{"id":4068,"date":"2019-07-25T12:26:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:29:09","slug":"grenada-beat-cayman-islands-as-concacaf-qualifying-for-tokyo-2020-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/25\/grenada-beat-cayman-islands-as-concacaf-qualifying-for-tokyo-2020-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada Beat Cayman Islands As CONCACAF Qualifying For Tokyo 2020 Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-preview\">\n<p><span class=\"article-author\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/writers\/24103\/dan-palmer\">Dan Palmer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grenada beat hosts Cayman Islands 1-0 as the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifying process for the Tokyo 2020 men&#8217;s Olympic tournament continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Darren Modoo scored the only goal of the game in the 54th minute to give his side the perfect start to their Group C campaign at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town.<\/p>\n<p>Group C is the last of the qualifying groups in the Caribbean region to begin play with the other three already complete.<\/p>\n<p>Only three teams are contesting it with Grenada meeting Haiti in the next game on Friday (July 26) and knowing that a win will be enough for them to top the pile.<\/p>\n<p>That would earn them a play-off clash with Group B winners Barbados, with the victors of that tie earning a spot among the final eight countries at the CONCACAF Men&#8217;s Olympic Qualifying Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Group A winners St Kitts and Nevis will play Group D winners Dominican Republic in the other play-off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-tweet fr-dvb\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsGFA\/status\/1154225968409657351\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--chevronRightCTA \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CONCACAF Under 23 Olympic Qualifiers Update: Full Time <br \/>Grenada 1-0 Cayman Islands<\/p>\n<p>Goal scored in the 54th minute of play. Goal scorer Darren Modoo.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Let&#39;s Talk Sport<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GFA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GFA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Concacaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Concacaf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPiceBoyz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPiceBoyz<\/a> @ Saint\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lIpp7Tp71p\">https:\/\/t.co\/lIpp7Tp71p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GrenadaFA (@GFAGrenada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GFAGrenada\/status\/1154225968409657351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haiti are due to play Cayman Islands in the final Group C game on Sunday (July 28), which could be a dead rubber.<\/p>\n<p>In Central America, Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador have all reached the CONCACAF Men&#8217;s Olympic Qualifying Championship after coming through two-leg contests.<\/p>\n<p>Regional powerhouses United States, Mexico and Canada have been given automatic places in the final eight tournament which will qualify two sides for Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Dates and a venue for this event have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s football at the Olympics features under-23 teams although three overage players are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico and Honduras represented CONCACAF at Rio 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Honduras finished fourth to narrowly miss out on the country&#8217;s first Olympic medal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source-<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1082579\/grenada-beat-cayman-islands-qualifiers\">https:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1082579\/grenada-beat-cayman-islands-qualifiers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By\u00a0Dan Palmer Grenada beat hosts Cayman Islands 1-0 as the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifying process for the Tokyo 2020 men&#8217;s Olympic tournament continued. Darren Modoo scored the only <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/25\/grenada-beat-cayman-islands-as-concacaf-qualifying-for-tokyo-2020-continues\/\" title=\"Grenada Beat Cayman Islands As CONCACAF Qualifying For Tokyo 2020 Continues\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-sports"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=678%2C527&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=678%2C527&ssl=1",678,527,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png",678,527,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png",678,527,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=300%2C233&ssl=1",300,233,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=678%2C527&ssl=1",678,527,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=678%2C527&ssl=1",678,527,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?fit=678%2C527&ssl=1",678,527,true],"mh-magazine-slider":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?resize=678%2C438&ssl=1",678,438,true],"mh-magazine-content":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?resize=678%2C381&ssl=1",678,381,true],"mh-magazine-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?resize=678%2C509&ssl=1",678,509,true],"mh-magazine-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?resize=326%2C245&ssl=1",326,245,true],"mh-magazine-small":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drealfmgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Capture.png?resize=80%2C60&ssl=1",80,60,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"adminrfm","author_link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/author\/adminrfm\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/category\/sports\/local-sports\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Local Sports<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"By\u00a0Dan Palmer Grenada beat hosts Cayman Islands 1-0 as the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifying process for the Tokyo 2020 men&#8217;s Olympic tournament continued. 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