T&T Roster announced for First Leg in Austin
T&T Roster announced for First Leg in Austin
Trinidad and Tobago head coach Angus Eve has named one uncapped player in his 23-man Roster for the opening leg of the Concacaf Nations League fixture against the US in Austin, Texas on November 16th.
American College-based goalkeeper Rushon Sandy of Yavapai College has been named in the squad that will assemble in Austin on Monday. A former Under 20 national team goalkeeper under Eve, Sandy was last month named as was one of three Yavapai College men’s football team student-athletes, who garnered postseason honours in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), earning Second-Team All-Conference honours.
Back into the team after missing all four previous Nations League fixtures through injury is AEK Athens frontman Levi Garcia while Malcolm Shaw also makes a return after missing the two previous matches against Guatemala and Curacao.
“”We are always up for a challenge. Every game that we played so far has been a tremendous challenge for the group,” Eve told the Media in a press briefing at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.
“It is well documented that the majority of our players are not in season right now…it makes the task a little harder, but we are going out there to fight and represent our country in the best way that we can.”
Eve still has confidence in his players, saying, “Sport is on the day. We believe in ourselves, you hear (the enthusiasm in) the boys back there. We have been on a good run, so we want to continue that run. It is going to take a lot of hard work and it is going to take tactical awareness and tactical fitness to get through the game because most of our players are not match fit as their players are. We have to be very smart in the way we play the game and give ourselves a fighting chance when we come back home and hopefully the crowd will be behind us.
“We have to try to pick most of the players who would have just finished playing, so they will have a semblance of match fitness and some of the players who are actually still playing.”
Players List with Appearances and Goals
Goalkeepers
Denzil Smith 5/0
Christopher Biggette 1/0
Rushon Sandy 0/0
Defenders
Justin Garcia 15/1
Aubrey David 77/1
Shannon Gomez 12/0
Alvin Jones 48/4
Andre Raymond 4/0
Jesse Williams 9/0
Ross Russell jr 14/0
Midfielders
Noah Powder 17/2
Kaile Auvray 9/0
Neveal Hackshaw 39/2
Daniel Phillips 8/0
Michel Poon-Angeron 11/0
Andre Rampersad 9/1
Kristian Lee-Him 4/1
Forwards
Real Gill 4/1
Nathaniel James 4/2
Reon Moore 24/7
Ryan Teller 26/9
Levi Garcia 41/8
Malcolm Shaw 5/1
