U-23

Trinidad and Tobago's Under-23 footballers left Jamaica yesterday headed for Florida, USA for a ten-day camp before travelling to Carson, California for the CONCACAF final round of Olympic Qualifying March 22-April 2.

Olympic players skip senior outing

Several Trinidad and Tobago national under-23 footballers will forego a chance at more senior experience on Wednesday night when the "Soca Warriors" face Antigua and Barbuda at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.

Second half substitute Trevin Caesar scored a 67th minute equalizer to help Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic Under 23 team to a 1-1 draw with Jamaica’s U-23s at the Edward Seaga complex on Wednesday night.

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team has only managed a top two CONCACAF finish once in its history when the “Soca Babes” finished runner-up to Mexico to qualify for the 1991 Portugal Under-20 World Youth Championship.

A 21-man Trinidad and Tobago Under 23 Men’s team will face Jamaica’s Under 23s in a friendly encounter on March 7 at the Edward Seaga Complex from 7pm.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic Under 23 footballers put on a strong second half showing to defeat Guyana’s senior national team 3-1 in a warm-up affair at the Dwight Yorke Stadium on Thursday evening.

The Trinidad and Tobago national under-23 football team will have to book its place at the London 2012 Olympic Games without the help of star Belgium-based midfielder Khaleem Hyland after the 22-year-old was ruled out by his employer, Racing Genk.

TRINIDAD AND Tobago Under-23 coach, Angus Eve, has expressed full relief at the Minster of Sport’s pledge to ensure that the Olympic qualifying campaign for his charges will not be capsized amid the fiasco that engulfed national football this week between the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and the ex-nationals seeking monetary compensation for their World Cup run in 2006.