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On game day the youthful
Trinidad and Tobago
Invitational team started at a
fast pace on the large artificial
(turf) field at Lamport Stadium.
However, T&T impressive start
was stalled by the solid play of
Jamaican defense and that
allowed former Reggae Boyz
superstar midfielder Theodore
Whitmore to take control of the
game. It was a see-saw battle
as Jamaica also found
Trinidad and Tobago defense
tough to penetrate.
Soccer Salute was played before a
enthusiastic crowd at Allan Lamport
Stadium in Toronto where the
atmosphere was electrifying and fans
displaying their native flags.
Event day was like a breath of fresh
air as it was the first time I saw such
a vast display of T&T flags at any
soccer event in Toronto.
To think that the Trinidad camp was
in a state of disarray mere days
leading up to the event would be an
understatement. The confusion was
due to a lack of information about the
identity of the visiting T&T players.
The Jamaica personal was
confirmed and stacked and the
situation got out of hand since I
was under pressure as a
writer with a newspaper which
was covering the game.
As T&T coach I thought it was
imperative that the T&T players
should have national caps at
some level for me to be the coach.
At one point I stepped down from
the coaching job until I was given
the names of the players who
were coming up from Trinidad that
had national caps to at least make
it a game.
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Jamaica Invitational Team: Warren Barrett (Capt), Markino Gillins, Theodore Whitmore, Winston Griffith, Daniel
Ricketts, Byron Earle, Trevor Gragam, Gladstone Richards, Jeffrey Caine, Kevin Rose, Ronald Nicholas, George
Salesman, Mario Osbourne, Kevin Mc Intosh, Andre Steward. Coach: Winston Duhaney