U-17

CONCACAF yesterday rejected the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, declaring the US$30-million facility as below the required standard to host games in the 12-team CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, which is slated to start in four days.

In preparation for the forthcoming Under-17 World Cup qualifier against Jamaica next month, the Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 squad will face the national Under-20 team on Friday, at Marvin Lee Stadium, Tunapuna, and play Barbados in a friendly two days later.

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under 17 team head coach Shawn Cooper on Tuesday announced his final 20-man squad that will head to Montego  Bay to contest the Final round of Concacaf qualification for the2011 FIFA Under 17 World Cup.

National Under-17 captain Duane Muckette says his team is ready to take on the rest of CONCACAF in two weeks' time when they attempt to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mexico.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 17 footballers went under to Barbados’ U-17s 2-1 in a friendly at the National Stadium in Bridgetown on Sunday evening as they continue their build up to the CONCACAF Final round of qualification in Jamaica later this month.

National Under-17 footballers continued their preparation for the CONCACAF round of qualification for the 2011 World Cup with back-to-back wins in Tobago this weekend.

Canadian-based Devon Bower and Isaiah Noreiga, of Houston Dynamos, are in an 18-man national Under-17 squad leaving tomorrow for Barbados for a warm-up match on Sunday against the Bajan youths.

It has been a whirlwind year for Isaiah Noreiga. Last April, the Dynamo Academy forward scored two goals in the championship match of the Dallas Cup to lead the the Dynamo U-16s to the title. He was also on the Dynamo squad that reached the semifinals of the SUM U-17 Cup in Houston this past summer.