AUGUST 2002

VOLUME 12 / NUMBER 6

CONFEDERATION OF NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL NEWSLETTER

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
14-18 August
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Caribbean Qualifying (Group C)
St. Kitts & Nevis (host); Bahamas; Haiti
16/18 August
FC Gold Cup
Caribbean Qualifying (Prelim. Round)
Republica Dominicana v US Virgin Islands
17-21 August
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Caribbean Qualifying (Group D)
Saint Lucia (host); Cuba; Dominica; Grenada
23 August
FC U-17 Junior Tournament
Aruba v British Virgin Islands (Oranjestad)
Barbados v St. Vincent & Grenadines (Bridgetown)
25 August
FC U-17 Junior Tournament
Aruba v British Virgin Islands (Oranjestad)
Canada and the USA do battle in an April friendly prior to the FC final qualifying tournament.
Both will represent CONCACAF, along with Mexico, at the inaugural FIFA Under - 19
Womens World Championship in Canada. Photo courtesy of Canada Soccer Association.

INAUGURAL FIFA UNDER- 19 WOMENS WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF IN CANADA IN AUGUST

Awarding the first ever FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

to Canada, a country more renowned for its proficiency in ice hockey
than football, might have raised eyebrows around the world but upon
closer examination the decision is brilliant.
There are more registered footballers in Canada than ice hockey
players making it the most popular participation sport in the
country. Even more significant is the fact that 38 percent of all these footballers are
female. Clearly women's football enjoys great respect on these shores.
Rather than schedule the tournament in one of Canada's two largest cities, Toronto and
Montreal, where it might be swallowed by a glut of North American professional sports,
organizers have wisely chosen three western cities where football enjoys widespread popularity and which have proven records of sporting hospitality.
Indeed each of the venues is a natural setting for the game. Victoria is the picturesque
capital of the province of British Columbia and is located on Vancouver Island. In 1994,
this city of 326,000 hosted the Commonwealth Games and it is also home of the highly
acclaimed University of Victoria men's and women's football teams.
Across the bay on the mainland is nearby Vancouver, a true multicultural city of almost
two million people and widely recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Finally the city of Edmonton, capital of Alberta, with its population of almost one million
people is known as the City of Champions.
Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium has hosted many important international events
including the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1983 World Student Games and last summer's highly successful 8th World Championships in Athletics. All three events have
earned Edmontonians an enviable reputation for staging important events.
The other venues are smaller, more intimate but no less exciting to play in. Centennial
Stadium in Victoria has 7,000 seats while Vancouver's Swangard Stadium can seat 8,000.
They will be close to capacity particularly since many Canadian team members play locally.
For many years Swangard has been the home of Canada's premier football club, the
Vancouver Whitecaps, and has also hosted many international matches.
(Article courtesy of FIFA.com)

28 August
FC Champions Cup Semifinals
Kansas City Wizards v CA Monarcas Morelia
Pachuca CF v LD Alajuelense
28 August 1 September
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Caribbean Qualifying (Group B)
Cayman Islands (host); Jamaica, Puerto Rico
30 August/1 September
FC U-17 Junior Tournament
Saint Lucia US Virgin Islands (Vieux Fort)
1/15 September
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Caribbean Qualifying
Winner Group A v Winner Group D
4 September
FC Champions Cup Final
First leg
6-14 September
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Central American Qualifying
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
8/22 September
FC Womens Gold Cup
Caribbean Qualifying (third-place playoff)
TBD
15/29 September
FC U-20 Youth Tournament
Caribbean Qualifying
Winner Group B v Winner Group C
18 September
FC Champions Cup Final
Second leg

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CONFEDERATION NEWS - AUGUST 2002

FC REPRESENTATIVES AT FIFA U-19 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Canada (Group A)
Although they did
not have to qualify as
hosts, Canada have put
together an impressive
run of results in recent
preparatory matches that have made other
teams in the field take notice.
The Canadians strung together ten straight
wins in international friendlies from late May
through early August, including three each
over Italy and Mexico, on home soil. In doing
so, both the Canadian attack and defence
looked like those of a well-tuned team that has
spent a great deal of time together (most of
the players on the Canada roster have been
playing together for two years).
Coach Ian Bridge boasts a superb attacking duo in 15 year-old Kara Lang and
University of Portland (USA) standout
Christine Sinclair, both of whom have
proven themselves at senior international
level as well. Several other Canadian players
have experience playing at major universities in the USA.
All experience aside, their opening
match against Denmark could do a lot in
determining the Canadians' fate. "That first
game will be very important for us, very
tense and nervous," Bridge said.

Mexico (Group B)

USA (Group C)
Despite struggling
The USA, whose senior
in their opening match,
national side won the last
Mexico won Group A in
FIFA Women's World
the FC Final Qualifying
Cup as hosts in 1999,
Tournament, defeating
have turned in very
hosts Trinidad & Tobago 5:1 on the final
impressive performances in recent months in
match day to assure themselves of one of the both FC qualifying and warm-up matches.
three CONCACAF spots in Canada.
During Group B play in the FC the final
Head coach Leonardo Cuellar has fielded qualifying tournament in May in Bacolet,
a team whose attack may be among the best
Tobago, they outscored their opponents
in the world. Sulim Quinarez and Teresa
34:1, dispatching Suriname, Haiti and Costa
Worbis worked their magic up front in the
Rica by scores of 15:0, 5:0 and 14:1, respecqualifying tournament, carrying the load for
tively to earn their place on the world stage.
Mexico. However, despite their efficiency in
Kelly Wilson, Heather O'Reilly and Lindsey
the forward third, whether or not their
Tarpley led the USA attack, Wilson scoring
teammates will be able to get Quinarez and
10 goals in the three day tournament.
Worbis the ball in position to score remains
Even with all the USA players who
a question mark.
posted outstanding offensive statistics, it
Mexico's struggles in finding their strikwas defender Jill Oakes who garnered
ers were clearly evident in
Group B Most Valuable
a recent three game series
Player honors.
with tournament hosts
On their recent tour of
Canada. The tricolores
Europe, the USA defeated
were outscored 15:3,
co- FIFA U-19 Women's
including dropping a disapWorld Championship finalpointing 7:2 decision in the
ists Germany and Sweden
third game, leaving Cuellar
before dropping a 4:3
worried about his teams
USA hold up the trophy after winning Group B decision to Germany's U-21
playmaking abilities.
of the FC U-19 final qualifying tournament side.

CANADA
GK: Jessica Hussey (Ottawa Fury), Erin McLeod (Southern Methodist
Univ./USA)
DF: Sasha Andrews (Southern Methodist Univ/USA), Melanie Booth
(Ottawa Fury), Robin Gayle (Oakville, Ont.), Myriam Gousse (Lac St.
Louis, Que.), Christina Khalina (Univ. of Alberta), Clare Rustad (Univ.
of Washington/USA), Heather Smith (Vancouver Breakers)
MD: Candace Chapman (Univ. of Notre Dame/USA), Carmelina
Moscato (Ottawa Fury), Brittany Timko (Burnaby, B.C.), Caroline
Vaillancourt (Dynamo Quebec), Amy Vermeullen (Univ. of
Wisconsin/USA)
AT: Kara Lang (Oakville, Ont.), Michelle Rowe (Calgary Celtic),
Christine Sinclair (Univ. of Portland/USA), Katie Thorlakson (Langley, B.C.)
TD: Even Pellerud

MEXICO
GK: Anjuli Ladrn de Guevara (Seleccin Jalisco),
Pamela Tajonar (Alianza)
DF: Maria de Jess Castillo (Palomas), Laura Carina Maravillas
(Palomas), Nancy Elizabeth Prez (Copa Dusa), Micheli Rico
(Laguna), Jessica Romero (Bonita Rebel), Rubi Marlene Sandoval
(CRSC Infinity/USA)
MD: Sulim Nereida Quinrez (Seleccin Jalisco), Luz Del Rosario
Saucedo (Copa Dusa), Janeth Palmira Sordia (Coritas), Dioselina
Valderrama (Bonita Rebel), Monica Vergara (Andreas Soccer)
AT: Yanet Antunez (Southern California Blues/USA), Lisette Martnez
(Bonita Rebel), Clotilde Clemencia Padilla (Juventus Exiles/USA),
Jessica Padrn (Guadalajara), Teresa Guadalupe Worbis (Rogers)
TD: Leonardo Cuellar

SIX MATCH OFFICIALS FROM FC

SELECTED FOR CANADA 2002
The Confederation will also be represented by three referees and
three assistant referees at the FIFA Under-19 Womens World
Championship. All six are women, as are all of the match officials
selected to work in the tournament.
Selected as referees were Dianne Ferreira-James of Guyana,
Jillanta Proctor (Canada) and Kari Seitz (USA). The assistant referees selected were Lynda Bramble (Trinidad & Tobago), Denise
Robinson of Canada and Isabel Tovar (Mexico).
An important point to note concerning the referees selected from
the Confederation is their ages. The average age of the three referees
is 32.7 years, while it is 30.7 for the three assistants. Those almost
exactly mirror the average for all of the referees selected (32.4 for
referees, 30.7 for assistants).
D.C. Emerson Mathurin, chairman of the Confederations Referees
Committee, made the recommendation for appointment based on the
Referee Development Plan he enacted when named committee chair in
April of this year. Among the goals he set forth in the four-year plan is a
desire to lower the average age of referees throughout the Confederation.

USA
GK: Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach, Fla.), Megan Rivera (Miami, Fla.)
DF: Jessica Ballweg (Santa Clara Univ.), Rachel Buehler (Del Mar,
Calif.), Keeley Dowling (Univ. Tennessee), Kendall Fletcher (Univ.
North Carolina), Amy Steadman (Univ. North Carolina)
MD: Lori Chalupny (Univ. North Carolina), Sarah Huffman (Univ.
Virginia), Manya Makoski (Arizona State Univ.), Jill Oakes (UCLA),
Leslie Osborne (Santa Clara Univ.)
AT: Kerri Hanks (Allen, Texas), Megan Kakadelas (Santa Clara Univ.),
Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.), Lindsay Tarpley (Univ. North
Carolina), Kelly Wilson (Univ Texas), Angela Woznuk (El Cajon, Calif.)
TD: Tracey Leone

We have used this level of international football to recommend

our relatively young, but very promising match officials - without
compromising efficiency in match officiating, Mathurin said.
Simultaneously, we will use the occasion to develop the female
match officiating resources of the Confederation.
Currently, there are only 16 women referees and 14 assistant referees from the Confederation on the FIFA international list. Under
Mathurins development plan, those numbers would increase to 25
referees and 30 assistants by FIFA World Cup 2006, with an average
age of 32.0 for the referees
and 29.0 for the assistant
referees.
Referees (left to right)
Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
Jillanta Proctor (Canada)
Kari Seitz (USA)

Referees Assistants (left to right)

Lynda Bramble (Trinidad & Tobago)
Denise Robinson (Canada)
Isabel Tovar (Mexico)

CONFEDERATION NEWS - AUGUST 2002

FIFA U-19 WOMENS

CHAMPIONSHIP CANADA
STADIUMS & CITIES
EDMONTON

Commonwealth Stadium
Seating Capacity: 60,000
Edmonton, on the banks of the
Saskatchewan River, is home to
Commonwealth Stadium, one of the largest
in Canada. Built in 1978 with its present
seating capacity of 60,000, it has been the
venue for Canada's Commonwealth Games
and the World University Games. The stadium will not only play host to first phase
and quarterfinal matches, but also the semifinals and finals.
The city of Edmonton is the capital of
the province of Alberta. Downtown
Edmonton, just a few minutes from the
stadium, offers a tremendous selection of restaurants: cafs and
bistros, family diners, steak
houses as well as a wide range of
international eateries and theme
restaurants. Edmonton's restaurants, theatres, concert halls, and night
spots swing into high gear each evening.
Edmonton is one of the major commercial centres in Western Canada, offering
great shopping, from unique local shops and
well-known retailers.
Many visitors use their time in the city to
take advantage of Edmonton's proximity to
the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.

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VANCOUVER
Swangard Stadium
Seating Capacity: 8,000
Bounded by Burrard Inlet and the north
arm of the Fraser River and lying 16 kilometers east of downtown Vancouver is
Burnaby, home of Swangard Stadium.
The stadium sits in the Northwest corner
of Burnaby's
Central
Park,
and is

enveloped by fir trees to the east

and mountains to the north,
ranking it among the most picturesque stadia in the world. The venue, with a seating
capacity of 8,000, will host first phase and
quarterfinal matches.
Vancouver is easily accessible from
Burnaby via SkyTrain, and offers much to
do for visitors all year round. During the
summer months, locals and visitors alike
take to the water to celebrate the city's
Summer Cruise Season. Sailing, kayaking,

FIFA U -19 WOMEN'S GROUPINGS AND SCHEDULE

Group A: Edmonton, Commonwealth Stadium - Canada, Denmark, Nigeria, Japan
Group B: Vancouver, Swangard Stadium - Germany, France, Mexico, Brazil
Group C: Victoria, Centennial Stadium - USA, England, Chinese Taipei, Australia
FIRST STAGE
SATURDAY 17.08.02
1 Victoria
13:00
USA
v
ENG
2 Victoria
15:15
TPE
v
AUS
3 Vancouver
17:00
GER
v
FRA
4 Vancouver
19:00
MEX
v
BRA
SUNDAY 18.08.02
5 Edmonton
16:00
CAN
v
DEN
6 Edmonton
18:15
NGA
v
JPN
MONDAY 19.08.02
7 Victoria
17:00
ENG
v
TPE
8 Victoria
19:15
AUS
v
USA
9 Vancouver
17:00
FRA
v
MEX
10 Vancouver
19:30
BRA
v
GER
TUESDAY 20.08.02
11 Edmonton
17:45
DEN
v
NGA
12 Edmonton
20:00
JPN
v
CAN

canoeing, power boating and almost any

other water activity are prerequisites to
making the most out of a visit during these
months.

VICTORIA
Centennial Stadium
Seating Capacity: 7,000
The intimate seaside city of Victoria, the
capital city of British Columbia, is a premier
vacation spot in the Pacific Northwest of
North America, situated on the southern tip
of Vancouver Island. Four kilometers from
downtown is Centennial Stadium, normally
the home to University of Victoria athletics,
and, with a capacity of 7,000, a venue
for first phase and quarterfinal
matches. The venue also hosted the 1994
Commonwealth Games.
Victoria is Canadas year-round sports
destination. The city's climate allows both
aspiring and accomplished athletes to train
and compete outdoors all year long.
The Victoria metropolitan area is the
sunniest spot in the province and boasts the
country's warmest climate. Victoria is best
known as a world-renowned tourism destination.
The city's British colonial heritage is still
very much in evidence, but contemporary
Victoria has a distinctly Pacific Northwest
flavor. Today, Victoria is also one of
Canada's favorite places to call home.
Greater Victoria boasts a population of
300,000, and the one-time colonial outpost
is alive with cosmopolitan dining, superb
shopping and a colorful nightlife.

WEDNESDAY 21.08.02
13 Victoria
17:00
ENG
v
14 Victoria
19:15
TPE
v
15 Vancouver
17:00
FRA
v
16 Vancouver
19:30
MEX
v
THURSDAY 22.08.02
17 Edmonton
17:45
DEN
v
18 Edmonton
20:00
NGA
v
SECOND STAGE - QUARTERFINALS - SATURDAY 24.08.02
19 Vancouver
19:00
1st B
v
SUNDAY 25.08.02
20 Victoria
19:00
1st C
v
21 Edmonton
13:00
1st A
v
22 Edmonton
15:45
2nd A
v
SEMIFINALS - THURSDAY 29.08.02
23 Edmonton
17:15
W 19
v
24 Edmonton
20:00
w 20
v
3RD PLACE MATCH - SUNDAY 01.09.02
25 Edmonton
11:00
l 23
v
FINAL - SUNDAY 01.09.02
26 Edmonton
14:00
w 23
v

NOTE: All game times are local: Vancouver and Victoria are in the Pacific Time zone, while Edmonton is in the Mountain Time Zone.

AUS
USA
BRA
GER
JPN
CAN
2nd C
3rd A or B
3rd B or C
2nd B
w 21
w 22
l 24
w 24

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FOR
THE RECORD
FC WOMENS GOLD CUP 2002

CENTRAL AMERICAN QUALIFYING

28.07.2002, Guatemala - Panama 1:2; Costa Rica - Honduras 5:2
31.07.2002: Guatemala - Honduras 2:1; El Salvador - Panama 1:3
02.08.2002: Costa Rica - Guatemala 4:0; El Salvador - Honduras 1:0
04.08.2002: Costa Rica - Panama 4:1; El Salvador - Guatemala 1:5
06.08.2002: Honduras - Panama 6:2; Costa Rica - El Salvador 3:0
CARIBBEAN QUALIFYING
GROUP A
SERIES 4:
08.08.2002: Suriname - US Virgin Islands 6:1
10.08.2002: Suriname - US Virgin Islands 2:0
SERIES 5:
13.08.2002: Suriname v Trinidad & Tobago
15.08.2002: Suriname v Trinidad & Tobago*
GROUP B
SERIES 2:
13.07.2002: Jamaica - Puerto Rico 8:0
21.07.2002: Puerto Rico - Jamaica 0:4
SERIES 3:
04.08.2002: Jamaica - Haiti 2:0;
18.08.2002: Haiti v Jamaica
FC CHAMPIONS CUP
SEMIFINALS
07.08.2002: LD Alajuelense - Pachuca CF 2:1
28.08.2002: Pachuca CF - LD Alajuelense, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
07.08.2002: CA Monarcas Morelia - Kansas City Wizards 6:1
28.08.2002: Kansas City Wizards - CA Monarcas Morelia, Kansas City,
Missouri, USA (19:00)
FC UNDER-20 YOUTH TOURNAMENT
CARIBBEAN QUALIFYING - GROUP PHASE
GROUP B (Cayman Islands):
28.08.2002: Cayman Islands v Puerto Rico;
30.08.2002: Puerto Rico v Jamaica;
01.09.2002: Jamaica v Cayman Islands

CONFEDERATION NEWS - AUGUST 2002

GROUP C (Antigua & Barbuda):
18.08.2002: St. Kitts & Nevis v Haiti;
16.08.2002: Bahamas v Haiti;
14.08.2002: St. Kitts & Nevis v Bahamas;
GROUP D (Saint Lucia):
17.08.2002: Cuba v Dominica; St. Lucia v Grenada;
19.08.2002: Grenada v Cuba; Dominica v St. Lucia;
21.08.2002: Dominica v Grenada; St. Lucia v Cuba
FINAL ROUND
01.09.2002: Trinidad & Tobago v winner GROUP D
15.09.2002: winner GROUP D v Trinidad & Tobago
15.09.2002: winner GROUP B v winner GROUP C;
29.09.2002: winner GROUP C v winner GROUP B
CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE QUALIFYING (top two qualify)
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala; Estadio Mario Camposeco
06.09.2002: Guatemala v Costa Rica (12:00);
El Salvador v Honduras (14:00)
08.09.2002: Honduras v Nicaragua (11:00);
Guatemala v El Salvador (13:00)
10.09.2002: Nicaragua v El Salvador (11:00);
Costa Rica v Honduras (13:00)
12.09.2002: Nicaragua v Costa Rica (10:00);
Guatemala v Honduras (12:00)
14.09.2002: Costa Rica v El Salvador (11:00);
Guatemala v Nicaragua (13:00)
FC GOLD CUP 2003
CARIBBEAN QUALIFYING
PRELIMINARY ROUND
GROUP A
13.07.2002: British Virgin Islands - Saint Lucia 1:3;
28.07.2002: Saint Lucia - British Virgin Islands 8:1
GROUP B
07.07.2002: Guadeloupe - Puerto Rico 4:0;
21.07.2002: Puerto Rico - Guadeloupe 0:2
06.07.2002: Grenada - Saint-Martin 8:3;
28.07.2002: Saint-Martin - Grenada 1:7

GROUP C
Republica Dominicana v US Virgin Islands* (16.08.2002);
Republica Dominicana v US Virgin Islands (18.08.2002)
GROUP D
Guyana - Netherlands Antilles 2:1;
Netherlands Antilles - Guyana 1:0 (3:2 penalty kicks);
Aruba - Suriname 0:2;
Suriname - Aruba 6:0
FINAL ROUND (13-24 November 2002)
GROUP A:
Trinidad & Tobago; St. Kitts and Nevis; Dominica; Saint Lucia
GROUP B:
Jamaica; Barbados; Guadeloupe; Grenada
GROUP C:
Cuba; Martinique; Cayman Islands; winner US Virgin Islands/Republica
Dominicana
GROUP D:
Haiti; Antigua and Barbuda; Netherlands Antilles; Suriname
CENTRAL AMERICAN QUALIFYING: Panam; 05-16.02.2003
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Panam, Belize, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
FC GOLD CUP 2003: 12-27 July 2003

The new national stadium in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia,

inaugurated during the Gold Cup qualifying series
against British Virgin Islands.