Tournament kicks off March 28 on the Costa del Sol; Finals scheduled for Saturday, April 4

Miami (Monday, March 23, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today officially announced the final rosters for teams participating in this year’s CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, to be disputed from March 28 to April 4 in El Salvador.

Sixteen teams will compete in the championship, to be played in its entirety on the picturesque Costa del Sol in El Salvador. The final rosters for all the teams can be found below and at CONCACAF.com, along with tournament news and notes.

In addition to the regional title, the 16 participating Member Associations are all battling for one of two places in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015, scheduled for this July. The 2017 edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be hosted by CONCACAF Member Association the Bahamas.

Group A of this year’s CONCACAF Championship is headed by host El Salvador, alongside Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Belize. Group B was drawn with Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Guadeloupe, and the Turks & Caicos Islands – all in order of group position.

Group C is headed by the United States, to be joined by the Caribbean trio of the Bahamas, Barbados, and Antigua & Barbuda. The final four team group, Group D, is comprised of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The teams will play a round-robin stage among the group members on the first four match days, March 28-31.

The top two teams from each group after group play will reach the quarterfinal round on April 2. The following day will see two placement matches, in addition to the two semifinals – to be disputed among the quarterfinal winners — which will determine the finalists as well as the two FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup berths on offer.

The final match day of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship El Salvador 2015 takes place on April 4, with three placement matches followed by the Grand Final, which will determine the Confederation champion in the discipline.

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship El Salvador 2015
Men’s Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifying
Costa del Sol, El Salvador

Rosters (in alphabetical order by team):

Antigua & Barbuda
GK: Tahari Lewis (Ottos Rangers FC/ATG); Prince Walters (Bassa SC /ATG)

DF: Ranja Christian (Parham FC /ATG); Omarie Daniel (Hoppers FC /ATG); Gershum Philip (Bullets FC /ATG)

MD: Desmond Bleau (Seaview Farm FC /ATG); Dave Carr (Parham FC /ATG); Teon Miller (Ottos Rangers FC/ATG); Odel Murray (SAP FC /ATG)

FW: Stephen Hughes (Glanvilles FC /ATG); Elvis Thomas (Old Road FC /ATG); Sherwin Warner (Jennings United/ATG)

Belize
GK: Frank Lopez (Police United/Belize); Rugerri Orvin (San Pedro/Belize)

DF: Elton James (Sharks/Belize); Sean Alexander (Lions/Belize); Lloyd Francis (Wagiya/Belize)

MD: Lionel Lascelle (Bananeros/Belize); Keithon Marcel (Police United/Belize); John Fitzgerald (Police United/Belize)

FW: Jerome James (Belmopan Bandits/Belize); Franz Robert (Sharks/Belize); Dennis Dale (Belmopan Bandits/Belize); Shawn Raheem (Sharks/Belize)

Bahamas
GK: Christopher Davis (QBS Beach Soccer/BAH); Torin Ferguson (Bears/BAH)

DF: Daron Beneby (Bears/BAH); Dwayne Forbes (United/BAH); Gary Joseph (Dynamos/BAH)

FW: Gavin Christie (Cavalier/BAH); Ehren Hanna (QBS Beach Soccer/BAH); Nesly Jean (Bears/BAH); Timothy Munnings (Baha Juniors/BAH); Lesly St. Fleur (Mo. Bay United/BAH); Kyle Williams (Bears/BAH); Donovan Williamson (United/BAH)

Barbados
GK: Mario Albert (Bagatelle/BRB); Romayne Primus (Eden Stars/BRB)

DF: Tito Beckles (UWI/BRB); Elvin Griffith (Unattached/BRB); Andre Pinder (Eden Stars/BRB); Omar Primus (Tudor Bridge/BRB)

MD: Akeem Bourne (Kickstart/BRB); Jabari Branford (Kickstart/BRB)

FW: Duan Best (Pinelands/BRB); Reshawn Boxill (Clarkes Hill/BRB); Jamar Grazette (Eden Stars/BRB); Nicholas Jones (Gall Hill/BRB)

Costa Rica
GK: Niels Fallas Beita (Punta Leona/CRC)

DF: Alfredo Gabriel Azuola Urea (Heredia /CRC); Jason Campos Chavarria (Escazu/CRC); Jossimar Antonio Downer Aguilar (Limon/CRC); Danny Johnson Hadson (Limon/CRC); Jose Mendoza; Mac Adam (Puntarenas Jr/CRC); Christian Alonso Sanchez Gonzalez (Punta Leona/CRC); Andres Alberto Villegas Duran (Heredia /CRC)

FW: Luis Fius Fdo Jimenez Arias (Puntarenas Jr/CRC); William Andres Leon Cruz (Punta Leona/CRC); Gerivin Pacheco Quesada (Unattached/USA)

El Salvador
GK: Jose Eliodoro Portillo Lara (Unattached/SLV); Herbert Alexander Ramos Hernandez (Unattached/SLV)

DF: Douglas Nahun Zavala Alvarado (Unattached/SLV); Wilber Joel Zavala Alvarado (Unattached/SLV)

MD: Jose Ruben Batres Perdomo (Unattached/SLV); Tomas Antonio Hernandez (Unattached/SLV); Heber Antonio Ramos Rivera (Unattached/SLV)

FW: Eulalio Abraham Henriquez Moran (Unattached/SLV); Jose Roberto Membreño Lopez (Unattached/SLV); Elmer Atilio Robles Rodriguez (Unattached/SLV); Jose Agustin Ruiz Gonzalez (Unattached/SLV); Francisco Hernando Velasquez Henriquez (Unattached/SLV)

Guadalupe
GK: Didier Fazer (Moule Soccer Beach/GPE); Paul Zircon (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE)

DF: Terry Folin (Impérial Beach Soccer/GPE); Terry Shillingford (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE)

MD: Kevin Clairon (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE); Arnaud Crimee (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE); Cedric Farouille (Moule Soccer Beach/GPE); Ismar Foggea (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE); Damien Granchi (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE)

FW: Sebastien Hell (Gwada Beach Soccer/GPE); Richardson Petit (Impérial Beach Soccer/GPE); Sylrick Phirmis (Moule Soccer Beach/GPE)

Guatemala
GK: Jersson Adolfo Alas Leon (Pacific Team/GUA); Alex Omar Avila Grageda (Hawai Chiquimulilla /GUA)

DF: Ever Kenedy Avila Amaya (Las Mañanitas/GUA); Flavio Ernesto Garcia Marroquin (Hawai Mañanitas/GUA); Francisco Rivai Ochoa Avila (Hawai Mañanitas/GUA); Luis Gilmar Quezada Godoy (Las Mañanitas/GUA); Angel Joel Saenz Gomez (Hawai Chiquimulilla /GUA); Luis Carlos Zaldaña Perez (Gariton/GUA)

MD: Esau Polanco Vasquez (Hawai Chiquimulilla /GUA)

FW: Marco Tulio Avila Zuñiga (Hawai Chiquimulilla /GUA); Miguel Angel Gonzalez Enriquez (Las Mañanitas/GUA); Alex Moran Avila (Hawai Chiquimulilla /GUA)

Jamaica
GK: Elvis Neil Hart (Catherin Hall FC/JAM); Kirk Andre Porter (Boys Town FC/JAM)

DF: Daemion Hugh Benjamin (Boys Town FC/JAM); Gerald Errington Neil (Black Stars FC/JAM); Gregory George Simpson (Black Stars FC/JAM)

MD: Derrick Garth Planter (Rivoli United/JAM); Ryan George Powell (Black Lion FC/JAM); Rohan Romeo Reid (Tivoli Gardens FC/JAM); Andre Ricardo Reid (Meadforest United/JAM)

FW: Jermain Christopher Anderson (Waterhouse FC/JAM); Phillip Venroy Peddie (Marverley United/JAM); Kevin Nicholas Wilson (Arnett Gardens FC/JAM)

Mexico
GK: Manuel Gerardo Corona Venegas (Unattached/MEX); Miguel Angel Estrada Ramírez (Unattached/MEX)

DF: Francisco Cati Balderrama (Unattached/MEX); Adrián González Sandoval (Unattached/MEX); José Carlos Hernández Moreno (Unattached/MEX); Angel David Rodríguez Contreras (Unattached/MEX)

MD: Gerardo Martin Gómez Fonseca (Unattached/MEX); David González Quintanar (Unattached/MEX); Abdiel Villa Aguirre (Unattached/MEX)

FW: José Ramón Maldonado Alonso (Tigres Dorados MRCI/MEX); Gonzalo César Pichardo Tovar (Unattached/MEX); Diego Oswaldo Rodriguez Martinez (Unattached/MEX)

Panama
GK: Jose Luis Gil Lopez (Unattached /PAN); Francisco Alejandro Portillo Bautista (Atletico Nacional/PAN)

DF: Fernando Emir Barrera Cano (Unattached/PAN); Ali Irahin Del Cid Ruiz (Unattached/PAN); Ricardo Antonio Obregon Torres (Unattached /PAN); Jorge Luis Perez Samaniego (Unattached/PAN); Luis Alberto Quintero Guevara (Veraguas/PAN); Gilberto Enrique Rangel Ellis (Unattached/PAN); Edgar Joel Rivas Medina (Unattached /PAN)

FW: Alberto Agustin Bultron Barria (Cocle/PAN); Apolinar Galvez (Unattached/PAN); Eliseo Powell White (Unattached/PAN)

Puerto Rico
GK: Javier Moya (Unattached/PUR); Joseph Pereira (Unattached/PUR)

DF: Nelson Encarnacion (Unattached/PUR); Hector Rivera (CD Union/PUR); Carlos Vendrell (Criollos FC/PUR)

MD: Carlos Astondoa (Unattached/PUR); Dorian Gonzalez (Unattached/PUR); Eieri Jordan (Fire FC/USA); Joshua Martinez (Unattached/PUR); Alex Santos (Unattached/PUR)

FW: Francisco Quiles (Unattached/PUR); Xavier Sancho (Unattached/PUR)

Trinidad & Tobago
GK: Zane Coker (Caladonia AIA/TRI); Victor Thomas (Stokley Vale FC/TRI)

DF: Ryan Augustine (Unattached/TRI); Jesse Bailey (Unattached/TRI); Shallun Bobb (Stokley Vale FC/TRI); Lemuel Lyons (Miami United/USA)

MD: Chad Appoo (Swiss Charger BS/TRI); Hakeem King (Unattached/TRI); Kerwin Stafford (San Fernando Gaints/TRI)

FW: Makan Hislop (Bethel FC/TRI); David Mc Dougall (Swiss Charger BS/TRI); Rodney Nelson (Mount Grace FC/TRI)

Turks & Caicos Islands
GK: Ian Jones (Sharks/TCI); Sean Oneil (Waves/TCI)

DF: Wildens Delva (AFC Academy/TCI); James Rene (AFC Academy/TCI); Patrick Slattery (AFC Academy/TCI)

MD: Alexander Bryan (AFC Academy/TCI); Mackenson Cadet (AFC Academy/TCI); Peterson Evariste (Cheshire Hall/TCI)

FW: Christopher Bryan (Sharks/TCI); Marco Fenelus (Unattached/USA); Carlo Guillaume (Waves/TCI); Herby Magny (AFC Academy/TCI)

USA
GK: Aldo Balsano (Miami United/USA); Chris Toth (San Diego Sockers/USA)

DF: Harry Abraham (UC Santa Cruz/USA); Chris Cummings (UCLA/USA); Lewie Valentine (US Sand Soccer/USA)

FW: Alessandro Canale (UC San Diego/USA); Andrew Feld (Univ. of San Diego/USA); Ryan Futagaki (Chicago Fire/USA); Max Griffin (Minnesota United/USA); Jason Leopoldo (UCLA/USA); Nick Perera (San Diego Sockers/USA); Jason Santos (California Davis/USA)

US Virgin Islands
GK: Benny Labadie (Good Hope School/VIR); Denny Smith (UVI/VIR)

DF: Kimani George (UVI/VIR)

MD: Zachary Adams (Good Hope School/VIR); Jacob Borden (Good Hope School/VIR); Adam Fuller (Antilles School/VIR); Dusty Good (Somoma University/SWE); Joseph Leto (Unattached/USA); Garrick Mathurin (Vieax Fort/LCA); Carlos Moreno (Unattached/USA)

FW: Fernando Clavijo (Unattached/USA); Jonas Verhoff (Rovers/VIR)

IMAGE: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011