OCTOBER 2002

VOLUME 12 / NUMBER 7

CONFEDERATION OF NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL NEWSLETTER

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
9-13 October
FC Champions Cup
Central Zone Qualifying (Group 1)
San Salvador, El Salvador

13/27 October
FC Champions Cup
Caribbean Zone Qualifying (Preliminary Round)
16-20 October
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Final (Group A), Cd. Panama
23-27 October
FC Under-17 Junior Tournament
Caribbean Zone qualifying (Group C), Rep.Dominicana
23-27 October
FC Champions Cup
Central Zone Qualifying (Group 2), Cd. Guatemala
27 October 9 November
FC Womens Gold Cup 2002
Pasadena and Fullerton, California; Seattle, Washington
(USA); Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)
Captain Julie Foudy lifts the FC Women's Gold Cup after the USA defeated Brazil 1:0 in a
hard-fought final in the inaugural edition in 2000. (Photo: Tony Quinn/SoccerPixUSA)

SECOND EDITION OF FC WOMEN'S GOLD CUP KICKS OFF

When the second edition of the FC Womens Gold Cup kicks off in
Pasadena, California, eight teams will once again be battling for the
right to call themselves the best womens team in North and Central
America and the Caribbean.
But for those same eight teams, an equally important prize will be
on offer: Three berths in the biggest event in womens soccer, the FIFA
Womens World Cup.
Conceived a few short years ago to stand alongside the FC Gold Cup as the preeminent
national team competitions in the region, the Womens Gold Cup will crown its second
champion this year, after the USA defeated Brazil 1:0 in a hard-fought final to win the
inaugural event in 2000.
That first event saw two potent guest teams invited in Brazil and China PR which, of
course, the USA had defeated in the final of the Womens World Cup the summer previous. But this year, with the WWC berths on the line, all eight teams will come from the
CONCACAF confederation.
The tournament sees the teams divided into two groups of four teams, where each will
play the other once in round-robin play. The top two in each group will advance to the
semifinals, the winners crossing over to play the second-place side in the opposite group.
The semifinal winners will then play for the honor of Confederation champion and the
trophy and prize money that goes along with it, knowing theyve already secured places in
the Womens World Cup finals. The semifinal losers will play in the third-place match, that
winner keeping their WWC hopes alive by moving into a playoff with the third-place team
in Asian Football Confederation qualifying for the final spot in China PR 2003.
Group A, playing in the southern California venues of Pasadena and Fullerton, as well
as Seattle, Washington, features the defending champions USA, Mexico, Panama from the
Central American Zone and Jamaica from the Caribbean Zone. Matches will be played on
27 October (Pasadena), 29 October (Fullerton) and 2 November (Seattle)
Group B, which will be based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, will be comprised
of Canada, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti. Matchdays are set for 30 October and
1 and 3 November. The semifinals will be played at Safeco Field in Seattle on 6 November,
with the final to be played in the Rose Bowl the site of the 1999 FIFA Womens World
Cup final on 9 November.

27-31 October
FC Under-17 Junior Tournament
Caribbean Zone qualifying (Group D) Cuba
30 October 3 November
FC Champions Cup
Central Zone Qualifying (Group 3) Honduras (TBD)
30 October 3 November
FC Under-17 Junior Tournament
Caribbean Zone qualifying (Group A) Bermuda
10-20 November
FC Gold Cup
Caribbean Zone Qualifying (finals), Trinidad & Tobago
13-17 November
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Final (Group B) Charleston, S.C., USA
23 November 7 December
Central American and Caribbean Games
San Salvador, El Salvador
11-15 November
FC Under-17 Junior Tournament
Central Zone qualifying, Siguatepeque, Honduras

ELECTIONS

Barbados Football Association

PRESIDENT: Ronald Jones
VICE PRESIDENT: Keith Barrow
GENERAL SECRETARY: Randy Harris
Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation
PRESIDENT: Oliver Camps
VICE PRESIDENT: Lennox Watson
U.S. Soccer Federation
PRESIDENT: Dr. Robert Contiguglia

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FC WOMEN'S GOLD CUP:

A LOOK AT THE FIELD

CONFEDERATION NEWS - OCTOBER 2002

Costa Rica comes into the Womens
Gold Cup having established their pedigree
as the top side in Central America. The
Third-place finisher in the 1998
Confederation championship by knocking
off Guatemala, the ticas saw their regional
crown taken back when Guatemala won the
first-ever UNCAF (Central American Union)
championship in qualifying for the inaugural
Womens Gold Cup.
Trinidad & Tobago has also established
themselves as the top side in the Caribbean
in recent years, the Soca Divas reaching the
2000 Womens Gold Cup as well. Along
with Canada, T&T is the only other country
to have participated in every version of the
CONCACAF womens championship.
The passion for womens football in
Haiti is a sight to behold, with tens of thousands fans regularly flocking to Stade Sylvio
Cator in the capital of Port-au-Prince to
cheer on the national team. Winners of the
1999 Caribbean womens championship,
Haiti hosted the first-ever Womens World
Cup qualifying tournament, finishing fourth
after losing to the USA in the semifinals,
then to Trinidad & Tobago in the thirdplace match.

GROUP A: For the

USA, this Womens Gold
Cup will begin the test of
whether they can be as
dominant in world soccer in the first decade of
the new century as they
were in the final decade of the 1900s. They
won two Womens World Cups, in 1991 and
1999, as well as the first Olympic gold medal
in womens football in 1996 in Atlanta.
But in 2000, a stunning golden goal
gave Norway the gold in the Sydney
Olympics. It wasnt the first time the USA
had suffered defeat in chasing a world
championship they finished third in the
1995 Womens World Cup but the
Womens World Cup qualifying campaign
will be the starting point for how they fare
in a years time.
Mexicos national team program continues to rise, and head coach Leonardo
Cuellar has his eyes set on a second
Womens World Cup appearance, after the
Tricolores defeated Argentina in a playoff to
reach USA 99.
Jamaica has had a rich history of
womens football, but the Reggae Girlz will
be looking to record the countrys first-ever
victory in a World Cup qualifying match,
losing all seven previous outings in 1991
and 1994. But they overcame a real nemesis
in gaining automatic qualification to the
Womens Gold Cup field, defeating Haiti to
win one of the two Caribbean Zone groups.
Panamas qualification to the Womens
Gold Cup is, quite simply, a stunning
achievement. The country had not even
played an official full international until the
Central American Zone qualifying tournament in July, but then the caaleras finThe USA and Costa Rica will be in opposite groups
ished second in winning three of five
in the 2002 FC Women's Gold Cup
matches. The success followed hard on the heels of 2002 FC WOMENS GOLD CUP SCHEDULE
another surprising achieve- GROUP 1: USA, MEXICO, PANAMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
GROUP 2: CANADA, COSTA RICA, JAMAICA, HAITI
ment: Panamas reaching
the CONCACAF final qualification tournament for the Sunday 27 October 2002 (Pasadena, California USA)
PANAMA v TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (13:00); USA v MEXICO (15:00)
inaugural FIFA U-19
Tuesday 29 October 2002 (Fullerton, California USA)
Womens World
USA v TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (19:00); PANAMA v MEXICO (21:00)
Championship.
Wednesday 30 October 2002 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
GROUP B: Canada
COSTA RICA v JAMAICA (18:00); CANADA v HAITI (20:00)
believe this could be their
Friday 1 November 2002 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
time to knock off the USA
HAITI v COSTA RICA (18:00); CANADA v JAMAICA (20:00)
for supremacy in the
Saturday 2 November 2002 (Seattle, Washington USA)
region. The Maple Leafs
MEXICO v TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (17:00); USA v PANAMA (19:30)
have won the Confederation Sunday 3 November 2002 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
womens championship
JAMAICA v HAITI (12:00); CANADA v COSTA RICA (14:00)
once, but that was in 1998 Wednesday 6 November 2002 (Seattle, Washington USA)
when the USA did not par- SEMIFINAL 1: WINNER GROUP 2 v RUNNER-UP GROUP 1 (17:00*)
ticipate. If Canada is a clear SEMIFINAL 2: WINNER GROUP 1 v RUNNER-UP GROUP 2 (19:30*)
favorite for the group title, *semifinal times may change depending upon television consideration
the battle for second place Saturday 9 November 2002 (Pasadena, California USA)
THIRD-PLACE MATCH (16:30); FINAL (19:00)
should be a rich one.

FIRST FIFA U-19 WOMENS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS

Regardless of
how you look at it,
CONCACAF teams
and officials turned
the inaugural FIFA
Under-19 Womens
World Championship, played from 17
August - 1 September in three venues
across Western Canada, into a showcase
for the Confederation.
The tournament was an unqualified
success: stadia packed with fans, terrific
football, and, oh yes, an all-CONCACAF
final. Lindsay Tarpleys 109th-minute goal
gave the USA the world championship in
a battle with their border rivals from the
host nation.
While the USA certainly had realistic
expectations of being in the final,
Canadas performance was quite impressive, getting through an incredibly difficult group before riding the talents of
Christine Sinclair winner of both the
Golden Shoe and the Golden Ball into
the matchup against the USA.
Not only was the quality of play of the
CONCACAF teams incredible, but the
Confederations game officials also
showed their mettle. Veteran referee
Diane Ferreira-James of Guyana patrolled
the center circle and was aided by Maria
Isabel Tovar of Mexico, selected as one of
the two referees assistants for the deciding match, played before a sellout crowd
of 47,784 at Edmontons Commonwealth
Stadium. In all, the tournament as a
whole drew nearly 200,000 fans to stadia
in Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.
As the tournament drew to a close, the
worlds football officials were quick to
laud the accomplishments of both the
Confederation and the Canadian Soccer
Association, which opened its doors to the
world as host of the event.
I am at a loss for words in terms of
the miracle we have witnessed here in
Canada, and the final between the United
States and Canada only lends credence to
the primacy of CONCACAF in leading
womens football to greater heights, said
Confederation President Jack A. Warner.
Lindsay Tarpley's 'golden goal' gives the USA
the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

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CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL: PACHUCA CF

WINS FIRST CONTINENTAL HONOR

A goal from Walter Silvani three minutes

into the second half was enough as Pachuca CF
won the first continental honor in the club's
history, defeating CA Monarcas Morelia 1:0 in
the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on
18 September at Estadio Azul in Mexico.
Silvani's strike was the only to find home
despite a flowing match between the two Mexican sides, the first
time two clubs from the same country had met in the final in the
40-year history of the Champions Cup. It was a remarkable 20th
championship won by a Mexican club over the history of the event,
the last Mexican winner CID Necaxa in 1999, a 3:2 victory against
LD Alajuelense of Costa Rica.
Pachuca reached the final after defeating Alajuelense in the
semifinals. In the first leg, a fifth-minute goal from Garces gave
Pachuca the best possible start, but Alajuelense grabbed goals
through Sandro Alfaro and Wilmer Lopez to leave all to play for in
the return match. Again, Pachuca scored first, Santana netting in
the first half, then Walter Silvani put the Tuzos into the final with
his goal 13 minutes from time.
Morelia got past Kansas
City Wizards of the USA in
the semis, but the tie was
over in a blitz in the first
match. Under a hot sun in
Michacan, Morelia exploded for five second-half goals
to win 6:1 and put the series
out of reach. The two teams
drew 1:1 in Kansas City, but
Morelia had already booked
Pachuca captain Walter Silvani lifts
their place.
the CONCACAF Champions Cup

AROUND THE CONFEDERATION

MARKETING WORKSHOP: CONCACAF President Jack A.
Warner called upon the attendees of the Confederations Marketing
and General
Administration
Workshop to now build
upon their learning by
building up the game.
Speaking at the closing
ceremony of the threeday workshop held at
the Dr Joo Havelange
Centre of Excellence
Participants at the CONCACAF marketing workshop from 27-29 September,
Warner put the responsibility for raising the profile of the game in
the region on the seminars participants.
More than 40 football administrators from 23 countries
throughout the Confederation attended the event.
WORLD CUP SYMPOSIUM: Two of the head coaches who
guided CONCACAF national teams to 2002 FIFA World Cup
Korea/Japan were part of the Confederations World Cup
Symposium, held 3-5 October at the Centre of Excellence.
Bruce Arena, who led the USA to a place in the quarterfinals,
and Alexandre Guimaraes, who led Costa Rica to their second World
Cup appearance, were part of the panel of top international coaches
and experts on hand to technical directors and coaches with an
expert insight into the technical and tactical trends which emerged
from last summers World Cup. More than 70 participants took part.

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CONCACAF BERTHS IN FIFA WORLD

YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DECIDED

The FC Under-20 final Youth Tournament

gets underway this month with eight teams
vying for the four CONCACAF berths to the
2003 FIFA World Youth Championships, slated for 25 March 16 April in the United Arab
Emirates.
The eight sides will be divided into two
groups of four teams apiece, each playing in a round-robin format,
with the top two finishers in each group representing the
Confederation at next years World Championship.
Group A, being played in Panama from 16-20 October, features
the hosts, Central Zone champion Guatemala, Caribbean Zone
qualifier Haiti and North Zone representative Mexico.
Guatemala qualified for the Confederations final phase by winning the UNCAF qualifying tournament, which they hosted from 614 September at Estadio Mario Camposeco in Quetzaltenango.
Haiti, meanwhile, secured the final available berth after defeating
Jamaica 2:1 on aggregate in a two-leg Caribbean Zone final round
qualifying series.
Group B, slated for 13-17 November in Charleston, South
Carolina USA, matches the home side with fellow North Zone
member Canada, UNCAF runners-up El Salvador and Caribbean
qualifiers Cuba.
Cuba advanced to the finals of the FC Under-20 Youth
Tournament after a 3:1 victory against Trinidad & Tobago in the
second leg of their Caribbean Zone final round qualifying series in
La Habana, after a scoreless draw in the series first match two
weeks prior in Port-of-Spain.
El Salvador suffered their only loss on the last day of the
UNCAF qualifying tournament, dropping a 1:0 decision to Costa
Rica that cost them the top spot in the group to hosts Guatemala,
but not a spot in the FC final tournament.

WOMENS WORLD CUP: The Canadian Soccer Association

announced it will prepare a formal bid to host the FIFA Womens
World Cup 2007. CSA President Andy Sharpe made the announcement prior to the final of the FIFA U-19 Womens World
Championship.
During the conference, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter commented on the tremendous success of the tournament and Canadas
ability to host a future FIFA event. What has happened in this
country has been incredible, said President Blatter. The response
of the public to this tournament has been extraordinary. In order to
stage a successful tournament you need to have a quality organization and you need to have skill on the field. Canada has done a wonderful job on both sides and they have raised the bar for any other
country to try to match.
The tournament was deemed an unqualified success with teams
playing in front of record crowds in Victoria, Vancouver and in
Edmonton with close to 200,000 spectators expected to attend the
games. The final was a sellout at 58,000-seat Commonwealth Stadium.
GUYANA CENTENARY: The Guyana Football Federation has
announced plans to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the introduction of the sport in the country with a programme of activities
during the month of October.
Among the events highlighting the celebration: A dinner and
awards ceremony, honoring significant contributors to the game over
the 100 years, followed by a Day of Sports, on 12-13 October; a fourteam international youth tournament including under-17 teams from
Guyana, Barbados and Suriname as well as the Guyana U-23 selection; and a day-long futsal tournament with youth, women, senior
sides and football executives from around the country.

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CONFEDERATION NEWS - OCTOBER 2002

FOR THE RECORD

FC GOLD CUP 2003
CARIBBEAN ZONE FINAL QUALIFYING COMPETITION
GROUP A (Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain):
10.11.02: Saint Lucia St. Kitts & Nevis (16:00); Dominica Trinidad
& Tobago (18:00); 13.11.02: Dominica Saint Lucia (17:30); St. Kitts
& Nevis Trinidad & Tobago (19:30);
15.11.02: St. Kitts & Nevis Dominica (17:30); Trinidad & Tobago
Saint Lucia (19:30)
GROUP B: (Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet):
10.11.02: Cuba Republica Dominicana (17:00); Martinique
Cayman Islands (19:00); 13.11.02: Republica Dominicana
Martinique (17:00); Cayman Islands Cuba (19:00); 15.11.02:
Republica Dominicana Cayman Islands (17:00); Cuba Martinique
(19:00)
GROUP C: (Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva): 10.11.02: Barbados
Guadeloupe (17:00); 13.11.02: Jamaica Barbados (18:00); 15.11.02:
Grenada Barbados (17:00); (Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar):
10.11.02: Grenada Jamaica (17:00); 13.11.02: Guadeloupe
Grenada (18:00); 15.11.02: Jamaica Guadeloupe (17:00)
GROUP D: (Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella): 10.11.02: Haiti
Antigua & Barbuda (16:00); Netherlands Antilles Suriname (18:00);
13.11.02: Haiti Netherlands Antilles (17:30); Suriname Antigua &
Barbuda (19:30); 15.11.02: Antigua & Barbuda Netherlands Antilles
(17:30); Suriname Haiti (19:30)
SEMIFINALS: 17.11.02: WINNER GROUP C v WINNER GROUP D
(Mannie Ramjohn, 16:00); WINNER GROUP B v WINNER GROUP A
(Dwight Yorke, 17:00)
FINALS: 20.11.02 (Hasely Crawford Stadium): SEMIFINAL LOSERS
(consolation) (17:00); SEMIFINAL WINNERS (19:00)

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FC CHAMPIONS CUP (2003)

CENTRAL ZONE QUALIFYING
CUADRANGULAR 1 (San Salvador, El Salvador, 9-13 October)
CD F.A.S. (El Salvador); Alianza FC (El Salvador); FC Deportivo
Jalapa (Nicaragua); Deportivo Arabe Unido (Panama)

09.10.2002: CD F.A.S Deportivo Arabe Unido (18:00);

Alianza FC v FC Deportivo Jalapa (20:00)
11.10.2002: CD F.A.S. FC Deportivo Jalapa (18:00);
Alianza FC Deportivo Arabe Unido (20:00)
13.10.2002: FC Deportivo Jalapa Deportivo Arabe Unido (15:00);
Alianza FC v CD F.A.S. (17:00)
CUADRANGULAR 2 (Cd. Guatemala, 23-27 October)
CSD Municipal (Guatemala); CSD Comunicaciones (Guatemala);
Santos de Guapiles FC (Costa Rica); FC San Marcos (Nicaragua)
23.10.2002: CSD Municipal FC San Marcos (18:00); CSD
Comunicaciones Santos de Guapiles FC (20:00)
25.10.2002: CSD Comunicaciones FC San Marcos (18:00); CSD
Municipal Santos de Guapiles FC (20:00)
27.10.2002: FC San Marcos Santos de Guapiles FC (11:00); CSD
Municipal CSD Comunicaciones (13:00)
CUADRANGULAR 3 (Honduras, 30 October 3 November)
CD Marathon (Honduras); CD Motagua (Honduras); Tauro FC
(Panama); LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica)
30.10.2002: CD Marathon LD Alajuelense (18:00);
CD Motagua Tauro FC (20:00)
01.11.2002: Tauro FC LD Alajuelense (18:00);
CD Marathon CD Motagua (20:00)
03.11.2002: CD Marathon Tauro FC (15:00);
CD Motagua LD Alajuelense (17:00)
CARIBBEAN ZONE QUALIFYING
PRELIMINARY ROUND
13.10-27.10.2002 (home team in first leg listed first)
US Robert (MQE) St. Joseph (DMA)
Harbour View FC (JAM) George Town SC (CAY)
FINAL ROUND
GROUP A (04-08.12.2002, Jamaica; league format)
Arnett Gardens FC (JAM); Club Franciscain (MQE);
Violette AC (HAI); VSADC (LCA)
GROUP B (11-15.12.2002, Trinidad & Tobago; league format)
W Connection FC (TRI); FICA (HAI); preliminary round winners

FC UNDER-17 JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

CARIBBEAN ZONE - GROUP PHASE
GROUP B 06.10.2002; 20.10.2002: Jamaica Antigua & Barbuda
GROUP A (30.10-03.11.2002; Bermuda)
30.10.2002: Guyana -Trinidad & Tobago; Bermuda St. Lucia
01.11.2002: Trinidad & Tobago St. Lucia; Guyana Bermuda
03.11.2002: St. Lucia Guyana; Bermuda Trinidad & Tobago
GROUP C: (23-27.10.2002; Republica Dominicana)
23.10.2002: Haiti Cayman Islands; Rep. Dominicana Barbados
25.10.2002: Barbados Haiti; Cayman Islands Rep. Dominicana
27.10.2002: Cayman Islands Barbados; Rep. Dominicana Hait
GROUP D (27-31.10.2002; Cuba)
27.10.2002: Bahamas Suriname; Cuba Aruba
29.10.2002: Aruba Suriname; Bahamas Cuba
31.10.2002: Aruba Bahamas; Suriname Cuba
FINAL ROUND (over two legs)
winner GROUP A v winner GROUP D
winner GROUP B v winner GROUP C
CENTRAL AMERICAN QUALIFYING (group winners qualify)
Honduras; 11-15.12.2002
GROUP A: Honduras, El Salvador, Belize;
GROUP B: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panam
11.12.2002: Belize v El Salvador; Costa Rica v Panama
13.12.2002: Nicaragua v Panama; Honduras v Belize
15.12.2002: Nicaragua v Costa Rica; Honduras v El Salvador
FC UNDER-20 YOUTH TOURNAMENT
FC FINAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES
GROUP A (Panama, 16-20 October)
16.10.2002: Mexico Cuba (18:30); Panama Guatemala (20:30)
18.10.2002: Guatemala Mexico (18:30); Panama Cuba (20:30)
20.10.2002: Cuba Guatemala (15:00); Panama Mexico (17:30)
GROUP B (USA, 13-17 November)
13.11.2002: Canada El Salvador (17:00); USA Haiti (19:30)
15.11.2002: Haiti Canada (17:00); USA El Salvador (19:30)
17.11.2002: El Salvador- Haiti (12:00); USA Canada (14:30)