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Bermuda Football Association’s Under 17 Youth Team will be participating for the CONCACAF Pre-Qualifying World Cup quarter-final stage, in Trinidad & Tobago. Bermuda will join St. Kitts, Guyana and Barbados as they advanced to the second round as well; they too won their respective groups in the competition.
Bermuda will be placed in group “E” along with Cuba, St. Kitts & Nevis and host country Trinidad & Tobago. This will be a tall order for our team when competing against the likes of Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago, while we must not take St. Kitts & Nevis lightly.
The local team returned home Monday, July 26th, and since their return, they’ve been hard at work training and preparing for the upcoming tournament. Meanwhile, BFA Youth Director, Devarr Boyles is currently off island. In his absence, BFA Technical Director Derek Broadley and assistant coach Maurice Lowe have been spearheading the training sessions. We can assure you, Coach Boyles will be with the team when they depart for Trinidad & Tobago later this month.
The U17 team will depart Monday, August 16th, for Trinidad & Tobago. They will see their first against St. Kitts & Nevis, Wednesday, August 18th, followed by Cuba, Friday, August 20th, and finally the host country Trinidad & Tobago, Sunday August 22nd. All games will be played at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad & Tobago. The stadium holds approximately 6,000 people.
Finally, the top two finishers in each group along with the best third place side will qualify for next year’s 12 team CONCACAF U17 Championships.
The team returns home Monday, August 23rd.
The squad will encompass (20) players who will represent the Bermuda during this tournament are as follows:
Bermuda Under 17 Team
1. Dale Eve
2. Zeon Robinson
3. Zeiko Lewis
4. Jonte Smith
5. Shakeem Albouy
6. Jair Minors
7. Tre Ming
8. Jaquan Smith DeShields
9. William White
10. Mauriq Hill
11. Jevon Swan
12. Dimitri Frias
13. Chikosi Basden
14. Shachkeil Burrows
15. Quintonio Lema
16. Kamua Leverock
17. Ryan Hassell
18. Shahkai Trott
19. Mikal Simmons
20. Juma Mouchette
Head Coach: Devarr Boyles
Assistant Coach: Maurice Lowe
Team Physio: Craig Brown
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