TFC Olympic qualifying: Canada and Guatemala advance

Canada continued its resurgence, beating host Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, to win the Group A Olympic qualifying tournament and set up a date with the United States in the final round of qualifying. The other group opponent will be the second-place team in Group B (Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica) which will be played in Guadalajara, Mexico from April 4-8. Guatemala, the second-place finisher in Group A, will join the winner of Group B and the winner of Group C (Panama, Bermuda, Cuba), which will be played in Panama City from April 5-9. After playing to scoreless ties in its first two days, Guatemala got six goals from young star Freddy Garcia in a 9-1 with over netherlands Antilles. March 25 in Port of Spain GUATEMALA 9 (Pezzarossi 3; Garcia 12, 24, 37, 43, 86, 90; Rivera 55; Perez 66) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 1 (Tokaay 69). Guatemala — Molina, Melgar, Swisher, Cabrera, Perez, W.Estrada, Quinonez (Carias, 71), Leiva (J.Estrada, 58), Garcia, Lopez, Pezzarossi (Rivera, 53). Neth. Antilles — Yonge, De Leca, Martha, De Abreu, Bonevacia, Hato (Koffie, 46), Mathilda, Tokaay, Martina (Steenbaar, 46), Orgenia, Brunhard . TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0 CANADA 2 (Kindel 33, Stalteri 86) Trin. & Tobago — R.Edwards, King, Thomas, Sancho, Pierre, Mulraine (Scotland 71), Peters (Rique 39), Rahim, McFarlane (Narine 53), C.Edwards, Sam. Canada — Franks, Clarke, Hastings, McKenna, McCauley (Cameron, 64), Bent, Stalteri, Aristodemo, Kindel, Mathot, De Rosario (Valente, 58; Skinner, 84).