Footballers off to St Kitts

Trinidad and Tobago’s footballers will accept a late request to take part in the annual St Kitts/Nevis Invitational tournament scheduled to begin today. Head Coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier and an 18-man squad were scheduled to depart for St Kitts last night to play two matches against either the hosts or the Haitian national team.  Originally Venezuela were scheduled to be the third country taking part but they pulled out on Monday, forcing the tournament officials to ask TT to make an effort to appear. Tournament organisers were up to yesterday trying to get a fourth team to make the tournament into a semi-final playoff and final. The TTFF felt it was fit to take up the offer and Charles-Fevrier had no problems.

Carles-Fevrier will however be forced to go into action without players of CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh and Vibe CT 105 W Connection who were involved in yesterday’s FCB Cup final. Despite the absence of some of his regular players, Charles-Fevrier was looking forward to the chance of seeing how some of the lesser experienced players fare in these matches. “We will not be able to carry some of the experienced players due to the club final being played but at the same time I think it provides the perfect opportunity for some of the younger players to get the chance to play at the international level,” Charles- Fevrier said yesterday. “We also have a few experienced names in the  squad but several of the guys will be playing for the senior team for the first time and this will allow me to view their performance as we prepare for the more significant tour of Morocco in September,” he said. The tournament also gives some of the Under-23 players a chance to prepare for their upcoming qualifier against Bahamas. Last time TT played in the tournament, they drew 0-0 with Barbados before going down 1-0 and 2-1 respectively to Taiwan and the host country.

Full squad:
Michael McComie, Keyeno Thomas, Nigel Pierre, Andre Toussaint, Devon Caseman (Joe Public);Anton Joseph, Anton Pierre, Corey Rivers, Kurt Williams (Defence Force);Anthony Haynes (Arima Fire); Nicholson Thomas, Lyndon Diaz, Peter Prosper, Kevon Clement (SWIF);
Dale Saunders Dwayne Demmin, Starworld Strikers, Trevor Nottingham (North East Stars); Ryan Stewart (Caledonia AIA).
Technical Staff:
Manager — George Joseph; Head Coach —- Stuart Charles Fevrier; Assistant Coach —- Brian Williams; Goalkeeper Coach —- Ross Russell; Trainer —- Wayne Lawson.