August 6 - U-15 Canada vs Grenada (R)

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Men's Junior (U-17) Team

Saturday, August 06, 2005

Canada Defeats Grenada 6-0 to Win Group C

Canadian Head Coach Stephen Hart

Ottawa, ON – Canada’s Men’s U15 National Team continued its torrid scoring pace at this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Youth Cup by casting aside Grenada 6-0 this evening at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago. The young Canadians scored all six goals in the opening forty-five minutes against their CONCACAF counterparts and with the victory grab the top spot in Group C.

Canada’s Marcus Johnstone, making his first appearance of the tournament, did not take long to stamp his mark on the event when he slid home Canada’s first of the match and the eventual game-winner four minutes into the contest.

A Grenada own goal doubled the lead three minutes after Johnstone’s opener. An unfortunate deflection left the Grenada keeper stranded and helpless to deny the Canucks from stretching the lead.

But when Devin Gunenc and Mohammed Sylla then grabbed another two in two minutes (13, 15) and Antonio Rago converted a well-deserved penalty in minute 22, there was no way back for the Grenadians. When Sylla scored his second of the night and third of the tournament just before the half, the Canadians knew the three points were theirs.

Canadian goalkeeper Karam Shergill, also making his first appearance of the tournament, earned the shut out. Canada’s second in as many games.

‘We played a very balanced first half today,’ said Canadian Head Coach Stephen Hart. ‘In the second half we moved the ball very well but poor finishing and good goalkeeping kept the score down. All said, we are playing well but the boys are struggling with the extreme heat.’

Canada will play St. Lucia at 11:00 am on August 7 in its final match of the opening round. St. Lucia has yet to secure a point in the first round and have been quite porous at the back, surrendering thirteen goals in two matches. Canada on the other hand has scored fifteen goals while Shergill and Kyle Buxton have not leaked a goal in 180 minutes.

Saturday, August 6, 2005

2005 Caribbean Football Union U15 International Tournament

Dwight Yorke Stadium

Bacolet, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago

CANADA – 6 (6)

GRENADA – 0 (0)

Goals: CANADA – Johnstone 4’; o.g. 7’; Gunenc 13’; Sylla 15’, 44’; Rago 22’ (pk)

Cautions: CANADA – unavailable

Expulsions – none

CANADA: SHERGILL Karam; LACOSTE-LEBUIS Olivier (HYDE William, 45); PARENTEAU-MICHON Colin; GUNENC Devin; JOHNSTONE Marcus; DAVIS Cardin; DAVIES Phillipe; RAGO Antonio (ROBLES Cristobal, 55); CHAUDHURI Shomesh (SHERIFFE Christopher, 55); SYLLA Mohammed (NASSER Hasan, 55); TANNOUS Daniel (SMITH Greg, 45)

Head Coach: HART Stephen

Subs not used: BUXTON Kyle; BARSALONA Andrew

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And the result against Dominica.

Six teams win big in CFU Youth Cup Day 3

6.8.05 - The under-15 teams of Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and the host Trinidad & Tobago all won big in their respective group matches during Day 3 of the CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Youth Cup on Friday.

Six goals from Michael Collis and three more by Ronsil Badnock led St. Vincent & The Grenadines to a 14:0 victory over British Virgin Islands in a Group B encounter at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, while in an earlier group match, five goals from Dever Orgill paced Jamaica to a 7:1 win over the Bahamas.

Canada, who is one of two invited teams to the CFU tournament, defeated Dominica 9:0 in Group C action at Bacolet’s Dwight Yorke Stadium. Andrew Barsalona, Shomesh Chaudhuri and Christopher Sheriffe all scored twice for Canada in the win, while in an earlier group encounter, three goals from Rigis Brian and two more by David Rinnel led Grenada to an 8:1 win over St. Lucia.

In Group E play at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago blanked St. Kitts & Nevis 6:0, behind two goals from Chad De Freitas and Leston Paul. In the first game in Port of Spain, the Netherlands Antilles posted a 7:0 win over Anguilla.

Guatemala, the second invited team at the CFU event, used a goal by Dageberto Arriola to top the US Virgin Islands 1:0 a Group A match at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, while in an earlier encounter, Aruba played Antigua & Barbuda to a 3:3 draw. Roy Gregory had two goals and Jan Nuffingpon had one for Antigua & Barbuda, while Rowley Wiersma scored twice and Fander Gottenbos added another for Aruba.

In Group D action, two goals by Giovanni Drenthe and one each from Donovan Chobin and Jet Soe led Surinam to a 4:0 win over Guyana at Guaracara Park in Pointe-Pierre, while goals from Fofaua Mori and Mario Janvier paced Martinique to a 2:0 victory over Puerto Rico.

The inaugural CFU Youth Cup continues on Saturday with a rescheduled Group C encounter as Canada meets Grenada in Bacolet.

The 2005 CFU Youth Cup First Round concludes on 7 August with the five group winners and the three best second-place finishers progress to the quarterfinals taking place on 9 August.

The tournament’s semifinals are scheduled for 11 August, with the third-place match and final set for two days later.