Concacaf Champions League

Defending champions Puerto Rico Islanders will face Haiti’s Tempete FC in the final of the 2011 Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup on Friday evening at the Guyana National Stadium; the two sides registering hard fought wins last evening in semifinal action.

WITH new signing Cornell Glen in the ranks, Trinidad and Tobago Pro League runners-up Caledonia AIA leave today for Haiti on a rescue mission to overturn a 1-0 deficit in their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Champions Cup tie against Haitian champions Tempete FC.

Digicel Pro League club Defence Force is fancying its chances of lifting the Caribbean Football Union Club Championship title this week but will need to get past Haitian club Tempête FC in the semi-final round on Wednesday afternoon in Guyana from 6pm.

Better late than never, surely the opinion felt by Caledonia AIA head coach Jamaal Shabazz as he welcomes the addition of Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup striker and former San Jose Earthquakes player Cornell Glen in a much needed time.

One week from today, T&T Pro League champions Defence Force will get the chance to book their spot in the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time.

Caledonia AIA will be traveling to Port–au-Prince not only in search of victory in their return clash with Tempete FC but will be hoping to touch a piece of history and offer their helpings to the less fortunate on the poverty-stricken country.

Digicel T&T Pro League runner-up Caledonia AIA was dumped from the Caribbean Football Union Club Championship after bowing to Haitian champions, Tempete 3-2 on penalty kicks in Saint-Marc, on Sunday.

"This CFU tournament is not designed for teams like Caledonia AIA to qualify for," head-coach Shabazz declared following his team's unfortunate 1-0 CFU Caribbean Club Champions Cup loss to Haitian champions Tempete on Good Friday at the Larry Gomes Stadium.