{ "title": "Canada Will Host 2004 Under-19 Qualifying Tournament", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:41:54", "published_at": "2003-11-04 10:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-will-host-2004-under-19-qualifying-tournament", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/k3Fd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Ottawa, Ontario \u2013 The Canadian Soccer Association announced it will host the Final Round of the Women\u2019s Under-19 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament next year after the CONCACAF Executive Committee awarded the hosting rights to the CSA at a meeting in Miami, Florida. The event will take place between May\u2026", "slug": "canada-will-host-2004-under-19-qualifying-tournament", "body": "

Ottawa, Ontario – The Canadian Soccer Association announced it will host the Final Round of the Women’s Under-19 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament next year after the CONCACAF Executive Committee awarded the hosting rights to the CSA at a meeting in Miami, Florida.
\u200bThe event will take place between May 28 and June 6, 2004 at both Ottawa’s Frank Clair Stadium and Montreal’s McGill University Molson Stadium.
\u200b“This is great news for the U-19 Team and for soccer in Canada,” said Canadian Women’s Under-19 head coach Ian Bridge. “I look forward to playing these important CONCACAF qualifying games in Montreal and Ottawa. The team will be excited and motivated to play in front of large, pro-Canadian crowds.”
\u200bThe Championship will be set up as two groups of four nations each (one led by Canada with an automatic berth as host) who will play a round robin tournament from May 28 to June 1. Cross over semi-finals involving the winners of each group playing the runners up in the other group will take place in Montreal on Friday June 4, 2004. Both semi-final winners will play in the CONCACAF Championship final in Ottawa on June 6, 2004 and will qualify for the Women’s U-19 World Championship, to be held November 10-27 in Thailand.
\u200bCanada earned a silver medal in the inaugural FIFA Under-19 Women’s World Championship in 2002 after being defeated 1:0 by the United States on a \u0093golden goal\u0094 in extra time in front of 49,000 fans at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium.
\u200b\u0093Given their success in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the great support women’s football receives in Canada, I have no doubt that the CONCACAF Under-19 Women’s Championship will be a huge success,” said CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer.
\u200bAs of now 22 National Associations have confirmed their participation in the CONCACAF Under-19 qualifying rounds. The preliminary zonal competitions are scheduled to take place from 15 January \u0096 31 March 2004.
\u200bConfirmed National Associations for 2004 CONCACAF U-19 Qualification
\u200bAnguilla
\u200bBahamas
\u200bBritish Virgin Islands
\u200bCanada *
\u200bCayman Islands
\u200bCosta Rica
\u200bDominica
\u200bDominican Republic
\u200bEl Salvador
\u200bGuatemala
\u200bHaiti
\u200bHonduras
\u200bJamaica
\u200bMexico
\u200bNicaragua
\u200bPanama
\u200bPuerto Rico
\u200bSaint Lucia
\u200bSuriname
\u200bTrinidad & Tobago
\u200bUSA
\u200bUS Virgin Islands

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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