MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (CMC) – Powerhouses Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will go head-to-head after they were drawn in Group A of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship here Thursday.

The young Reggae Boyz and Soca Warriors will be joined in Group A by Aruba, Panama, United States and Guatemala, for the competition which kicks off January 9 here next year.
French-speaking Caribbean side Haiti will do battle in Group B which features giants and two-time defending champions Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Honduras and El Salvador.
Captain Horace Burrell, president of the Jamaica Football Federation, said he was expecting the country to stage a successful tournament.
“I am expecting the greatest ever Under-20 tournament and we know this one is going to be great,” said Burrell, also an influential CONCACAF vice-president.
The group winners will automatically qualify for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand next year while the second- and third-placed teams from each group will enter the knockout round to determine the confederation’s two remaining World Cup berths.
All Group A matches will be hosted at the National Stadium in the country’s capital Kingston, along with the Montego Bay Sports Complex in the tourist resort city on the island’s north-west coast.
The Montego Bay Sports Complex will also host all Group B games along with the final phase of the tournament.
Hosts Jamaica and T&T will face each other on the opening day of the tournament, when they square off in the feature game of a triple-header.
On that same day, Aruba play Panama while United States take on Guatemala.