Upcoming CONCACAF events....to look forward to

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events
1	2015	CONCACAF U-17  Championship, Honduras
2	2015	FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand
3	2015	FIFA Womans World Cup, Canada
4	2015	CONCACAF’s Gold Cup
		2016
1		Caribbean Cup
2		Central American Cup
3		Copa America Centenario USA

               

                Ok the U-20 CONCACAF Championship is over. Panama beat out the USA and ^th title further cementing their place as the best youth programs in the CONCACAF region.
Guatemala in their Group. Panama went on to the final for the first time in history. Panama met 13 time Champion Mexico and lost in a shootout. Panama program has come a long way since their senior team busted onto the scene reaching the finals of the 2005 Gold Cup.  The USA and host, Honduras won their playoff games for the 4 world Cup slots.  The Azteck’s  won their record 13

Feb27th - March 15^th      2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Honduras

                Next up is the 2015 U-17 Championship. This tournament will be played in Honduras.

U-17 CONCACAF Championship
Year	Host	Champion
2003	Canada/Guatemala	Costa Rica/ USA
2005	Costa Rica/ Mexico	Mexico/USA
2007	Honduras/Jamaica	Haiti Costa Rica
2009	Mexico	None
2011	Jamaica	USA
2013	Panama	Mexico
2015	Honduras	--

CONCACAF moves both the U-20 and U17 Championship throughout the CONCACAF region. The Gold Cup will always be played in the states so these other countries need a chance to host an event. The next championship I believe will go to a Caribbean Nation that has the ability to host like Trinidad andTobago. Anyway….Honduras the murder capitol of the Western hemisphere will be hosting out young players and I pray they all stay safe and it is a successful tournament.

May 30-June 20^th              FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand

                The USA has a great draw group in with the host, an asian team and Ukraine.
  Mexico Honduras and Panama also qualified.

FIFA 2015 Woman’s World Cup which will be hosted in a CONCACAF nation of Canada.

CONCACAF had a chance to place 5 nations in this 24 team tournament which would have been great. 5 since CANADA automatically qualified since they are the host. USA, Mexico and Costa Rica qualified. Trinidad and Tobago had to go to a playoff against Ecuador. The tied Ecuador 0-0 in Ecuador but then lost at home in extra time 0-1. To bad Trinidad and Tobago has a good team only losing the the states 0-1, then losing in a shootout to Costa Rica in the knockout rounds.

The Gold Cup 2015….my favorite tournament by far…I enjoy this tournament better than the World Cup.  The USA team usually has it offense on display against these lesser sides. however it is nice to see just how far some of these nations have come. Costa Rica is the top team in CONCACAF presently. Panama is making strides at both the youth and senior level. Guatemala finally has a good senior club that reached the Central American Cup final in 2014. No longer do Belize and Nicaragua get

slaughtered in the Central American Cup.

Jamaica and T&T are both excellent Caribbean teams and could beat anyone in CONCACAF. Martinique and Guadeloupe add depht with their excellent structure. Haiti and Cuba are established nations. Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico...whith there large population and interest in the sport should start producing very competative teams.......