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SOCCER:
Costa Ricans Arrive Today for
Under-17 Tourney
Costa Rica's 29-member
delegation is scheduled to
arrive in Jamaica today for the
CONCACAF Group B Under-17 Youth
World Cup qualification
tournament to be staged at the
National Stadium from April 28
to May 6.
The Central Americans are
expected to travel west on
arrival to the mid-island parish
of Manchester, where they plan
to have a two-day pre-tournament
camp in the parish capital of
cool Mandeville.
They will then journey back east
to Kingston on Thursday for
their first game against
Trinidad and Tobago at 5:00 pm
on Saturday. Host Jamaica will
begin their campaign against
Canada on the same day at 7:00
pm.
Trinidad & Tobago will arrive
tomorrow, while the USA and
Canada are expected here on
Thursday.
Five teams - Jamaica, Costa
Rica, USA, Canada and Trinidad &
Tobago - are seeking to capture
three qualifying spots for the
Under-17 World Cup in South
Korea from August 18 to
September 9.
From the Group A tournament
played in Honduras earlier this
month, the hosts and
French-speaking Caribbean
neighbours Haiti has advanced to
South Korea. World champions
Mexico was eliminated from this
group.
Jamaica is looking to repeat
their qualification to the 1999
Under-17 World Cup which was
held in New Zealand.
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