CANADA TOPS HONDURAS IN CONCACAF OPENER.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Canada upset Caribbean champion Honduras 3-1 Wednesday night in the opening game of the CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Gold Cup at Anaheim Stadium. Carlo Corazzin Giancarlo ('Carlo') Corazzin (born December 25, 1971 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a former professional Canadian soccer player who has appeared for the Canadian national team 58 times and has scored 11 goals. and Lyndon Hooper put Canada ahead in the ninth and 26th minutes. Presley Carson scored for Honduras in the 35th, but Canadian Kevin Holness sealed it in the 63rd on a poor play by Honduran goalkeeper Wilmer Cruz. The Gold Cup, also being played in Los Angeles and San Diego, is a nine-nation tournament featuring countries from North and Central America and the Caribbean. The teams are divided into three groups, with the winners of each group and the best second-place team advancing to the semifinals. The United States plays Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (trĭn`ĭdăd, təbā`gō), officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,088,000), 1,980 sq mi (5,129 sq km), West Indies. The capital is Port of Spain. on Saturday night. El Salvador, the other team in the group, played Trinidad in Wednesday night's other game. |
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