mexico is coached by Jesús Ramirez who was also at the helm of the U-17 team that captured the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2005.

Roster

No. - Name - Pos.

1 - Alfonso Blanco - GK

2 - Patricio Araujo - DF

3 - Efrain Juarez - DF

4 - Christian Emmanuel Sanchez - DF

5 - Hector Alfredo Moreno - DF

6 - Omar Esparza - MD

7 - Jorge Hernandez - MD

8 - Martín Victor González - MD

9 - Carlos Alberto Vela - AT

10 - Giovanni Dos Santos - AT

11 - Javier Hernandez - MD

12 - Rodolfo Cota - GK

13 - Osmar Mares Martínez - DF

14 - Marco Ivan Perez - DF

15 - Alejandro Castro - DF

16 - Adrian Aldrete - MD

17 - José Daniel Guerrero - AT

18 - Cesar Osvaldo Villaluz - MD

19 - Christian Bermudez - MD

20 - Enrique Esqueda - AT

TD: Jesús RAMIREZ

ST. KITTS & NEVIS: Led by technical director Lester Alexis Morris, St. Kitts & Nevis are making their first appearance in a CONCACAF Final Round Qualification (at any level) ? The sugar boyz long journey to the 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Final Round began by winning the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Group C First Round over Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica and the hosts, Saint-Martin ? Then, St. Kitts & Nevis claimed first place in the CFU Group F Second Round which included Dominican Republic, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and the hosts, Trinidad & Tobago for a place in the CONCACAF Final Round.

Roster

No. - Name - Pos.

1 - Alexis Richards - GK

2 - Patrece Liburd - DF

3 - Javin Matthew - DF

4 - Akil Lance Mason - DF

5 - Rovan Wigley - DF

7 - Tiran Hanley - MD

8 - Kevin Benjamin - MD

9 - Kareem Harris - DF

10 - Aaron Moses-Garvey - AT

11 - Gerard Agustus Williams - MD

12 - Tyron Amory - MD

13 - Tishan Hanley - DF

14 - Kelvin Taylor - MD

15 - Orlando Mitchum - MD

16 - Shawn Constantine Boothe - DF

17 - Matthew Berkeley - AT

18 - Irandy Jermine Byron - MD 19 - Jolston Wattley - AT

22 - Kervin Benjamin - GK

26 - Mudassa Nassa Howe - DF

TD: Lester Alexis MORRIS

Culiacán, Sinaloa MEXICO; Banorte Stadium

21.02.2007: JAMAICA ? COSTA RICA (16:00)

R: Terry VAUGHN (USA)

A1: George GANSNER (USA)

A2: Angel GUZMAN (NCA)

FO: Roberto MORENO (PAN)

MEXICO ? ST. KITTS & NEVIS (19:00)

R: Steven DEPIERO (CAN)

A1: Simon FEARN (CAN)

A2: Daniel WILLIAMSON (PAN)

FO: Elmar RODAS (GUA)

23.02.2007: COSTA RICA ? ST. KITTS & NEVIS (16:00)

MEXICO ? JAMAICA (19:00)

25.02.2007: ST. KITTS & NEVIS ? JAMAICA (16:00)

MEXICO ? COSTA RICA (19:00)