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The mighty Turks and Caicos records what I believe is their second ever win in international competition, beating St. Lucia 2-1. No surprise that LA's Gavin Glinton scored one of the two Turks and Caicos goals.

A number of the members of the team are familiar to me, having played with them when I lived there, ten years ago. One of the unused subs was my former boss's son who was about ten years old when I was there. Hard to picture him as a senior international now.

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Turks And Caicos Islands

T and C Islands 2 St Lucia 1

This game was the first WC match to be played in the T and C Islands

Just had a look at some information about the T and C Islands. Glinton is now with Yallop's San Jose Earthquakes

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http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=720022.html#all+play+concacaf

Good summation qualifiers being played on March, 26 and 30

The week's CONCACAF qualifiers:

First legs (Wednesday)

Bahamas-British Virgin Islands (winner plays Jamaica)

Second legs (Wednesday)

St. Lucia-Turks & Caicos Islands (winner plays Guatemala)

Barbados-Dominica (winner plays USA)

Antigua& Barbuda-Aruba (winner plays Cuba)

St. Kitts & Nevis-Belize (winner plays Mexico)

Anguilla-El Salvador (winner plays Panama)

Dutch Antilles-Nicaragua (winner plays Haiti)

One-off games (Wednesday)

Grenada-US Virgin Islands (winner plays Costa Rica)

Montserrat-Suriname (winner plays Guyana)

Puerto Rico-Dominican Republic (winner plays Honduras)

Second Legs (Sunday)

British Virgin Islands-Bahamas (winner plays Jamaica)

Cayman Islands-Bermuda (winner plays Trinidad and Tobago)

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PR just beat DR in a one-off winner takes all game 1-0 in extra time, a 97 winner by Villegas, apparently...devioustrevor and a few others have been keeping track over at BS:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=626555&page=2

So now it's:

St Lucia vs Guatemala, Barbados vs USA, Antigua & Barbuda vs Cuba, Belize vs Mexico (neighbours), Honduras vs Puerto Rico, Grenada vs CR, Suriname vs Guyana (neighbours and what should be a close match), Panama vs El Salvador (two former hex qualifiers- should be a bloodbath with one country absolutely gutted to go out so early), Haiti vs Netherlands Antilles, with Jamaica and T&T waiting to see who wins on the 30th before they know who they will play.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/standings/index.html

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The last two sides were decided for CONCACAF qualifying today.

Bahamas beat BVI on an away goals rule to advance and play Jamaica. Bermuda now play T&T.

Summaries of CONCACAF zone preliminary first-round World Cup qualifying matches on Sunday:

Second legs

At the National Development Centre, Nassau: British Virgin Islands 2 Bahamas 2

Scorers:

British Virgin Islands - Anadale Williams 78, 90

Bahamas - Michael Bethel 40, Demont Mitchell 52

Halftime: 0-1;

Note: British Virgins Islands, officially the home team, agreed to play the match in Bahamas due to lack of a suitable venue.

Aggregate score: 3-3; Bahamas win on away goals

- - - -

At the Truman Bodan stadium, George Town: Cayman Islands 1 Bermuda 3

Scorers:

Cayman Islands: Marshall Forbes 63pen

Bermuda: Devaun Degraff 18, 25, Kwame Steede 52

Halftime: 0-2

Aggregate score: Bermuda win 4-2.

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 30 (Reuters) - Bahamas overcame British Virgin Islands on away goals in their World Cup qualifying tie on Sunday, despite playing both legs at home.

The two-leg first preliminary round tie ended 3-3 on aggregate after the teams drew Sunday’s second leg 2-2 in Nassau.

However, as British Virgin Islands were technically the home side, Bahamas qualified on away goals.

Bahamas, who had officially hosted Wednesday’s 1-1 draw also played in Nassau, will face Jamaica in the next stage of the marathon CONCACAF qualifying tournament in June.

Michael Bethel and Demont Mitchell scored either side of halftime to put Bahamas in control before Anadale Williams netted twice in the last 12 minutes, including a 90th-minute equaliser, for the British Virgin Islands.

British Virgin Islands agreed to play both legs in Nassau after their own stadium was ruled unsuitable under new FIFA regulations.

Bermuda completed the line-up for the second preliminary round—when regional big guns such as Mexico and United States enter the fray—with a 3-1 win away to Cayman Islands in George Town.

Bermuda’s Devaun Degraff scored twice in eight minutes before halftime and Kwame Steede added a third in the 52nd minute. Marshall Forbes pulled one back for Cayman Islands with a penalty.

Bermuda, who won 4-2 on aggregate, meet Trinidad & Tobago.

(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by Ed Osmond)

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Any predictions? Obviously some of the fixtures like USA v Barbados are mismatches and shouldn't hold any surprise, but some of them should be close.

I'm going with:

A&B v Cuba - 0:2 / 1:1 - Cuba advances but stumbles to get there

Suriname v Guyana - 1:2 / 1:3 - Guyana advances and shows a return to form

Panama v El Salvador - 3:0 / 2:0 - Panama advances after El Salvador bunker (haven't kept up with El Salvador do they stand a chance against Panama?)

Haiti v N&A - 2:0 / 4:1 - N&A come out goal desperate in 2nd leg and Haiti punishes them, Haiti advances

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quote:Originally posted by Soju

Any predictions? Obviously some of the fixtures like USA v Barbados are mismatches and shouldn't hold any surprise, but some of them should be close.

I'm going with:

A&B v Cuba - 0:2 / 1:1 - Cuba advances but stumbles to get there

Suriname v Guyana - 1:2 / 1:3 - Guyana advances and shows a return to form

Panama v El Salvador - 3:0 / 2:0 - Panama advances after El Salvador bunker (haven't kept up with El Salvador do they stand a chance against Panama?)

Haiti v N&A - 2:0 / 4:1 - N&A come out goal desperate in 2nd leg and Haiti punishes them, Haiti advances

All four of your predictions look like real scorelines to me. It seems to me that Panama and El Salvador have been on opposite paths for the past decade, they might just pass each other in the hallway, Panama heading up and ES heading down...to me it seems a bit of a shame that one of those two will be gone while Suriname or Guyana will still be around for the group stages. I dont know, maybe ES deserve it. CONCACAF karma, maybe?

Any predictions for upset losers? If I had to pick one (and to be honest, there may not be one this time around) then I am torn between Haiti and Cuba.

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If I had to pick one I'd say Cuba could blow it. Not basing that on much except that Haiti look more confident attacking and should be good for a few goals. Personally I like that Guyana/Suriname will be in the group for a change. I have no problem with El Salvador going out because I think we know how they'll play and it's no good for anyone, cynical football with lots of diving and time wasting. OK I admit I'm still biased from the Peschisolido incident but still....

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The rumors of El Salvador`s death is premature. They just have had a real bad patch, but there is too much latent talent there. They may not have Panama`s organization or money, but they will emerge again, if not this cycle, then for the 2014 WC`s.

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Well Id thought Id add to this thread, as I couldnt see any posts regarding the Grenada- Costa Rica game of the second round.

2-0 Grenada 29th minute

Modeste 20'

Roberts 27'

Suriname - Guyana at 75'

Suriname 1 Guyana 0

Looks like its in Suriname

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quote:Originally posted by N-A

Turks And Caicos Islands

T and C Islands 2 St Lucia 1

This game was the first WC match to be played in the T and C Islands

Just had a look at some information about the T and C Islands. Glinton is now with Yallop's San Jose Earthquakes

actually the turks and caico's islands have submitted a proposal to become a province of canada.

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