<TR><TD class=header_titles_black valign="top">U-17 MNT Draw Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago in Qualifying </TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top"></TD> </TR><TR><TD class=left_nav_italic valign="top"></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="top"></TD> </TR><TR><TD class=bodytext valign="top"><DIV>CHICAGO (Nov. 24, 2006) – The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team has been drawn into Group B with Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago for the 2007 CONCACAF Final Round Qualifying Tournament from April 18-26 in Kingston, Jamaica. The draw was determined earlier today during the CONCACAF Executive Committee Meeting in Los Angeles.
The topthree teams in the group will qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea, which will take place from August 18-September 9 across six cities – Busan, Cheonan, Jeju, Suwon, Ulsan and Gwangyang (to be confirmed). The U.S. is the only country to qualify for all 11 FIFA U-17 World Cups (formerly FIFA World Youth Championships).
The other two of the four CONCACAF berths will come from Group A, which will occur a two weeks earlier from April 4-8 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Competing with the hosts will be El Salvador, Haiti and Mexico.
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CONCACAF U-17 Final Round Qualifying </SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Group A - Tegucigalpa, Honduras</SPAN><BR style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">El Salvador
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Group B - Kingston, Jamaica</SPAN><BR style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Canada
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
USA </DIV></TD></TR>
The topthree teams in the group will qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea, which will take place from August 18-September 9 across six cities – Busan, Cheonan, Jeju, Suwon, Ulsan and Gwangyang (to be confirmed). The U.S. is the only country to qualify for all 11 FIFA U-17 World Cups (formerly FIFA World Youth Championships).
The other two of the four CONCACAF berths will come from Group A, which will occur a two weeks earlier from April 4-8 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Competing with the hosts will be El Salvador, Haiti and Mexico.
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CONCACAF U-17 Final Round Qualifying </SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Group A - Tegucigalpa, Honduras</SPAN><BR style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">El Salvador
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Group B - Kingston, Jamaica</SPAN><BR style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Canada
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
USA </DIV></TD></TR>