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Steve Bottjer,
April 13, 2013 |
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Showing their mettle, the Canadian U17 Men’s National Team came back from behind twice to defeat Jamaica 4-2 in their quarter-final match at the CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama. With the victory, Canada have booked their place at the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013.
Andrew Gordon scored a pair of goals while Hanson Boakai and Jordan Hamilton chipped in with a goal each as Canada's U17's mounted a dramatic second-half comeback to salvage its qualifying campaign.
Match Highlights: Canada M17 4-2 Jamaica:
"It is a tremendous feeling and you cannot take these moments for granted," said U-17 Head Coach Sean Fleming.
"The boys were immense in the second half and to qualify for our second-consecutive FIFA U-17 World Cup is a great achievement for this program."
This marks the sixth time that Canada has qualified for a FIFA U-17 World Cup.
CANM17: Behind the scenes after qualifying for the World Cup:
After a 16-year absence from the competition (1995 to 2011), the country has now qualified for its second-straight time after claiming its first-ever point at the tournament at Mexico 2011.
Canada will now take on hosts Panama in the semi-final of the CONCACAF Championship on Wednesday April 17th in Panama City.
Fleming's U-17 side will be looking to go on to claim Canada's 4th CONCACAF Youth Championship medal in the last six tournaments.
CANM17 - Canada qualify for World Cup, reaction from Sean Fleming:
CANM17: Canada qualify for World Cup, player reaction:
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