T&T’s men Under-20 squad arrived in San Jose, Costa Ricaon Tuesday afternoon for a 10-day training camp ahead of the CONCACAF Men’s U-20 Championship in Honduras.
Leading the team is assistant coach Reynold Carrington in the absence of head coach Angus Eve who is presently on duty with the men’s senior team.
Eve will join the contingent on Tuesday in San Jose, following T&T’s CONCACAF Nations League match against St Vincent and the Grenadines in Port-of-Spain, the day before. Major Basil Thompson is the team manager.
Senior team midfielder Molik Khan will also join the squad in San Jose on Tuesday. Tarik Lee, Christian Bailey and Tristan Edwards all sat CXC Exams yesterday and will travel to San Jose today with an accompanying staff member, while Austria-based defender Noah Roka will join the team later today after his exams.
While in San Jose, T&T will play two training matches against the Costa Rica men’s U-20 team today at 10 am and Saturday at the same time.
T&T opens Group F against Haiti on June 19 at the Estadio Morazan in San Pedro Sula and will face Mexico on June 21 and Suriname on June 23 at the same venue.
The top three teams in the group will advance to the round of 16, where they will be joined by the four teams advancing from the 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying. Unlike the previous editions, the competition will determine not only the four Concacaf representatives at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia but also the two Concacaf representatives at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
T&T 18-player squad
Kaihim Thomas, Isaiah Thompson, Andrew De Gannes, Tyrik Trotman, Jaheim Faustin, Curtis Del Leon, Jaheim Wickham, Rushon Sandy, Josiah Wilson, Jaron Pascall, Real Gill,Nathaniel James, Josiah Cooper, Luke Phillip, Isaiah Edwards, Marvin Waldrop,Jaheim Joseph, Kassidy Davidson.
GROUPS
Group E: United States, Cuba, Canada, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Group F: Mexico, Haiti, T&T, Suriname
Group G: Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Aruba
Group H: Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda