T&T, Jamaica schoolboys in friendly clash.
By: Mervyn Stewart (Trinidad Express).
Trinidad and Tobago's Secondary Schools Under-20 footballers will face their Jamaican counterparts in an annual clash of regional Secondary Schools Football League's teams at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium this afternoon.
The first clash of the two-match series kicks off at 4.00 pm, while the second game is carded for Queens Royal College ground on Monday afternoon.
T&T have a contingent of 22 players in training under the watchful eyes of coach Leon Carpette and his assistant Trevor Spicer.
The local contingent include goalkeepers Gelnroy Samuel (San Juan Sec) and Jeremy Tenia (St Benedict's); defenders Cion Samuel (Naparima), Duane James (St Anthony's), Gyasi Joyce (St Agustine), Keion Goodridge (Mucurapo), Dwayne Nicome (Malick), Holland Joseph (St Augustine), Jerome Williams (Scarborough); midfielders Solomon Bereton (Moruga), Keston Smith (Naparima), Trevin Caesar (Scarborough), Keron Doldron (QRC), Yuwil Legendre Scott (Trinity), Anthony Guppy (San Juan), Elijah Manners (San Juan), Renato Ramcharan (Naparima), and strikers Nigel Wright (Naparima), Jonathan Glenn (St Anthony's), Kevon Piper (Mucurapo) and Ricardo Peltier (Mucurapo).
The Jamaican contingent are expected to field at least seven of their Under-20 players who suffered a 1-0 loss the T&T outfit in the recent CFU Under-20 qualifying series. Jamaica won that series 2-1 on aggregrate after capturing the first encounter 2-0 and they will be full of confidence going into this afternoon's fixture. The junior "Reggae Boyz" also won last year's edition of this series by capturing both legs on home soil.
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SSFL All Star team to play Jamaican Schools All Star team.
By: Sheldon Wood (schoolsoccernet).[/size]
The Secondary Schools Football League has invited an All Star Jamaican Schools Football team to come and play a team comprising the best from our own schools league. The Jamaican contingent will arrive here on December 7th, and will play three matches on the 9th, 11th and 12th. The first game will be played at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, while the other two are tentatively set for the St. Augustine Senior Comprehensive School Grounds.
Secondary Schools players who have been selected for the Trinidad and Tobago National U-20 team will be ineligible to play these matches as they are already committed to preparations for the next phase in the quest for World Cup qualification.
The technical staff selected to coach, manage and select the SSFL all star team comprises Mr. Leon Carpette of Carapichiama, Mr. Trevor Spicer of El Dorado Senior Comprehensive and Mr. Arnim Phillip (Manager).
Trials for selection to the SSFL All Star team have already begun, with screening sessions being held in Skinner Park on November 15th, and the Ato Boldon Stadium on the November 17th. The next screening session will be held at the El Dorado Senior Comprehensive School grounds on Sunday 26th November from 3:00 p.m. For further information on the SSFL All Star Team or screening sessions, contact Mr. Arnim Phillip at 725-5541.