<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Girlz face Panama in Gold Cup on Nov 19</SPAN>
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>NEW YORK CITY, New York (CMC) - Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago now know their CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup first-round match schedule next month at Tropical Park Stadium in Miami.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jamaica will tackle Panama and Trinidad and Tobago will face Mexico in a double-header on November 19 with spots in the semi-finals at stake.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The winner of Panama/Jamaica will advance to play against Canada, while the team advancing from Mexico/Trinidad & Tobago clash will tackle reigning Women's Gold Cup Champions, USA.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The semi-finals take place on Wednesday, November 22, at The Home Depot Centre on the campus of California State University in Carson.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Tournament play concludes with the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Final and a third-place play-off game on Sunday, November 26, also to be held at The Home Depot Centre.
The champions and the runners-up will automatically qualify to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The third-place finishers in the CONCACAF event will face Japan, from the Asian Football Confederation, in a home-and-away play-off for the final berth in the FIFA tournament.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the Women's Gold Cup when they emerged as the top Caribbean Football Union (CFU) teams from play-offs last month.<P class=StoryText align=justify>T&T led the CFU Group A series with handsome wins over
Suriname (5-1) and the Dominican Republic (7-0), while Jamaica easily ran past their opponents in Group B qualifying, hammering Bermuda 7-0 before shutting out Haiti, 3-0.
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>CMC
Thursday, October 12, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>NEW YORK CITY, New York (CMC) - Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago now know their CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup first-round match schedule next month at Tropical Park Stadium in Miami.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jamaica will tackle Panama and Trinidad and Tobago will face Mexico in a double-header on November 19 with spots in the semi-finals at stake.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The winner of Panama/Jamaica will advance to play against Canada, while the team advancing from Mexico/Trinidad & Tobago clash will tackle reigning Women's Gold Cup Champions, USA.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The semi-finals take place on Wednesday, November 22, at The Home Depot Centre on the campus of California State University in Carson.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Tournament play concludes with the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Final and a third-place play-off game on Sunday, November 26, also to be held at The Home Depot Centre.
The champions and the runners-up will automatically qualify to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The third-place finishers in the CONCACAF event will face Japan, from the Asian Football Confederation, in a home-and-away play-off for the final berth in the FIFA tournament.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the Women's Gold Cup when they emerged as the top Caribbean Football Union (CFU) teams from play-offs last month.<P class=StoryText align=justify>T&T led the CFU Group A series with handsome wins over
Suriname (5-1) and the Dominican Republic (7-0), while Jamaica easily ran past their opponents in Group B qualifying, hammering Bermuda 7-0 before shutting out Haiti, 3-0.
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