GUYANA’S ‘Golden Jaguars’, just from their historic FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 campaign, will now turn their attention to the Caribbean Football Union Caribbean Cup competition when Group 2 action kicks off in St Lucia today  with two matches. Featuring a number of junior players who were part of the Senior Programme since earlier this year, Guyana will tangle with St Vincent & the Grenadines in the first game of the group from 17:00hrs. The main event brings together host nation St Lucia and Curacao.
The matches will take place at the Warner Park in Gros Islet, St Lucia.      
The winners from each of the five groups along with the runners-up from Groups 1-3 will advance to the second round. The best runners-up from either Group 4 or Group 5 also will advance.
The second round will comprise three groups of four teams with Grenada, Guadeloupe and Cuba seeded in one of the groups.
The top two teams from each second-round group will advance to the finals December 3-16 in Antigua & Barbuda with the host nation and two-time defending champions Jamaica. Four teams will qualify for next year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The Guyana team comes from: Clive Nobrega, Kelvin Smith, Colin Nelson, Walter Moore, Julien Edwards, Charles Pollard, Derick Carter, Ronson Williams, Chris Nurse, Konata Mannings, Dwight Peters, Trayon Bobb, Kester Jacobs, Daniel Wilson, Andrew Murray,  Anthony Benfield, Gregory Richardson, Anthony Abrams, Sheldon Holder.
Technical Staff: Jamaal Shabazz (Head Coach), Wayne Dover (Coach), Kerry Dollaway (Team Doctor), Americo Falopa (Trainer), Mark Xavier (Manager), Trevor Burnett (Equipment Manager).
CFU Caribbean Cup First Round
Schedule:
Group 2 – At Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sunday, October 21
Guyana vs St Vincent & the Grenadines, 17:00hrs; St Lucia vs Curacao, 19:30hrs
Tuesday, October 23
Curacao vs Guyana, 18:00hrs; St Lucia vs St Vincent & the Grenadines, 20:30hrs
Thursday, October 25
St Vincent & the Grenadines vs Curacao, 18:00hrs; St Lucia vs. Guyana, 20:30hrs.