Friendly Matches
USA DEFEATS URUGUAY; COSTA RICA & MEXICO LOSE 12.08.2007: After capturing their second consecutive CONCACAF Tournament Title as well as qualifying to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007, the USA defeated South America’s (CONMEBOL) champion, Uruguay, by a score of 4:3 in a friendly match at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel Beach in Acapulco, Guerrero in Mexico. Along with the triumph, the stars & stripes’ Zak Ibsen was named the Tournament’s Most Valuable Player in Acapulco, while Albuquerque shared the Event’s Topscoring title with Uruguay’s Ricardo Martinez (six goals). In other matches at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel Beach, Mexico, who is the other CONCACAF qualifier to the FIFA event, lost 6:5 to Argentina, while Venezuela topped Costa Rica 7:5 after extra time. Fifth Place Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel Beach COSTA RICA – VENEZUELA 5:7 (0:2) (2:5) (5:5) aet Andres CHAVARRIA 21’, 21’, 25’; Hans MORALES 26’; Delber CAMERON 33’– Francisco LANDAETA 1’, 37’; Gianluca LARDONE 6’; Marcos MONSLVE 21’, 24’; Edgar Alberto QUINTERO 21’; Kleydes GARICA 37’ CRC: 1-Leonardo Vega – 7-Hans Morales, 8-Andres Villegas, 9-Delber Cameron, 16-Andres Chavarria. Subs: 3-Jeffrey Chavarría, 4-Wilberth Mora, 6-José Pablo Calvo, 6-José Pablo Calvo, 10-Ricardo Xavier Alvarez. Booked: Cameron 5’, A. Chavarria 33’ TD: Juan Carlos ARGUEDAS VEN: 12-Hernan Sivira – 4-Gianluca Lardone, 8-Francisco Landaeta, 10-Kleydes Garica, 11-Carlos Alejandro Longa. Subs: 5-Camilo Ernesto Ramos, 7-Edgar Alberto Quintero, 13-Marcos Monslve, 14-Roberto Cavallo de Robertis. Booked: Landaeta 5’, Lardone 35’ TD: Andrey VALERIO R1: Juan Marcelo CANTTI (ARG), R2: Hernan FERNANDEZ (ARG), R3: Renato DE CARLOS (BRA) Third Place Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel Beach MEXICO – ARGENTINA 5:6 (1:0) (1:3) Gustavo ROSALES 11’; Ricardo VILLALOBOS 33’; José Luis NAVARRETTE 35’; Oscar Antonio GONZALEZ 36’, 36’ – Ezequiel Lopez HILAIRE 14’, 24’, 29’; Agustin DALLERA 17’; Lucas ASENSIO 32’; Facundo MINICI 35’ MEX: 12-Miguel Angel Estrada – 3-Francisco Vargas, 6-José Luis Navarrette, 9-Ricardo Villalobos, 11-Morgan Plata. Subs: 2-Oscar Antonio Gonzalez, 4-Francisco Cati, 7-Gustavo Rosales, 10-Ivan Medina. Booked: Villalobos 19’, Medina 21’, Alejandro Pozos 32’, Cati 36’. TD: Ramón RAYA ARG: 12-Alejandro Otamendi – 4-Luciano Nicolas Franceschini, 6-Matías Galván, 9-Facundo Minici, 10-Ezequiel Lopez Hilaire. Subs: 3-Lucas Asensio, 7-Javier Vivas, 8-Agustin Dallera, 11-Mariano Martin Seeber. Booked: Galván 12’, Dallera 33’, Franceschini 35’ TD: Carlos Eduardo JUAREZ R1: Renato DE CARLOS (BRA), R2: Franklin QUESADA (CRC), R3: Geovanny GONZALEZ (CRC) First Place Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel Beach USA – URUGUAY 4:3 (2:1) (2:2) Jevin ALBUQUERQUE 2’; Anthony CHIMIENTI 2’; Yuri MORALES 31’; Francis FARBEROFF 36’ – Javier ORTIZ 11’; German PARILLO 23’; Ricardo MARTINEZ 33’ USA: 1-Luis Montanez – 2-Jevin Albuquerque, 8-Anthony Chimienti, 9-Zak Ibsen, 10-Francis Farberoff. Subs: 3-Brendon Taguinod, 4-Yuri Morales, 5-Benyam Astorga, 6-Ronald Silva. Booked: Astorga 21’ TD: Roberto CECILIANO URU: 1-Diego Montserrat – 3-Ricardo Martinez, 5-Sarandí Sobral Benítez, 7-German Parillo, 10-Eduardo Fabián Canaveris. Subs: 2-Fabricio Vallarino, 4-Javier Ortiz, 6-Guillermo Rodriguez, 9-Sebastián Olivera. Booked: none TD: Venancio RAMOS R1: Pedro INFANTE (VEN), R2: Hernan FERNANDEZ (ARG), R3: Juan Marcelo CANTTI (ARG)
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