2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification was a women's under-17 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: ^[1]

• Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically
• Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF)
• Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU), including Grenada who qualified automatically as hosts

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan. ^[2]

Teams

A total of 27 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, four teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 23 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone	Teams entering	No. of teams
North American Zone (NAFU)	Canada (qualified automatically for final tournament)   Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)   United States (qualified automatically for final tournament)	3
Central American Zone (UNCAF)	Belize   Costa Rica   El Salvador   Guatemala   Honduras   Nicaragua   Panama	7
Caribbean Zone (CFU)	Grenada (qualified automatically for final tournament)   Bahamas   Barbados   Bermuda   British Virgin Islands   Cayman Islands   Cuba   Curaçao   Dominica   Dominican Republic   Haiti   Jamaica   Puerto Rico   Saint Kitts and Nevis   Saint Lucia   Suriname   Trinidad and Tobago	17

Did not enter
North American Zone (NAFU)	None
Central American Zone (UNCAF)	None
Caribbean Zone (CFU)	Anguilla   Antigua and Barbuda   Aruba   Bonaire 1   French Guiana 1   Guadeloupe 1   Guyana   Martinique 1   Montserrat   Saint Martin 1   Sint Maarten 1   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Turks and Caicos Islands   U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes

¹ Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Central American zone

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)

Eliminatoria Sub-17 Femenina de UNCAF 2015
Tournament details
Host countries	Guatemala (group A) Honduras (group B)
Dates	4–15 November 2015
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	44 (7.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Merilyn Alvarado Gloriana Villalobos (5 goals each)
← 2013 2018 →

In the Central American Zone, all seven UNCAF member national teams entered the qualifying competition. They were divided into one group of four teams and one group of three teams, as drawn on 28 February 2015 at the UNCAF Executive Committee meeting in Managua, Nicaragua. ^[3] Group A was played between 4–8 November 2015 in Guatemala, while Group B was played between 11–15 November in Honduras (originally between 27–31 October 2015 before Panama withdrew). ^[4] The two group winners qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives.

Times UTC−6.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala (H)	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
2	El Salvador	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
3	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04)

11:00

Nicaragua	1–7	El Salvador
Flores 74'	Report	MacNally 2' Cruz 18', 51', 84', ?' López 28' Tobar 68'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

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6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)

11:00

Guatemala	4–0	Nicaragua
Oliva 27', 54' Moulds 71', 90+1'	Report

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

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8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)

11:00

Guatemala	1–0	El Salvador
Mayén 90'	Report

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	21	0	+21	6	2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
2	Honduras (H)	2	1	0	1	9	6	+3	3
3	Belize	2	0	0	2	1	24	−23	0
4	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts

11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)

16:00

Honduras	9–1	Belize
Romero 9', 75' Ponce 12', 15' Martínez 22' Mejía 37', 57' Bonilla 47', 51'	Report	Vernon 81'

Estadio Carlos Miranda, Comayagua

Referee: Cibeles Miranda (El Salvador)

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13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

16:00

Costa Rica	15–0	Belize
M. Salas 1', 45+1' Villalobos 3', 27', 36' Del Campo 23' (pen.) Alvarado 35', 61', 72', 88' Corrales 48', 82' Y. Salas 57' Marín 86' Sanabria 88'	Report

Estadio Carlos Miranda, Comayagua

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15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

18:00

Honduras	0–6	Costa Rica
	Report	M. Salas 16', 22' Alvarado 46' Villalobos 51', 70' Del Campo 87'

Estadio Carlos Miranda, Comayagua

Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Merilyn Alvarado
• Gloriana Villalobos

4 goals

• María Paula Salas
• Ashley Cruz

2 goals

• Hillary Corrales
• Valeria del Campo
• Karla Moulds
• Niurka Oliva
• Lisbeth Bonilla
• Katherine Mejía
• Sandra Ponce
• Fátima Romero

1 goal

• Shandy Vernon
• Carmen Marín
• Yedry Salas
• María Sanabria
• Astrid López
• Kali MacNally
• Ashley Tobar
• Yuvitza Mayén
• Kiara Martínez
• Yessenia Flores

Caribbean zone

2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)

2015 CFU Women's Under-17 Qualifier
Tournament details
Host countries	Dominican Republic (group 1)   Haiti (group 2)   Saint Kitts and Nevis (group 3)   Suriname (group 4)   Puerto Rico (final round)
Dates	15 July – 22 November 2015
Teams	16 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Jamaica
Runners-up	Haiti
Third place	Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	164 (4.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nérilia Mondésir (14 goals)
← 2013 2018 →

In the Caribbean Zone, 16 CFU member national teams entered the qualifying competition (Dominica was not included in the original draw, but was later added). ^[5] Among them, 15 teams entered the first round, where they were divided into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The groups were played between 15–19 July and 22–26 August 2015 and hosted by one of the teams in each group. The four group winners, the two best runners-up of the four-team groups, and the runner-up of the three-team group advanced to the final round to be joined by final round hosts Puerto Rico.

In the final round, played between 13–22 November 2015 in Puerto Rico, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, where the top two teams of each group advanced to play a single-elimination tournament. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives besides hosts Grenada.

Times UTC−4; UTC−3 for Group 4.

First round

Group 1

Matches played in Dominican Republic.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Final round
2	Dominican Republic (H)	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Cayman Islands	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Bahamas	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)

14:00

Cayman Islands	0–6	Cuba
	Report	Sablon ?', ?' Mengana ?' Pérez ?', ?' Aguilar ?'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)

16:30

Dominican Republic	2–0	Bahamas
Balbuena 44', 90+2'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

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17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)

14:00

Cuba	5–1	Bahamas
Pérez 10', 50' Cabrera 35' Espinosa 55' Sablon 63'	Report	Simms 18'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)

16:30

Dominican Republic	3–2	Cayman Islands
Taveras 37' Balbuena 43' López 47' (pen.)	Report	Green 89' Suberan 90+2'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

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19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)

14:00

Bahamas	0–2	Cayman Islands
	Report	Green ?' Suberan ?'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)

16:30

Dominican Republic	0–2	Cuba
	Report	Sablon 10' Ramos 60'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Group 2

Matches played in Haiti.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti (H)	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10	6	Final round
2	Bermuda	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	3
3	Curaçao	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)

18:00

Curaçao	1–6	Bermuda
Hart 16'	Report	Lowe-Darrell 14' Nesbeth 27', 47', 59' Durham 45' Lindo 55'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

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17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)

18:00

Haiti	7–1	Curaçao
Mondésir 33', 58', 67' Dacius 56' Dumornay 61' Jean-Thomas 77', 80'	Report	Martina 4'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

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19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)

18:00

Haiti	4–0	Bermuda
Mondésir ?', ?', ?', ?'	Report

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Group 3

Matches played in Saint Kitts and Nevis. In the original draw, the group included only three teams, ^[5] but Dominica was later added to this group. ^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Final round
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis (H)	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Dominica	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	British Virgin Islands	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22)

17:30

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Dominica
Jack 66' Campbell 68' Honore 72' Ward 88'

Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22)

20:00

Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–1	British Virgin Islands
Pemberton 19', 36' Browne 46'		K. Lowery 85' (pen.)

Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre

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25 August 2015 (2015-08-25)

09:30

British Virgin Islands	0–8	Trinidad and Tobago
		Jack 19', 67' Honore 29', 47', 65' Ward 44' Theodore 88' Henry 90+1'

Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25)

15:30

Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–0	Dominica
Phillip 68'

Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre

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26 August 2015 (2015-08-26)

17:30

British Virgin Islands	1–2	Dominica
E. Lowery ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre

26 August 2015 (2015-08-26)

20:00

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–4	Trinidad and Tobago
		Honore 25', 90' Henry 36' Theodore 73'

Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre

The second round of matches, originally scheduled for 24 August (17:30 and 20:00), were delayed to 25 August due to a tropical storm. ^[7]

Group 4

Matches played in Suriname.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	9	Final round
2	Barbados	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Suriname (H)	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
4	Saint Lucia	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)

15:30

Barbados	1–2	Jamaica
Clarke 14'	Report	Gordon 22', 31'

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)

18:00

Suriname	5–0	Saint Lucia
Dompig ?', ?', ?' Renfrum ?' Tjoen A Choy ?'	Report

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

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17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)

15:30

Jamaica	14–0	Saint Lucia
Brown 5', 3', 38', 54' S. Clarke 8', 34' T. Clarke 16', 27', 29' Nelson 19', 21', 90+3' Pitter 63' Perrier 65'	Report

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)

18:00

Suriname	1–2	Barbados
Righters ?'	Report	Jarvis ?' Carrington ?'

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

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19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)

15:30

Saint Lucia	0–3	Barbados
	Report	Clarke ?' Jarvis ?' Carrington ?'

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)

18:00

Suriname	0–1	Jamaica
	Report	Perrier 62'

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

Ranking of second-placed teams

In addition to the runner-up of Group 2 (with three teams), the two best runners-up of Groups 1, 3 and 4 (with four teams) also advance to the final round.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	4	Barbados	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Final round
2	1	Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6

Source: CFU

Final round

Matches played in Puerto Rico. ^[8]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Puerto Rico (H)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Bermuda	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

16:30

Cuba	1–0	Bermuda
Pérez 62'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

19:30

Puerto Rico	2–2	Jamaica
Díaz 17' (pen.), 28'		T. Clarke 12' Fray 69'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

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15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

16:30

Jamaica	5–1	Bermuda
Fray 6', 14' T. Clarke 44' Brown 59' Gordon 67'	Report	Christopher 50'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)

19:00

Puerto Rico	1–2	Cuba
Cotto 80'	Report	Pérez 35' Sarria 50'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

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17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

16:30

Cuba	1–2	Jamaica
Sablon 61'		Gordon 68', 71'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

19:30

Puerto Rico	2–0	Bermuda
Díaz 30' (pen.), 67'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	9	Semi-finals
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Barbados	3	0	0	3	2	24	−22	0

Source: CFU

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

16:30

Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	Dominican Republic
Ward 34', 45' Theordore 43' James 61'	Report	Cambiazo 2'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

19:00

Haiti	13–0	Barbados
Mondésir 2', 40', 43', 68' Nicolas 32' Dacius 42', 45' Pierre 55', 74' Éloissaint 85', 88' Saint-Félix 67', 90'	Report

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

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16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)

16:30

Dominican Republic	0–3	Haiti
		Nicolas 17' Éloissaint 20' Millien 90+3'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)

19:00

Trinidad and Tobago	7–1	Barbados
John 4' Ellis 18', 45' Fortune 56', 58' Honore 67', 70'		Carrington 60'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

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18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)

16:30

Barbados	1–4	Dominican Republic
Padmore 25'		Ureña 5' (pen.) López 6', 86' Balbuena 43' (pen.)

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)

19:00

Haiti	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Nicolas 9', 26' Mondésir 39' Pierre 50'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.

20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)

16:30

Jamaica	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Fray 83'	Report

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)

19:30

Haiti	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Cuba
Nicolas 16' Mondésir 99' Pierre 104'	Report	Ferrer 23' Corcho 109'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Third place playoff

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)

16:30

Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Cuba
Theodore 25', 76' Paul 69'	Report

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Final

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)

19:30

Jamaica	2–1	Haiti
Smart 3' Brown 67'	Report	Mondésir 71'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Goalscorers

14 goals

• Nérilia Mondésir

7 goals

• Nia Honore

6 goals

• Lilian Pérez
• Jody Brown

5 goals

• Yilianny Sablon
• Nelourde Nicolas
• Tarania Clarke
• Rena Gordon
• Laurelle Theodore
• Ranae Ward

4 goals

• Dayarí Balbuena
• Lovelie Pierre
• Marlee Fray
• Ángela Díaz

3 goals

• Shaunte Carrington
• Leilanni Nesbeth
• María López
• Melissa Dacius
• Roseline Éloissaint
• Shanhaine Nelson
• Chayenne Dompig
• Kaydeen Jack

2 goals

• Nashandi Clarke
• Felicia Jarvis
• Chelsea Green
• Sabrina Suberan
• Dolores Jean-Thomas
• Mikerline Saint-Félix
• Sherice Clarke
• Monique Perrier
• Zynzelle Pemberton
• Amaya Ellis
• Alexis Fortune
• Kelsey Henry

1 goal

• Hannan Simms
• Caitlin Padmore
• Nia Christopher
• Zakiyah Durham
• Teyah Lindo
• Symira Lowe-Darrell
• Emily Lowery
• Katie Lowery
• Nahomi Aguilar
• Braysi Cabrera
• Wendy Corcho
• Maidevis Espinosa
• Sairy Ferrer
• Maristiania Mengana
• Yenifer Ramos
• Yilien Sarria
• Lindsay Hart
• Sjulienne Martina
• Carmen Cambiazo
• Ana Taveras
• Minely Ureña
• Melchie Dumornay
• Wagnelada Millien
• Tateyana Pitter
• Shayla Smart
• Josephine Cotto
• Shaniqua Browne
• Zhane Phillip
• Brandy Renfrum
• Nancy Righters
• Shania Tjoen A Choy
• Raenah Campbell
• Asha James
• Natisha John
• Shenieka Paul

Note: Two goals scored by Dominica missing goalscorer information.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament 1
Canada	Automatic qualifier	N/A	4 (2008, 2010 , 2012, 2013)
Mexico	Automatic qualifier	N/A	4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 )
United States	Automatic qualifier	N/A	4 ( 2008 , 2010, 2012 , 2013)
Grenada	Hosts	15 May 2015 [1]	0 (debut)
Guatemala	Central American Zone Group A winner	8 November 2015	2 ( 2012 , 2013)
Costa Rica	Central American Zone Group B winner	15 November 2015	2 (2008, 2010 )
Jamaica	Caribbean Zone 1st place	20 November 2015	4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 )
Haiti	Caribbean Zone 2nd place	20 November 2015	2 (2010, 2013)

¹Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

1. "Grenada to host Under-17 Women's Championship". CONCACAF. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
3. "Se definieron los grupos para las Eliminatorias Sub-20 y Sub-17 femeninas de UNCAF" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
4. "Definido el Calendario para la Eliminatoria Sub-17 Femenina de UNCAF". UNCAF. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
5. "CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers kicks off on July 15". Caribbean Football Union. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
6. "Group 3 CFU 2015 Women's U-17 Qualifiers begins in St Kitts & Nevis on August 22". CFU. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
7. "Matches Postponed". ZIZ. August 25, 2015.
8. "U17 female footballers set for CFU finals". Caribbean Football Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

External links

• Under 17s – Women, CONCACAF.com
• Fútbol Femenino Sub-17, UNCAFut.com (in Spanish)
• Women's U17, CFUfootball.org