U-20 Championship 2007 - CONCACAF.com

Group B - Day 3TIE AGAINST COSTA RICA GIVES MEXICO GROUP B TITLE25.02.2007: A 1:1 tie against Costa Rica gave the hosts, Mexico first-place in the 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Final Round Group B at the Estadio Banorte in Culiacán, Sinaloa.The crowd of 19,051 saw Jean Carlos Solorzano give Costa Rica (2-0-1, 7 Points) a 1:0 lead in theopening six minutes of the match but Enrique Esqueda scored the equaliser in the 70th minute forMexico has they finish first in group play on goal difference (+4 to +3).Prior to the encounter, the ticos and tricolores had already qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-20 WorldCup and join Panama and USA from Group A along with the hosts, Canada at the FIFA event that willrun 30 June – 22 July.In the other Group B match, St. Kitts & Nevis (0-2-1, 1 Points) earned their first-ever points in aCONCACAF Final Round Event after holding Jamaica (0-2-1, 1 Point) to a 1:1 draw.The reggae boyz took a 1:0 advantage in the 36th minute with a goal by Joel Grant, but MatthewBerkeley leveled the score for the sugar boyz with 13 minutes remaining.Match #5Estadio Banorte (A: 405)ST. KITTS & NEVIS – JAMAICA 1:1 (0:1)Matthew BERKELEY 77’ – Joel GRANT 36’SKN: 1-Alexis Richards – 3-Javin Matthew, 4-AkilLance Mason (61: 22-Kervin Benjamin), 5-RovanWigley, 7-Tiran Hanley (75: 8-Kevin Benjamin), 9-Kareem Harris, 10-Aaron Moses-Garvey, 11-GerardAgustus-Williams, 13-Tishan Hanley (83: 18-IrandiByron), 15-Orlando Mitchum-C, 17-MatthewBerkeley. Booked: Mitchum 3’, T. Hanley 20’,Williams 45’, Kervin Benjamin 90’+JAM: 13-Dwayne Kerr – 4-Joel Senior, 7-RicardoCousins, 9-Eric Vernon (87: 12-Keammar Daley), 11-Dawyne Smith, 14-Omar Persad (57: 18-DraionMcNain), 15-Michael Binns (35: 10-James Thomas),16-Edward Campbell, 17-Troy Smith, 19-Joel Grant,20-Montrose Phinn. Booked: Senior 17’, Vernon 31’,Sent offs: D. Smith 90’+R: Steven DEPIERO (CAN), A1: Simon FEARN (CAN),A2: Daniel WILLIAMSON (PAN), FO: RobertoMORENO (PAN)Team Statistics SKN JAMGoal Attempts 9 15Shots on Target 6 8Saves 5 5Fouls Committed 16 15Corner Kicks 1 6Offsides 5 4Match #6Estadio Banorte (A: 19051)MEXICO – COSTA RICA 1:1 (0:1)Enrique ESQUESA 70’ – Jean Carlos SOLORZANO 6’MEX: 12-Rodolfo Cota – 2-Patricio Araujo, 4-Christian Emmanuel Sanchez, 5-Hector AlfredoMoreno (31: 19-Christian Bermudez) (90: 16-AdrianAldrete), 6-Omar Esparza, 8-Martin VictorGonzalez, 9-Carlos Alberto Vela (62: 20-EnriqueEsqueda), 11-Javier Hernandez, 13-Osmar MaresMartinez, 15-Alejandro Castro, 17-Jose DanielGuerrero. Booked: M. Gonzalez 18’, Sanchez 33’,Vela 59’, Sent offs: M. Gonzalez 76’CRC: 1-Alfonso Quesada – 3-Rudy Dawson-C, 4-Giancarlo Gonzalez, 6-Jose Cubero (90: 13-Enmanuel Esquivel), 8-Celso Borges, 10-Luis Perez(86: 19-Ricardo Garcia), 11-Jean Carlos Solorzano,14-Pablo Herrera (82: 7-Jose Luis Cordero), 15-Orlando Gonzalez, 16-Leslie Ramos, 17-Dave Myrie.Booked: Dawson 22’, Cabero 37’, G. Gonzalez 43’,Quesada 45’, O. Gonzalez 86’R: Neal BRIZAN (TRI), A1: Simon BAPTISTE (TRI),A2: George GANSNER (USA), FO: Terry VAUGHN(USA)Team Statistics MEX CRCGoal Attempts 14 6Shots on Target 12 5Saves 3 10Fouls Committed 10 17Corner Kicks 7 0Offsides 2 020