EDWARDS ON TTFA

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President of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association Kieron Edwards is hoping that T&T has a better outcome in their second international friendly against Jamaica tomorrow. The Soca Warriors lost the first match 1-0. In an interview on Sportsmax Edwards explained that it's a good opportunity for players to put their talent on display.

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00:00Well, Jamaica added another victory to their statistics over Trinidad and Tobago, but president

00:05of the TNT Football Association, Kyron Edwards, is holding out hope that TNT can bring their

00:11A-game for their next encounter tomorrow.

00:14He says it's a great opportunity for younger players to show their talent.

00:18Once the boys put their best foot forward, I think it's an opportunity for some of the

00:23young ones.

00:24We have Garcia Zumzumas in the squad.

00:28We have Linda Sweene, young boys, first time playing with the senior team.

00:33They're still teenagers.

00:34Yes, they're teenagers.

00:35Yeah, 17.

00:36We have Sentele, who was, I would say, the standout in the game, goalkeeper, first game

00:41with the team as well.

00:43So once those guys take the opportunity and be confident in terms of being themselves

00:48as well, yes, there would be certain things in terms of structure that the coach would

00:52want to put out, but still express themselves.

00:56Edwards spoke of his goal to see TNT playing in the World Cup and back into the top 50,

01:01but he noted it won't be easy.

01:03It would take some doing to get us back up to the ranking.

01:07We need to lay the right foundation.

01:09That's important.

01:10Being in the World Cup fever, the ranking is difficult to manage your ranking while

01:18you're in that position, most teams, and not just for our senior team.

01:22He believes that that coach, Dwight Yorke, has what it takes to bring the marginal gains

01:26needed to reach a higher level.

01:29He's adamant about levels of simple things like the dressing room, how our dressing rooms

01:35look.

01:36When players come into the dressing room, how they feel.

01:38These little things make a difference.

01:40And as a student of marginal gains, I do understand those things.

01:45The little things do matter, and as you build, do things better today than you did yesterday.

01:51So I think it's a very good combination between having coach Dwight Yorke and the new administration.

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