The Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) Under20 Soccer Team travelled to Haiti today, Wednesday, July 16th 2014. There, the team will compete in the Boys U20 World Cup Qualifiers consisting of three games against Haiti, Saint Lucia and Suriname. The first match up will be against Haiti will be held this coming Friday, July 18th at 7PM. This game, along with the others, will be held at the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The Cup is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association – FIFA. Until 2005, the FIFA U-20 World Cup was known as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The Championship is held every two years since the first tournament was held in Tunisia in 1977.
Lead by Craig Harrington, Technical Director and Head Coach Dane Ritchie, the U20 Boys squad, consists of 16 players. The players are as follows: James Lee Louis, Mackenson Cadet, Adner Davilmar, Jepthe Francious, Jose Elcius, Fred Dorvil, Ras Diamond, Wilkins Sylvain, Gilbert Tellus, Jeff Beljour, Idlin Belony, Wilnardo Cenaria, Patrick Slattery, Steve Santana, Windy Joseph and Myron Pierrea. Travelling along with the team are Olivia Graveley, Team Manager, Alexander Bryan, Assistant Team Manager and Fritz Elvariste, Equipment Management.
The dates and times of the games are as follows:
Friday, 18th July
TCI vs Haiti at 7PM
Sunday, 20th July
TCI vs Suriname at 5PM
Tuesday, 22nd July
TCI vs Saint Lucia at 5PM
