T&T’s senior and Under-19 women footballers are scheduled to leave for Goshen, Indianapolis, US at eight o’clock tonight for a tour from tomorrow to July 24.
According to team manageress Ricarda Nelson the tour comes following a solid month’s preparation and will be used as further preparation for the Women’s Under-19 World Cup qualifying campaign.
T&T is carded to oppose the US Under-21 team, the Mexican senior team, professional women’s club Indiana—the club of T&T defenders Leslie Ann James and Tasha St Louis.
The 23-member T&T squad is being coached by Jamal Shabazz with Marlon Charles, Kestor Lendor and Isla Brown serving as assistant coaches. Steve Fredericks is the equipment manager/goalkeeping coach.
The party leaving Trinidad tonight will be joined by six foreign-based players—Akiela Mollon (Atlanta), Nicole Betancourt (North Carolina), Patrice Rose (Atlanta), Avion Tobias (Miami), Dawn-Marie Alfred and May-Lee Attin Johnson (Newark, New Jersey) on arrival in the US.
The team is working toward the Under-19 qualifiers in August, involving 19 Caribbean teams in four groups, with the four best teams from each group to meet in November for a series to decide the representatives from the Caribbean in the Concacaf qualifying group.
Players:
Lisa-Jo Ramkisson, Gailann Thomas , Tricia Lawrence, Ayanna Russell, Anastacia Prescott, Kia Rigsby, Racine Clarke, Christine Rose, Nadia James, Katrina Meyer, Niasha Reyes, Aviann Douglas, Jamine Francois, Vernell Mascall, Kennya Cordner, Jenelle James, Bianca Walker (Houston), Akiela Mollon (Atlanta), Nicole Betancourt (North Carolina), Patrice Rose (Atlanta), Avion Tobias (Miami), Dawn-Marie Alfred, May-Lee Attin Johnson (Newark, New Jersey).