T&T MEN TO FACE JAMAICA

T&T MEN TO FACE JAMAICA BACK-2-BACK FRIENDLIES

[Updated at 3:15pm on Wednesday with comments from head coach Angus Eve]

Trinidad and Tobago’s Senior Men will face off with Jamaica in two away international friendlies on March 11th and 14th.

The matches were agreed upon last week and was officially announced at a Press Conference hosted by the Jamaican Football Federation on Tuesday.

The first match takes place at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in Catherine Hall and the second will be played at the National Stadium in Kingston. Both matches will fall outside of the FIFA International window.

T&T will be using the matches as preparation for upcoming Concacaf Nations League and Gold Cup qualifiers versus Bahamas in Nassau on March 24th and against Nicaragua on March 27th at the Dwight Yorke Stadium.

Good opportunity for the Home-based players

“I see it as a good opportunity where we were contacted by the Jamaican FA to play in Jamaica and I think it’s a good opportunity to give our home-based players some much needed match practice leading into the Nations League matches later in March,” Eve told TTFA Media.

“The rivalry between us and Jamaica has always been intense. I have been a part of a number of those matches and the magnitude of those games have been huge. I thought this would be ideal for our players who as you know haven’t had sufficient match practice, to get this opportunity against a team such as Jamaica which is ranked #54 in the world at the moment.

“We are 104 and we are just trying to come back and bring Trinidad and Tobago football to a position where we believe it should be. This is a good step for us because we don’t have competitions such as the Shell Caribbean Cup where we can give our players this level of exposure on consistent basis. These games are invaluable. We’ll have a young team similar to what we had against Saint Martin. We’ll use this opportunity to select the final group for the Nations League matches against Bahamas and Nicaragua.”