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A 40-member squad of under-17 footballers is in deep training with their aim to make it to the age-group World Cup in India next year.

Coach Ken Elie is very confident his squad of under-17s will top their Caribbean Football Union qualification leg and become one of the four CONCACAF teams for the 24-nation 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in September next year Elie said he had been preparing his squad since June last year.

He said he screened his squad between June and December last and put the players through specific training, both technical and physical.

Elie said his squad resumed training in January, “and there are four very special players in the squad, and we also have a couple of outstanding Secondary Schools Football League along with W Connection player John-Paul Rochford who was on training with Barclays Premier League team Manchester City.”

He noted that it will be a difficult process to name his final squad. Elie hopes to have a live-in camp in Tobago and also have a further look at some players from the sister island who I have already identified from a previous trip.

He said he and his team of coaches are working hand-in-hand with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) to get the best possible preparations for the team.