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Another chance to shine.

As Trinidad and Tobago Under 20 footballers have begun their journey towards qualification for the Concacaf U-20 Men's Qualifiers fast approaching in Costa Rica. Former Assistant Coach at Defence Force Marvin Gordon has been appointed as Coach and he is eager to lead the troops into battle. He believes they can qualify for the World Cup.
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00:00For Trinidad and Tobago to qualify for the World Cup, they will need to defeat hosts
00:05Costa Rica, Bermuda, Barbados and St. Martin.
00:09The 32 participating men's under-20 teams were split into two groups of six and four
00:13groups of five.
00:15After round-robin play, the first-placed team from each group will advance to the 2026
00:20CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, joining the six top-ranked nations that are pre-qualified
00:26directly to the tournament.
00:28Head coach of the national team Marvin Gordon says he is suitable for the job.
00:31It started back in 2009, Ross Russell gave me the opportunity to be his assistant at Army
00:37and I just took it from one place to the next, doing my courses, starting with my B license,
00:44A license, CONCACAF license, you know, and here I am today.
00:49He says it's a battle for spots on the team but thinks that's a good problem to have.
00:54I don't want to go ahead of myself, you know, but I think this group of players,
00:58it's a fantastic group, they're working hard.
01:01I think the atmosphere that we're creating as a staff, the binding to everything we want
01:05to do, right now what we're doing is trying to prepare them more physically and mentally
01:09for the tasks at hand.
01:11We have a lot of talent in the group.
01:12I think it's going to be very difficult when we pick this final team, the type of players
01:17that will be left out because I believe everybody honestly fighting for a place in the final team.
01:23He also added that the team will be boosted by foreign-based players as they aim to work
01:29on mental strength ahead of the competition.
01:31So we have 32 players presently in training locally, right, over the Christmas period we
01:37had about 42.
01:38We had some foreigners in here and a couple of them will be back to join the team.
01:43Whereas, well, we also, well, I'm expecting some English-based players to come in later on
01:47this month so we can see how they fit into the puzzle as well, right.
01:52What we're working on right now is more physical, right, and mental and tactical, right.
01:58I think I'm this group where I'm there receiving everything, right.
02:01There's a staff with a lot of experience.
02:03Rush Russell, Devon, Jocelyn, Gilbert, Bart Thomas, myself, Dexter Thomas.
02:07I kind of surround myself with a lot of experience because I know it will take experience at
02:13international level if we used to get to the World Cup.
02:15The team will also be boosted by under-17 players.
02:19Yeah, it'll have a couple of them well.
02:21It'll have Dominic Joseph from the U.S.
02:24It'll have Jon Caprieta, who is here, Adam Pierre.
02:29You know, it'll have a lot of them who find for a place and I think should be in the final
02:33team.
02:34You know, I don't want to let nothing out of the bag, basically.
02:38But I think the last under-20 team has seven players in this pool as well.
02:42You have Daryl Zumzum Garcia, right, you have Ochoa, you have LeSean Morris.
02:48You know, all quality players.
02:50You know, as I say, I don't want to go ahead of myself, but I think this team have a hell
02:54of a chance to take Trinidad to a World Cup.
02:56The tournament will take place from February 23rd to March 4th, 2026 across the three venues
03:02in Central America and the Caribbean, suited for TV6port.
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