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{{Short description|1st beach soccer championship for CONCACAF}}
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
| year = 2006
| other_titles = 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
| image = 
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = Costa Rica
| dates = 13–17 September 
| num_teams = 5
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1 Hotel Punta Leona
| cities = 1 Garabito
| champion_other = {{beachsoccer|USA}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{beachsoccer|Canada}}
| third_other = {{beachsoccer|Costa Rica}}
| fourth_other = {{beachsoccer|Mexico}}
| matches = 10
| goals = 83
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|MEX}} Ricardo Villalobos
| player = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Francis Farberoff]]
| prevseason = [[2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship|2005]]
| nextseason = [[2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship|2007]]
}}

The '''2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship''', also known as the '''2006 [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF)]]''', was the first beach soccer championship for CONCACAF, held in September 2006, in [[Puntarenas, Costa Rica|Puntarenas]], [[Costa Rica]].
The [[United States men's national beach soccer team|USA]] won the championship, with [[Canada national beach soccer team|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==
*{{fb|Canada}}
*{{fb|Costa Rica}} ''(hosts)''
*{{fb|Jamaica}}
*{{fb|Mexico}}
*{{fb|United States}}

== Team USA Roster ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
''<small>The following outlines the player roster and coaching staff for Team USA</small>''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-18 |title=CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2006 by Concacaf - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-beach-soccer-tournament-20 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> ''<small>during the 2006 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Tournament:</small>''
!Player Name
!Position
!Date of Birth
|-
|[[Luis Montañez (beach soccer)|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 (goalkeeper)|Chris Antonopoulos]]
* '''Coordinator''': Georgi Katron
* '''Doctor''': Brad Moser
* '''Trainer''': Mike Overturi

==Matches==
===Day 1===
{{footballbox|date = September 13, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}} |score = 0–3|report=[https://archive.today/20070814225345/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3553 Report]  |team2 = {{fb|USA}} |goals1 = |goals2 = Brendon Taguinod 9' <br> [[Yuri Morales]] 28' <br> [[Zak Ibsen]] 35' |stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Antonio Buaiz ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = September 13, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |score = 8–6|report= [https://archive.today/20070814225345/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3553 Report]  |team2 = {{fb|JAM}} |goals1 = Danny Jonson 3', 11', 23' <br> Roy Myers 21' <br> Hans Morales 22' <br> Jeffrey Chavarria 25', 29' <br> Christian Ovares 34' |goals2 = [[Gerald Neil]] 13' <br> Derrick Planter 14' <br> Dwen Wanliss 16' <br> Gregory Simpson 20' <br> Shawn Hunter 22' <br> Andre Reid 23' |stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Juan Marcelo Rodriguez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----

===Day 2===
{{footballbox|date = September 14, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}} |score = 5–2|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071220071832/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3554 Report] |team2 = {{fb|JAM}} |goals1 = Yuri Morales 1', 2' <br> Benyam Astorga 5' <br> Anthony Chimienti 13' <br> Ronald Silva 19' |goals2 = Shaun Hunter 9' <br> Gregory Simpson 23'  |stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Erick Chavarra ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = September 14, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}} |score = 4–6|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071220071832/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3554 Report] |team2 = {{fb|CAN}} |goals1 = Jesus Lopez 5' <br> Ricardo Villalobos 15', 31', 32' |goals2 = Eric Munoz 2', 30' <br> [[Sipho Sibiya]] 4' <br> Paul Manji Dhaliwal 7' <br> Ian Carlos Díaz 9' <br> Jason Miniaci 35'|stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Kiarash Dehpanan ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]])}}
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===Day 3===
{{footballbox|date = September 15, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}} |score = 3–7|report= [https://archive.today/20070814225345/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3555 Report]  |team2 = {{fb|CAN}} |goals1 = Andre Reid 8' <br> [[Gerald Neil]] 19', 28'|goals2 = [[Kyle Yamada]] 1', 11', 25' <br> Ian Carlos Díaz 5', 32' <br> [[Chris Lemire]] 23' <br> Damir Daco Jesic 31'|stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Jorge Gasso([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = September 15, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |score = 4–4 <br> 1-0 (pen.)|report= [https://archive.today/20070814225345/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3555 Report] |team2 = {{fb|MEX}} |goals1 = Danny Jhonson 20' <br> Jeffrey Chavarria 22' <br> Hans Morales 22' <br> Andres Villegas 35' |goals2 = Jose Fernando Dávila 13' <br> Jose Luís Navarrete 18' <br> Antonio González 31' <br> Jesús López 36' |stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 1000 | referee = Antonio Buaiz ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
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===Day 4===
{{footballbox|date = September 16, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}} |score = 7–4|report= [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3557 Report]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |team2 = {{fb|MEX}} |goals1 = Benyam Astorga 1' <br> [[Zak Ibsen]] 12' <br> Francis Farberoff 18' <br> Anthony Chimienti 20' <br> Raphael Xexeo 22' <br> [[Yuri Morales]] 26', 27'|goals2 = Jesús López 7' <br> Ricardo Villalobos 13', 31' <br> Genoni Martinez 28' |stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 547 | referee = Nelson Bonilla ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = September 16, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |score = 4–6|report= [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3557 Report]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |team2 = {{fb|CAN}} |goals1 = Jeffrey Chavarria 11', 21' <br> Ron Myers 20' <br> Jose Calvo 28' |goals2 = [[Sipho Sibiya]] 1' <br> [[Kyt Selaidopoulos]] 18', 27' <br> Damir Deco Jesic 21' <br> [[Kyle Yamada]] 28' <br> Ian Carlos Díaz 30' |stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 547  | referee = Antonio Buaiz ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
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===Day 5===
{{footballbox|date = September 17, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}} |score = 3–2|report= [https://archive.today/20070814225345/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3558 Report] |team2 = {{fb|JAM}} |goals1 = Ricardo Villalobos 1', 13' <br> Antonio González 10'|goals2 = Gregory Simpson 21' <br> [[Gerald Neil]] 21'|stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Kiarash Dehpanan ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]])}}
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{{footballbox|date = September 17, 2006
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}} |score = 3–2|report= [https://archive.today/20070814225345/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3558 Report]|team2 = {{fb|USA}} |goals1 = Andrés Villegas 19' <br> Roy Myers 25' <br> Wilberth Mora 31'|goals2 = Anthony Chimienti 13' <br> Ronald Silva 31'|stadium = Punta Leona, Puntarenas | attendance = 950 | referee = Jorge Gasso ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])}}

==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|USA}}
|'''9'''||4||3||1||17||10||+7
|- style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CAN}}
|'''9'''||4||3||1||19||14||+5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CRC}}
|'''8'''||4||3||1||19||18||+1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX}}
|'''3'''||4||1||3||15||19||-4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|JAM}}
|'''0'''||4||0||4||13||23||-10
|}

===Winners===
{{winners|beachsoccer|(2006) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup<br /> Qualification (CONCACAF) Winners:|USA|First}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
!width=60% colspan="3"| Best Player (MVP)
|-
|align="center" colspan="3"|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Francis Farberoff]]'''
|-
!colspan="3"| Top Scorer
|-
|align="center" colspan="3"|{{flagicon|MEX}} '''Ricardo Villalobos'''
|- 
!colspan="3"| Best Goalkeeper
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|CAN}} '''Jim Larkin'''
|-
!colspan="3"| FIFA Fair Play Award
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|'''{{beachsoccer|CAN}} '''
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071218121637/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3524 Information at CONCACAF]

{{International beach soccer}}
{{FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification}}

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