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Cuba’s Jean Carlos Rodriguez, right, and United States’ Reggie Cannon compete for the ball during the fi rst
half of a CONCACAF Nations League soccer match Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington.
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By Ben Nuckols
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weston
McKennie got the U.S. off to a
record-setting start against Cuba in
the Americans’ CONCACAF Nations
League debut.
McKennie scored 32 seconds into
the game and had the fastest hat trick
from the kickoff in U.S. history, helping
the Americans overwhelm Cuba
7-0 on Friday night.
“If I could have written the game
up, it would have been exactly like this.
Score early, score many goals early,
and then cruise,” U.S. coach Gregg
Berhalter said. “That was important,
so I think we saved ourselves. I think
we’ll be fit, ready to go against Canada.”
Jordan Morris scored and tied a U.S.
record with three assists and Josh Sargent
also had a goal as the 21st-ranked
Americans burst to a 6-0 halftime lead
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Former West Indies bowler Roger
Harper seen here coaching Kenya’s
team. Associated Press / Matt Dunham
CWI senior
selection panel
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies off-spinner and
coach, Roger Harper is among four men
chosen by the Cricket West Indies (CWI)
to be on the senior selection panel for
the regional team.
Harper, a Guyanese, will be joined by
the former Windward Islands batsman
and selector Lockhart Sebastien, who
was removed earlier this year before the
new selection guidelines were being put
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Simmons
back as coach
By Azad Ali
Three years after being sacked, Trinidadian
Phil Simmons is back again as
West Indies head coach.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Monday
announced the reappointment of Simmons,
56, for a four–year term.
He edged out challengers from legendary
West Indies opener Desmond Haynes
and incumbent Floyd Reifer, who
was shortlisted for the post left vacant
after Australia Stuart Law departed last
November.
Simmons led the West Indies for 18
months before being fired in September
2016 just five months after overseeing
the regional team capture the Twenty20
World Cup in India, for what the CWI
administration labeled “differences in
culture and strategic approach.”
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US overwhelms Cuba 7-0 in CONCACAF games
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