T&T De­fend­er Aubrey David and mid­field­er Ryan Telfer have been cho­sen on a CON­CA­CAF Na­tions League best eleven af­ter two rounds of match­es.

They were se­lect­ed based on their per­for­mances in the So­ca War­riors two match­es played against Cu­ra­cao and El Sal­vador, Con­ca­caf said.

T&T pro­mot­ed to the CON­CA­CAF Na­tions League ‘A’ di­vi­sion af­ter play­ing un­beat­en in the ‘B’ League be­tween last year and this year, got the best start they could have asked for when they de­feat­ed Cu­ra­cao 1-0 at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo 1-0, cour­tesy of a Nathaniel ‘Nat­ty’ James 82nd-minute strike on Sep­tem­ber 7.

Three days lat­er, the So­ca War­riors pulled off a come-from-be­hind 3-2 vic­to­ry over El Sal­vador at the Es­ta­dio Jorge Gon­za­lez in San Sal­vador with Telfer equal­iz­ing on the home team’s open­ing goal in the 17 minute.

Telfer, the Mi­a­mi FC winger in the USL Cham­pi­onship in the Unit­ed States was al­so in­stru­men­tal in the T&T’s lone goal against Cu­ra­cao, as it was his head­ed down pass that led to James scor­ing in the 82nd minute.

David, the T&T cap­tain, on the oth­er hand, kept a steady de­fence for the So­ca War­riors in both match­es. Re­spond­ing to David, the Con­ca­caf said: “ Like he has al­ways been his en­tire ca­reer, David was ef­fec­tive at both ends. He took three shots in at­tack, while he made five steals and four clear­ances to help the So­ca War­riors be­come the on­ly team to win both games in the win­dow.”

Guid­ed by the sup­port of Telfer and David, the T&T team is now two match­es away from a place in the quar­ter­fi­nal of the Na­tions League with match­es against Guatemala on Oc­to­ber 13 and Cu­ra­cao on Oc­to­ber 17.

The top two fin­ish­ers in each group will ad­vance to the 2023-24 Con­ca­caf Na­tions League Quar­ter­fi­nals, where they will join the top four seed­ed teams- the Unit­ed States, Mex­i­co, Cana­da, and Cos­ta Ri­ca.

The win­ners of the four quar­ter­fi­nal match-ups will, not on­ly ad­vance to the Con­ca­caf Na­tions League fi­nals in March, but they will al­so qual­i­fy for the 2024 Co­pa Amer­i­ca, while the de­feat­ed teams from the quar­ters will meet in a pair of play-off match­es to de­ter­mine the fi­nal two spots in the 2024 Co­pa Amer­i­ca.

CON­CA­CAF Best XI

Goal­keep­er Raiko Arozare­na, Cu­ba

De­fend­ers

Car­los Vazquez (Cu­ba), Aubrey David (T&T), Jose Morales (Guatemala)

Mid­field­ers

Adal­ber­to Car­rasquil­la (Pana­ma), Willian Po­zo (Cu­ba), Ed­win Ro­driguez (Hon­duras), Ryan Telfer (T&T), Don Louicius (Haiti), Jose Fa­jar­do (Pana­ma), Bob­by Reid (Ja­maica)