Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation - TTFF

Trinidad and Tobago’s final squad for the CONCACAF Final Round of World Cup Qualification was finalized by head coach Derek King and the technical staff on Friday as the team prepares to head off to Miami for a training camp on New Year’s Day.

The 20-man squad will be captained by Shannon Gomez and includes several of the regulars from the Caribbean Championship which T&T captured earlier this year. But there is some additional experience coming into the fray with previous Under 20 team captain Duane Muckette returning to the line up and former Under 17 members Lelan Archer and Brendon Creed also making the cut.

US-based forward Ricardo John is also on the roster following an impressive season for Virginia Tech.

“We’ve kept the majority of the squad from the Caribbean tournament because not only have they proven their worth but they’ve also earned their places in the preparations for the final tournament,” King told TTFA Media. 

“All in all the squad is a balanced one and we’ll continue to work on our game and fine tune what we need to over the next few days during the camp before we head into the tournament,”King added.

The Ministry of Sport and SPORTT have maintained their support for national teams and are covering expenses for the CONCACAF tournament.

T&T’s first training match will be against the Kendall Soccer Coalition team of the US Soccer Development Academy at the St Thomas University Ground on January 3 at 3pm. T&T’s second game will be played against the Weston Soccer  Club at Weston at 7pm on January 5th.  T&T may get a third warm up against the Canada National Under 20 Team before jetting off to Kingston on January 7th.

T&T will open the CONCACAF Final Round of Qualification against hosts Jamaica in Kingston on January 9th. The Junior “Soca Warriors”  are in Group A along with  Jamaica, Aruba, Panama, the United States and Guatemala.  Group B includes Haiti, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras and El Salvador, in order of position drawn. 

The tournament will crown the Confederation champion at this age level, and qualify four teams to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015.

The top team from each group after round-robin play advances to the World Cup, and the second and third place nations from each group advance to the final day knockout phase, with the chance to dispute one of a pair of play-in matches which will determine CONCACAF's other two World Cup spots, as stated by CONCACAF.

 

 

Number	First Name	Surname	Date of Birth	Team	Position
1	Johan Jullian	Welch	04-Jan-97	Houston Dynamo Academy	Goalkeeper
2	Jovan Jerrod	Sample	13-Apr-95	Central FC	Goalkeeper
3	Martieon Clyde	Watson	13-Oct-96	W Connection	Defender
4	Brendon Nicholas	Creed	10-Dec-96	Temple Universoty	Midfielder
5	Jesus Angelo	Perez	11-Sep-95	North East Stars	Defender
6	Shannon Jurmark	Gomez	05-Oct-96	W Connection	Defender
7	Maurice Phillip	Ford	06-Sep-96	W Connection	Defender
8	Leland Douglas	Archer	08-Jan-96	College of Charleston	Defender
9	Aikim Rodney	Andrews	20-Jun-96	W Connection	Midfielder
10	Akeem Ancil	Garcia	11-Sep-96	W Connection	Midfielder
11	Levi Ancil	Garcia	20-Nov-97	Central FC	Midfielder
12	Jabari Anthony	Mitchell	01-May-97	W Connection	Midfielder
13	Kevon	Goddard	20-Jan-96	Central FC	Midfielder
14	Kishun Kirt	Seecharan	06-Jun-96	Club Sando	Midfielder
15	Neveal Irwin	Hackshaw	21-Sep-95	North East Stars	Midfielder
16	Karl Duane	Muckette	01-Jul-95	University of South Florida	Midfielder
17	Akeem Brenton	Humphrey	25-Nov-95	Club Sando	Midfielder
18	Matthew Charles	Woo Ling	15-Sep-96	St Anthony’s College	Midfielder
19	Ricardo Enrique	John	10-Apr-95	Virgina Tech.	Forward
20	Kadeem Shaquille	Corbin	04-Mar-96	St Ann’s Rangers	Forward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL UNDER 20 TEAM – STAFF

DEREK KING            HEAD COACH
HUTSON CHARLES      ASSISTANT COACH
MICHAEL MAURICE      G/K COACH
STEPHEN HART         SENIOR TEAM’S COACH
MICHAEL TAYLOR        PHYSIO
MICHAEL WILLIAMS     EQUIPMENT MANAGER
DOUGLAS ARCHER       MANAGER
WAYNE CUNNINGHAM    ASSISTANT MANAGER
SARON JOSEPH        TRAINER
TERRENCE BABWAH   DOCTOR
SHAUN FUENTES        MEDIA OFFICER/TECHNICAL VIDEOGRAPHER