PRESIDENT EDWARDS ON SOCA WARRIORS

TTFA President Kieron Edwards is in Cuba with the Soca Warriors, as he is getting a first-hand experience of life on the road with the national team.

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00:00Just one more day of preparation for TNT ahead of their clash with Cuba on

00:04Thursday and while the players have been going through the grind they also have

00:08an avid supporter and onlooker in the camp as TTFE president Kyron Edwards

00:13explained his presence. I think just giving the guys some added support I

00:17think it was important to be here as well as the sense the mood in camp for a

00:23foreign game as well away game. The best way to change things is to

00:29really be and feel it and be in touch with it so I know coach Derek King

00:35would have would have brought some some new things that he wants to implement

00:38with the national team and out of discussions that we came up with the

00:43idea for me to be part of this camp and be around the team and to push what we

00:49do at the FA to be aligned with the national team. He says being there in

00:53person gives him a better understanding of the challenges faced and he provided

00:57an example. Just for example the coming to Cuba and the challenges coming come

01:05off the come out the airport and person saying that they're not accustomed to

01:10this this is not the first time they come to Cuba some players coming before

01:13I truly believe it's just those little mind games and the edges that gives

01:19teams an edge on it on match day when you play away and we have to look at how

01:26do we treat our local players when when they come back our home team how

01:31the advantages we could give our home team as well. As expected the president

01:36has been observing the vibes within the TNT camp as well and mentioned what has

01:40stood out. Something that really stood out to me is that the guys when they

01:43came back and they meet in the airport that unity that love I think there's a

01:50sense of really understanding the task at hand they are very serious I don't

01:58know if it is because the president is here that they did that but we I'm

02:03really impressed with the professionalism of the guys. He also

02:06endorsed the addition of two veterans in Jovian Jones and Kevin Molino. Molino

02:11and Jovian would be form part of that local team now being outside and maybe

02:17giving that experience to the younger local guys on the team but the level of

02:22professionalism is really standing out to me the understanding the seriousness

02:26the talk about we have to get it done we have to get three points in Cuba giving

02:31the best to get that three points in Cuba.