TT U-20 footballers battle Guyana men’s team today

These two games will serve as part of preparations for the forthcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Final Round of World Cup qualification in Curacao next month, for the 2017 FIFA Under- 20 World Cup.

TT face Cuba in their opening match of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Final Round on October 22 in Curacao. TT , the CFU defending champions, are grouped with previous runners-up Haiti, Cuba and St Lucia in Group B which will be contested at the Ergilio Hato. Following their opening game with Cuba, TT then face St Lucia on October 24 and Haiti on October 26. Group A comprises of hosts Curacao, Bermuda, St Kitts/Nevis and Antigua/Barbuda.

The top two teams will advance to the semi-finals as well as gain automatic passage to the CONCACAF Final round which will be played in Costa Rica in February.

The semi-finals will be played on October 28 and the final and third place match will take place on October 30. The top five teams from the CFU Final Round will advance to the CONCACAF stage.

Williams sees the games against the Guyanese outfit as beneficial to the team’s current preparations, saying, “it’s always good to have international warm-up matches.

We haven’t had international games since the last tournament and I think these two games will serve us well going into Curacao.

We also have a couple more international outings coming up but these two games against the Guyana senior team will be a good test for us at this stage of our preparations.

“This camp will also be a good opportunity for us to re-focus because there have been a lot of distractions with players also focusing on their Secondary Schools and clubs. So now this will be good timing for them to concentrate on national duty and the tournament ahead,” Williams said.

Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 team - Jabari Brice, Denzil Smith, Tarry Sampson, Keirron Mason, Kori Cupid, Isaiah Garcia, Keston Julien, Rondell Payne, Hakim Baird, Kareem Riley, Shane Sandy, Jabari Mitchell, Micah Lansiquot, Nicholas Dillon, Kathon St Hillaire, Josh Toussaint, Quinn Rodney, Tyrell Emmanuel, Chaz Burnett, Moses Jaikaran.