Costa Rica and
Trinidad & Tobago Advance to Egypt '09
Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago will join
the USA and Honduras as the Concacaf
representatives at the 2009 Under-20 World
Cup. The Ticos won Group B with a 2-1
victory over Canada on Wednesday.
Host T&T will face the USA in Friday's
semifinals after tying Mexico, 2-2, to
finish second and qualify for the U-20
finals for the first time since 1991.
Marcos Urena scored in the 72nd minute to
give Costa Rica the victory over Canada and
its second straight trip to the U-20 World
Cup.
With the loss, Canada's string of four
straight appearances in the U-20 finals came
to an end.
The Costa Rica-Canada result clinched
Trinidad's berth in the semifinals against
the USA. It rallied with second-half goals
by Juma Clarence and Uriah Bentick to tie
Mexico.
In an embarrassing setback for the Mexican
national team program, the Tri finished with
only one point in three games.
Mexico was playing less than month after
Juan Carlos Chavez replaced Jesus "Chucho"
Ramirez as coach. In 2005, Ramirez led
Mexico to the U-17 World Cup title, the
first world championship at the youth level
for a Concacaf team. Ramirez, the interim
national team coach in 2008, left the Mexico
program in February to coach Club America.
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