Overseas pros come for Gold Cup

Trinidad and Tobago coach Hannibal Najjar will have his full quota of overseas-based professionals within a week for the start of the Gold Cup qualifying tournament scheduled for March 26.

Already here are  Northampton Town midfielder Brent Rahim and US-based Dwayne Demmin of the Charlotte Eagles and Avery John.
Evans Wise is expected here today while Craig Demmin is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Birmingham City striker Stern John along with other United Kingdom-based players Dennis Lawrence and Carlos Edwards of Wrexham, Collin Samuel (Falkirk) and Marvin Andrews, fresh from a winner over Dundee United on Saturday arrive on Sunday. TT face Antigua and Barbuda at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo followed by a meeting with Guadeloupe at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on March 28 and Cuba two days later at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Najjar was optimistic despite the short time between the players’ arrivals and the opening match. “They are all professional players and will adjust to what I am expecting of them in terms of organisation,” Najjar said.