SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Aug 1, CMC – Cuba and hosts Dominican Republic face each other Tuesday evening for the Group B Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men’s Under-20 preliminary world qualifying series.
Both teams are 2-0 since the series started Friday at the Felix Sanchez Stadium.
In the latest games Sunday, Cuba dismissed the Cayman Islands 2-0 with goals from Leonel Duarte and Yasniel La Rosa, while the Dominican Republic handed Anguilla a 12-0 whipping.
Jonathon Fana and Kerbi Rodriguez each scored four times to lead the Dominican Republic to their victory.
In Friday’s opening matches, Cuba had beaten Anguilla 11-0 and the Dominican Republic were 2-0 better than the Cayman Islands.
Before Cuba and the Dominican Republic meet for group honours on Tuesday evening, the Cayman Islands and Anguilla will face each other for third place.
The group winners will join Group A champions Bermuda, automatic qualifiers Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Haiti, and three other first round group victors in the CFU’s 2nd Round Qualification series, from which three teams will progress to the CONCACAF Final Round next year.
Mexico and Panama will each host a four-team CONCACAF Final Round Group, with the top two squads qualifying to the FIFA Under-20 World Championship in Canada 2007.