KEEPING IN THE LOOP AUGUST 2019

CFU CONVENES FOOTBALL COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee of the Football Union has appointed a Football Committee.

The committee is comprised of Chairman Luis Hernandez (Cuba); Vice-Chairman Maurice Victoire (Martinique); Anton Corneal (); Glen Etienne (Dominica); Jocelyn Germe (Martinique); and Etienne Siliee (Curacao).

The chairman noted that the committee will have the support of specialists capable of contributing their knowledge for the sake of the development and advancement of football within the CFU.

The inaugural meeting of the committee is scheduled for September 27, 2019 in Havana, Cuba.

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CAYMAN ISLANDS AND GUYANA MOVE ON FROM CONCACAF U-17 QUALIFIER

Cayman Islands and Guyana advanced to the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship Round of 16 after finishing at the top of their groups in the just-concluded Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers.

The Caymanians won Group B while Guyana dominated in Group D.

Also advancing alongside the two CFU teams are Belize, Group C winners, and Honduras, best in Group A.

The top three teams from the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship, which will run from March 21-April 5, 2019, will qualify to the 2020 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup slated for September 21 to October 4, 2020 in India.

JAMAICA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN ACTION

GIRLS’UNDER-14 CHALLENGE SERIES RECAP

Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Haiti and St. Vincent and the Grenadines all took home commemorative plates after they bested their respective groups in the Girls Under-14 Challenge Series.

A total of 17 teams contested the developmental tournament, which was played across four venues—Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and St. Kitts.

The matches were played in a round-robin format, with each team playing one match against the other teams in the group.

In addition to their Group 3 victory, Haiti had the most conversions, with 55 goals, 21 of which were scored by the prolific Walandjina Cyriaque. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Jahzara Claxton was second with 11 goals.

FINAL POINTS STANDINGS

Group 1 Jamaica Group 2 Cayman Islands Group 3 Puerto Rico Group 4 St. Kitts and Nevis Jamaica 9 Cayman Islands 5 Haiti 12 St. Vincent and the Dominican Republic 6 St. Lucia 5 Puerto Rico 9 Grenadines 9 Bermuda 3 Curacao 4 Turks and Caicos 4 St. Kitts and Nevis 6 Martinique 0 Barbados 1 Anguilla 2 3 1 Dominica 0

Group 5, featuring Grenada, , Trinidad and Tobago and possibly Cuba, will be played from October 23-30, 2019 in Trinidad.

BOYS’ UNDER-14 CHALLENGE SERIES POSTPONED

Due to undersubscription by the CFU Member Associations, the Boys’ Under-14 Challenge Series envisaged for September will be postponed and is now likely to take place next year.

NOVEMBER 2 FOR EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS OF THE

The Caribbean Football Union will hold an Extraordinary Congress on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Sheraton Airport Hotel.

Amongst other agenda items, the Extraordinary Congress will focus on the adoption of the Revised Statues of the CFU and FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers Concacaf zone format.

Member Associations, who have not done so, are encouraged to register their two delegates at the following link: http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-5004594/registration-form

NEW CFU WEBSITE

The modern, user-friendly website, https://www.cfufootball.org/, is complete. It will be a team sport to make it the Caribbean Union Football portal and main source of information. Send your scores, press releases and photos, and help us to share your information and stories and to keep everyone in the loop. Send all information to [email protected].

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