15.8.06 - CONCACAF announced this week the preliminary rosters for all the teams (Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico & USA) that will compete at the inaugural Beach Soccer Championship (FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 – Qualifier Costa Rica) at Punta Leona in Puntarenas, Costa Rica from 13-17 September. All the five teams submitted to the CONCACAF General Secretariat their respective preliminary lists of players. The final 12-player rosters for the CONCACAF event are due 15 days prior to the first matches of the tournament.
The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship will also qualify two CONCACAF teams to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2-12 November.
The CONCACAF tournament will be played in round-robin format with doubleheader encounters on each of the five match dates. COMPLETE SCHEDULE
2006 CONCACAF BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP – Puntarenas, Costa Rica
<U>Preliminary Rosters</U>
CANADA
GK: Greg Bonar, Michael Franks, Jim Larkin;
DF: William DeSilva, Giuliano Oliviera;
MD: Ian Carlos Diaz; Christopher Lemire, Kyriakos Selaidopoulos, Kyle Yamada;
AT: Paul Manjit Dhaliwal, Damir Daco Jesic, Jason Miniaci, Eric Munoz, Angelo Sestito, Sipho Sibiya.
TD: Ross ONGARO
COSTA RICA
GK: Andres Barboza, Sheiron Crow, Jonathan Mora, Enrico Regidor, Leonardo Vega;
DF: Jose Calvo, Wilberth Mora;
MD: Jeffrey Chavarria, Ademar Cordero;
AT: Ricardo Alvarez Brito, Jaison Burke, Bryan Hernandez, Danny Jhonson, Roy Mayer, Hans Morales , Luis Nelson, Cristian Ovares, Randall Solis, Juan Valverde, Andres Villegas.
TD: Edson SOTO
JAMAICA
GK: Sheldon Brown, Elvis Hart;
DF: Daemion Benjamin, Codroy Martin, Gerald Neil, Ryan Powell, Gregory Simpson, Owen Wanliss;
AT: Shawn Hunter, Ashane Murray, Barrington Planter, Derrick Planter, Andre Reid, Jermaine Richards.
TD: Anthony George WILLIAMS
MEXICO
GK: Felix Fernández, Markin López, Juan Antonio Nieves, Rubén Ramírez, Héctor Robles;
DF: Juan Diego Galeana, Antonio González, Jesús Sebastián López, Genoni Martinez, José Luis Navarrete, Ricardo Uribe, Francisco Javier Vargas;
AT: David Antonio Arellandes, Gerardo Bonet, Jose Fernando Davila, Eduardo Misael Espinoza, Ramón Fernández, Juan Pablo Grapain, Alberto Veremiz Lerma, Manuel Rios, Gustavo Rosales, Jorge Santillana, Williams Soto, Hugo Iván Tapia, Ramón Villa, Ricardo Adrián Villalobos.
TD: Ramon RAYA
USA
GK: Bayard Elfvin, Daryl Fischer, Luis Montanez;
DF: Francis Farberoff, Joshua Hill, Zak Ibsen, Jacob Long, Austin Roman, Brendon Taguinod;
AT: Jevin Albuquerque, Benyam Astorga, Ivo Ceciliano, Anthony Chimienti, Yuri Morales, Joshua Nolz, Ronald Silva, Raphael Xexeo.
TD: Roberto CECILIANO