GOLDEN Jaguars trio Colin Nelson, Daniel Wilson and Andrew Murray were named in coach Bill Wilson’s 16-man squad for the ExxonMobil-sponsored Guyana Football Federation (GFF) International Futsal tournament, set for Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, December 27 – 30.

The tournament, a first in Guyana, will see Trinidad and Tobago’s Morvant Caledonia United headline the list of teams from overseas which also features ZV All-Stars from Suriname, and a Brazilian side from the state of Sau Paulo.

The Guyana Select side will also come up against a team from Linden, East Bank Demerara, East Coast Demerara and West Demerara football associations.

According to GFF, the short list was drawn from an initial 45 who have been in training for the past two weeks under the watchful eye of the coach Wilson and technical staff.
Trials for the National selection began on December 8 at the National Gymnasium with players from across Guyana contending for a spot after which a shortlist was done.

On December 27, the tournament will open with a female encounter, followed by the March Past of the participating teams.

Morvant Caledonia United will then face the Linden unit from 20:00hrs, which will then make way for Brazil versus West Demerara, Georgetown against Suriname and the Guyana versus East Coast clash will bring the curtain down on night one of the four-night fiesta.
The winning side will pocket $1.2M, while second- through fourth-place will go home with $600 000, $300 000 and $100 000 respectively.

The Guyana team: Daniel Wilson, Eon Alleyne, Colin Nelson, King Solomon Austin, Deon Alfred, Darren Benjamin, Delroy Dean, Okenny Fraser, Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant, Rudy Halley (GK), Omar Jones (GK), Jermain Junor, Curtez Kellman, Andrew Murray, Eusi Phillips and Sheldon Shepherd.