THE T&T men’s and women’s beach soccer teams arrived in El Salvador on Wednesday to contest the ANOC World Beach Games Qualifiers.
The tournament will take place at the Costa del Sol National Stadium from Thursday to Saturday.
The event will feature 11 national teams, including seven in the men’s category and four in the women’s. The top two men’s and women’s teams in the tournament will qualify for the next ANOC World Beach Games 2023 to be held in Bali, Indonesia from August 5 to 12.
The men’s category will consist of a knock-out tournament in which the winners of the two semi-finals will obtain their ticket to the ANOC World Beach Games.
The seven men’s teams participating are T&T, El Salvador, United States, Bahamas, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Belize.
In the women’s category, the four teams will play in a league format, with three matchdays, in which the two best teams will qualify for the ANOC World Beach Games.
T&T men will meet Bahamas in a knock-out fixture at 6.15 pm on Thursday. The women will begin group action at 9 pm against El Salvador, followed by matches against the US and Bahamas on Friday.
Both teams will also use this as preparation for the Concacaf Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers in Bahamas in May. The T&T women are coming off their successful participation at the 2022 Bahamas Beach Soccer Cup where they won the title.
A TTFA media release on Wednesday said, “The TTFA also wished to acknowledge the TT Beach Soccer Association for its efforts in securing the necessary resources for the teams’ build-up and participation at the current Games in El Salvador.”
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T&T SQUADS
WOMEN: Tenesha Palmer (goal-keeper, captain), Tsai Anne Fernandez (vice-captain, Shauna Lee Govia, Alexcia Ali, Aaliyah Prince, Adanya Phillip, Tisha Belfon, Summer Arjoon, Selinia Isaac, Ketara Munroe, Daniella Findley, Crystal Ann Taylor-Lewis (goal-keeper),Chad Appoo (coach), Keston Guy (assistant coach), Arlene Paul (manager), Shanelle Greaves (physiotherapist).
MEN: Jesse Bailey (captain), Jabari Gray (goal-keeper, vice-captain), David Dominic Mc Dougall, Zane Coker (goal-keeper), Anderson Peters, Shane Hospedales, Tevyn Gill, Hakeem King, Jay-Son Joseph, Kevon Williams, Kareem Perry, Kairon Joseph, Chad Appoo (coach), Keston Guy (assistant coach), Yuri Chapman (manager), Joel Caresquero (physiotherapist), Dr Oba Gulston (head of delegation).