CFU club finals to begin Tuesday

Puerto Rico Islanders will face W Connection (Trinidad & Tobago), while Antigua Barracuda FC takes-on Caledonia AIA (Trinidad & Tobago) in the semifinals of the Caribbean Club Champions Cup on Tuesday, in Marabella, Trinidad.

The winners will  automatically qualify for the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) and will meet two days later to determine the Caribbean champion. Before the final, the losing semi-finalists will battle in the third-place match for the region’s last CCL berth.

In the CCL, the Caribbean club champion will play the Seattle Sounders FC (USA) and Marathon (Honduras) in Group 4. The runner-up will face Xelaju (Guatemala) and Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) in Group 8, while the third-place team will go into Group 5 with the LA Galaxy (USA) and Isidro Metapan (El Salvador).