Friday, November 11, 2011

Belize 1 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1; Guatemala 3 - Grenada 0

Belize welcomed St. Vincent and the Grenadines into rainy Belmopan. St. Vincent gave their hosts an unexpected housewarming gift in the form of an early goal, but goal-scoring demon Deon McCaulay equalized within three minutes for the home side. The half ended at 1-1.

The second did not see any further scoring and the teams ended up tying the match at one goal apiece. Belize's campaign has hit a devastating rut after their opening group win at Grenada while St. Vincent are but one positive result away from an unexpected second place finish in the group. Shommal Trimmingham was given his marching orders for a second yellow card with two minutes left in the match, so St. Vincent will be without his services for their final match against Belize.

Guatemala took on Grenada in the nightcap of today's qualifiers. Grenada knew they were in for a long night, even against a second-choice Guatemala squad when Freddy Garcia scored in the very first minute for the home side. Garcia added a second at the half hour mark, and midfielder Angelo Padilla scored his first international goal in his first international appearance at the tail end of the first half. Guatemala lead 3-0 at the break.

Los Chapines failed to add to their lead in the second period, but they did maintain their clean sheet and look well prepared for round three which commences next June. The final score on the day is Guatemala 3, Grenada 0. The teams play their group finale on Tuesday.

Guatemala 15 pts - IN
St. Vincent OUT
Belize OUT
Grenada OUT

Goals
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Cornelius Stewart 13

Belize
Deon McCaulay 16

Guatemala
Freddy Garcia 1, 30
Angelo Padilla 44

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