Friday, March 06, 2009

Today kicks off the CONCACAF U20 World Cup Qualifying Tournament. It is being hosted by Trinidad & Tobago.

Embarrassingly none of these games are on television here in the USA. With all the TV options that we have today, US Soccer should be ashamed of themselves for not demanding CONCACAF find a way to get these games broadcast. I know it's the regions tournament to market and not our federation, but I still hold them responsible for this failure. It should not happen.

Two groups will play a round robin with the top 2 teams in each going on to the Semifinals. Those 4 teams all qualify for the World Cup.

There are the groups:
A
Honduras
Jamaica
El Salvador
USA
B
Canada
Costa Rica
Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago

Here is the match schedule:
-Fri Mar 6
Honduras v El Salvador
Jamaica v USA - 5pm Central
-Sat Mar 7
Mexico v Costa Rica
Trinidad v Canada
-Sun Mar 8
El Salvador v Jamaica
USA v Honduras - 5pm Central
-Mon Mar 9
Canada v Mexico
Trinidad v Costa Rica
-Tue Mar 10
Jamaica v Honduras
USA v El Salvador - 6pm Central
-Wed Mar 11
Costa Rica v Canada
Trinidad v Mexico
-Fri Mar 13
Semifinal 1 - A1 v B2
Semifinal 2 - B1 v A2
-Sun Mar 15
Final
Third-Place

The USA Roster:
G:
Sean Johnson - U Central Florida
Josh Lambo - FC Dallas
Brian Perk - UCLA
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - no club
Kyle Davies - Southampton
Jorge Flores - Chivas USA
Aaron Maund - Notre Dame
Amobi Okugo - San Juan Lightning
Anthony Wallace - FC Dallas
Sheanon Williams - no club
M:
Bryan Arguez - Hertha Berlin
Danny Cruz - Houston Dynamo
Dilly Duka - Rutgers U
Jared Jeffrey - Club Brugge
Brian Ownby - U Virginia
Brek Shea - FC Dallas
F:
Sam Garza - U Denver
Peri Marosevic - FC Dallas
Billy Schuler - U North Carolina
Tony Taylor - Jacksonville U

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