TT footballers head to Costa Rica

The TT team remained in Denver, Colorado following Thursday’s 2-0 defeat by the United States to continue preparations.

Coach Dennis Lawrence was at the helm of three training sessions at the Colorado Rapids training pitch.

With the US match out of the away, Lawrence has emphasised that the focus now must be on Costa Rica.

“The US match is gone, it’s out of the way and now we’ve got to look ahead to the next one which is Costa Rica. We have got to pick up and go again,” Lawrence said.

Veteran Carlos Edwards said it was a situation now where “we’ve got to roll our sleeves up and move onto the next one.

“It’s no sense dwelling on the game with the US,” Edwards said.

He added: “We missed out on a chance to secure at least a point.

Obviously after a day we’ve reflected and the coach has gone over the clips for us, showing us the positive side of things and to be honest, we did have some very good moments in the game where we showed good shape and organisation.

“But the two goals came at crucial moments where we slipped up. What we’ll do now is try to react as best as possible, work on some of the areas and just focus on what is ahead which is Costa Rica on Tuesday,” Edwards ended Goalkeeper Jan Michael Williams, meanwhile signed a new one-year transfer to Honduras top flight club Juticalpa FC on Friday.

Williams, who made a recent switch to North East Stars from Central FC, is expected to fly out to Honduras later this month for pre-season training.

He produced several brilliant saves on Thursday night to keep TT in the game.

“I think the team has shown improvement since Dennis Lawrence and the rest of the staff came on board.

:We really need to buckle down and get some more points on the board,” Williams said.

“The camp is a bit quiet now because obviously we are very disappointed with the result against the US but we’ve had a couple training sessions since the match and the focus is coming back.” “We just have to go in and do exactly what the coaching staff is asking us to do.” Williams said.

Regarding the new deal, he added: “Finally I think I have been trying for some time to go back outside and play at a higher level.

“The call came from Honduras and I’ve already signed the contract so it’s just about getting out there and starting pre-season with the club.”