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U16S END US TOURNAMENT ON WINNING NOTE |
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A 17th minute goal by striker Jerrel Britto gave Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 16 team a 1-0 victory over St Benedict’s Prep and third place in the Newark International Cup in New Jersey on Sunday.
T&T, on the back of a 4-1 loss to Chelsea’s Youth Team on Wednesday and a 7-0 loss to Mexico National Under 18 team on Saturday, bounced back with a convincing performance to beat the host team.
The Mexican’s received a four-goal effort from Jorge Armando Mora Guzmán to raise its record to 3-0 in the tournament in the win over T&T. The Central Americans the finished the tournament with a 1-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday.
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Shahdon Winchester was
earlier T&T’s lone scorer in the loss to Chelsea. T&T also drew
0-0 with St Benedict’s on Thursday prior to Sunday’s third place
playoff with the hosts who are six-time National Champions in the US.
T&T coach Anton Corneal summed up the performances.
“The tournament on a whole provided an excellent opportunity for our
players to get a feel of what it is to play against international
opposition and to play outside of Trinidad,” Corneal told TTFF Media on
Sunday.
“Against Mexico we had a very tough encounter and the two-year gap in
age showed us up but again it was the kind of experience that will only
benefit our players.
“We’ve
managed to create scoring opportunities but didn’t put them away
particularly against Chelsea and Mexico. And when you don’t make use of
these chances it puts different picture on the end result. Fortunately
for us, we settled nicely against St Benedict’s and were able to end
the series on a high note. The performance was encouraging and the
players expressed themselves a lot better than the previous matches,”
Corneal added.
“This tournament definitely gave us an indication of where we are at
right now and how much work is needed before the qualifying series next
year.”
T&T goes into qualifying action in Mexico in April for the 2009 FIFA Under 17 World Championships. (Nov 9,2008. Photo shows goalscore Jerrel Britto)
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