“They don’t cherish him!” Hudson pulls out of T&T U-20 squad before Caribbean Cup semisThe Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team will face their two closing matches of the 2016 Caribbean Cup without W Connection starlet, Isaiah Hudson, who will return home for Curaçao tomorrow and was effectively ruled out of the semifinal rounds.
The young Soca Warriors face Antigua and Barbuda in the first semifinal match this evening from 5.30pm at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad. If victorious, they will face the winner of a Haiti/Bermuda clash in the Under-20 Caribbean Cup final at the same venue from 7.30pm on Sunday.
But the 16-year-old Hudson, who is a senior W Connection player, will not be there to help out. His father, Brent Hudson, said his son is injured.
“He has an injury and he has to come back so he can be attended properly,” Hudson (B) told Wired868. “The coaches are concerned about winning and not the children’s health and welfare. People are just studying to win and not [thinking] about the development of the children.”
Incidentally, the request for Hudson’s return was made directly to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and not to general secretary, Azaad Khan, who is responsible for the operation of the local football body.
John-Williams, as president of the W Connection football squad, has a direct stake in Hudson, who made his Pro League debut at just 14.Read More...