Haynes pleased with CONCACAF U-20 Championship schedule

That match is the second of a double-header and will be preceded by the encounter involving Canada and Dominica at 3 p.m. In the round-robin formatted tournament, T&T will then next take on Dominica on February 25 from 6 p.m., following on from the first match on that day between Canada and SVG at 3 p.m.

However, T&T’s most difficult match is poised to be the final one on February 27 against Canada, from 6 p.m. St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominic clash from 3 p.m. that day. All tournament matches will be played at the HCS.

Haynes is extremely upbeat about the timeline of matches. “So excited we are going to be getting ready to play this tournament,” said Haynes.

“And looking at the schedule—me and the staff have been looking at it and getting excited at the fact that we will be the team who will be playing the last game (every match day), so we will get an opportunity to see the teams and how to play them.”

Haynes stressed that his team would be looking to secure victories in their first two games against SVG and Dominica, respectively.

“It is the same thing that we are looking at in trying to win these games and then looking forward to play against Canada who we think—we are the dark horse and they are big team in the group, and we are very excited to see that we get to see them play first and we get to play them last and we get to play at home.”

Haynes added it would be exciting for his charges to be playing the last game each match day because “we are going to make sure we entertain the crowds, so we bring them back for the next game and then for the last game as well.

“It is a plus in that we get to see the teams we are going to play before we play them and we are going to try our best to use our home field advantage with the (overseas) guys coming in,” Haynes concluded.

SOURCE: T&T Express