Guyana got off to a losing start in their CONCACAF U15 championships campaign with a 0-3 defeat yesterday to Nicaragua at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA.
Goals from Darwin Corrales, Roger Gomez and Oswin Salinas in the fourth, 29th and 47th minute sealed the win for Nicaragua.
Guyana’s starting XI for the clash read Goalkeeper Dwayne Bess, Zakeel Flatts, Kevin Mullins, Tyquan Brummell, Romel Medas, Samuel Garnett, Rajan Ramdehol, Antwone Vasconcellos, Brandon Solomon, Shoran James and Colin Henriques.
They will now face-off with Bahamas tomorrow at 11:00am in their second group match.
Their final group match takes place Wednesday from 9:00am against the Cayman Islands.
The 42-team tournament which features guest entrants Portugal, Slovenia and Israel, is divided into three divisions based on the confederation’s u17 2019 ranking.
Portugal and Slovenia will feature in Division-1 alongside the best 14 teams in the event. They will be divided into four groups of four (Group A-D).
The top two from each group will progress to the quarterfinal round to contest for the overall title.
Guyana is in division-2 (Group E-H) which comprises 16 teams including Israel. The top two from each pool will advance to the quarterfinal to contest for the division title.
Division-3 contains the lowest ranked 10 teams (group I-J). The winners of both group will contest the divisional championship match.
