U-17

TRINIDAD and Tobago Under-17 coach Rene Simoes has called on locals to boo the Croatian team when they take the field on Thursday for the opening match of the 2001 Fifa U-17 World Championship.

FIFTEEN visiting teams and hosts Trinidad and Tobago will square off in the September 13-30 Fifa Under-17 World Championship, to be played at four new stadiums around the country and the Hasely Crawford National Stadium.

First it was Jack and then Darryl. Now, Daryan Warner, son of FIFA vice-president Austin Jack Warner, has been awarded a contract to operate concession stands at the FIFA Under-17 World football Championships which begin here on Thursday.

TWICE is too much.Those were the simple yet effective words offered yesterday by Trinidad and Tobago's Under-17 captain, Roderick Anthony, as he leads his team into today's warm-up international match against Paraguay, first of the 15 teams to arrive.

Today the Express, concludes its look at the players who are likely to catch the eye during the September 13-30 2001 Fifa Under-17 World Championship football tournament here.

IT is unfortunate that Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy ended their international careers in the controversial manner in which they did in late June.

Trinidad and Tobago's Under-17 footballers are into their final stage of preparations ahead of Thursday's opening match of the FIFA Under-17 World Championship against Croatia.

It is not often that Professor Rene Simoes allows emotion to betray his pragmatic outlook of the game.However, after three months on the job, the Brazilian proudly revealed that he has found something exciting in Trinidad and Tobago.