Caribbean qualification
Group in Surinam
4- 8 Aruba 0-3 Guyana
Surinam 2-5 Dutch Antilles
6- 8 Guyana 1-2 Dutch Antilles
Aruba 1-3 Surinam
8- 8 Aruba 0-4 Dutch Antilles
Surinam - Guyana
NB: Other results unknown, Dutch Antilles qualified
Central American qualification
First legs
7- 7 Nicaragua 0-9 Honduras
12- 7 Guatemala 2-0 Panama
[Jonathan Leyton 68, Oscar Diaz 79pen]
13- 7 Belize 1-5 El Salvador
[Drass 82; Héctor Morales 8, 80, José Carlos Monterrosa 27,
Edwin Orellana 29, José Antonio Bonilla 75]
Second legs
13- 7 Honduras 3-0 Nicaragua
[Glenden Cruz 34, Christian Sosa 43, Glenn Brown 80]
14- 7 Panama 1-1 Guatemala [in Ciudad de Guatemala]
[Gustavo Mercado 1t, Juan Pablo Abascal 58]
20- 7 El Salvador 2-1 Belize
[Edwin Orellana 4, 5; Domínguez]
Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador qualified
Final Tournament
In Trinidad and Tobago, August 18-31, 1996.
Group 1
18- 8 Bermuda 0-5 USA
[Alberto Gutiérrez 18, Brian Purcell 36, Brad Rupsis 40,
Nozomu Yamauchi 64, David Boutilier 85]
Dom. Rep. 1-2 Costa Rica
[Leonardo 12; Erick López 23, 89]
20- 8 Bermuda 1-8 Costa Rica
[John Hudson 47; Esteban Santana 7, 68, José Ugarte 18, 72,
Erick López 23, 45, 55, Allan Meléndez 76pen]
USA 3-0 Dominican Rep.
[David Castellanos 13, 21, Brian Purcell 38]
22- 8 Bermuda n/p Dominican Rep.
USA 2-3 Costa Rica
[Brian Purcell 26, Jason Bryan 87og; Erick López 1, Esteban Santana 17,
José Ugarte 22]
1.COSTA RICA 3 3 0 0 13- 4 9
2.USA 3 2 0 1 10- 3 6
3.Dominican R. 2 0 0 2 1- 5 0
4.Bermuda 2 0 0 2 1-13 0
Group 2
18- 8 Guatemala 3-0 Martinique
Mexico 3-0 Honduras
[Pedro Peñaloza 14, Luis Ernesto Pérez 40pen, Edwin Santibáñez 88]
20- 8 Guatemala 1-0 Honduras
Mexico 7-0 Martinique
[Fernando Arce 1, 44, 51, 74, Ricardo Martínez 24, Luis Ernesto Pérez 45,
Juan Manuel García 66]
22- 8 Honduras n/p Martinique
Mexico 5-1 Guatemala
[Fernando Arce 51, 60, 83, Edwin Santibáñez 68, Pedro Peñaloza 78; Ricky Nelson 44]
1.MEXICO 3 3 0 0 15- 1 9
2.Guatemala 3 2 0 1 5- 5 6
3.Honduras 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0
4.Martinique 2 0 0 2 0-10 0
Group 3
18- 8 Dutch Ant. 0-5 Trinidad/Tobago
El Salvador 0-2 Canada
[Roberto Ruggiero 12, Jason Álvarez 27]
20- 8 Canada 3-1 Dutch Antilles
[Jason Álvarez 10, Andrew Howes 36, Kevin De Serpa 53; Mark Dorego 1t og]
Trinidad/T. 1-1 El Salvador
[n.n; Mario Guardado]
22- 8 El Salvador 4-1 Dutch Antilles
Trinidad/T. 1-1 Canada
1.CANADA 3 2 1 0 6- 2 7
2.Trinidad/Tob. 3 1 2 0 7- 2 5
3.El Salvador 3 1 1 1 5- 4 4
4.D. Antilles 3 0 0 3 2-12 0
Final Round
26- 8 Canada 1-3 Costa Rica
[Kevin De Serpa 48; José Ugarte 22, Esteban Santana 26, 68]
Mexico 3-1 USA
[Fernando Arce 60, 89, Edwin Santibáñez 72; David Castellanos 53]
28- 8 Costa Rica 0-4 Mexico
[Fernando Arce 14, 75, 80, 83]
USA 2-0 Canada
[Matthew Monsibais 20, David Castellanos 90]
31- 8 Canada 0-1 Mexico
[Rodolfo Rodríguez 48; Matthew Monsibais 78]
USA 1-1 Costa Rica
[Luis Ernesto Pérez 83]
1.MEXICO 3 3 0 0 8- 1 9
2.USA 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4
3.Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4- 6 4
4.Canada 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0
First three teams qualified to the 1997 U-17 World Cup.
1999 (world cup qualifying tournament)
Thanks to Erik Garin and Mark Sensen for earlier version of this file
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