Ja­maica have in­clud­ed six Unit­ed States-based play­ers in their squad to face Trinidad and To­ba­go in the first of two friend­lies at the Cather­ine Hall Com­plex, Mon­tego Bay from 9.30 pm T&T time tonight.

Ger­man head coach Win­fred Schafer has re­called Dar­ren Mat­tocks of Van­cou­ver White­caps, team­mate of T&T de­fend­er Car­lyle Mitchell, Je-Vaughn Wat­son (FC Dal­las), Deshorn Brown (Col­orado Rapids), Ja­son John­son (Hous­ton Dy­namo), Michael Seaton (DC Unit­ed) Omar Da­ley (Min­neso­ta Unit­ed) and Al­vas Pow­ell (Port­land Tim­bers). The rest of the squad in­cludes home-based play­ers in­clud­ing Keam­mar Da­ley of Tivoli Gar­dens

Both teams last met in a friend­ly in 2010 with the "Reg­gae Boyz" com­ing away 3-1 win­ners at the Mar­vin Lee Sta­di­um and this time T&T wants to set­tle the score be­fore re­turn­ing to Port of Spain for the No­vem­ber 19th friend­ly at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um.

"We haven't beat­en them in some time," said Stoke City for­ward Ken­wyne Jones who is the T&T cap­tain.

"They made it in­to the fi­nal round of World Cup qual­i­fi­ca­tion and they are now in a re­build­ing stage like we are but both teams will want to come out on top so I ex­pect the game to be en­ter­tain­ing and com­pet­i­tive at the same time. We will be look­ing to con­tin­ue on our re­cent run of form, com­ing from the Gold Cup and the Sau­di Ara­bia match­es," Jones added.

T&T head coach Stephen Hart added, "Yes­ter­day was our first ses­sion with all sev­en­teen play­ers but I won't make that too much of a fac­tor. We are here to play and we will go in­to the game with a pos­i­tive mind­set. Most of the play­ers are on board with what we are try­ing to do and we are just try­ing to build off every camp.

"We are prepar­ing for the fu­ture and a big part of that is just an un­der­stand­ing of the at­ti­tude re­quired dur­ing train­ing and the un­der­stand­ing of what we are try­ing to do tac­ti­cal­ly and tech­ni­cal­ly in each game. And most of the play­ers have some games un­der their belt un­der me so it's just a mat­ter of how well we adapt to the con­di­tions of the game," Hart said.

The birth­day boy in the T&T camp at the Hilton Ho­tel, Ataulla Guer­ra, who turned 26 on Thurs­day, is hop­ing to have a strong run at the "Reg­gae Boyz".

"I'm grate­ful for what I have. I am do­ing what I en­joy and it's al­ways a bless­ing to be with the na­tion­al team. I hope I can play some part to­mor­row and help us take home the win. Every game is one where we are build­ing and learn­ing. But win­ning is im­por­tant too for me," Guer­ra said.

Ja­maica's Schafer, who led the team to a 2-2 draw with Hon­duras in their fi­nal 2014 World Cup qual­i­fi­er last month, wants to win his first game at the helm of the "Reg­gae Boyz".

"We are prepar­ing for the fu­ture and this is the start of our 'Road to Rus­sia' 2018 cam­paign. We are look­ing at some new play­ers. We have called some play­ers from the Unit­ed States. Of course we want to get a good per­for­mance and a good re­sult in this match with Trinidad and To­ba­go," Schafer added.

Tick­ets for Tues­day's friend­ly at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um are priced at $100 (cov­ered), $75 (un­cov­ered) and are avail­able at Ken­ny Sport Shops, Fan Club (Movi­etowne POS and Gulf City) Ramm­s­ingh's Sport­world, All Out Restau­rant, Trot­ters Restau­rant, More Vi­no, and the To­ba­go FA of­fice. Chil­dren un­der 12 are free. Tick­ets will al­so be on sale at the match venue on Tues­day from 1 pm.

T&T squad

Ken­wyne Jones (Capt), Jan Michael Williams, Mar­vin Phillip, Justin Hoyte, Daneil Cyrus, Radan­fah Abu Bakr, Car­lyle Mitchell, Aubrey David, Shel­don Bateau, Jo­evin Jones, Cur­tis Gon­za­les, An­dre Bou­caud, Ke­van George, Den­sill Theobald, Lester Pelti­er, Ataulla Guer­ra, Run­dell Win­ches­ter.