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Haití: U-20 Women Trounce D.R. 4-0 en Clasificación Copa del Mundo

SAN CRISTOBAL, República Dominicana (defend.ht) - Después de derrotar a Jamaica el viernes, el haitiano sub-20 del equipo nacional de fútbol para mujer de la República Dominicana derrotó 4-0, domingo, la clasificación para la fase 2 de la Copa Mundial 2012 Eliminatorias en Uzbekistán.

Le Matin reported from the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristóbal, D.R. where the national women's under twenty years team earned their tickets to the final round of the World Cup Qualifiers.

Yolande Meron tallied for two (2) of Haiti's points and Clorène Rateau (1) and Guthan Anselm (1) accounted for one each.

On Friday January 6th, the group-favorite Reggae Girls of Jamaica took a 1-0 lost at the hands of the Lady Grenadiers.

Haiti remains in first place in the group with Jamaica trailing and out of reach of Haiti. Jamaica defeated the Cayman Islands (2-0).

Group Standings:

PaísWins/LossesPoints
Haití2-06
Jamaica1-13
Cayman
Islands
1-1-2
Dominican
Republic
0-2-4

Tuesday the 10th the national team will play their last group match against the Cayman Islands and the Dominicans will play the Jamaicans.

Only one team will qualify for the final round.

It should be noted that the United States, Panama, Guatemala, Canada, Mexico and Haiti have already validated their ticket for the final round of the playoffs.

The World Cup will be played in summer 2012 in Uzbekistan.

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