Guyana to open Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador today
FLASHBACK! Guyana’s Jamal Haynes, who picked up the 2017 Scotiabank Young Player Award at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, scored what was described as the Goal-of-the-Tournament.
FLASHBACK! Guyana’s Jamal Haynes, who picked up the 2017 Scotiabank Young Player Award at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, scored what was described as the Goal-of-the-Tournament.

DRAWN in ‘Group D’ of the 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, Guyana will open their quest to qualify for this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, against El Salvador today in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The Abdulla Hamid-coached team will be led by Deshawn Joseph (captain), Jermaine Grandison, Michael Wilson, Kennard Simon, Keon Sears, Cordel Johnson, Jeffon Figueira, Shane Luckie, Jamal Haynes, Ethan Sparman Trevon Archibald and Jashaun Moore.

Dwallon Farrell is the team’s manager, while the physiotherapist is Quincy Paddy.

Following today’s game against El Salvador, Guyana will next play Guadeloupe tomorrow, and will close their Group D round of matches against Belize on May 16.

The 2019 edition of the biennial CONCACAF tournament, which will be held with the support of the Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta, will see Guyana among the best 16 national beach soccer teams in the region – Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States and the US Virgin Islands.

The best-ranked two teams in the competition will ensure qualification for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.

In Group A, Mexico, the home side, will face Costa Rica, Jamaica and Guatemala. Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and the US Virgin Islands are in Group B, while in Group C, United States will face opposition from Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda and Bonaire.

After round-robin play, the first- and second-place finishers of each group will advance to the quarter-finals, whose winners will advance to the semi-finals. Semi-final winners will automatically qualify for the tournament’s final, as well as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.

In the last edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in The Bahamas, Panama overcame Mexico in the final, to win their first Beach Soccer title.

In 2017, Guyana’s Haynes walked away with the Scotiabank Young Player Award, as the 21-year-old Haynes impressed fans, players and officials with a dazzling array of skills and goals.

Guyana defeated Belize 4-1 in the group stage and Antigua & Barbuda 6-4 in the placement stage to end 12th out of 16 teams.

Playing up front for most of the tournament, Haynes scored a hat-trick in the win against Antigua & Barbuda, including one of the goals of the tournament – a spectacular overhead kick that soared into the top corner.

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