2011 El Salvador national football team season

The El Salvador national football team 2011 season was the 90th season of the El Salvador national football team, their 73rd season in FIFA and 49th season in CONCACAF. The team was managed by José Luis Rugamas from January 2010. Rubén Israel took over as manager in April 2011.

2011 El Salvador national football team season
Season2011
ManagerUruguay Rubén Israel
Home stadiumEstadio Cuscatlán
2011 Copa CentroamericanaFourth
2011 CONCACAF Gold CupQuarterfinals
Wins12
Losses4 (2 Pso.)
Goals scored43
Top goalscorerRodolfo Zelaya
(7 goals)
Players50
Goalscorers17
Debutants7
Biggest home win4–0 0v0 Cayman Islands
11 October 2011
4–0 0v0 Suriname
15 November 2011
Biggest away win4–1 0v0 Cayman Islands
6 September 2011
Highest scoring6–1 0v0 Cuba
12 June 2011
5–2 Belize
16 January 2011
Highest attendance80,108 0v0 Mexico
5 June 2011
Lowest attendance500 0v0 Suriname
11 November 2011
Home colours
Away colours
2010
2012

January 2011 was spent playing in the Copa Centroamericana. El Salvador lost at the semi-finals and would unsuccessfully contest in the tournament for third-place. Their fourth place qualified them for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Forward Rafael Burgos received the Golden Boot having made three goals. El Salvador's cache of success at season's end would be three international competitions; one was lost. Two others were to be played in 2011.

El Salvador took part in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group A in June, and in September they started on their 2014 World Cup qualification. El Salvador starting at the second round.[clarification needed]

Season overview

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January

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On 2 January, the issue of an official manager was under examination by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol (FESFUT) and had been discussed by them. Fernando Palomo stated in his ESPN blog that discussions had possibly taken place with a potential Spanish manager and FESFUT.[1] The following day La Prensa Gráfica, a mainstream metropolitan newspaper in El Salvador, released the names of 3 possible Spanish managers to elsalvadorfc.com. As stated on elsalvadorfc.com, Juan Manuel Lillo, Benito Floro and Xabier Azkargorta were the names which FESFUT would consider as national coach.[2] On 4 January Ramón Sánchez, captain of the El Salvador national team, was dismissed from training by the decision of coach José Luis Rugamas[3] who named Marvin González as the new captain.[4] Midfielder Arturo Alvarez, from Real Salt Lake, joined the players training group as one of the 21 players that have the opportunity to play in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana. Positive comments were made about his physical and tactical performance amongst the coaching staff.[5]

According to Carlos Méndez Cabezas, FESFUT president and Comisión Ejecutiva de Selecciones Nacionales (CESEN) coordinator, Lillo would arrive in El Salvador on 10 January to view a better perspective of El Salvador's football. He would be accompanied by Iñigo Dominguez, his assistant, who contributed to Real Sociedad, UD Almería, and UD Almería's women's team.[6] His visit was to meet FESFUT and negotiate his probable appointment as El Salvador national football team coach. Lillo declared, "The most important thing right now is that all of El Salvador is of support to his national team and his coach, José Luis Rugamas, to reach the goal is to qualify for the next Gold Cup. It is the most important thing right now." Lillo would be in Panama the following week to see the performance of the national team in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana. Carlos Méndez Cabezas had also declared that they were in negotiation with Lillo to coach La Selecta ("the selected") for the next World Cup qualifying campaign.[7]

Central defence player Alexander Méndoza, from C.D. UES, lost the chance to represent his country in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana when he suffered a knee injury and could not recover in time.[8] On 7 January Coach José Luis Rugamas announced the names of the 21 players for the official roster of El Salvador's national team to participate in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, played in Panama from 14 to 23 January.[9] From January 14 – 23 El Salvador participated in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, the eleventh edition of the competition formerly known as UNCAF Nations Cup, a tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America.[10] El Salvador qualified for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup earning 2 wins, 1 draw (p.s.o.) and 2 losses from 5 matches, finishing in 4th place. Rafael Burgos was the top goalscorer of the tournament, with 3 goals, drawing with Marco Ureña of Costa Rica.

February

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On 9 February, El Salvador were scheduled to play a FIFA international friendly against Haiti. The match team was coached by Rugamas after FESFUT had awarded him a 6-month renewal of his interim contract. The match was won by El Salvador with a goal in the 15th minute by Rafael Burgos, the season's top goalscorer.[11]

FESFUT presented an economic budget to Lillo of US$300,000 per year (5 person deal). After days of speculation the Spanish coach turned down the offer of coaching La Azul y Blanco. The main reason of his rejection was that he could not commit to something without the right tools and infrastructure to do so, "within all this, there is dis-proportionality between what they intend and what you can give. You can not build a pool with a beach shovel."[12]

As announced on 18 February El Salvador would continue its preparation for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a friendly match against Syria on 25 March. There was still no definite coach, with interim coach José Luis Rugamas taking care of the friendly matches while he still had a valid contract with FESFUT.[13]

March

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On 3 March the tense situations in North African and Arab countries forced Syria to cancel the match with El Salvador. The Salvadoran football federation turned to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador and the preliminary list of 23 players with who Rugamas, the interim coach, attempted to play the friendly games for 25 and 29 March – the second and third year's FIFA date. From the original 23 players only 18 could participate in the matches. The representative Promotora Figueroa ("Figueroa Promoter") has indicated that they are making arrangements to play against El Salvador, Iraq or Jordan on the agreed date.[14] On 7 March C.D. Águila players did not present themselves for training. The five members of Águila: Osael Romero, Marvin González, Ramón Sánchez, Miguel Montes & Shawn Martin, did not receive permission from the board of directors of the team. Rugamas expected to work two microcycles, but the absence of players attached to the First Division left 16 and would affect training plans.[15]

On 9 March it was announced that the international friendlies scheduled for March in Dubai were canceled; reasons for the cancellation could be due to tense situations in North African and Arab countries. Although new friendlies for March were confirmed: on March 24 in La Habana, against Cuba; and on March 27 in San Salvador, against Jamaica. These games would be fundamental in order to reach the CONCACAF top eight places.[16] El Salvador rose six positions and was 92 in the FIFA rankings. It was in ninth place in CONCACAF, ahead of teams such as Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. El Salvador needed to be among the top 8 in the region to be seeded in the play-offs for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[17] On 17 March, Steve Purdy was selected to play for El Salvador in the two friendlies against Jamaica and Cuba.[18] However El Salvador did not give the Portland Timbers the 15 days notice required by FIFA and the Timbers chose not to release him.[19]

On 21 March, José Luis Rugamas released the list of 18 players to face Cuba. Henry Hernández, Milton Molina, Edwin Sánchez, Gilberto Baires, Henry Escobar and Reynaldo Hernández were discarded, but were eligible for the next preliminary squad against Jamaica.[20] The game was played on the 24 March. A long outside kick by substituted midfielder Dennis Alas gave La Selecta a victory over the Cuban side at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba. The game saw Brazilian-born Marcelo Messias' debut and the comeback of both Miguel Montes, after a 1-year suspension, and Ramón Sánchez. Luis Anaya, Ramón Sánchez and Dagoberto Portillo were injured by the constant contacts by the Cubans.[21]

The game against Jamaica was rescheduled from the 27 to the 29 due to flight problems in Miami.[22] El Salvador lost 2–3 against the Reggae Boyz (Jamaica) due to defensive errors. Deris Umanzor tried to raise up to the midfield but lost the ball and Dane Richards scored for Jamaica. Then a mistake by defender Messias meant Watson could pass to Richards scoring the second Jamaican goal. After the Jamaican 0–2 lead El Salvador began to produce problems for the caribbean side, mostly from Eliseo Quintanilla and Arturo Alvarez. In the 41st minute Jaime Alas scored to make El Salvadors first goal and the score at 1–2. El Salvador promised a good second half but Omar Cummings received a pass inside the El Salvador goal area and scored to make it 3–1 in Jamaica's favor. The clearest of El Salvador's opportunity was a penalty given against Osael Romero at 80 minutes which unfortunately crashed off the crossbar. In added time a shot from Edwin Sánchez was denied by Jamaican goalkeeper Kerr with Léster Blanco finishing off the goal, ending the match 3–2 at the final whistle.[23]

On the last day of March the Federación Hondureña de Fútbol and the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol came to an agreement to settle an international friendly between the two countries. This match, scheduled for 29 May 2011 at the Robertson Stadium, will commemorate the debut of Honduras' new coach Luis Fernando Suárez. Alfredo Hawit, secretary of the FENAFUTH (Honduran football federation), said "we have reached a satisfactory agreement between the two federations, now everything is up to the coach to begin to prepare this blank to serve as a prelude to our participation in the Gold Cup.[24]

April

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On 6 April the new head coach, Rubén Israel, was presented in a press conference. "First of all thanks to the executive committee for welcoming me in this country and give me such a huge responsibility and so pretty, as is leading a national team", said the Uruguayan coach. The technical director explained that, "we have come here with our coaching staff to honor the work, beyond the mistakes and successes, the healthy intention is to work on Salvadoran football as a whole, working with major selections, but have a chronogram of action for youth teams, who are the future of the country."[25] Also La Selección Salvadoreña, El Salvador national team in Spanish, will play against Argentina on 14 September 2011, although only players from the local league would participate.[26] Israel left Uruguay for personal reasons on 14 April and returned on 25 April. The new physical coordinator of the national team would be Uruguayan Nicolás dos Santos, who has had experience in Real España (Honduras), the current 2010–11 Apertura champions.[27]

During a press conference on 28, April Rubén Israel announced the coaching staff that will coach the pre-Olympic U-23 and national team. The individuals that will form the coaching staff are assistant managers Mauricio Alfaro and José Luis Rugamas, physical trainers Esteban Coppia (Argentina) and Nicolás Dos Santos (Uruguay) and the goalkeeping coach Carlos Cañadas.[28]

On 2 May the coaching staff started training an 11-man preliminary squad that would eventually take part in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Also, the head coach gave the players know their work system and objectives set out, "We will work to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. We know there are prior commitments such as the Gold Cup but we must never lose sight that our goal will be the playoffs", said Israel. They started off with a strong physical training. As intense that surprised even the players themselves. The idea was that they had spent several days without any activity thus would regain the rhythm as the members in the semifinals of the Clausura 2011, which will be added in coming weeks. One certainty was Israel's commands which were strong. And one fact was that he well knew the names of the players. He closed off by saying: "Good job, guys."[29]

The trainings for that week would be of double shift, Monday through Friday (2 May — 6 May), and will not be a resting day to players on Wednesday as it was handled at first.[30] The second day of work (3 May) showed great commitment and sacrifice in the part of the team. They endured with great confidence the new physical tasks of the physical coordinators.[31]

"All are good guys, friends, above all, in this subject I believe that the country has an excellent security in the goal kick."

—Gómez reflexes on the two other goalkeepers"[32]

After Isidro Metapán and Luis Ángel Firpo were eliminated from the semifinals of the Clausura 2011, Rubén Israel called-up some of these players to add up to the eleven players active in the training ground. From the new twelve players, Diego Chavarría and Ricardo Orellana did not participate in the semifinals of the Clausura 2011 but were chosen by the head coach for their performance in the El Salvador U–23.[33][34] Also after two years and one month of absence goalkeeper Juan José "el Halcón" Gómez is called to the national team after his participation in World Cup 2010 South Africa qualification. Gómez was effusive in noting that both Miguel Montes as Dagoberto Portillo are by far the best goalkeepers in the country and is eager to work with them.[32]

In a press conference on 10 May, Israel expressed his consideration that it would be necessary to face strong rivals. He said that he has asked for strong rivals in preparation for the qualifying stages for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He also noted that Dustin Corea, a striker currently training in FESA, may incorporate[clarification needed] for he received his Salvadoran passport.[35]

The members of El Salvador did not train on Friday, May 13, 2011, morning, because they did not have a financial arrangement with the FESFUT for the period in which they attended to the training camps. This would be the last day of the second week of the trainings. The players issued a statement for which was signed by the group and released by Marvin González, central defender and captain. The document proposed that they would assist the concentration but would not train until there was an agreement. The preliminary squad asked to cancel salaries that they earned on their club and to not receive a bonus. The FESFUT also sent a statement in which Rafael Villacorta, a member, proposed a meeting for 16 May. Villacorta mentioned that they have not talked about the economical part because the rest of the members have been out of the country and because the financial structure of the federation does not allow them to.[36]

Players

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These players have been capped during the 2011 season (listed alphabetically):

Debutants

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Retirees

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  • Manuel Salazar – retired on 18 May to focus on academic and business ventures. Has a total of 51 caps and 0 goals

Player statistics

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Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Started Round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
International Friendlies 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10 9 February 2011 7 August 2011
2011 Central American Cup 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7 Group Stage Third place match Third place match 14 January 2011 23 January 2011
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5 Group Stage Quarterfinals Quarterfinals 5 June 2011 19 June 2011
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 6 0 0 20 5 +15 18 second round third round third round 2 September 2011 15 November 2011

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 12 4 4 43 25  +18 40 7 0 1 24 7  +17 5 4 3 19 18  +1

2011 Central American Cup

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Panama 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
  El Salvador 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
  Nicaragua 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
  Belize 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
14 January 2011 Group stage El Salvador   2–0   Nicaragua Panama City, Panama
17:00 (UTC−05:00) Álvarez   42'
Turcios   57'
Sánchez   63'
Alas   70'
García   75'
Burgos   75'
Report   4' Eugarrios
  16' Zeledón
  48' Solórzano
  90' Espinoza
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
January 16, 2011 Group stage Belize   2–5   El Salvador Panama City, Panama
15:00 Smith   45+1' (pen.)
Jiménez   76'
Report Romero   15'
Burgos   24', 46'
Alas   54'
Umanzor   59'
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)
18 January 2011 Group Stage Panama   2–0   El Salvador Panama City, Panama
21:00 (UTC−05:00) Aguilar   25',   27'
Cooper   79'
Report García   16' Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
January 21, 2011 Semifinals Honduras   2–0   El Salvador Panama City, Panama
21:00 (UTC−05:00) Mejía   20'
Ramírez   29'
Leverón   77'
Chávez   52',   90+3'
Report   24' Turcios
  29' Anaya
  87' Baires
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
January 23, 2011 Third place match Panama   0–0
(5–4 p)
  El Salvador Panama City, Panama
15:30 (UTC−05:00) Rentería   89'
Henríquez   90'
Report   15' Romero
  54' González
  90' García
  90' Blanco
Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Benigno Pineda (Honduras)
Penalties
Brown  
Torres  
Bonaga  
Davis  
Henríquez  
  Álvarez
  Alas
  Blanco
  Portillo
  Alas

Friendly

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9 February 2011 Friendly El Salvador   1–0   Haiti San Salvador, El Salvador
18:00 (UTC−05:00) Burgos   15'
Álvarez   42'
Report   35' Lafrance
  55'   Joseph
Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: David España (Guatemala)
24 March 2011 Friendly Cuba   0–1   El Salvador Havana, Cuba
14:00 (UTC−06:00) Colomé   20'
Mesa   31'
Castellanos   36'
Report   29' Messias
  73' Alas
  85' Alas
Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: José Rodríguez (Panama)
29 March 2011 Friendly El Salvador   2–3   Jamaica San Salvador, El Salvador
18:15 (UTC−05:00) Turcios   31'
Alas   41'
Sánchez   43'
Umanzor   54'
Blanco   90+1'
Report Richards   24', 26'
  39' Vernan
  45' Austin
  52'   63' Williams
Cummings   53'
  71' Kerr
Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 19,394
Referee: Elmer Rodas (Guatemala)
29 May 2011 Friendly Honduras   2–2   El Salvador Houston, United States
19:00 (UTC−05:00) Leverón   8'
Costly   45'
Bengtson   50' (pen.)
Report   2' Anaya
  73' Zelaya
  76' Corrales
Stadium: Robertson Stadium
Attendance: 25,380
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
7 August 2011 Friendly El Salvador   2–1   Venezuela Washington, D.C., United States
13:30 Sosa   83'
Sánchez   89'
Anaya   5'   90'
Report Aristeguieta   29' Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 27,765

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Mexico 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9
  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
  Cuba 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
June 5, 2011 Group Stage Mexico   5–0   El Salvador Arlington, Texas, United States
20:00 (19:00 UTC−5) Rodríguez   26'
Juárez   55'
De Nigris   58'
Hernández   60', 67', 90+3' (pen.),   28'
Report Alas   63'
González   90+3'
Stadium: Cowboys Stadium
Attendance: 80,108
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
June 9, 2011 Group Stage Costa Rica   1–1   El Salvador Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
19:00 (18:00 UTC−5) Brenes   90+5'
Salvatierra   37'
Borges   56'
Acosta   63'
Report Zelaya   45'
Baires   10'
Montes   53'
Zelaya   75'
Turcios   77'
Anaya   90'
Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
Attendance: 46,012
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
June 12, 2011 Group Stage El Salvador   6–1   Cuba Chicago, United States
18:00 (17:00 UTC−5) Zelaya   13', 71'
Romero   29'
Blanco   69'
Álvarez   84'
Quintanilla   90+4'
García   82'
Report Márquez   83'
Fernández   32'
Urgelles   45'
Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
June 19, 2011 Quarterfinals Panama   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
  El Salvador Washington, D.C., United States
18:00 (18:00 UTC−4) Tejada   90' Report Zelaya   78' (pen.) Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 45,424
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Penalties
Barahona  
Rentería  
Godoy  
Amílcar  
Tejada  
  Alas
  Romero
  Zelaya
  Flores

World Cup Qualifiers

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   El Salvador 6 6 0 0 20 5 +15 18 Advance to third round 3–2 4–0 4–0
2   Dominican Republic 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 1–2 1–1 4–0
3   Suriname 6 2 1 3 5 11 −6 7 1–3 1–3 1–0
4   Cayman Islands 6 0 1 5 2 15 −13 1 1–4 1–1 0–1
Source: [37]
2 September 2011 El Salvador   3–2   Dominican Republic Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
19:30 UTC−6 Zelaya   54', 77' (pen.)
Bautista   63'
Report Cruz   66'
Peralta   89'
Attendance: 25,272
Referee: José Rodríguez (Panama)
6 September 2011 Cayman Islands   1–4   El Salvador Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
19:30 UTC−5 Ebanks   73' (pen.) Report Bautista   49'
Anaya   62', 80'
García   90+3'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)
7 October 2011 Dominican Republic   1–2   El Salvador Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal
15:05 UTC−4 Ozuna   54' Report Romero   37' (pen.)
Blanco   67'
Attendance: 2,323
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)
11 October 2011 El Salvador   4–0   Cayman Islands Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
19:30 UTC−6 Turcios   6'
Purdy   13'
Alas   45'
Sosa   88' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 17,570
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
11 November 2011 Suriname   1–3   El Salvador André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo
20:03 UTC−3 Esperance   81' Report Blanco   21', 58'
Sánchez   78'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
15 November 2011 El Salvador   4–0   Suriname Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
19:30 UTC−6 Romero   33', 62'
Burgos   76', 83'
Report Attendance: 9,659
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Rubén Israel
First assistant manager   José Luis Rugamas
Second assistant manager   Mauricio Alfaro
First physical coordinator   Nicolás dos Santos
Second physical coordinator   Esteban Coppia
Sports coordinator   Carlos Fuscaldo
Goalkeeping coach   Carlos Felipe Cañadas

Ranking

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Date FIFA ranking position Total Points +/- Ranking +/- Points
December 69 463 0   0
November 69 463 12   37
October 82 426 6   36
September 88 390 −13   −41
August 75 431 3   30
July 78 401 −6   −33
June 72 434 15   43
May 87 391 0   3
April 87 388 5   15
March 92 373 6   26
February 98 347 18   96
January 116 251 1   0

References

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