Haiti crush Cuba 5-0 to retain U-17 football title
COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago — Haiti retained their Caribbean title by outclassing Cuba 5-0 in the final of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifying tournament at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Sunday night.
Steeve Moondestin (36th minute), Steeve Saint-Duc (55th), Jean Jacques Danley (63rd), Louidon Casseus 78th), and Nael Elysee (90+2) got the goals.
Haiti’s captain Saint-Duc collected awards for the tounament’s Most Valuable Player and the Leading Goal-scorer with five to his name.
Jamaica’s Nickque Daley and Raewin Senior followed closely on the goal-scoring chart with four each.
In the curtain-raiser, Jamaica’s Young Reggae Boyz got the better of Curacao 3-0 to cop third-place.
A brace by Daley in the 47th and 70th minutes, and a single strike by Senior ( 21st) got Jamaica’s goals.
The Young Boyz, like all the semi-finalists and best third-place finisher Suriname, will now look to the CONCACAF Championship to be played in Panama next year.
From the confederation play-offs, four teams will advance to the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in India next August.
Sean Williams
