Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 17 team got some welcomed scoring practice on Thursday as they punished a visiting New Jersey team, Cherry Hill Football Club 6-0 in a training affair at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 17 team got some welcomed scoring practice on Thursday as they punished a visiting New Jersey team, Cherry Hill Football Club 6-0 in a training affair at the Ato Boldon Stadium.
They went a step better and proved that they are by no means way off their South American counterparts, finishing off a tightly contested friendly in their opponents goalmouth. It was a 0-0 scoreline as Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 17 team and Peru’s Under 17s completed their second of two warm up matches at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Saturday evening.
Caribbean Airlines will take newest squad of football sensations back to Trinidad and Tobago on Monday and may well be advised to set up route to Korea following this country’s qualification for the 2007 FIFA Under 17 World Championship.
In its first clash with a South American team since qualifying for the 2007 FIFA Under 17 World Championship, Trinidad and Tobago’s junior “Soca Warriors” suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Peru in the first of two warm ups at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva on Thursday.
“We Going Korea! We Going Korea!”
National Under 17 head coach Anton Corneal says he will welcome a more fiery approach from Peru in Saturday’s second match as promised by his opposite number.
It will be “war” versus Jamaica on Sunday at their own “office” the National Stadium in Kingston as both Trinidad and Tobago and the hosts go all out for a place in the 2007 FIFA Under 17 World Championship.
TWO years ago, Trinidad and Tobago had only one World Football Championship qualification under their belts. Now that number has tripled, with the Under-17 national team making the journey to Korea for the World Under-17 Championship in August, in the wake of the senior team's debut at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Trinidad and Tobago's kept their dreams of qualifying for Korea 2007 with a nail biting 2-1 victory over Canada in their third CONCACAF Final round encounter at the National Stadium, Kingston on Friday evening.