Cuban U17 soccer team begins Central American tour

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 15 (acn) The Cuban U17soccer team will leave for Panama today, where they will start a six-game Central American tour as training for upcoming events.

The squad coached by Rufino Sotolongo will play in Panama on March 18th and 20th; then they will move to Honduras to hold matches on the days 22 and 24, and later they will visit El Salvador, where they will play on March 27 and 29.
It is worth mentioning that their respective rivals in those six games will always be their national counterparts of that category.
The young Cuban side is led by a lethal offensive trident, made up by left winger Brian Savigne, who is the leading scorer of the team, as well as Ribaldo Romero, right winger, and Yandry Romero serves as central striker.
This squad, which recently held two friendly matches in Jamaica with balance of one draw and one loss, is training to attend the CONCACAF final, based in Panama from next April 23.
That contest on Panamanian soil will enroll 12 teams divided into three groups. Cuba appears in Pool B, along with Costa Rica, Suriname and Canada, the latter will be its first rival on April 25th.
The four best teams of that tournament will get tickets to the U17 World Cup with headquarters in India, from October 6. Cuba has attended two WC in this category: Scotland 1989 and Italy 1991.