Courtesy: CONCACAF.com

Mexico wins North/Central Series 3 opener

20.5.04 Mexico won the first-leg of the 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Preliminary North/Central Zone Qualifying Series 2, with a 10:4 victory over visiting El Salvador at the Gimnasio Carlos Martínez Balmori in Pachuca, Hidalgo on Thursday evening.
Guillermo Castañeda and Héctor Guzmán each score three times for the tricolor, while Jesus Contreras, Victor Huerta, Arturo Lopez and Miguel Olivera all added a goal in the victory.

Mexico will meet El Salvador in the Series' second-leg scheduled for Saturday, 22 May at the Gimnasio Carlos Martínez Balmori at 21:00.

The eight-team CONCACAF Final Round will qualify two nations to the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship, to be held in Chinese Taipei from 21 November - 5 December.

2004 CONCACAF FUTSAL QUALIFYING

North/Central Zone

Series 2

20.05.2004:

Pachuca, Hidalgo MEXICO

Gimnasio Carlos Martínez Balmori (Attendance: 1500)

MEXICO – EL SALVADOR 10-4 (6-3)

MEXICO:
Starting five: 1 Amado Torres, 2 Carlos Ramírez, 3 Jesus Contreras, 4 Edson Lince, 7 Victor Huerta (cap).
Substitutions: 5 Miguel Olvera, 6 Mario Alberto Verti, 8 Arturo Lopez, 9 Héctor Guzmán, 10 Francisco Ramírez, 11 Guillermo Castañeda.
Coach: Josué RODRÍGUEZ

EL SALVADOR:
Starting five: 1 Emerson Osvaldo León, 2 José Alberto López, 3 Geobani Rafael Cetino (cap), 4 José Manuel Lopez, 5 Rene Rosales.
Substitutions: 6 José Isaías Hernández, 7 Alexander Luna, 8 Tito Del Cid, 9 José Eduardo Campos, 11 Franco Arlindo Rodríguez, 13 José Noel Melgar.
Coach: José DE LA CRUZ

Scorers: Guillermo CASTAÑEDA-3; Héctor GUZMÁN-3; Jesus CONTRERAS; Victor HUERTA; Arturo LOPEZ; Miguel OLIVERA; Francisco RAMÍREZ – Geobani Rafael CETINO-2; José Eduardo CAMPOS-2

First referee: Adrian RODRIGUEZ (CRC)
Second Referee: Vianey BOGANTES (CRC)

Yellow card: Contreras 3’, Ramírez 10’, Olvera 18’ (MEX) and Campos 7’, Alberto López 13’, Rodríguez 16’ (SLV).

Red card: Lince 4’ (MEX)


22.05.2004: Pachuca, Hidalgo MEXICO; Gimnasio Carlos Martínez Balmori (21:00)
EL SALVADOR – MEXICO
R: Vianey BOGANTES (CRC)
R2: Adrian RODRIGUEZ (CRC)