Eve includes locals for match vs St Lucia

TTFA Media May 29, 2022 0 Comment

Eve includes locals for match vs St Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago’s Men’s Senior Team head coach Angus Eve conducted training sessions on Saturday and Sunday with a 22-man squad comprising of mainly home-based players ahead of tomorrow’s closed door encounter against St Lucia’s Senior Men’s Team at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella from 3pm.

This exercise is part of the preparations for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League opening pair of matches away to Nicaragua on June 3rd and home to Bahamas at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on June 6th.

There are some overseas-based players in the squad for tomorrow’s match including Czech-based forward Justin Araujo Wilson and Honduras-based forward Akeem Roach while Radanfah Abu Bakr, Duane Muckette, Justin Sadoo and Kevon Goddard will also be involved. There is also a recall for midfielder Keron Cummings while Che Benny has also been invited.

**Nicholas Dillon during a finishing session at practice at the HC Training pitch on Saturday morning**

Eve explained that the majority of overseas-based players for the Final squad will travel on Tuesday for Managua but he will me using tomorrow’s exercise to assess these players listed for the clash.

“It seems like I am only facing Trinidadian coaches now because Stern is now the head coach of St Lucia and congratulations to him. He’s been doing a lot of good work out there. We faced Guyana’s Jamaal Shabazz last month and then a couple days ago,” Eve told TTFA Media on Saturday after a sessions at the Hasely Crawford,

“We really wanted a game a little bit earlier to assess the locally-based players. We haven’t had a local league for a couple years and fortunately we do have a league now where the guys have been plying their trade,” Eve added.

“We had the opportunity to scout the players so we drafted in most of them in a 22-man squad that we want to see to pool them together with the overseas-based players that we already have available.

“It’s ten matches in four days with a lot of travel so we will definitely need some of these local-based players to supplement what we already have,” Eve added. “We have been doing the work, scouting all the overseas-based players. There are a couple guys with injuries and a couple with no vaccine. I know the law is going to change pretty soon and will change our circumstances.

“We already had a 23-man selected before this match tomorrow against an international team. Basically we will be going (into the Nations League) with the squad that we played with the Courts Caribbean Classic with a couple local additions. We explained that to the guys and they understand what we are saying. I think this game on Monday will tell us a lot in terms of who we can include and go forward with in this phase,” Eve said.

**Former National U-17 midfielder and Futsal player Che Benny at training on Saturday morning**

T&T Squad for match vs St Lucia

1.JABARI ST. HILLAIRE
Goalkeeper -TERMINIX LA HORQUETTA RANGERS
2. DENZIL SMITH
Goalkeeper – W CONNECTION F.C.
3.JOSHUA ALEXANDER
Right Back- MALONEY MAVERICKS
4. ISAIAH GARCIA
Right Back -DEPORTIVO PF
5.RADANFAH ABU BAKR
R/C Back – SURE SPORTS F.C.
6.ANDRE ETTIENNE
R/C Back – DEPORTIVO PF
7. PAUL RONDEL
L/C Back – DEPORTIVO PF
8.JAMEEL NEPTUNE
Left Back – LAS VEGAS LEGENDS
9. ROSS RUSSELL JR
Left Back – TERMINIX LA HORQUETTA RANGERS
10.NATHANIEL GARCIA
R/Def. Midfield – DEPORTIVO PF
11.KEVON GODDARD
R/Def. Midfield – DEFENCE FORCE F.C.
12. MICHEL POON ANGERON
L/Def. Midfield – AC PORT OF SPAIN
13.JUSTIN SADOO
L/Def. Midfield -DEFENCE FORCE F.C.
14.KERON CUMMINGS
R/Att. Midfield – REAL WEST FORT
15.MICKEL GORDON
R/Att. Midfield -POLICE F.C.
16.CHE BENNY
Att. Midfield – AC PORT OF SPAIN
17.DUANE MUCKETTE
Att. Midfield -UNATTACHED
18 MARK RAMDEEN
L/Att. Midfield – DEPORTIVO PF
19.JABARI MITCHELL
L/Att. Midfield -POLICE F.C.
20.JUSTIN ARAUJO WILSON
Forward -FC VYSOCINA JIHLAVA
21.NICHOLAS DILLON
Forward -CENTRAL SOCCER WORLD
22.AKEEM ROACH
Forward – C.D. REAL SOCIEDAD