Trinidad and Tobago and Puerto Rico were among the teams that opened the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers on a winning note as they blanked St Vincent and the Grenadines and US Virgin Islands 3-0 and 5-0, respectively, in lopsided Group A and B encounters on Monday.
Puerto Rico proved too good for St Vincent and the Grenadines in the first game of the new format at Estadio Centroamericano in Mayagüez.
Gabriella Garnett started the goal count in the third minute with a left-footed shot in the penalty area. She then secured her brace in the seventh minute with a left-foot shot from outside the area.
Selymar Centeno added the third in the 21st with a right-footed hit from the right side of the area.
Meanwhile, Daley Outerbridge’s brace lifted Bermuda above the Cayman Islands in the other Group A contest at the same venue.
Outerbridge broke the deadlock in the 44th on an assist by Milan Gibbons-Thomas. She later pounced on a loose ball in the area and fired home in the 53rd to seal the win.
Over in Group B, Orielle Martin registered a four-timer that piloted host Trinidad and Tobago to a handsome victory over US Virgin Islands Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
Martin opened the scoring with a left-footed shot in the 27th, with a second coming two minutes later in the 29th. She completed the hat-trick in the 60th with a shot from a distance, while the fourth was a volley in the 66th.
Nikita Gosine tucked away a right-footed strike in time added to cap the win and send the Twin Island Republic atop the group ahead of Honduras, who were 2-0 winners over Belize.
Jazlyn Sanchez (sixth) and Alexandra Merriam (90+2) got Honduras’ goals.
Meanwhile, in Group C, Yaiselis López (44th) and Aneilis Calvo (64th) saw Cuba to a 2-1 win over Guyana, who got their goal from Alexaudria Chasles (56th) at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Panama then mauled Turks and Caicos Islands 9-0 in the feature contest of the Group C double-header.
Braces from Alison Onodera (38th, 54th) and Shaday Mow (79th, 86th) led the way for Panama, with Analía Arosemena (third), Kelly Zapata (30th), Thelma Montenegro (68th), Xianna Yee (77th), and Stacy Montenegro (90+1) getting the others.
Elsewhere, El Salvador were also 9-0 winners over Anguilla, while Guatemala secured a 3-1 win over Curacao in the Group D double-header at Estadio Nacional in Managua, Nicaragua.
Maya Buerger got a four-timer for El Salvador in 30th, 36th, 54th, and 81st, while Angelina Carrillo (sixth), Abigail Salgado (eighth), Ava Rodriguez (34th), Abigail Salgado (40th), and Angelie Alvarenga (48th) got the others.
In the feature contest, Allison Mayorga (second), Linda Galindo (32nd), and Waleska Franco (88th) got the job done for Guatemala, while Jeandrelys Alexandre (15th) pulled one goal back for Curaçao.