Cyrus makes debut for Honduran club

Cyrus signed a one-year deal last month with the option to extend and appears to be settling in at the club, although his Spanish- speaking skills may not yet be as good as Williams who held his own fairly well during an interview on camera with a Honduran reporter last week.

“I am not as good in Spanish as Jan as yet but so far things have been very good at the club,” Cyrus told TTFA Media “We had a game on Saturday in which I played the full 90 minutes and Jan came on for the second half.

“The players and the staff have embraced us and made us feel very comfortable. And the fans have been good so far.

“The league starts at month end but the preseason preparations have been intense and there is a lot happening.

Before coming here, I heard a lot of good things from Jerrel Britto and being here now, I have seen it for myself that the clubs are very organised and at our club in particular the level is good. I think it’s definitely a step up for me and I am looking forward to a good, solid season,” Cyrus added.

TT’s next World Cup game is at home to Honduras on September 1 with both teams seeking full points to maintain their qualifying chances.

TT need the win before moving on to Panama City to face Panama four days later.

“At the moment I think everyone understands the importance of that game against Honduras.

Both myself and Jan can sense here also that they (the Hondurans) know how big the match is and of course they know us as national players from Trinidad Tobago as we played here last year.

But for us, the focus while we are here is Juticalpa and doing well in the league. So far the people here have welcomed us and we are part of them.”