T&T and Jamaica Senior Men to meet in February
T&T and Jamaica Senior Men to meet in February
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is today confirming the scheduling of two international friendlies between this country’s Senior Men’s National Senior Team and Jamaica’s Men’s Senior team on February 6th and 9th in Montego Bay and Kingston.
The match on February 6 will take place at the Montego Bay Sports Complex at 8:30pm (TT) while the fixture on February 9 in Kingston will be at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex at 9pm (TT)
Both Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are using these games in preparation for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims which is slated for March.
Trinidad and Tobago will face Cuba away on March 21st and home on March 25th. Head Coach Dwight Yorke will announce his squad for the friendlies, which are being played outside of the FIFA Window, later this month.
TTFA President Kieron Edwards added, “We extend our gratitude to the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) for hosting us and providing this opportunity for both nations to compete, prepare and grow together.
“These matches are crucial for our preparations as we look ahead to the Gold Cup preliminaries in March. They will give our head coach, Dwight Yorke, an invaluable opportunity to assess a broader pool of players and fine-tune our preparations for the challenges ahead,” Edwards told TTFA Media.
“We know how popular the Trinidad and Tobago/Jamaica rivalry is at all levels and we expect thesetwo matches to serve its purpose as it relates to overall preparations. At the TTFA, we remain committed to creating opportunities for our teams to be well-prepared for international competitions. These games reflect our ongoing efforts to ensure that Trinidad and Tobago football continues to progress and thrive on the global stage.”
President of the Jamaica Football Federation Michael Ricketts spoke about the importance of these fixtures.
“Our Head Coach Mr. McClaren expressed from last year a desire for an opportunity to analyse the domestic based players on the island and we have worked assiduously to arrange these fixtures and camps which will take place leading into these games.”
“This is the 3rd year in a row we have kicked off with games vs Trinidad and each year has been beneficial. 2023 prepared us for the Gold Cup and Nations League campaigns while last year we saw how useful this was ahead of the Nations League and the World Cup Qualifiers. This year is no different as Coach McClaren and the technical staff fine tune preparations for the World Cup Qualifiers which resume in June.”
Both countries met in two friendlies in T&T last March with Jamaica winning the opener 1-0 at Hasely Crawford before the second match drew 0-0 at Larry Gomes. The previous year, also in March, T&T won 1-0 in Montego Bay on a Reon Moore stike, before a 0-0 draw followed in the second game that month at the National Stadium, Kingston.
