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<SPAN class=bigtitle>Corneal: Young Warriors ready for CFU challenge</SPAN> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">Monday, August 21 2006<P class=article style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">TRINIDAD and Tobago’s Under-16 football team coach Anton Corneal said his team was ready for the challenge despite the short notice of the change in fixtures of the tournament. <P class=article>TT face Barbados today in the second match of a double-header from 5 pm at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.
“It really doesn’t make that much of a difference to us because all the teams are in a similar position. Surely we would have liked to go on as planned but we just need to step up and face what is put in front of us,” Corneal said yesterday.
“Looking back at what we have done so far, I felt our second match against Grenada was our best performance and then we had the opportunity to look at a couple more players against Guyana and allow them that experience of playing.
“Now with the short notice of the change we had been planning to train tomorrow (Monday) but we will now switch the focus now.”
“We will be as ready as our opponents because they are in a similar situation. Our guys will be ready because they are always eager to play and that augers well for us,” Corneal said.
With the Under-16s in action, a group of Under-20 players have been called up to prepare for the upcoming final CFU qualifying round.
The team trained alongside the Under-16s at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo yesterday with senior team coach Wim Rijsbergen, assistant Jan Van Deinsen, Brian Williams and other members of the senior team staff.
TT received a first round bye and will host a second round group with St Kitts/Nevis.
Dominican Republic and the winners of a first round group which includes Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent/Grenadines.
The two groups in the CONCACAF Final round will be contested next January in Panama and Mexico and out of those eight teams, four will go through to the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship in Canada
Under-20 players called: Kareem Charles, Kevin Mussio. Nigel Thomas (goalkeepers);Brendon Boucaud, Jeremie Williams, Jevon Morton, Khaleem Hyland, Kurt Williams, Marvin James (Defenders); Javed Mohammed, Keron Ross, Michael Brown, Nyron Orr, Qian Grosvenor, Shastri Spencer, Silas Spann, Stephen De Las (midfielders), Carlon Hughes, Kerlon Fergusson, Kyle McIvor, Lester Peltier (Forwards)
The new Under-16 Cup schedule
Group “A”— Barbados, Haiti, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Group “B”— Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama
The Match Schedule is as follows :
Today: Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella— Haiti vs Suriname, 3 pm; Trinidad and Tobago vs Barbados, 5 pm
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago— Panama vs Mexico, 3 pm;
Canada vs Jamaica, 5 pm
On Wednesday— Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva— Barbados vs Haiti, 3 pm; Suriname vs Trinidad and Tobago, 5 pm
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago— Jamaica vs Panama, 3 pm;
Mexico vs Canada, 5 pm
On Friday — Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima— Suriname vs Barbados, 3 pm; Trinidad and Tobago vs Haiti, 5 pm
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago— Canada vs Panama, 3pm;
Mexico vs Jamaica, 5 pm
On Sunday— Loser Group “A” vs Loser Group “B” — 3rd and 4th place; Winner Group “A” vs Winner Group “B”— CFU Youth Cup Champions and Runners- Up
“It really doesn’t make that much of a difference to us because all the teams are in a similar position. Surely we would have liked to go on as planned but we just need to step up and face what is put in front of us,” Corneal said yesterday.
“Looking back at what we have done so far, I felt our second match against Grenada was our best performance and then we had the opportunity to look at a couple more players against Guyana and allow them that experience of playing.
“Now with the short notice of the change we had been planning to train tomorrow (Monday) but we will now switch the focus now.”
“We will be as ready as our opponents because they are in a similar situation. Our guys will be ready because they are always eager to play and that augers well for us,” Corneal said.
With the Under-16s in action, a group of Under-20 players have been called up to prepare for the upcoming final CFU qualifying round.
The team trained alongside the Under-16s at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo yesterday with senior team coach Wim Rijsbergen, assistant Jan Van Deinsen, Brian Williams and other members of the senior team staff.
TT received a first round bye and will host a second round group with St Kitts/Nevis.
Dominican Republic and the winners of a first round group which includes Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent/Grenadines.
The two groups in the CONCACAF Final round will be contested next January in Panama and Mexico and out of those eight teams, four will go through to the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship in Canada
Under-20 players called: Kareem Charles, Kevin Mussio. Nigel Thomas (goalkeepers);Brendon Boucaud, Jeremie Williams, Jevon Morton, Khaleem Hyland, Kurt Williams, Marvin James (Defenders); Javed Mohammed, Keron Ross, Michael Brown, Nyron Orr, Qian Grosvenor, Shastri Spencer, Silas Spann, Stephen De Las (midfielders), Carlon Hughes, Kerlon Fergusson, Kyle McIvor, Lester Peltier (Forwards)
The new Under-16 Cup schedule
Group “A”— Barbados, Haiti, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Group “B”— Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama
The Match Schedule is as follows :
Today: Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella— Haiti vs Suriname, 3 pm; Trinidad and Tobago vs Barbados, 5 pm
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago— Panama vs Mexico, 3 pm;
Canada vs Jamaica, 5 pm
On Wednesday— Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva— Barbados vs Haiti, 3 pm; Suriname vs Trinidad and Tobago, 5 pm
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago— Jamaica vs Panama, 3 pm;
Mexico vs Canada, 5 pm
On Friday — Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima— Suriname vs Barbados, 3 pm; Trinidad and Tobago vs Haiti, 5 pm
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago— Canada vs Panama, 3pm;
Mexico vs Jamaica, 5 pm
On Sunday— Loser Group “A” vs Loser Group “B” — 3rd and 4th place; Winner Group “A” vs Winner Group “B”— CFU Youth Cup Champions and Runners- Up
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