1st beach soccer championship for CONCACAF
2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Host country Costa Rica Dates 13–17 September Teams 5 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 1 Hotel Punta Leona (in 1 Garabito host cities) Champions United States (1st title) Runners-up Canada Third place Costa Rica Fourth place Mexico Matches played 10 Goals scored 83 (8.3 per match) Top scorer(s) Ricardo VillalobosBest player(s) Francis Farberoff
International football competition
The 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship , also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF) , was the first beach soccer championship for CONCACAF, held in September 2006, in Puntarenas , Costa Rica .
The USA won the championship, with Canada finishing second. The two moved on to play in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2 November - 12 November.
Competing nations
Team USA Roster
The following outlines the player roster and coaching staff for Team USA [ 1] during the 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Tournament:
Player Name
Position
Date of Birth
Luis Montanoz
GK
27.07.1982
Austin Roman
DF
14.09.1979
Brendon Taguinod
DF
02.02.1979
Yurt Maraler
MF
30.09.1981
Benyam Astorga
DF
14.05.1972
Ronald Silva
FW
11.11.1982
Joshua Hill
DF
02.07.1981
Anthony Chimienti
FW
17.06.1979
Zak Ibsen
DF
06.06.1972
Francis Farberoff
FW
16.03.1975
Raphael Xexeo
FW
30.10.1979
Bayard Lifvin
GK
01.02.1981
Coaching and Support Staff
Technical Director : Roberto Ceciliano
Assistant Coach : Chris Antonopoulos
Coordinator : Georgi Katron
Doctor : Brad Moser
Trainer : Mike Overturi
Matches
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Final standings
Winners
(2006) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF) Winners:
United States First title
Awards
Best Player (MVP)
Francis Farberoff
Top Scorer
Ricardo Villalobos
Best Goalkeeper
Jim Larkin
FIFA Fair Play Award
Canada
References
External links
Asia Africa North America Central America and Caribbean South America Oceania Europe Games
AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA 1 No qualifiers took place; representatives were selected by the confederation.
2 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification.
3 Qualification was achieved through the
Euro Beach Soccer League .
(p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.