T&T's So­ca War­riors were beat­en 3-1 by Sau­di Ara­bia in their in­ter­na­tion­al friend­ly match at the Al Shabab Club Sta­di­um in Riyadh Tues­day morn­ing.

The game, played at 9.15 am T&T time, the equiv­a­lent of 4.15 pm Sau­di Ara­bi­an time, was the coun­try's fourth meet­ing be­tween the teams and first un­der new coach Dwight Yorke, who took over from An­gus Eve last month.

Hav­ing lost twice to the Saud­is in the past, the War­riors were fac­ing their third when a 13th-minute penal­ty by Saleh Al­shehre sep­a­rat­ed the teams at the half-time in­ter­val. The War­riors, mi­nus sev­er­al of their key play­ers, were not at their best in de­fence, which they paid for.

Ab­dul­lah Al­hamd­dan pushed the home team 2-0 up in the 53rd minute, and with two min­utes to go be­fore the con­clu­sion of the chap­ter, Nass­er Al­dosari took the fight out of the War­riors with an 88th-minute goal for a 3-0 score­line.

Yorke, rel­a­tive­ly new to the task of coach­ing, hav­ing coached at Macarthur FC in the Aus­tralian A-League alone, was giv­en hope when Ja­mal Jack net­ted a con­so­la­tion item in the 90+4 minute that saved their blush­es.

On Mon­day, Yorke told the me­dia the match would help him as­sess the play­ers ahead of the CON­CA­CAF Gold Cup and FI­FA World Cup Qual­i­fiers next year.

Re­sult

T&T 1 (Ja­mal Jack 90+4) vs Sau­di Ara­bia 3 (Saleh Al­shehri 13th penal­ty, Ab­dul­lah Al­hamad­dan 53rd, Nass­er Al­dosari 88th).

T&T TEAM:

21 Adri­an Fon­cette, 2 Aubrey David, 5 Ross Rus­sell Jr, 16 Alvin Jones, 17 Justin Gar­cia, 15 Ne­veal Hack­shaw, 12 Tyrese Bai­ley, 9 Du­ane Muck­ette, 20 Re­al Gill, 13 Re­on Moore, 3 Jo­evin Jones.

Subs

1 Christo­pher Biggette, 6 Isa­iah Gar­cia, 4 Ja­mal Jack, 8 Isa­iah Lee, 10 Kevin Moli­no, 7 Stef­fen Yeates, 18 Michel Poon Angeron, 11 Kai­him Thomas, 14 Shan­non Gomes, 19 Wayne Fred­er­ick II, 24 Jariel Arthur, 23 Jesse Williams