New Zealand keen on ‘Warriors’ contest.
By Shaun Fuentes.
New Zealand are keen to face off with T&T as they prepare for their November World Cup playoffs with the fourth placed team from Concacaf for a place in the 2014 World Cup Finals.
New Zealand will join T&T, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in the four-nation tournament in Riyadh from September 5. T&T are scheduled to play the UAE and then possibly the winner or loser of the New Zealand/Saudi Arabia encounter.
New Zealand head coach Ricki Herbert is expecting either Panama or Honduras to be possible fourth place finishers from Concacaf and as a result is hoping to play T&T as a warm up.
The New Zealand Association have also indicated an interest in travelling to play T&T at home in October.
This will be T&T’s first international appearance since the Concacaf Gold Cup in July. The tournament in Riyadh, called the OSN Cup, is organised by Asia’s leading pay-TV network, OSN, and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF).
More than 25,000 spectators are expected to watch the matches live, which will be held at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium.