30/5/2007 - 15:40(EST)

Trinidad & Tobago opens four-team tournament with victory

The hosts, Trinidad & Tobago opened a four-team tournament (Digicel Shield) Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain with a 1:0 victory over Haiti on 28 May.

29/MAY/07 - Andre Toussaint notched the game-winner for Trinidad & Tobago in the 76th minute as they ended Haiti’s five-game unbeaten streak.

In an earlier encounter, St. Vincent & The Grenadines were beaten by Mexico’s Pan American Team on penalties, 8:7, after a scoreless draw on 28 May.

The tournament concludes on 30 May at the Hasely Crawford Stadium when St. Vincent & The Grenadines meets Haiti in the third-place match, while Trinidad & Tobago faces Mexico’s Pan American Team in finals.

Digicel Shield
28.05.2007: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Hasely Crawford Stadium
MEXICO’S PAN AM TEAM – ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 0:0, 8:7 pen
Efrain VELARDE (G), Jehu CHIPAS (G), Alan ZAMORA (G), Cesar VRUETA (G), Ever GUZMAN (G), Hugo AYALA (G), Oswaldo CASTANEDA (G), Oscar RECIO (G) – Damol FRANCIS (G), Markneil LEWIS (G), Darren FRANCIS (G), Kevin CREESE (G), Mellon PRESCOTT (G), Jabneel SPRINGER (G), Richard HAYDE (G)
Mexico Pan Team: Sergio Arias – Alejandro Berber, Hugo Ayala, Efrain Velarde, Israel Vrgas (60: Joadvin Martinez), Jehu Chiapas, Ever Guzman, Diego Campos (63: Cesar Vrueta 63’), Oscar Recio, Rodolfo Decreal (74: Alain Zamora), Oswaldo Castaneda. VIN: Winslow McDougall (90: Melvin Andrews) – Richard Hayde, Norrel George (76: Romano Snagg), Cornelius Stewart (81: Thadeus Sam), Mellon Prescott, Rafeek Francis (86: Kevin Creese), Darren Francis, Emerald George (65: Damol Francis), Glenford Ashton, Jabneel Springer, Markneil Lewis.

28.05.2007: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Hasely Crawford Stadium
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – HAITI 1:0 (0:0)
Andre TOUSSAINT 76’
TRI: Marvin Phillip – Romauld Aguillera, Keyeno Thomas, Nicholson Thomas, Gary Glasgow (67: Andre Toussaint), Christian Baptiste, Darryl Roberts (67: Errol McFarlane), Andrei Pacheco, Sylvio Spann (67: Kerry Baptiste), Densill Theobald, Anthony Noreiga.
HAI: Fenelon Gabart – Gilles Frantz (83: Raymond Ednerson), Noncent Windsor, Guillamme Stephane, Fucien Brunel, Cadet Eliphene (45: Noel Fabrice) Alexandre Boucicant (45: Romulus Turlien), Marcelin James, Brunny Richard, Chery Mones (45: Jacques Jamil), St Jean Roland (45: Germain Peter).

30.05.2007: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Hasely Crawford Stadium
THIRD PLACE: HAITI – ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (17:00)
FINAL: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – MEXICO’S PAN AM TEAM (19:00)

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