TT hosts third CFU Youth Cup

The annual CFU tournament will have 19 Caribbean sides along with invited guest team of El Salvador, who will enter the 2007 competition in the quarterfinal round.

The first round of the 2007 CFU Youth Cup will have five groups playing in five venues: Bacolet, Macoya, Malabar, Marabella and Port of Spain from August 18-23.

The group winners along with the two best second-place finishers will join El Salvador in the quarterfinals on August 26. The semifinals are scheduled for August 28, with the third-place match and final set for two days later at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo.

Canada won the first CFU Youth Cup after defeating Guatemala by a score of 4-0 in the final held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on August 13, 2005. Jamaica took the third-place honours earlier in the day with a 3-0 win over the hosts.

Last year, Mexico captured the CFU Youth Cup, when it was an U-16 event, after topping Haiti 3-0 in the final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on August 27. The 2006 tournament, which also doubled as the Caribbean Preliminary Qualification to the CONCACAF U-17 Final Round, had Trinidad and Tobago taking third at the CFU Youth Cup following a 2-0 triumph over Jamaica.

2007 CFU YOUTH (U-15) CUP – TRINIDAD and TOBAGO

Group A: Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Bahamas, US Virgin Islands

Group B: Antigua/Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Grenada

Group C: Barbados, Bermuda, Netherlands Antilles

Group D: British Virgin Islands, St Kitts/Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname

Group E: Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Maarten

Group Schedule -

August 18 - Trinidad and Tobago vs Aruba, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 5 pm.

August 19 - Antigua/Barbuda vs Grenada; Haiti vs Cayman Islands, Larry Gomes Stadium, 10 am; St Kitts/Nevis vs British Virgin Islands; St Vincent and the Grenadines vs Suriname, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 10 am; Dominica vs Saint Maarten; Jamaica vs Guyana, Marvin Lee Stadium, 3 pm; Barbados vs Netherlands Antilles, Dwight Yorke Stadium, 3 pm; US Virgin Islands vs Bahamas, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 3 pm.

August 21 - Cayman Islands vs Antigua and Barbuda; Haiti vs Grenada, Larry Gomes Stadium, 10 am; Suriname vs St Kitts/Nevis; St Vincent and the Grenadines vs British Virgin Islands, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, 10 am; Guyana vs Saint Maarten; Jamaica vs Dominica, Marvin Lee Stadium, 3 pm; Bermuda vs Netherlands Antilles, Dwight Yorke Stadium, 3 pm; Aruba vs US Virgin Islands; Trinidad and Tobago vs Bahamas, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 3 pm.

August 23 - Grenada vs Cayman Islands; Antigua/Barbuda vs Haiti, Larry Gomes Stadium, 10 am; British Virgin Islands vs Suriname; St Kitts/Nevis vs St Vincent and the Grenadines, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, 10 am; Dominica vs Guyana; Saint Maarten vs Jamaica, Marvin Lee Stadium, 3 pm; Bacolet; Barbados vs Bermuda, Dwight Yorke Stadium, 3 pm; Bahamas vs Aruba; Trinidad and Tobago vs US Virgin Islands, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 5 pm.