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David John-Williams, president of the T&T Football Association is anticipating the next few weeks with bated breath as several of this country’s national teams and leading clubs enter into major competitions.

Soca Warriors coach Stephen Hart is likely to name his squad for two back to back 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala in Port-of-Spain on September 2nd, and USA in Jacksonville on September 6th, in mid-August.

T&T Under-20 coach Brian Williams is working feverishly with his staff to prepare the team for the Caribbean Football Union Final Round qualifying phase in October in Curacao, while the national Under-15 Girls team is off to Disney, Orlando, Floria, USA for the CONCACAF Under-15 Championship.

The Under-17 boy’s squad is also gearing for the CFU Final Round of qualification to be played here in T&T in September, while the Caribbean Cup qualifiers semi-final round for the T&T Soca Warriors also takes place in October with the “Warriors” facing Dominican Republic and Martinique.

“It’s an interesting two months for us. Two teams from T&T involved in the Champions League playing at home in August and then right after that we have the big one. Guatemala.

“I had a meeting with coach Hart yesterday and he feels very positive about how things are happening,” John-Williams.

And then we see developments of Kenwyne Jones moving to the US and the possibility of him coming back into T&T. I think it’s exciting, challenging times but exciting.

The TTFA president also commended Scotiabank for partnering with the TTFA for its upcoming Grassroots Programme.

“I’m very thrilled with the Scotiabank sponsorship although it’s for a short period of time. They are supporting a very important part of football worldwide and particularly at the T&TFA with the grassroots programme,” he said.

The T&TFA also held an open forum discussion last Saturday with its stakeholders during which there were different matters discussed resulting in positive feedback that will see the organisation subsequently moving to have further consultations before taking final decisions.

Positive about CFU presidential chances

President John-Williams also addressed the topic of him vying for presidency of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) when he comes up against incumbent, Gordon Derrick, of the Antigua-Barbuda Football Association and Hillaren Frederick, president of the United States Virgin Islands Football Association.

The new president will be elected at the XXXIX CFU Congress taking place at the Pan-Am Ballroom of the Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel, Miami, Florida on Saturday.

“It has been well reported in the public domain that I am running for the CFU presidency. There have been a lot of negative reports but I remain very positive about my running for the CFU President.

“It is something that I have been asked to do, it’s not something that I set out to do. It’s a challenge that I have accepted as a result of people within the Caribbean asking me to put myself for the leadership of the CFU,” John-Williams said.