Argentina and Dominican Republic graced the field to open Day 3 with the first quarter final match of the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier 2018. The South American team started the scoring as early as the 1st minute. Dominican Republic got off a few shots at goal, but failed to hit the target. Facundo Sarto scored 3 goals to assist Argentina in their 11-0 victory.
Brazil and Paraguay went up next for an exciting battle. Gabriel Martins scored in the 5th minute to give Brazil the lead. Santiago Chamorro responded a minute later with 2 goals to put Paraguay in front. Moments before the end of second half, Vinicius Vaz scored the equalizer to send the game into a shootout where Paraguay won with 3 goals to 2.
Mexico secured a spot in the semi-finals when they defeated Jamaica 7-1 in the penultimate quarterfinal game. Luis Villegas scored a hattrick to increase his goal tally and put him at the top with 8 goals, just above Argentina’s Pedro Inaudi. Shemar Gordon scored Jamaica’s single goal in the 12th minute.
The last match in the quarterfinal featured Canada and Guatemala. Amraaz Dhillion scored a hattrick while Rowan Childs and Shazab Butt scored 2 goals each to produce a 7-0 win over Guatemala.
Canada will face-off with Mexico in the semi-finals on Friday while Argentina will play Paraguay.
