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« on: August 30, 2009, 10:38:22 PM »
Soca Warriors off to San Pedro Sula
Issued by Shaun Fuentes, TTFF Media Officer, August 31,2009
A 21-man squad is scheduled to arrive in San Pedro Sula tonight (Monday night) just around 7:45 pm and check into the Hilton Princess Hotel for a live-in camp ahead of Saturday’s 2010 World Cup qualifier against Honduras .
Head Coach Russell Latapy, his technical staff and eleven home-based professionals left Piarco International Airport for Honduras via Miami at 8am on Monday. The team will have its first training session on Tuesday at 3pm at the Francisco Morazan Stadium in San Pedro Sula .
The home-based players in the squad include Joe Public foursome Keyeno Thomas, Hayden Tinto Trent Noel and Kerry Baptiste, W Connection trio Marvin Phillip, Jan Michael Williams and Hughton Hector, Defence Force’s Keston Williams, Caledonia AIA’s Densill Theobald and Keon Daniel and Mau Pau midfielder Lyndon Andrews.
The local contingent will be met in Miami by eleven-overseas based pros called up by Latapy. That list includes Sunderland duo Carlos Edwards and Kenwyne Jones, Walsall goalkeeper Clayton Ince, Hamilton defender Marvin Andrews, Bolton Wanderers defender Jlloyd Samuel, Wrexham’s Silvio Spann, LA Galaxy midfielder Chris Birchall, San Jose Earthquakes forward Cornell Glen, Wigan Athletic forward Jason Scotland and new Swansea City signing Radanfah Abu Bakr.
Fulham striker Bobby Zamora is in the squad to complete a 22-man squad as well but is expected to undergo observation on an injury before traveling.
Bakr meantime, on the heels of signing a new short-term deal with Swansea , said he was thrilled with his new move and is hoping to take his game to a higher level.
“ I’m obviously delighted to be here,” Bakr told TTFF Media on Sunday. The Championship is highly competitive, with some massive clubs, so it's a challenge I’m anxious to undertake. Swansea are an ambitious club, with an impressive new stadium, great fans and I feel really welcomed here,” he added.
“The experience with the national team has been a tremendous one so far and I’m hoping to grow with every outing. Getting out here in England should help me take my game to the next level and I’m hoping to use this opportunity to make myself a more complete player for the international stage as well. We have a good squad and these two games coming up are obviously crucial to our qualifying chances. Hopefully we can dig deep and achieve the desired results,” Bakr added.
His contract is until January with the option to extend thereafter.
Meantime, Honduras forward David Suazo, who has been sidelined from Honduras with a knee injury, is back in the national squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico .
Suazo, who plays for Inter Milan, was injured in the spring playing for Portugal 's Benfica.
"Fortunately, Suazo feels good," Honduras coach Reinaldo Rueda said on Thursday. "According to what he shows, we'll decide if he plays or not."
US names Findley in roster to face T&T
United States midfielder Robbie Rogers and forward Robbie Finley, who is eligible of playing for Trinidad and Tobago were selected for their first World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador on Sept. 5 and at Trinidad and Tobago four days later at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
US coach Bob Bradley chose a mostly unchanged roster following the 2-1 loss in Mexico City .
Landon Donovan was named on Thursday despite coming down with swine flu ahead of the Mexico game, while Jozy Altidore will return from England, where the teenager posted his first goal for Hull this week.
Star defender Oguchi Onyewu, who failed to get into AC Milan's season opener last weekend, was suspended for the El Salvador match after getting his second yellow card.
Findley was part of a previous T&T training camp in the United States .
T&T Roster
Goalkeepers
1.Clayton Ince,
2.Marvin Phillip,
3.Jan Michael Williams,
Defenders
4.Keyeno Thomas,
5.Radanfah Abu Bakr,
6.Marvin Andrews,
7.Jlloyd Samuel,
8.Silvio Spann,
9.Keston Williams,
Midfielders
10.Lyndon Andrews
11.Hughton Hector,
12.Densill Theobald,
13.Carlos Edwards,
14.Trent Noel,
15.Chris Birchall,
16.Keon Daniel,
17.Hayden Tinto,
Forwards
18.Kerry Baptiste,
19.Kenwyne Jones,
20.Jason Scotland,
21.Bobby Zamora,
22.Cornell Glen
USA Roster
• Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
• Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Chad Marshall (Columbus), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Jonathan Spector (West Ham)
• Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Houston), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Houston), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca)
• Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Hull), Conor Casey (Colorado), Brian Ching (Houston), Charlie Davies (Sochaux), Landon Donovan ( Los Angeles ), Robbie Findley ( Salt Lake )
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