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1973 CONCACAF Championship Qualification
The 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification consisted of a single round of play. The 14 teams were divided into 6 groups of 2 or 3 teams (four groups with 2 teams and two groups with 3 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would then advance to the tournament. Results Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Mexico advance to the tournament. Group 2 ---- Guatemala advance to the tournament. Group 3 ---- Honduras advance to the tournament. Group 4 Jamaica withdrew, so Netherlands Antilles advance to the tournament automatically. Group 5 ---- Haiti advance to the tournament. Group 6 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Trinidad and Tobago advance to the tournament. Goalscorers ;6 goals * Emmanuel Sanon ;5 goals * Steve David ;4 goals * Arnold Robert Zebeda * Sammy Llewellyn ;3 goals * Rigoberto Gómez * Raymond Roberts * Willy Roy ;2 goals * Patrick Morris * Nelson Melgar * Jean-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 CONCACAF Championship
The 1973 CONCACAF Championship, the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Haiti from 29 November to 18 December. All matches were played at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince. This is the first edition to double as qualification for the World Cup. Haiti became winners for the first time in the CONCACAF region and qualified for West Germany '74. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the World Cup. Qualification Venues Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Haiti qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Goalscorers ;7 goals * Steve David ;5 goals * Emmanuel Sanon ;4 goals * Octavio Muciño ;3 goals * Rubén Guifarro * Horacio López Salgado ;2 goals * Everald Cummings ;1 goal * Juan Banegas * Benjamín Monterroso * René Morales * Jorge Roldán * Jean-Claude Désir * Guy Saint-Vil * Roger Saint-Vil * Jorge Alberto Bran Guevara * Ó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Douglas (Canadian Soccer)
Jimmy Douglas (born October 6, 1948 in Falkirk, Scotland) is a former Scottish-Canadian soccer midfielder and head coach. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League and earned fourteen caps for the Canadian national soccer team. Club career Born in Scotland, Douglas moved to Canada in 1964 when he was sixteen. He almost immediately began playing for St. Catharines Heidelberg in the National Soccer League and by 1972 was in the first team. In 1974, he played in the North American Soccer League with the Toronto Metros before returning to St. Catharines Heidelberg for one season and Hamilton Croatia also for one season. In 1977, he played with league rivals Toronto First Portuguese. He signed with St. Catharines Roma for the 1978 season, and was named the team's captain. He later became coach of St. Catharines Roma Wolves, serving as general manager in at least 2002 and 2003. In 2002, he was inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame. Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie
The Netherlands Antillean Football Union ( nl, Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, or NAVU) was the governing body of football in the former Netherlands Antilles between September 1958 and February 2011. Its jurisdiction consisted of the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire and (until 1986) Aruba. NAVU was established on 5 September 1958 following a merger between Aruba Football Federation (AVB) and Curaçao Football Association (CVB). The Bonaire Football Federation (BVB) later joined on 4 August 1963. The FIFA membership of CVB was transferred to NAFU in 1958. NAVU was a founding member of CONCACAF in September 1961. The Aruba Football Federation split from NAFU in 1986 and becoming a full member of CONCACAF and two years later, a full member of FIFA. In February 2011, NAFU was succeeded by Federashon Futbol Korsou (FFK) following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. References Netherlands Antilles Football in the Netherlands Antilles Football Football is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Robinson (soccer)
Brian Robinson (born 1953) is a former Canadian national soccer team player. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia. Club career Robinson started playing at the age of ten with the Evening Optimist Club in his home town and later starred in the Victoria High School team that reached the B.C. High School final in 1966. At 17 he was playing for Vic West in the Victoria City League where he played for two years before joining Victoria United in the Pacific Coast League. By 1970 he was playing in the Western Canada Soccer League for the Victoria Royals and was a member of the WCSL championship team in that year. While most of his club career was spent in Victoria, where he won a Canadian Championship medal with a team sponsored by the London Boxing Club in 1975, Robinson played the whole of the 1976 season for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the North American Soccer League. International career By 1972 his power and quickness took him to the national team and he made his internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad And Tobago Football Federation
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is the governing body of football in Trinidad and Tobago. It is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football and including the men's and women's national teams. The TTFA is also responsible for sanctioning referees and football tournaments for leagues in Trinidad and Tobago. The association was known as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) between 1992 and 1 July 2013. History The first World Cup qualification campaign for the national team began in 1965 in preparation for the 1966 World Cup. The team failed to qualify after finishing last in their group in the First Round of qualification. However, in 1973, Trinidad and Tobago came within two points of qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in controversial fashion. Trinidad and Tobago lost a crucial game on 4 December 1973 against hosts Haiti 2–1 having five of their goals disal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mexico City. It is the official home of football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul as well as the Mexico national football team. The stadium sits at an altitude of above sea level. With an official capacity of 87,523, it is the largest stadium in Mexico and Latin America. The National Football League (NFL) features one game at Estadio Azteca per season as a part of their International Series. Regarded as one of the most famous and iconic football stadiums in the world, it is the first to have hosted two FIFA World Cup Finals; in the 1970 World Cup Final, Brazil defeated Italy 4–1, and in the 1986 World Cup Final, Argentina defeated West Germany 3–2. It also hosted the 1986 quarter-final match between Argentina and England in which Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of God goal" and the "Goal of the Century". The Estadio Azteca is the only football stadium in the world to have both Pelé (1970) and Diego Marado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Borja
Enrique David Borja García (born 30 December 1945) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. Borja is the sixth all-time leading scorer of the Mexico national team. Career He played club football for UNAM until his transfer to Club América in 1969. He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970–1971 (24 goals), in 1971–1972 (26 goals) and in 1972–1973 (20 goals) and was a champion with the club on two occasions (1971 & 1976). Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970. He scored his lone World Cup goal in a group stage match against France in the 1966 edition, which ended in a 1–1 draw. After retirement Borja has been the club president of Club Necaxa and of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. He was co-commentator for the American television network, Univision, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament (June – July 2006), with Fernando Fiore, a veteran Univision sports commentator. On 31 October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Bustos
Fernando Bustos Castañeda (1 August 1944 – 23 September 1979) was a Mexican footballer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Death Bustos died in a car accident on the road to Querétaro in 1979, aged just 35. Legacy Bustos was inducted into ''Salón de la Fama del futbol'' in Pachuca on November 13, 2018. Honours Cruz Azul * UEFA-CONCACAF Cup: 1969 * CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1969, 1970, 1971 * Mexican Primera División: 1968–69, México 1970, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79 * Mexican Segunda División: 1963-64 * Copa México: 1968–69 * Campeón de Campeones: 1969, 1973 * Campeonísimo: 1969 National team : CONCACAF Championship: 1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ... Notes References External links * * 1944 births 1979 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesáreo Victorino (footballer, Born 1947)
Cesáreo Victorino Ramírez (8 February 1947 – 19 June 1999) was a Mexican footballer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... After his active career, Victorino worked as a coach. He recently trained a young team from CF Pachuca. On 19 June 1999 he was on a bus trip to Acapulco with a team trained by him to complete a friendship game. In the immediate vicinity of the city of Cuernavaca the bus failed. There were 15 injured and five death victims, including Cesáreo Victorino. References 1947 births 1999 deaths Footballers from Mexico City Association football forwards Olympic footballers of Mexico Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cruz Azul footballers Mexican footballers Road incident deaths in Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federación Salvadoreña De Fútbol
The Salvadoran Football Federation ( es, Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol or ) is the official governing football organization in El Salvador and is in charge of the El Salvador national football team, and El Salvador national beach soccer team The federation is also in charge of the three tiers of domestic club competition, including the top-flight Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. In May 2010, FIFA briefly suspended teams and associated members from international competition on the grounds that the Salvadoran government had not acknowledged the authority of the Normalisation Committee set up to represent FESFUT. On May 28, the suspension was lifted. In November 2010 the federation started the first women's football league in El Salvador. In September 2013, the federation imposed a life-time ban on 14 members of the country's national team for match-fixing and another three players were banned for between six and 18 months. The players were accused of receiving brib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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