Defenceman Marvin Manswell will not be on the field in T&T’s opening match against host Egypt when the 2009 Fifa Under-20 World Cup kicks off tomorrow.
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Jake gets his T&T passport
TTFF Special Adviser Jack Warner on Wednesday night presented English-born footballer Jake Thomson with his Trinidad and Tobago passport which makes him eligible to play for the country in Thursday’s opening match of the FIFA Under 20 World Championship against Egypt.
Vranes has idea of his U-20 First XI
Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 head coach Zoran Vranes says he has a fair idea of what his starting team will be when the young Soca Warriors take on hosts Egypt in the opening match of the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Championship in Alexandria on Thursday from 8 p.m. (1 p.m. T&T time).
Stage set as T&T face off with host Egypt in cup opener
The stage is set for the commencement of what promises to be an action packed and high energy twenty three days of football with 52 matches at the 2009 FIFA Under 20 World Championship which kicks off with Trinidad and Tobago facing off with the hosts Egypt from 8pm tonight (Thursday night) (2pm Thursday, T&T time) following the opening ceremony which starts 90 minutes before.
Reaching another level of football
They may not be filled with the high profile names of Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy, Carlos Edwards and Kenwyne Jones, but my bet is that many of the members of the national Under-20 squad who are awaiting the start of the Fifa World Cup in Egypt, will one day occupy the minds and hearts of the people of T&T in the near future.
Junior Warriors get settled in Egypt
National Under-20 football captain Leston Paul and his teammates got their first feel of Egypt yesterday as they arrived in Alexandria as one of the featured teams for the gala kick off and opening ceremony for the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Championship starting Thursday at the Egyptian Army Stadium.
U-20s touch down in Egypt today
T&T Under-20 footballers will be among the first set of teams to arrive in Cairo, Egypt for the Fifa Under-20 World Cup which begins on Thursday, when they touch down at approximately 10:45 pm tonight (3 pm T&T time) after a short flight from Lanarca, Cyprus.
Manning, Richards blank U-20 invite
Prior to leaving for the Fifa Under-20 World Cup on Sunday, Fifa vice-president Jack Warner says he was still awaiting word from President George Maxwell Richards and Prime Minister Patrick Manning on whether they will be attending the tournament, which begins on Thursday in Egypt.
Another defeat, but T&T U20s keep on pressing
Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 footballers could not end their losing run in Cyprus but again left the pitch with another credible performance despite going down 2-0 to the United States in Friday’s training fixture in Aiya Napa.