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Main Competition Court -

Walter Long Beach Pyramid

Training Court #1 - Long Beach State

University (LBSU)

Training Court #2 - Long Beach State University

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Preliminary

Inquiry

May 6

14:00 9:00 - 9:45 DOM

Saturday 15:30 Mexico United States - East Gym 9:45 - 10:30 TRI

Mayo 5, 2012 17:00 Canada Cuba - East Gym 10:30 - 11:15 CRC

18:30 Trinidad & Tobago Costa Rica- East Gym 11:15 - 12:00 PUR

20:00 Puerto Rico Republica Dominicana - East Gym 12:00 - 12:45 USA

08:00 1:30 - 2:15 MEX

09:30 United States Mexico - West Gym 2:15 - 3:00 CAN

Sunday 11:00 Cuba Canada - West Gym 3:00 - 3:15 CUB

Mayo 6, 2012 12:30 Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago- West Gym

14:00 Republica Dominicana Puerto Rico - West Gym

15:30

17:00

18:30

20:00 General Technical Meeting

08:00 Mexico (15:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Costa Rica (15:00)- West Gym - Court 2

09:30 Cuba (18:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Puerto Rico (18:00)- West Gym - Court 2

Monday 11:00 United States (20:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Trinidad & Tobago (20:00) West Gym - Court 2

Mayo 7, 2012 12:30

14:00

15:30

17:00

18:30

20:00 Canada (13:00) - West Gym Court 1 Dominicana (13:00) - West Gym Court 2

08:00 Trinidad & Tobago (15:00) - East Gym Mexico (15:00) - West Gym - Court 1

09:30 Puerto Rico (18:00) - East Gym Canada (18:00) - West Gym - Court 1

Tuesday 11:00 Costa Rica (20:00) - West Gym - Court 2 United States (20:00) - West Gym - Court 1

Mayo 8, 2012 12:30

14:00

15:30

17:00

18:30

20:00 Dominicana (13:00)- West Gym - Court 1 Cuba (13:00) - West Gym - Court 220:00

08:00 Costa Rica (15:00) - West Gym -Court 1 Trinidad & Tobago (15:00) - West Gym - Court 2

09:30 Cuba (18:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Canada (18:00) - West Gym -Court 2

Wednesday 11:00 United States (20:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Mexico (20:00) - West Gym - Court 2

Mayo 9, 2012 12:30

14:00

15:30

17:00

18:30

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08:00

09:30

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Mayo 10, 2012 12:30 3rd B (20:00)- West Gym - Court 1 2nd A (20:00)- West Gym - Court 2

14:00 4th A (off)- West Gym - Court 1 4th B (off)- West Gym - Court 2

15:30 1st A (off)- West Gym - Court 1 1st B (off) - West Gym - Court 2

17:00

18:30

20:00

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09:30 1st B (18:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Winner of M14 or M13* (18:00) West Gym - Court 2

Friday 11:00 1st A (20:00) - West Gym - Court 1 Winner of M13 or M14* (20:00) - West Gym - Court 2

Mayo 11, 2012 12:30

14:00

15:30

17:00

18:30

20:00 Loser of M14 or M13* (13:00) - West Gym Court 1 4th A (13:00) - West Gym Court 2

08:00 Winner of M15 (15:00) - East Gym Winner of M16 (15:00) - West Gym Court 1

09:30 Loser of M17 (17:00) - East Gym Loser of M18 (17:00) - West Gym Court 1

Saturday 11:00 Winner of M17 (20:00)- East Gym Winner of M18 (20:00) - West Gym Court 1

Mayo 12, 2012 12:30

14:00

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COMPETITION

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Referee Practical Clinic

2012 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament

May 5-12, 2012

Programa de Entrenamiento / Training Schedule

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STATISTICS

Data Minimum Average Maximum

AgeHeightSpike2-hand blockNational selections

22.7 28.4 36.1182 198 208322 351 372297 326 340

22 85 211

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

REDWHITEBLACK

OFFICIALS

Team manager:Head coach:Assistant coach:Doctor:Therapist/Trainer:

BOUCHER, JULIENHOAG, GLENNPICHETTE, VINCENT

SEGUIN, MATHIEU

PLAYERS

Shirtno

Last name First name Shirt name BirthdateWeight

[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

2 CUNDY NICHOLAS CUNDY 14/09/1983 88 191 350 320 AS CANNES 3 - 73 763 L LEWIS DANIEL LEWIS 03/04/1976 86 189 340 325 ACH VOLLEY BLED 6 - 128 1344 HOWATSON JOSHUA HOWATSON 07/10/1984 95 199 346 325 PARIS VOLLEY UNIVERSITE CLUB3 - 19 226 DUFF JUSTIN DUFF 10/05/1988 94 202 370 335 ARKAS SPORT CLUB 3 - 58 617 SOONIAS DALLAS SOONIAS 25/04/1984 91 200 356 323 HYUNDAI CAPITAL SKYWALKERS14 - 96 1109 SCHNEIDER DUSTIN SCHNEIDER 27/02/1985 82 182 322 297 TEAM CANADA - - 26 26

10 VAN LANKVELT TOONTJE VAN LANKVELT 01/07/1984 91 197 347 317 BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3 - 73 7611 BRINKMAN STEVE BRINKMAN 12/01/1978 96 203 344 335 TRENTINO VOLLEY SPA S.S.D. 14 - 197 21112 SCHMITT GAVIN SCHMITT 27/01/1986 106 208 372 340 SAMSUNG BLUEFANGS 3 - 67 7014 KAMINSKI ADAM KAMINSKI 27/05/1984 89 205 355 335 FART KIEICE 3 - 47 5015 C WINTERS FREDERIC WINTERS 25/09/1982 98 195 359 327 YAROSLAVICH YAROSLAVL 14 - 151 16518 PERRIN JOHN GORDON PERRIN 17/08/1989 95 201 353 329 ARKAS SPORT CLUB 3 - 19 22

CAN • Canada

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STATISTICS



18.7 28.7 38.2171 187 196300 318 335251 304 317

9 20

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

REDWHITE

OFFICIALS


MARIO GARBANZOCESAR SALASALVARO FONSECA

ALBERTO TRAVIESO

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

2 LEON ARMANDO A. LEON 17/07/1980 85 189 315 306 TENNIS CLUB - - 15 154 RODRIGUEZ ESTEBAN E. RODRIGUEZ 10/02/1986 79 181 308 300 UCR - - 15 156 VILLEGAS ALEXANDER A. VILLEGAS 27/02/1974 70 180 309 308 TENNIS CLUB - - 20 207 ARAYA UBINA ESTEBAN ARAYA 01/07/1985 75 182 322 302 SAN JOSE - - 4 48 L CASCANTE ALVARO A. CASCANTE 04/07/1981 70 171 300 251 UCR - - 10 109 WHITE JORGE WHITE 22/11/1979 95 187 315 310 UCR - - 15 15

10 SUAREZ CARRILLO JOSE SUAREZ 09/12/1985 70 189 325 317 ATENAS - - 5 511 SMITH HALL RICHARD SMITH 13/12/1987 85 192 325 315 SIQUIRRES - - - -16 CRUZ ARTURO CRUZ 10/08/1987 88 195 335 315 SAN JOSE - - 4 417 ALVAREZ LOPEZ JAVIER OSVALDO J. ALVAREZ 03/09/1993 88 196 319 302 TURRIALBA - - 2 218 C ZUMBADO PABLO P. ZUMBADO 16/12/1982 85 196 315 305 TENNIS CLUB - - 15 1519 ESCOBAR GRANIERESTEBAN ESCOBAR 24/07/1977 93 191 331 311 TENNIS CLUB - - 5 5

CRC • Costa Rica



STATISTICS



17.5 22.6 29.8178 196 204305 348 374295 333 369

20 47

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

REDBLUEWHITE

OFFICIALS


MEDINA FRANCISCOSAMUELS ORLANDOVALDES PEDRO IDALBER

ALADRO CANTERO JOAN

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

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National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

1 C LEON VENERO WILFREDO LEON 31/07/1993 85 201 350 346 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 9 - 15 242 ESTRADA JOVA LIAN SEM ESTRADA 12/12/1982 83 196 339 335 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 9 - 21 306 L GUTIERREZ TORNAKEIBEL GUTIERREZ 06/05/1987 80 178 305 295 VILLA CLARA 5 - 37 428 CEPEDA ABREU ROLANDO CEPEDA 13/03/1989 77 198 359 344 S.SPIRITUS 9 - 21 30

10 QUINTANA GUERRADANGER JORBER DANGER 19/05/1994 95 200 343 323 CIUDAD HABANA - - - -11 FUNDORA TRAVIESOLAZARO RAYDEL FUNDORA 13/02/1994 90 195 344 317 CIUDAD HABANA - - - -12 BELL CISNERO YENRY BELL 27/07/1982 84 188 358 328 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 12 - 35 4713 FIEL RODRIGUEZ DAVID FIEL 28/08/1993 93 204 374 369 HABANA - - - -14 BISSET ASTENGO YORDAN BISSET 21/10/1994 89 194 336 314 CIUDAD HABANA - - - -16 MESA SANDOBAL ISBEL MESA 02/06/1989 89 204 358 331 C. HABANA 9 - 8 1718 DIAZ CARMENATE YOANDRY DIAZ 04/01/1985 88 192 356 350 LA HABANA 10 - 25 3519 HERNANDEZ RAMOSFERNANDO HERNANDEZ 11/09/1989 78 196 358 339 C.HABANA 9 - 5 14

CUB • Cuba



STATISTICS



19.7 25.9 32.6181 195 210332 350 385308 327 353

20 95

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

REDBLUE

OFFICIALS


ANGLADE, AMOS (DOM)CAMPECHANO, JACINTO (DOM)ROMERO MEDINA, HECTO (DOM)

NOLASCO NIVAR, JUAN (DOM)

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

1 PALOMINO CASTILLOELNIS PALOMINO 02/07/1986 85 185 374 322 SAMANA - - 20 202 L DE LA CRUZ MARTINEZLUIS MIGUEL DE LA CRUZ 11/08/1988 86 181 338 308 LA ROMANA - - 5 54 HERNANDEZ WILFRIDO HERNANDEZ 08/12/1990 89 195 335 325 SAN JUAN DE LA MAGUANA - - - -6 GARCIA PEDRO LUIS GARCIA 27/11/1990 86 190 332 318 SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ - - 15 157 CONCEPCION EDUARDO CONCEPCION 01/11/1983 92 195 346 316 LA VEGA - - 40 40

10 ABREU LOPEZ FRANCISCO ALBERTOABREU 26/04/1982 - - - -11 C CACERES GOMEZ JOSE MIGUEL CACERES 24/12/1981 105 210 385 353 POITIERS 10 - 85 9512 CASTRO RODRIGUEZJOSE ALBERTO CASTRO 12/01/1981 87 185 336 312 BAMESO - - 35 3513 LARA CALDERON ENMANUEL LARA 01/07/1988 92 195 337 321 SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS - - - -15 ACOSTA ALMONTE YONALVY ACOSTA 01/08/1990 91 210 360 350 DISTRITO NACIONAL - - - -16 BATISTA LEMOS VICTOR ARISTIDES BATISTA 02/10/1979 85 200 358 340 TERUEL - - 35 3517 CAMPECHANO MUÑOZKELVYN ANTONIO CAMPECHANO 05/09/1992 - - - -

DOM • Dominican Republic



STATISTICS



21.6 28.0 38.3185 195 204328 340 350318 328 336

19 60

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

GREENRED

OFFICIALS


JUAN MARCIANO GARZAJORGE MIGUEL AZAIR LSERGIO HERNANDEZ HER

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

2 HERRERA EDGAR HERRERA 22/01/1988 75 194 330 320 CHIHUAHUA - - 5 53 VALDÉS JESUS VALDÉS 05/10/1990 79 194 344 328 SINALOA - - - -4 VARGAS DANIEL VARGAS 01/09/1986 85 199 340 330 UNAM - - 1 15 L RANGEL JESUS RANGEL 20/09/1980 82 193 337 330 COAHUILA 5 - 40 456 CORDOVA SAMUEL CORDOVA 13/03/1989 85 200 350 335 SONORA 1 - 17 187 C CONTRERAS GERARDO CONTRERAS 29/01/1974 96 198 345 335 TAMAUILIPAS - - 60 608 RAMIREZ IGNACIO RAMIREZ 17/09/1976 83 185 328 318 NAYARIT - - 30 309 GUERRA CARLOS GUERRA 03/08/1981 95 196 339 330 LUC VOLLEY LAUSANNE SUIZA 5 - 25 30

10 RANGEL PEDRO RANGEL 16/09/1988 78 194 340 324 CLUB VOLEIBOL PORTOL - - - -11 GUERRERO ISMAEL GUERRERO 15/03/1988 85 204 348 336 SINALOA - - - -13 MACIAS MARCO MACIAS 12/02/1985 86 193 344 330 DISTRITO FEDERAL - - 3 317 QUIÑONES JORGE QUIÑONES 13/11/1981 80 186 330 325 GUANAJUATO 5 - 27 32

MEX • Mexico



STATISTICS



22.1 29.1 35.7182 191 196291 322 345285 313 329

34 58

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

REDBLUE

OFFICIALS


NOEL MARRERO (PUR)CARLOS CARDONA (ARG)RAMON HERNANDEZ (PUR)

JOSE POMALES (PUR)

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

1 RIVERA JOSE RIVERA 02/07/1977 85 192 325 320 CAROLINA 11 - 29 402 L BERRIOS GREGORRY BERRIOS 24/01/1979 83 182 305 299 GUAYNABO 11 - 47 583 FIGUEROA JUAN FIGUEROA 06/03/1986 88 189 335 325 LARES 7 - 50 574 C RIVERA VICTOR RIVERA 30/08/1976 88 195 345 329 GUAYNABO 10 - 41 515 MUÑIZ ROBERTO MUÑIZ 11/06/1980 92 196 333 326 PONCE 11 - 32 437 ESCALANTE ENRIQUE ESCALANTE 06/08/1984 88 195 330 324 LARES 11 - 18 29

10 MALDONADO ULISES MALDONADO 05/03/1989 88 192 299 291 NATIONAL TEAM - - 6 613 RUIZ JUAN J. RUIZ 24/04/1981 84 188 291 285 SAN SEBASTIAN - - - -14 MORALES FERNANDO MORALES 04/02/1982 68 186 325 318 COROZAL 11 - 43 5415 CRUZ LOZADA EZEQUIEL CRUZ 15/07/1986 85 191 333 326 COROZAL 10 - 18 2816 SANCHEZ SEQUIEL SANCHEZ 24/03/1990 89 191 325 305 NATIONAL TEAM 8 - 16 2419 AQUINO EDWIN LEONARDO AQUINO 09/11/1984 82 196 320 310 SAN SEBASTIAN - - 12 12

PUR • Puerto Rico



STATISTICS



20.0 27.7 35.3187 194 205335 355 372328 347 368

33 95

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

BLACKWHITE

OFFICIALS


SHARAZ MOHAMMEDGIDEON DICKSONDAVID CAMACHO

ARTHOUR ROBINSON

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

1 DAVIS JESSEL JESSEL 15/11/1982 84 205 364 338 SEPOS - - 40 402 NIMROD KEVIN NIMROD 13/02/1985 88 197 335 328 - - - -3 L MAHADEO RYAN RYAN 24/11/1978 75 188 345 332 SUVA - - 15 154 C TASH NOLAN TASH 14/01/1977 92 193 362 354 SEPOS - - 95 955 BUSHE AKIM BUSHE 28/04/1992 - - - -7 MORRISON SEAN SEAN 10/04/1983 77 193 356 354 TECHNOCRATS - - 78 788 ALI SALEEM SALEEM 01/04/1979 82 192 350 348 GLAMORGANS - - 80 80

10 AMARALI KEVIN AMARALI 01/10/1981 79 190 SOUTHERN UNITED - - - -11 STEWART RYAN STEWART 06/08/1990 84 187 356 354 GLAMORGAN - - - -12 BLAKE SIMON BLAKE 07/12/1990 77 188 354 350 TOCO YOUTHS - - - -14 HONORE MARC HONORE 12/06/1984 90 203 372 368 FRIEDRICHSHAFEN - - 89 8915 MOHAMMED JOSHUA JOSHUA 15/12/1988 - - 4 4

TRI • Trinidad & Tobago



STATISTICS



25.1 32.0 37.0190 199 205324 346 360312 326 340

54 165 295

COLORS

Main:2nd:3rd:

REDBLUEWHITE

OFFICIALS


BROWNING, ROBERT (USA)KNIPE, ALAN (USA)SPERAW, JOHN (USA)STETSON, WILLIAM (USA)BROCK, AARON (USA)

PLAYERS

Shirtno


[kg]Height[cm]

Highest reach

Spike[cm]

Block[cm]

Club

National selections

WC OG Oth Tot.

1 ANDERSON MATTHEW ANDERSON 18/04/1987 86 204 360 332 PALLAVOLO MODENA SSDRL 7 - 72 794 LEE DAVID LEE 08/03/1982 105 203 350 325 DINAMO MOSCOW 8 8 158 1745 L LAMBOURNE RICHARD LAMBOURNE 06/05/1975 90 190 324 312 USA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM 20 8 229 2576 LOTMAN PAUL LOTMAN 03/11/1985 102 200 336 312 RESOVIA SA RZESZOW 9 - 70 797 SUXHO DONALD SUXHO 21/02/1976 98 196 337 319 VOLLEY TREVISO SPA 11 8 123 1428 PRIDDY WILLIAM PRIDDY 01/10/1977 89 194 353 330 ZENIT KAZAN 25 16 184 2259 MILLAR RYAN MILLAR 22/01/1978 98 204 354 326 LOKOMOTIV NOBOSIBIRSK 17 21 257 295

10 SALMON RILEY SALMON 02/07/1976 89 198 345 331 COROZAL PLATANEROS 22 16 202 24011 THORNTON BRIAN THORNTON 22/04/1985 88 190 327 314 KS JASTRZEBSKI WEGIEL SA - - 54 5412 HOLMES RUSSELL HOLMES 01/07/1982 95 205 352 335 KS JASTRZEBSKI WEGIEL SA 9 - 56 6513 C STANLEY CLAYTON STANLEY 20/01/1978 104 205 357 332 URAL UFA 26 16 194 23619 MCKIENZIE DAVID MCKIENZIE 05/07/1979 95 193 358 340 KUWAIT SPORTING CLUB 17 - 118 135

USA • United States of America



Olympic Games Bid at Stake in Long Beach

Long Beach, Calif., May 6, 2012 – Eight NORCECA countries will compete for one spot at the 2012

Olympic Games during the NORCECA Men’s Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament being held

May 7!12 at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.

The tournament starts with the preliminary round!robin pool play round with Costa Rica, Mexico,

Trinidad & Tobago and United States grouped in Pool A. Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto

Rico are grouped into Pool B. The quarterfinal round takes place on May 10, followed by semifinals and

classification matches for places 5!8 scheduled for May 11. The medal!round and final classification

matches will be played May 12.

All matches except the gold!medal match will be streamed on the Internet at www.usavlive.com.

Cuba and United States are the heavy favorites in the field as the No. 5 and No. 6 ranked teams in the

FIVB world ranking. However, neither team is taking anything for granted in this crucial event.

“NORCECA is always a strong tournament and we have to do our best to qualify for the Olympics,” Cuba

Coach Orlando Samuels said. “We are well prepared for this event as we played matches versus

Argentina a few weeks ago. The stages of preparations are complete and we are ready.”

“We are excited about what we have done in a short time after our players returned from their club

teams,” United States Coach Alan Knipe said. “We had the opportunity to bring in Argentina for a couple

exhibition matches and our Red!Blue scrimmage this past Friday. These matches provided us some

things to shoot for and evaluation. We are excited to get started.”

Knipe mentioned the tournament is wide open based on recent match results at the 2011 NORCECA

Men’s Continental Championship held in Puerto Rico.

“At the last NORCECA Continental Championship, there were a lot of close matches ! many going five

sets and we split with Cuba,” Knipe said. “As for the tournament field, we have tremendous respect for

every team and will give each team our full attention for that match.”

Cuba defeated the USA in a five!set thriller in the 2011 NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship gold!

medal match after the USA won the pool match in four sets. At the 2011 FIVB World Cup in Japan, USA

won an exciting five!set match over Cuba in Tokyo.

If Cuba and United States do not claim the gold medal, one last chance exists to qualify for the Olympic

Games through the world qualification process in early June. The NORCECA event represents the final

opportunity to advance to the London Olympic Games for five of the other six teams should either Cuba

or USA wins the continental qualifier.

“This is a one chance deal to get to the Olympics for us,” Canada coach Glenn Hoag said. “This is it. Our

team has matured nicely. It is a young group with only a couple veterans. Our aim is to grow as a team

and going to the Olympics would be great. We are taking this tournament one day at a time, one play at

a time.”

Puerto Rico, which typically has field a strong team in NORCECA and FIVB events in the current Olympic

quadrennial, has faced some adversity in its preparation for this tournament. “We have worked with a

young group of players who did not compete in Europe since January, and we integrated the training

with the remaining four players who did play in Europe over the last 10 days,” Puerto Rico coach Carlos

Cardona said. “The team is having some situations. We were not able to have any friendly matches. Our

best player, Hector Soto, has not recovered 100 percent from an injury, so our decision was to not bring

him. How we finish in this tournament will depend on how his replacement, Ezequiel Cruz, and the 4 or

5 other young players compete. I don’t want to choose a favorite to win the tournament, but the

strongest teams are USA, Cuba and Canada.”

Mexico has a specific goal for the tournament, but also a dream. “Our dream, and it is a dream, is to

qualify for the Olympic Games,” Mexico Coach Jorge Miguel Azair said. “However, to play in the

semifinals by finishing second in our pool is our goal. We know our team is not at the same level of Cuba

and USA. Since the Pan American Games, we have not had any scrimmages and just returned back into

the gym three weeks ago with basically the same team. We have played together for so long, we should

be okay.”

Prior to the tournament, Dominican Republic expressed it is not backing down from the challenge to

qualify for the Olympics. “The Dominican Republic is bringing its best players – we are here to compete,”

Dominican Republic Coach Jacinto Campechano said. “In each match we will be fighting to the death.

We are in the strongest pool with Cuba, Canada and Puerto Rico. It may seem like David versus Goliath

matches, but we don’t think that way. We would like to reach the top four places, and after that we will

see how it happens day!by!day.”

The coaches of Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago view the tournament as opportunities to grow as a

team and with their own goals against a strong field.

“Technically, we have been practicing for three months,” Costa Rica Coach Cesar Salas said. “Our goal is

to give our best efforts versus Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago, while giving a good match against the

USA. Our mission is to finish second or third in Group A. Going into the tournament, I believe the USA is

the favorite.”

“I know this tournament will be tough and competitive every day,” Trinidad & Tobago Coach Gideon

Dickson said. “We would like to produce some surprises in this tournament. We are happy to represent

our country and the Caribbean region at this tournament.”

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