PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Soca Warriors head coach Dwight Yorke has named teenage sensations Derrell Garcia and Lindell Sween in a 23-man squad that may play Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz in two worldwide friendlies subsequent month.
The primary pleasant is scheduled for February 6 on the Catherine Corridor Stadium in Montego Bay, with the second sport scheduled for February 9 on the Anthony Spaulding Sports activities Advanced in Kingston.
Talking throughout a current Zoom assembly, Yorke mentioned he was impressed with what he had seen from the 2 children.
Garcia, 17, and Sween, 18, are each attacking gamers who play with aptitude and generally is a handful for defenders because of their dribbling skill.
“We’ve acquired two younger gamers I’ve seen within the home sport, and now we have overseen them. These two gamers remind me of once I began taking part in soccer for the nationwide crew.
“Once you take a look at Derrel Garcia…he jogs my memory that we do have expertise, and now we have the boy Sweeny who can also be a younger expertise that I like…we need to combine them,” Yorke mentioned.
“This is a chance once more to view the gamers, take a look at them, combine our philosophies and concepts.
“As we undergo the number of the gamers, now we have added just a few new faces to make sure no stone is unturned. We checked out each potential footballer obtainable to us. From school soccer (Secondary Faculties Soccer League), proper as much as the lads’s senior crew and the home sport,” he added.
The Soca Warriors will use the upcoming friendlies as preparation for the Concacaf Gold Cup preliminary playoffs in March. They may play twice in opposition to Cuba—away on March 21 and at house on March 25.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Marvin Phillip, Aaron Enill, Jabari St Hillaire.
Defenders: Darnell Hospedales, Jamal Jack, Isaiah Garcia, Justin Garcia, Josiah Trimmingham, Jesse Williams.
Midfielders: Tyeres Bailey, Kevin Molino, Nathaniel James, Joevin Jones, Noah Powder, Steffen Yeates, Michael Poon Angeron, John Paul Rochford, Adriel George, Lindell Sween, Kaihim Thomas.
Forwards: Derrel Garcia, Isaiah Lee, Jariel Arthur, Brent Sam.
