Results: Concacaf U-20 World Cup Qualifying
- by Soccer America , Feb 19, 2017
• The top two finishers in each of the three groups will advance to the second round, which will comprise of two groups of three teams. The top two finishers of each group of the second
stage will qualify for the U-20 World Cup in South Korea May 20-June 11.
• Games are broadcast by Univision Deportes and streamed on Facebook Live.
• All times ET.
Second Round
Group D
Pts. (W-L-T) GD
6 USA 2-0-0 +2
6 Mexico 1-1-0 +4
0 El Salvador 0-2-0 -6
Feb. 27
USA 1 Mexico 0
March 1
Mexico 6 El Salvador 1
March 3
USA 1 El Salvador 0
Group E
Pts. (W-L-T) GD
6 Honduras 2-0-0 +3
1 Costa Rica 0-1-1 -1
1 Panama 0-1-1 -2
Feb. 27
Honduras 2
Panama 0
March 1
Honduras 2 Costa Rica 1
March 3
Panama 1 Costa Rica 1
Final:
March 5
USA 0 Honduras 0
(USA, 5-3, PKs)
First round
Group A
Pts. (W-L-T) GD
9 *Mexico 3-0-0 +9
6
*Honduras 2-0-1 +3
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3 Canada 1-2-0 -4
0 Antigua & Barbuda 0-3-0 -8
Feb. 17
Honduras 1 Canada 0
Mexico 3 Antigua
& Barbuda 0
Feb. 20
Honduras 4 Antigua & Barbuda 1
Mexico 5 Canada 0
Feb. 23
Canada 2 Antigua & Barbuda 0
Mexico 1 Honduras 0
Group B
Pts. (W-L-T) GD
9 Panama* 3-0-0 +7
6 USA* 2-1-0 0 +5
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3
Haiti 1-2-0 -1
0 Saint Kitts & Nevis 0-3-0 -11
Feb. 18
Panama 1 USA 0
Haiti 5 Saint Kitts & Nevis 1
Feb. 21
Panama 4 Saint Kitts & Nevis 0
USA 4 Haiti 1
Feb. 24
Panama 3 Haiti 1
USA 4 Saint Kitts & Nevis 1
Group C
Pts. (W-L-T) GD
6 El Salvador* 2-1-0 +2
6 Costa Rica* 2-1-0 +1
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1 Trinidad & Tobago 1-1-1 -0
1 Bermuda 0-2-1 0 -3
Feb. 19
El Salvador 1 Costa Rica 0
Bermuda 1 Trinidad & Tobago
1
Feb. 22
El Salvador 3 Bermuda 1
Costa Rica 1 Trinidad & Tobago 0
Feb. 25
Trinidad & Tobago 2 El Salvador 1
Costa Rica 2 Bermuda 1
* Advance to second round.
Wow! 1-0 is a fair score, though we hope that the supporters of La Selecta (ES) don't start a "Uno a cero!" chant when CR goes to play them in ES. All we saw yesterday's play is the young ES players get fouled and fouled and fouled, whether some were in the flow of play, on purpose, or were just plain dives. And again the announcers made note of the number of times the ES players were see writhing and squirming, only to have the two trainers rush out with their kits and the probervial cooler with the "agua bendita" ("holy water") and then miraculously they recovered and began running full bore. There was one instance toward the end of play, when a ES player lay sprawled just outside the CR PA, and played continued for what seemed 3-4 minutes before the ball was finally kicked out of bounds, and know what trainers went out and the player resumed. While La Selecta did score a fine goal, the rest of play was/is certainly unworthy of watching!
The match was a setback for the US. Generally speaking they were tactically slow with only occasional short segments of good combination play. The setback is that the US was rewarded in the result for slow play. The players looked quite happy with themselves. The coaching staff is going to its hands full preparing for the next match. I have low standards, but am going to sound like Frank: I found this match painful to watch.
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Bob, how's that 'Brilliant Orange" book going. ?
Watched some of the Honduras/CR match. Honduras won playing brutal kickball, facilitated by the (unfortunately consistently) terrible CONCACAF officiating. Real FIFA refs would have sent off half that team for various and sundry infractions, tackles, jawboning and unsporting behavior. Costa Rica played well and deserved a result but came up short.
Mexico has 3 points, not 6.