U-17

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 17 women’s team had its warm-up encounter against Panama cut short on Wednesday evening after sudden rainfall and a violent outbreak of lighting and thunder forced the game to be abandoned in the 55th minute.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 17 Women’s team kicked off their two-match series with Canada’s Under 17 women’s team with a 3-0 loss at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet on Thursday evening.

A 20-member Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 17 Women’s Team left these shores this (Tuesday) morning and is expected to arrive in Panama City later today for a two-match training camp as it continues preparations for the CONCACAF Final Round of qualifiers for the 2013 FIFA Under 17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan.

Canada's women's U-17 team has arrived safely in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in advance of a pair of Women's U-17 International Friendly matches. Canada will play Thursday 29 March and Saturday 31 March against host Trinidad and Tobago, with both matches to be played in the early evening.

TRINIDAD AND Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) Technical Director, Anton Corneal, is confident that the Under-17 Women’s team will shine at the forthcoming CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2012 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan this September.

Women’s football technical director Even Pellerud says that this country’s chances at the CONCACAF Women U-17 final round of qualifiers are reasonable as he expects the experience gained at the 2010 World Cup to be of tremendous benefit to the local team.

Despite suffering back to back losses to Canada at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago last week, National Under 17 Women’s team coach Even Pellerud is keeping faith in his Trinidad and Tobago team as they continue preparations for the final round of CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2012 FIFA Under 17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan.

Host Guatemala will face defending champion Canada, Panama and Jamaica in Group A of the first round of the CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship.