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CONCACAF Tournament in Heredia: all details here!Costa Rica wins Group A title at 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship27/7/04 - The host Costa Rica won the Group A title at the 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Tournament with a win over Mexico on Tuesday evening at the Palacio de los Deportes in Heredia.
Goals from forwards Mauricio Carvajal, Jefrid Ruiz, midfielder Jason Arce and defender Michael Barrantes led Group A winner Costa Rica (3-0-0, 9 Points) to a 4:0 blanking of the group’s runner-up, Mexico (2-1-0, 6 Points).
The victory also extends Costa Rica’s winning streak in CONCACAF Futsal Tournament to eight matches, with their last defeat coming on 1 September 1996, a 4:1 loss to the USA in Ciudad de Guatemala.
The ticos and tricolores advance to the 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship Semifinals scheduled for Friday, 30 July at the Palacio de los Deportes. Mexico will face the Group B winner at 18:00 on Friday, while Costa Rica takes on the Group B runner-up at 20:00.
The two semifinalists from Group B will be decided on Wednesday, 28 July as Panama (0-1-1, 1 Point) takes on Guyana (0-2-0, 0 Points) at 18:00, while in the second encounter Cuba (2-0-0, 6 Points), who already claimed a spot in the semis, meets the USA (1-0-1, 4 Points) at 20:00, in a rematch of the 2000 CONCACAF Futsal Tournament semifinals, where the cubanos won 4:2 and eliminated the stars & stripes from a possible berth to the FIFA World Championships.
The semifinal losers will face-off in the third-place game on 31 July, while the two finalists, who will also meet on 31 July, earn CONCACAF’s two berths to the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Chinese Taipei from 21 November – 5 December.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO POST VICTORY OVER SURINAMTrinidad & Tobago (1-2-0, 3 Points) closed out Group A action with a 7:4 victory over Surinam (0-3-0, 0 Points) in an earlier encounter on Tuesday in Heredia, Costa Rica.
Forward Jerwyn Balthazar notched two goals, while defenders Franklyn Ollivierra, Anthony Small, Marvin Lee, midfielders Ako James and Colin Joseph all scored for the soca warriors, while forwards Gino Brandon had three tallies and Roberto Zebeda added another for the Surinamese in the loss.
2004 CONCACAF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPGroup A
27/07/2004Herédia, COSTA RICA
Hall: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 350
Trinidad & Tobago – Surinam
7-4 (2-1)TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Starting five: 12 Perry Martin, 5 Franklyn Ollivierra, 8 Sterling O’Brian (Cap.), 11 Marvin Lee, 15 Wendell Douglas
Substitutions: 2 Anthony Small, 6 Ako James, 7 Jerwyn Balthazar, 9 Kevin Peters, 10 Colin Joseph, 14 Cordell Greenidge
Coach: Clayton Morris
SURINAM:
Starting five: 1 Lloyd Derby, 4 Clifton Tjin Leip Shie, 6 Winston Feller, 11 Gino Brandon, 14 Alberto Doesburg (Cap.)
Substitutions: 5 Steven Berrenstein, 8 Roberto Zebeda, 9 Dirk Doorson, 10 Cedric Sama-an
Coach: Stanley Lamsberg
Scorers:
3’ Gino Brandon (0-1)
17’ Jerwyn Balthazar (1-1)
18’ Jerwyn Balthazar (2-1)
21’ Franklyn Ollivierra (3-1)
28’ Ako James (4-1)
30’ Colin Joseph (5-1)
34’ Roberto Zebeda (5-2)
35’ Gino Brandon (5-3)
36’ Anthony Small (6-3)
37’ Gino Brandon (6-4)
38’ Marvin Lee (7-4)
First Referee: Roy Mcarthur (GUY)
Second Referee: Vladimir Maso Goitisolo (CUB)
Third Referee: Donald Campos (NCA)
Time-Keeper: Victor Prendas (CRC)
Yellow card: Feller 14’, Tjin Leip Shie 24’
27/07/2004Herédia, COSTA RICA
Hall: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 1980
Costa Rica – Mexico
4-0 (1-0)COSTARICA:
Starting five: 1 Javier Alfaro, 2 Jason Arce, 4 Carlos Chaves, 6 Johnny Rodriguez, 8 Junior Rodriguez (Cap.)
Substitutions: 3 Adonai Vindas, 5 Henry Valverde, 7 Jefrid Ruiz, 9 Mauricio Carvajal, 10 Yanan Montoya, 11 Michael Barrantes
Coach: Carlos Quiros
MEXICO:
Starting five: 12 Amado Pablo Torres, 2 Guillermo Castaneda, 4 Carlos Ramirez, 5 Mario Alberto Vertti (Cap.), 7 Victor Huerta
Substitutions: 10 Francisco Ramirez, 11 Miguel Angel Olvera
Coach: Josúe Rodriguez Angeles
Scorers:
Jefrid RUIZ 10’
Mauricio CARVAJAL 28’
Jason ARCE 30’
Michael BARRANTES 38’
First Referee: Ricardo Diaz (PAN)
Second Referee: Terry Mashino (USA)
Third Referee: John Konstantinidis (USA)
Time-Keeper: Ernest Richardson (GRN)
Yellow card: Arce 17’
Group B
28.07.2004: Herédia, COSTA RICA; Palacio de los Deportes (18:00)
PANAMA – GUYANA
28.07.2004: Herédia, COSTA RICA; Palacio de los Deportes (20:00)
CUBA – USA
GOAL SCORERS 7-Jerwyn BALTHAZAR (TRI) 4
11-Gino BRANDON (SUR) 4
10-Yanan MONTOYA (CRC) 4
7-Jefrid RUIZ (CRC) 4
11-Miguel BARRANTES (CRC) 3
3-Jesus CONTRERAS (MEX) 3
4-Carlos CHAVES (CRC) 3
11-Boris SANAME (CUB) 3
4-José Jacinto SERRANO (CUB) 3
2-Jason ARCE (CRC) 2
9-Mauricio CARVAJAL (CRC) 2
8-Yosniel Mesa DIAZ (CUB) 2
5-Todd DUSOSKY (USA) 2
6-Winston FELLER (SUR) 2
6-Adalberto GUERRA (CUB) 2
7-Victor HUERTA (MEX) 2
6-Ako JAMES (TRI) 2
11-Marvin LEE (TRI) 2
8-Arturo LOPEZ (MEX) 2
6-Alberto MONTIEL (MEX) 2
8-Gilberto RANGEL (PAN) 2 (1 dp)
6-Johnny RODRIGUEZ (CRC) 2
8-Junior RODRIGUEZ (CRC) 2
9-Joel SHANKER (USA) 2
2-Anthony SMALL (TRI) 2
7-Pat WHITE (USA) 2
6-Dexter BENTICK (GUY) 1
2-Guillermo CASTANEDA (MEX) 1
9-Fernando CHAPMAN (CUB) 1
13-Robert DERBY (SUR) 1
14-Alberto DOESBURG (SUR) 1
8-Travis GRANT (GUY) 1
2-Andy GUSTAFERRO (USA) 1 (1 pen)
4-Greg HOWES (USA) 1
10-Colin JOSEPH (TRI) 1
5-Eduardo MORALES (CUB) 1
16-Omalie Norman NASSY (GUY) 1
5-Franklyn OLLIVIERRA (TRI) 1
11-Miguel Ángel OLVERA (MEX) 1
10-Francisco RAMIREZ (MEX) 1
3-Adonai VINDAS (CRC) 1
8-Roberto ZEBEDA (SUR) 1
