U-20 Championship 2007 - CONCACAF.com

Group A - Day 1USA WIN; GUATEMALA TIES PANAMA17.01.2007: The USA defeated Haiti, while Guatemala held the hosts Panama to a tie in theopening matches of the 2007 CONCACAF Under-20 Final Round Qualification Group A at theEstadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City.Three goals by Andre Akpan and another from Anthony Wallace led the USA (1-0-0, 3 Points)to a 4:1 victory over Haiti (0-1-0, 0 Points) in the first game.In the other encounter, Guatemala (0-0-1, 1 Point) jumped out to a 1:0 lead after an owngoal scored by Panama’s Luis Ovalle in the opening two minutes, but Nelson Barahona got theequaliser for Panama (0-0-1, 1 Point) in the 65th minute for the 1:1 final score.Match #1Estadio Rommel Fernández (A: 6000)HAITI – USA 1:4 (0:2)Etienne YVESON 73’ pen - Andre AKPAN 25’,38’, 61’; Anthony WALLACE 48’HAI: 1-Peterson Occenat – 4-Symson Exume,5-Judelin Aveska-C, 6-Junior Natoux, 7-Etienne Yveson, 8-Adelt Maddy, 11-RobertsSaintilus, 15-Junior Saul, 16-Sony Norde (90:10-Brisly Renaud), 17-Augustin Walson (63:14-Peterson Joseph), 18-Vaniel Sirin (67: 2-Pascal Scifaite). Booked: Saintilus 21’, Maddy40’, Joseph 71’, Natoux 79’, Aveska 82’USA: 1-Christopher Seitz – 2-Tim Ward, 5-Nathan Sturgis, 6-Quavas Kirk, 7-DanielSzetela (74: 19-Anthony Beltran), 8-RobertRogers (67: 9-Johann Smith), 11-Freddy Adu-C, 14-Anthony Wallace, 15-Sal Zizzo, 16-Julian Valentin (85: 4-Amaechi Igwe), 20-Andre Akpan. Booked: Valentin 43’, Kirk 72’R: Lee DAVIS (TRI), A1: Lyndon BURTON (TRI),A2: Roderick ROJER (ANT), FO: DouglasMCARTHUR (GUY)Match #2Estadio Rommel Fernández (A: 7545)PANAMA – GUATEMALA 1:1 (0:1)Nelson BARAHONA 65’ – OG 2’PAN: 12-Luis Mejia – 2-Eric Vasquez, 3-LuisOvalle, 4-Josue Jafeth Brown, 6-FranciscoCastañeda (59: 18-Davis Wallace), 7-JavierGonzalez (66: 11-Armando Cooper), 8-LuisJaramillo, 9-Gabriel Torres-C, 10-NelsonBarahona, 14-Christian Vergara, 17-AntonioLeslie. Booked: Leslie 54’GUA: 1-Carlos Daniel Reyes – 3-RicardoSandoval, 4-Cristian Noriega, 5-Jean PatrickHowell-C, 6-Jaime Dario Vides, 7-JulianAntonio Priego (81: 15-Manuel Antonio Leon),8-Marco Papa Ponce (59: 10-Marco Ciani), 9-Minor Lopez (70: 11-Edward Santeliz), 14-Rafael Humberto Morales, 16-Jonathan Lopez,21-Pablo Solorzano. Booked: Morales 30’,Vides 37’, Noriega 77’R: Manuel GLOWER (MEX), A1: FranciscoPEREZ (MEX), A2: Edgar MORA (CRC), FO: JoséPINEDA (HON)Team Statistics HAI USAGoal Attempts 5 12Shots on Target 4 11Saves 7 4Fouls Committed 15 9Corner Kicks 1 9Offsides 4 6Team Statistics PAN GUAGoal Attempts 13 7Shots on Target 8 5Saves 4 7Fouls Committed 10 25Corner Kicks 5 5Offsides 3 610