On Tuesday, 7News told you about the U-15 National Football team's performance in the Cayman Islands in the first ever Under 15 Tournament organized by CONCACAF. The team faced St. Lucia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Grenada in Group B, and they played exceptionally, scoring 11 goals, and only giving up three, and defeating all the teams in their group except Guatemala, which managed to advance to the next round.
With a final performance of 3 wins and 1 loss, the Belize Delegation has been knocked out of the tournament, but they aren't returning home until Monday. That's because they have been awarded by CONCACAF with an extended stay, all expenses paid at their hotel, Holiday Inn Resort. The reason?Because of their good, disciplined behavior of the entire delegation, along with their outstanding performance on the field.
As an added bonus, And, they will play a friendly match against a local team, which is being organized by the Cayman Islands Minister of Sports.
The team has also been well received by the Belizeans living in the Cayman Islands, who've taken the young men around the island. Today, they went to the beach and afterwards, they were treated to pizza. Tomorrow, they will be going to Dolphin Cove and in the afternoon they travel on Cayman Airways to Cayman Bac, the island where they will play the friendly match On Sunday. Later in the evening, they will be treated to a dinner party, and on Sunday, they get a final day out before watching the CONCACAF U-15 Championships match.
They are the first ever Belize national football team to win three games in a tournament organized by either UNCAF or CONCACAF.
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