2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

The 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship determined the four CONCACAF representatives to advance to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Jamaica staged the championship between 14 and 27 February.^[1]

2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Campeonato Sub-17 CONCACAF 2011 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host country	Jamaica
Dates	14–27 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Panama
Fourth place	Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	49 (2.58 per match)
Attendance	38,181 (2,010 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Jairo Ruiz Jason Wright Andrew Oliver (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Andrew Souders
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The United States defeated Canada 3–0 in the final to claim their third championship.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualification

Region	Qualification Tournament	Qualifiers
Caribbean (CFU)	Caribbean zone	Barbados  Trinidad and Tobago  Cuba  Jamaica (hosts)  Haiti
Central America (UNCAF)	Central American Zone	Costa Rica  El Salvador  Honduras  Panama  Guatemala
North America (NAFU)	Automatically qualified	Canada  United States

Mexico did not participate.

Squads

Main article: 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship squads

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on December 15 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, dividing the 12 sides into four, three-team groups.^[2]

Due to a decision of the CONCACAF Youth Championships Committee, Pot 1 was reconfigured from the original announcement. Honduras, which had qualified for each of the previous two World Cups, will replace Canada in Pot 1, which also will include the United States, host Jamaica and Costa Rica.

Canada was moved to Pot 2 with Central American sides El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Jamaica  United States  Honduras  Costa Rica	El Salvador  Guatemala  Canada  Panama	Cuba  Trinidad and Tobago  Haiti  Barbados

Venues

The tournament was hosted in two host cities.^[3] Trelawny was dropped after an inspection by CONCACAF four days before the tournament was due to begin, because there was no grass.^[4]

Montego Bay	Montego Bay
Jarrett Park	Catherine Hall Stadium
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 8,000

Group stage

All times are local time – UTC−05:00

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6
El Salvador	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
Haiti	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

14 February 2011

12:30

Haiti	1–3	Costa Rica
Chéry 23'	Report	Quirós 22' Leiva 43' Ruiz 47'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 200

Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra (Guatemala)

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16 February 2011

12:30

El Salvador	3–0 Awarded1	Haiti
	Report

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

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18 February 2011

12:30

Costa Rica	3–2	El Salvador
Ruiz 16', 45+2', 73'	Report	Iraheta 32' Mejía 47'

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Referee: Kenville Holder (Cayman Islands)

¹ Haiti could not field a team for the match against El Salvador due to player illness; El Salvador was awarded with a 3–0 win.

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Panama	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
Cuba	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

14 February 2011

15:00

Cuba	1–3	United States
López 68'	Report	Koroma 27' Oliver 46' S. Rodriguez 51'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 548

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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16 February 2011

15:00

Panama	0–0	Cuba
	Report

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Attendance: 261

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

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18 February 2011

15:00

United States	1–0	Panama
Oliver 49'	Report

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Attendance: 290

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jamaica	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Guatemala	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

• CONCACAF held a draw tiebreaker to determine the group winner, which was won by Jamaica.

15 February 2011

15:00

Jamaica	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Wright 41' Lewis 77'	Report	Henry 56', 63'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 4,400

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

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17 February 2011

15:00

Guatemala	0–1	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Noel 90'

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Attendance: 600

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

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19 February 2011

15:30

Jamaica	1–0	Guatemala
Wright 45'	Report

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 6,563

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	2	1	1	0	8	0	+8	4
Honduras	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Barbados	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

15 February 2011

12:30

Barbados	1–2	Honduras
Prescod 15'	Report	Róchez 62' Velásquez 90'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 4,400

Referee: Hugo Cruz Alvarado (Costa Rica)

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17 February 2011

12:30

Canada	8–0	Barbados
Petrasso 12', 29', 56' Jalali 14' Nanco 23' Alemán 33', 47' Cain 73'	Report

Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

Attendance: 400

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

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19 February 2011

12:30

Honduras	0–0	Canada
	Report

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 February — Montego Bay
	Costa Rica	0
					25 February — Montego Bay
	Panama	1
					Panama	0
	23 February — Montego Bay
					Canada	1
	Canada	2
									27 February — Montego Bay
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
									Canada	0
	22 February — Montego Bay
									United States (a.e.t.)	3
	United States (a.e.t.)	3
					25 February — Montego Bay
	El Salvador	2
					United States	2
	23 February — Montego Bay
					Jamaica	0			Third place
	Jamaica	2
									27 February — Montego Bay
	Honduras	1
									Panama	1
									Jamaica	0

All times are local time – UTC−05:00

Quarter-finals

22 February 2011

12:00

Costa Rica	0–1	Panama
	Report	Stephens 76'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 228

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

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22 February 2011

15:00

United States	3–2 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador
Guido 4' M. Rodríguez 96' Pelosi 112'	Report	Peña 8' Iraheta 120' (pen.)

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

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23 February 2011

12:00

Canada	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Nanco 15' Alemán 20'	Report

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 300

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

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23 February 2011

15:00

Jamaica	2–1	Honduras
Wright 13', 46'	Report	Rochez 65'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Semi-finals

25 February 2011

16:00

Panama	0–1	Canada
	Report	Gasparotto 8'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

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25 February 2011

19:00

United States	2–0	Jamaica
Pelosi 10' Oliver 90+2'	Report

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 8,361

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

Third place match

27 February 2011

16:00

Panama	1–0	Jamaica
Browne 36'	Report

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Final

27 February 2011

19:00

Canada	0–3 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report	Smith 92' Oliver 100' Koroma 120'

Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay

Attendance: 1,130

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Winners

2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
United States First title

The U.S. has won the CONCACAF championship twice at this level, in 1983 and 1992,
but because those were U-16 events, the U.S. has technically never won the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.
When the qualifying tournament was held as two groups in separate venues, the U.S. won its group three times (2001, 2003, 2005).

Goalscorers

4 goals John Jairo Ruiz Jason Wright Andrew Oliver

3 goals Keven Alemán Michael Petrasso

2 goals Chris Nanco Gerardo Iraheta Bryan Róchez Shackeil Henry Alfred Koroma Marc Pelosi

1 goal Zari Prescod Wesley Cain Luca Gasparotto Sadi Jalali Gabriel Leiva William Quirós Frank López Rommel Mejía José Peña Johnley Chéry Eder Yair Velásquez Andre Lewis Omar Browne Alfredo Stephens Adan Noel Alejandro Guido Mario Rodríguez Stevie Rodriguez Nathan Smith

Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

•  United States
•  Canada
•  Panama
•  Jamaica