SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (CMC) – English-speaking Caribbean giants Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica will battle each other after being drawn in Group A of the CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship which kicks off here next February.

At the draw here Monday attended by CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb, the two rivals found themselves pitted against each other in a group that also includes hosts Honduras, the United States and Cuba.
A sixth team will join Group A following the playoff between El Salvador and Guatemala set for January.
Meanwhile, minnows St Lucia have been handed a tough assignment in Group B of the tournament after being drawn alongside defending champions Mexico, Canada, Haiti, Costa Rica and Panama.
St Lucia qualified for the Championship after doing well to finish second in final round qualifying tournament in October. Playing in Haiti, they beat T&T, lost to the hosts before drawing with Barbados.
T&T finished third but also qualified.
Jamaica, meanwhile, finished top of Group A to book their spot.
T&T will raise the curtain on the Championship on February 27th, clashing with either El Salvador or Guatemala.
Jamaica and Honduras will meet in the feature game of what will be a triple-header on the opening day.
St Lucia open against Costa Rica the following day.
The Olympic Stadium and Francisco Morazan Stadium will host group matches but the Olympic Stadium will be the venue for the final phase including the fifth and third-place matches, as well as the championship game on March 15.
Carlos Pavon and Amado Guevara, Honduran World Cup stars, helped to conduct the draw.