2012 CONCACAF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPGAME NOTES - MATCH DAY 3 (Group B)by
Steven Torres - CONCACAF Director of Information Services
Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA; Domo Polideportivo - 04.07.2012
ST. KITTS & NEVIS COSTA RICAThis is the first meeting between the two teams, however Costa Rica holds a perfect 7-0-0 against Caribbean nations in CONCACAF tournament play
The Ticos are searching for their first CONCACAF semifinal berth since 2004 as well as a place at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 12 years
Costa Rica is coming off a 2:1 triumph over Cuba in Group B action on Tuesday, while, the St. Kitts & Nevis lost a heartbreaker to Mexico, 5:4.
CUBA MEXICOThe two squads have faced-off on five previous occasions with three of them coming at the CONCACAF Tournament
Cuba leads the series 3-0-2, with the last encounter coming at the 2008 event when both teams played to a 2:2 draw in group play
Mexico posted a 5:4 victory over St. Kitts & Nevis in its last outing on Tuesday
The Tricolores have yet to lose a match in CONCACAF play under head coach Ramon Raya, however have never qualified to the FIFA Futsal World Cup
Meanwhile, Cuba lost 2:1 to Costa Rica in the other Group B encounter on Tuesday
This is the first CONCACAF tournament loss by the Leones del Caribe since 2004
Cuba is looking for its fifth consecutive berth to the FIFA event under the direction of Clemente Reinoso.
Group B Previos Results03.07.2012: Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA; Domo Polideportivo (A: 350)
MEXICO ST. KITTS & NEVIS 5:4 (3:4)
Carlos Alberto RAMIREZ VAZQUEZ 7; Francisco CATI 17; Miguel Angel LIMON 19; 35;
Adrian GONZALEZ 40 OG (Carlos Alberto RAMIREZ VAZQUEZ) 7; Jason Ian LAKE 9; Aiden NURSE 10; Travis SOMERSALL 19
MEX: 12-Miguel Angel Estrada 5-Adrian Gonzalez, 6-Miguel Angel Limon, 9-Carlos Alberto Ramirez Vazquez, 10-Giovani Lopez.
Subs: 1-Jose Alonso Saavedra - 3-Gustavo Garcia, 4-Francisco Cati-C, 7-Rodolfo Vazquez, 8-Victor Hugo Lopez, 13-Diego Estanislao, 14-Daniel Efrain Alderete. Booked: Garcia 28, Cati 36
SKN: 12-Julani Archibald 4-Devaughn Elliot, 5-Aiden Nurse, 7-Tiran Hanley-C, 10-Jason Ian Lake.
Subs: 2-Kevin Benjamin, 3-Errol OLoughlin, 6-Orlando Mitchum, 8-Joel Jeffers, 9-Travis Somersall, 11-Javeim Blanchette. Booked: Blanchette 20
R1: Salvador MENDEZ (GUA), R2: Rigoberto FLORES (SLV), R3: Carlos GONZALEZ (GUA), TK: Leroy BROWN (GUA)
CUBA COSTA RICA 1:2 (0:0)
Yulier OLIVERA 35 Luis Alejandro PANIAGUA 21; Erick BRENES 32 dp
CUB: 1-Wilfredo Carbo 4-Yulier Olivera, 9-Fernando Chapman, 10-Isven Roman-C, 11-Jhonnet Stalin Martinez.
Subs: 12-Brenieht Suarez 2-Ronald Egozcue Dellunde, 5-Eduardo Morales, 6-Carlos Madrigal, 7-Yampier Rodriguez, 8-Luis Junior Portal, 14-Reinier Socarras. Booked: Roman 4, Carbo 25, Egozcue Dellunde 29, Olivera 32, Sent offs: Roman 20, Rodriguez 26
CRC: 1-Jairo Jose Toruρo 4-Christopher Alonso Molina, 5-Edwin Jose Cubillo, 6-Jorge Arias, 12-Diego Andres Zuρiga.
Subs: 2-Aaron Gerardo Jerez, 7-Luis Alejandro Paniagua-C, 8-Jose Antonio Guevara, 9-Marco Carvajal,
10-Michael Cordoba, 13-Erick Brenes. Booked: Brenes 8, Molina 37, Sent offs: Cubillo 21
R1: Jason KRNAC (USA), R2: Shane BUTLER (USA), R3: Wenceslao AGUILAR (PAN), TK: Alexander CLINE BETETA (PAN)
CUBA MEXICOs Last CONCACAF Tournament Meeting2008 CONCACAF Championship Group Stage
03.06.2008: Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA; Domo Polideportivo (A: 620)
CUBA MEXICO 2:2 (1:1)
Eduardo MORALES 6, 25 Victor Omar QUIROZ 5; Israel SANTOYO 24
CUB: 1-Wilfredo Carbo 4-Yulier Olivera, 7-Yampier Rodriguez, 8-Yosniel Mesa, 9-Fernando Chapman.
Subs: 2-Jhonnet Stalin Martinez, 3-Raudel Rodriguez, 5-Eduardo Morales, 6-Carlos Madrigal, 10-Isven Roman-C, 11-Boris Saname. Booked: Olivera 19, Y. Rodriguez 28
TD: Elddys Jesus VALDES
MEX: 1-Antonio Iriarte 3-Agustin Galaviz, 8-Victor Omar Quiroz, 9-Ivan Medina, 11-Mijsail Gonzalez.
Subs: 2-Jorge Martinez, 4-Francisco Cati, 5-Israel Santoyo, 6-Jose Luis Navarrette-C, 7-Christopher Flores, 10-Gustavo Rosales. Booked: Medina 27, Quiroz 29, Sent offs: Quiroz 34
TD: Ramon RAYA
R1: Victor PRENDAS (CRC), R2: Hector MESEN (CRC), R3: Elix PERALTA (PAN), TK: Ricardo DIAZ (PAN)
100 JUST AROUND THE CORNERThe last encounter of the 2012 Group Stage, Guatemala USA of Group A, will be CONCACAFs 100th Futsal Match
Since the first Confederations tournament 16 years ago, all the encounters doubled as the qualifiers to five consecutive FIFA Futsal World Cups (Spain 1996, Guatemala 2000, Chinese Taipei 2004, Brazil 2008, Thailand 2012).
THAILAND AWAITSThe four semifinalists of the CONCACAF Tournament will earn the final qualifying berths to the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup that will place in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 1-18 November
The CONCACAF Representatives will join the following qualified nations to complete the 24-team field: Host - Thailand; Africa (CAF) Egypt, Libya, Morocco; Asia (AFC) Australia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait; Europe (UEFA) Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine; South America (CONMEBOL) Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay; Oceania (OFC) Soloman Islands.
Did You Know?Cubas Wilfredo Carbo is currently tied with Kevin Graham of Trinidad & Tobago for first-place at the CONCACAF Futsals All-Time Goalkeeper Games Played Lists with 11.
PANAMA CANADAThis is third meeting between the two teams, with each winning once during the CONCACAF qualifying round to the 2004 tournament
After Canada won the first-leg, 5:4, Panama posted a 7:1 triumph in the second match to win the series (11:6 on aggregate) and advance to the CONCACAF Final Round
Panama is coming off a 5:2 loss to the tournament host (Guatemala) on Tuesday
Meanwhile, Canada dropped its second consecutive Group A encounter, falling 3:2 to the USA
Both teams still have a chance to reach the Confederation semifinals (and qualify to the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup).
GUATEMALA - USAThe 100th CONCACAF Futsal Game (FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifier), has Guatemala and USA even in the lifetime series 2-2-0
This is third time both face-off in CONCACAF play with each team winning once
In the last meeting, host Guatemala posted a 4:0 win in the semifinals of the 2008 tournament and secured its berth to the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil
Guatemala extended its tournament unbeaten streak to seven games on Tuesday after defeating Panama, 5:2
The Chapines are looking for their second consecutive berth (third overall) to the FIFA Futsal World Cup
Meanwhile, the USA ended its 12-game overall losing streak with a 3:2 win against Canada in Group A action
The Stars & Stripes are aiming for their sixth appearance at the FIFA event.
Group A Previous Results03.07.2012: Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA; Domo Polideportivo (A: 3810)
CANADA USA 2:3 (1:1)
Bruno XAVIER 7; Ian BENNETT 31 Patrick HEALEY 17; Bryan PEREZ 30; Kraig CHILES 33
CAN: 1-Roy Blanche 2-Bruno Xavier-C, 7-Steve DeBlasio, 8-Robbie Aristodemo, 11-Ian Bennett.
Subs: 12-Joshua Lemos 3-Robert Tice, 4-Daniel Chamale, 5-Jordan Ongaro, 9-Matthew Rios, 10-Alex Elliott. Booked: Aristodemo 30
TD: Sipho SIBIYA
USA: 12-Danny Waltman 2-Kraig Chiles, 7-Ptah Myers, 8-Bato Radoncic, 11-Matthew Stewart-C.
Subs: 4-Bryan Perez, 5-Sandre Naumoski, 9-Patrick Healey, 10-Angel Rivillo, 13-Machel Millwood, 14-Lucas Stauffer. Booked: Perez 9, Radoncic 28
TD: Keith TOZER
R1: Sergio CABRERA (CUB), R2: Carlos VASQUEZ (SLV), R3: Francisco LOPEZ (NCA), TK: Antonio ALVAREZ (CUB)
GUATEMALA PANAMA 5:2 (2:0)
Erick ACEVEDO 1, 29; Jaime Estuardo DE LEON 14, 27; Pablo Andres ESTRADA 24 Miguel Antonio BELLO 31; Carlos Gaspar GOODRIDGE 32
GUA: 12-Williams Ramirez 8-Humberto Armando Escobar, 10-Erick Acevedo, 13-Jaime Estuardo De Leon-C, 14-Edgar Alejandro Macal.
Subs: 4-Jose Rafael Gonzalez, 5-Edgar Ernesto Santizo, 6-Daniel Eduardo Tejada, 7-Pablo Andres Estrada, 9-Walter Alejandro Enriquez, 11-Alan Josue Aguilar. Booked: Enriquez 10
TD: Carlos Eduardo ESTRADA
PAN: 12-Jaime Antonio Londoρo 3-Oscar Hinks, 5-Fernando Mena, 9-Miguel Lasso, 10-Alquis Alvarado-C.
Subs: 2-Miguel Bello, 6-Edgar Joel Rivas, 7-Claudio Gaspar Goodridge, 8-Carlos Gabriel Perez, 13-Michael Enrique De Leon, 14-Enrique Valdes. Booked: none
TD: Agustin CAMPUZANO
R1: Francisco RIVERA (MEX), R2: Hector MESEN (CRC), R3: Geovanny LOPEZ (CRC), TK: Eduardo HERNANDEZ (MEX)
PANAMA CANADAs Last Meeting2004 CONCACAF Futsal Qualifying Preliminary Round
22.05.2004: Ciudad de Panamα, PANAMA; Gimnasio Roberto Duran (A: 450)
CANADA PANAMA 1:7 (1:3)
Jaime LOTRESTI 14 Moisιs WILLIAMS 10; Juan MURILLO 15, 35; Apolinar GΑLVEZ 19, 37; Enrique VALDΙS 28; Ameth DE LEON 38
CAN: 1-Glenn Gehlert 2-Kurt Bosch, 3-Chris Handsor, 5-Williams De Silva, 6-Jaime Lotresti.
Subs 22-Bradley Daviss 7-Kyriakos Selaidopoulos-C, 8-Gordon Chin, 9-Guiliano Oliviero, 10-Sipho Sibiya, 11-Tiarnan King. Booked: Selaidopoulos 12, Handsor 15, Sibiya 24, Bosch 37
TD: Ross ONGARO
PAN: 1-Abraham Melatσn 2-Juan Murillo, 3-Lombardo Angel, 4-Alvaro Lopez, 6-Ameth De Leon.
Subs 7-Moisιs Williams-C, 8-Gilberto Rangel, 9-Enrique Valdιs, 10-Apolinar Gαlvez, 11-Alquis Alvarado, 14-Alexis Cubillas. Booked: De Leon 7
TD: Marcos Babau Assumpηao CARNEIRO
R1: Jorge RUIZ (CRC), R2: Victor PRENDAS (CRC), R3: Ricardo DIAZ (PAN), TK: Elix PERALTA (PAN)
GUATEMALA - USAs Last Meeting2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship - Semifinals
07.06.2008: Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA; Domo Polideportivo (A: 5660)
USA GUATEMALA 0:4 (0:0)
Marlon NOJ 23; Erick ACEVEDO 24; Jannick RAMIREZ 37; Carlos MERIDA 39
USA: 1-Nick Vorberg 4-Michael Apple, 8-Carlos Farias, 9-Patrick Morris-C, 11-Matthew Stewart.
Subs: 2-Dan Degeer, 6-Andrew Rosenband, 7-Ptah Myers, 10-Sandre Naumoski. Booked: Degeer 4, Morris 9, Myers 22, Sent offs: Myers 24
TD: Keith TOZER
GUA: 1-Carlos Merida 3-Marlon Noj, 5-Manuel Aristondo, 10-Erick Acevedo, 11-Estuardo De Leon-C.
Subs: 2-Daniel Eduardo Tejada, 4-Jose Rafael Gonzalez, 6-Oliver Lopez, 7-Jannick Ramirez, 9-Carlos Eduardo Estrada. Booked: none
TD: Carlos Eduardo ESTRADA
R1: Francisco RIVERA (MEX), R2: Eduardo HERNANDEZ (MEX), R3: Ricardo DIAZ (PAN), TK: Antonio ALVAREZ (CUB)
COSTA RICA, MEXICO REACH SEMIS, QUALIFY FOR THAILANDCosta Rica and Mexico secured their places into the semifinals of the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship after finishing first and second, respectively, in Group B
The Ticos defeated St. Kitts & Nevis, 7:1, while the Tricolores posted a 5:1 win over Cuba on Wednesday
The semifinal berths also qualified them to the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup taking place in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 1-18 November
Costa Rica, Mexico and top two from Group A will be the CONCACAF Representatives and join the following qualified nations to complete the 24-team field: Host - Thailand; Africa (CAF) Egypt, Libya, Morocco; Asia (AFC) Australia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait; Europe (UEFA) Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine; South America (CONMEBOL) Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay; Oceania (OFC) Soloman Islands.
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