Guyana to face-off with Cuba today in CFU 2016 Olympic Qualifier

WITH their sight focused on Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Guyana’s National Under-23 football team will kick off their 2016 Olympic campaign against Cuba today at the Antigua Recreational Ground in St John’s from 15:30hrs.With head coach Jamaal Shabazz at the helm, the Golden Jaguars, coming off an unsuccessful bid in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, will want to use the Olympic Qualifiers to regain the trust of their home fans.
Cuba, according to the pundits, are heavily favoured to make it out the four-team group even though some would argue that Guyana, based on the talent and experience of the players selected, should cause some trouble.
Trayon Bobb, Pernell Schultz and Domini Garnett, who all play for Shabazz’s Trinidad and Tobago Pro-League outfit Caledonia AIA, are among the 20 players in Antigua and Barbuda for today’s game.
The 22-year-old Bobb, along with Schultz, 21, has had his fair share of time spent playing for the senior National team.
Bobb especially, since 2010 was consistent in his selection on the senior team and would be remembered for his two memorable goals against El Salvador in the 2014 World Cup Qualifier.
Garnett, 21, after finding success with Grove Hi-Tech, earned a call-up to the TT Pro-League where he has made a tremendous impact on the Morvant/ Laventille-based club.
The National Under-23 team was also boosted by the arrival of England-based, 20-year-old Kadell Daniels.
Daniels was on loan at Torquay United from Championship side Charlton Athletic until the end of the season.
League1 Ontario unit Durham FC striker Shaquille Agard also adds to Shabazz’s artillery along with Alpha United’s Daniel Wilson, Riddim Squad’s Stephan Ramsey and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) midfield ace Kareem Knights.
Defensively, Slingerz FC’s Joshua Brown, Jamaal Harvey and Les Charles Critchlow are expected to lead the charge at the back against the feisty Spanish attackers.
On Friday June 26, Guyana will play their second match of the tournament against Antigua and Barbuda and wrap up the competition on Sunday June 28 when they play Aruba.
The Squad: Anthony Whyte and Jason Cromwell, Daniel Whyte, Les Charles Critchlow, Joshua Brown, Clive Williams, William Europe, Sherwin Skeete, Stephan Ramsey, Jermaine Junor, Trayon Bobb, Kadell Daniel, Daniel Wilson, Leo Lovell, Kareem Knights, Delon Lanferman, Jamaal Harvey, Shaquel Agard, Domini Garnet and Pernell Schultz.

 

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