U-17

In preseason, there were no guarantees Kingwood Park would return to its second straight state soccer tournament. Not with its best player's availability in question.

This country’s National Under 17 footballers trained in midday heat in Montego Bay on Monday as they prepared for their final FIFA Under 17 World Cup qualifying encounter with Canada on Wednesday at Catherine’s Hall.

Despite the disappointment of Trinidad and Tobago’s failure to advance to the 2011 FIFA Under 17 World Cup in Mexico, national team captain Duane Muckette believes he came out of the Concacaf final round a better player.

Adan Noel scored one minute into second-half stoppage time and Trinidad & Tobago defeated Guatemala 1-0 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship.

Early first-half goals by Christopher Nanco and Keven Aleman sparked Canada to a 2-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago in the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship quarterfinals on Wednesday and sent it to the youth World Cup for the first time since 1995.

Shackiel Henry scored a pair of second-half goals to give Trinidad a 2-2 draw with Caribbean rival Jamaica on Tuesday at the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship.

Destiny Day! That’s how this country’s National Under 17 footballers have billed Wednesday February 23, 2011 as they head into what is undoubtedly the biggest game of their careers to date when they face Canada in the quarter final of the Concacaf Final Round with a place at the 2011 FIFA Under 17 World Cup at stake.

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 17 footballers will kick off their quest for a place in the 2011 FIFA Under 17 World Cup when they face hosts Jamaica in the second game of a Group C double header in their Concacaf Final round qualifying match at 3pm (4pm TT time) at Catherine Hall.