U-20

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 20 footballers will depart for Miami for a training camp on Tuesday to step up their preparations for the CONCACAF Under 20 World Cup qualifiers in Guatemala in April.

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 20 will travel to Georgetown to face Guyana’s Under 20 team in a friendly match on January 14.

The quartet of Sheldon Bateau, Shahdon Winchester, Joevin Jones and Dwight Ceballo will be missing when this country’s Under-20 footballers leave tomorrow to begin a ten-day camp in Miami, USA.

There were some familiar football faces at Monday’s CFU Under-20 World Cup qualifier out at the Marvin Lee Stadium. These were the diehards, the ones you see at games like these, even though most others are busy with seasonal shopping and house cleaning—the ones who make up the numbers when the Pro League is in session.

Under-20 team head coach Zoran Vranes says his team has entered the final leg of preparations for their upcoming Concacaf World Cup qualifying final round in Guatemala from April 3-17.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 men’s team booked its spot in the Concacaf Final Round of qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Under 20 World Cup when they defeated Suriname 2-1 at the Marvin Lee Stadium to end up 4-2 winners on aggregate in their final Caribbean Football Union tie.

National Under-20 captain Sheldon Bateau is waiting with bated breath for the opportunity to show coaches at Sporting Kansas what he’s capable of doing when he visits the club for trial alongside T&T teammate Daniel Cyrus later this month.

Trinidad and Tobago's Under-20 men' footballers need only a draw but they know a defeat could mean a dismal Christmas holiday for them.