T&T, Jamaica schoolboys in friendly clash

[FireBrand]

T&T, Jamaica schoolboys in friendly clash.
By: Mervyn Stewart (Trinidad Express).

TRINIDAD AND Tobago's Secondary Schools Under-20 footballers will faceĀ 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.
 

[mangoseed]

hmm Fatima are Intercol finalists and not one of them on team

Fatima College screwed by the TTFF since 1945.

[vb]

So Foncette, Bateau and nobody else from Fatima good enough for that team?

Curious.

VB

[Jah Gol]

Who selected that team ?

[Trini _2026]

boy ah tell yuh then yuh go hear them Jakan boasting bout they beat we again

[Jah Gol]

No its a serious question. Was it an individual or a panel of coaches ? The report just gives a list of names.

[jamaica2099]

boy ah tell yuh then yuh go hear them Jakan boasting bout they beat we again

You know it. 

[Jay10]

If anybody noticed.... there are no national youth players on the team

I dont know thw reason why, but that is why men like Elton John, Khaleem Highland, Foncette,  and the guys from the u16 not there

btw--- did Leston Paul play any SSFL football this year ?? Or is he still injured??

And yes--- this team have licks 2 get

[Filho]

This was discussed a long time ago in a different thread..No T&T national players were going to be selected to the Schoolboy team. THAT IS A GOOD THING. I think the more youths that get a little international/regional exposure, the better for our football. Even though the schoolboy team is not officially a national team, they are representing T&T, they will be seen by coaches of all levels and they are all Under 20 and Under 17. So you see, the national youth player pool just got larger by default, just by including a few new faces that otherwise would have been watching from the stands. It improves T&T's chances of unearthing some talent that didn't make the national team and may have just fallen by the wayside.

Jamaica's under 20 players who are still in school will play only because it makes complete sense logistically and economically. They are already in the country, so it costs less to bring the rest of the team to join them, than to fly them back and bring a whole new squad.

[kounty]

anybody know the score?

[jamaica2099]

anybody know the score?

A 1-1 draw today. Jamaica scored first in the 5th minute then T&T equalise in the 41st.

[mangoseed]

If anybody noticed.... there are no national youth players on the team

I dont know thw reason why, but that is why men like Elton John, Khaleem Highland, Foncette,  and the guys from the u16 not there

btw--- did Leston Paul play any SSFL football this year ?? Or is he still injured??

And yes--- this team have licks 2 get

so what about strikers , Yohance Williams , Jevon Morris , Sherron Joseph, midfielders Kieran Marin , defender Elijah Belgrave
they not on any national team
Sherron Joseph top goal scorer for ssfl 14 goals (possibly just top in north zone not sure about the 12 and 13 goal wins for tobago)
Jevon Morris who scores almost every match 5 goals in intercol
Whats wrong with this picture?

[swood]

Results, pictures, article and video up at www.schoolsoccernet.com

  cheers

[fatimarima]

It does not seem like the strongest team was selected.  It seems like they want to give players who are not on any of the national youth teams  some international exposure.  Some of the big guns from other top schools were left out as well.  I was really suprised about the exclusion of Fatima players.  The explanation above is the best that I can come up with because the Fatima players are clearly more talented than most of the players selected for the school boy squad.

[jai john]

It does not seem like the strongest team was selected.  It seems like they want to give players who are not on any of the national youth teams  some international exposure.  Some of the big guns from other top schools were left out as well.  I was really suprised about the exclusion of Fatima players.  The explanation above is the best that I can come up with because the Fatima players are clearly more talented than most of the players selected for the school boy squad.

Trying to explain what the football administrators are doing in T&T ? I wish you luck ....the coach is saying he didn't even know who he could have selected for this game !

[john_public]

when i was sayin that last yr no body was takin me on, dat is always de case in our football, last yr  i think no fatima men were there becasue the school had something else for them ( migth be wrong here)

but all dat aside de 'book' fellars coem together to give we a draw, well done lala (manners), and guppy 

dat one today was to early boy, deh eh consider workin ppl 

[Lionpaw]

The JA team won 3-1 in the return leg today.

[kounty]

The JA team won 3-1 in the return leg today.

same teams?  I remember T&T coach say he goin and run some new men.