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Calendar of Events: Club America Wins First Giants Cup With 2:0 Victory Against D.C. United
Calendar of Events: Club America Wins First Giants Cup With 2:0 Victory Against D.C. United
AUGUST 2001
VOLUME 11 / NUMBER 5
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
8-12 August (FC Champions Cup)
Central American Zone, First Round, Honduras
CD Olimpia (HON), LD Alajuelense (CRC),
CSD Municipal (GUA), CD Plaza Amador (PAN)
15-19 August (FC Champions Cup)
Central American Zone, First Round, Guatemala
CSD Comunicaciones (GUA), CD Saprissa (CRC),
Tauro FC (PAN), CD Motagua (HON)
24-28 August (FC Champions Cup)
Caribbean Zone, Final Round (group play)
Trinidad and Tobago
30 August (FC Champions Cup)
Caribbean Zone, Final
Trinidad and Tobago
1 September (FIFA World Cup)
Mexicos Club Amrica, D.C. United of USA battle in FC Giants Cup final (Photo Tony Quinn, SoccerPix USA)
RECENT ELECTIONS
Cayman Islands Football Association
PRESIDENT: Jeffrey Webb
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Anthony Ramoon
ASSISTANT SECRETARY (Operations): Mark White
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2001 FC CHAMPIONS
CUP KICKS OFF IN
UNCAF, CFU
Two more berths in the inaugural FC
Clubs Cup are on offer for the finalists of
the 2001 FC Champions Cup, which begins
this month with the qualifying stages in
the Central and Caribbean zones.
Two quadrangulars will be held in
UNCAF (Central American) qualifying in
August, the top two advancing to a fourteam final round in Costa Rica in
September. The top three from that group
move on to the quarterfinals.
The CFU (Caribbean) qualifying is
heading toward two, four-team groups to
be played in Trinidad & Tobago in late
August. The group winners will play off for
the Caribbean spot in the quarters.
The three Central American and the
Caribbean club will join the two Mexican
clubs (CA Monarcas Morelia and Club
Santos Laguna) and the two U.S. clubs
(Kansas City Wizards and Chicago Fire) in
the final stage, to be played in October.
The semifinals are set for 16 November
with the finals on the 18th, all in a single
site to be announced.
that competition. Members of the committee were asked to present proposals for organization of the tournament.
The attendance by every member of the Confederation for the
FIFA Congress also allowed President Jack Warner and General
Secretary Chuck Blazer to meet with all the national associations
following the Executive Committee for a report. The next meeting
of the ExCo will be held in November of this year, at a date and
site still to be determined.
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Cuba qualified for the finals of the FC Gold Cup 2002 with a 1:0
victory against Panama on Sunday at Estadio Pedro Marrero in
Havana, through a goal from forward Serguei Prado.
In the first leg of the playoff series for the final available spot in
the tournament, the teams played to a scoreless draw at Estadio
Rommel Fernandez in Panama. In the return match, with some
6,000 fans on hand, Cuba qualified for the Gold Cup for the second
time after appearing in 1998.
The match-winner came from Prado in the 79th minute, after the Cuban forward
had come on as a substitute. A powerful shot was saved by the valiant Panamanian
goalkeeper Oscar McFarlane, who many times saved his team, but this time the defense
was unable to clear the danger. The ball fell
to Prado, who had time to settle and shoot,
hitting the back of the net for the victory.
Cuba rounds out the Gold Cup qualifiers,
joining Canada (holders), Mexico and the
USA from the North Zone, Guatemala,
El Salvador and Costa Rica (Central Zone)
and Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti and Martinique
(Caribbean Zone). The field of 12 will be filled
out with a pair of invited teams, for the
tournament which will run 18 January 3
February 2002.
Cuba returning to FC Gold Cup for second time
COPA AMERICA:
MEXICO RUNNER-UP;
HONDURAS THIRD
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HONDURAS:
CD Platense defeated CD Olimpia on a
golden goal to capture Clausura championship in the Liga Nacional in Honduras
on 22 July at the Estadio Nacional in
Tegucigalpa. It is just the second championship for the Puerto Cortes-based club
since the professional era began in
Honduras - the first title coming in the first
year of the modern era, 1965.
BELIZE:
Kulture Yabra SC won their first-ever
championship of the Belize Football
League, finishing off Builders Hardware
Bandits of Belmopan in a two-game sweep
of the BFL championship series. In the first
leg at home, Kulture Yabra posted a 1:0 victory. Then a second leg victory gave the
capital their first championship since Acros
performed the feat six years ago.