IN the build-up to next month’s CONCACAF Nations League fixtures, the Golden Jaguars got a morale boost with a 1-0 victory over the Trinidad and Tobago Under-20 team in a training match on Thursday at Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.

England-based Anthony Jeffrey made the difference in the closed-door match with a conversion in the 81st minute.
There is another closed-door training match scheduled for today against St Lucia at the Hasely Crawford Stadium which provides another opportunity for players to impress and be selected for the 26-man squad for the Nations League.

Jaguars are encamped in the twin-island republic in preparation for the League.
Golden Jaguars are in Group B of League B, alongside Montserrat, Haiti, and Bermuda.

The ultimate aim of the Golden Jaguars is to qualify for another Gold Cup finals and a direct spot will come if they top their group, but Haiti and Bermuda are ranked above them and Montserrat has a strong core from the United Kingdom.

Furthermore, there is another chance if they finish second in the group and then contest the Gold Cup preliminaries.
Their first match is June 4 in the Dominican Republic against Montserrat after which they return home to face Bermuda (June 7) and Haiti (June 11) at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora.

Golden Jaguars preliminary squad:
Goalkeepers: Alex Murray, Quillan Roberts, Sese Norville, Akel Clarke;
Defenders: Marcus Wilson, Quincy Adams, Jaylen Jones, Jeremy Garrett, Kevin Layne, Matthew Briggs, Leo Lovell, Shemar Fraser, Sam Cox;
Midfielders: Daniel Wilson, Nathan-Moriah Welsh, Clive Nobrega, Job Caesar, Curtez Kellman, Javier George, Neil Danns; Forwards: Trayon Bobb, Marcel Barrington, Kelsey Benjamin, Jamal Perriera, Terell Ondaan, Ryan Hackett, Pernell Schultz, Anthony Jeffrey, Omari Glasgow, Emery Welshman, Stephen Duke McKenna.