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T&T names World Cup soccer squad


PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad
(CMC) National coach Leo
Beenhakker last month
announced the initial 24-man
squad to represent Trinidad
and Tobago at the FIFA World
Cup Finals in Germany next
month.
 However, the Dutchman
will omit one player before
submitting his final 23-man
squad to FIFA on May 15 for
the June 9 to July 9 world
showpiece.
 The squad includes most
of the players who were a part
of the historic 1-0 victory over
Bahrain in the Persian Gulf
state last November.
 "Before making the final
choice of 23, we did our home-
work the best we could,"
Beenhakker said. "I have to
protect the players also who
brought us to Germany. They
have to be credited. And there
must be balance in the team."
 The lone omission from
the historic squad which quali-
fied in Bahrain is Kansas City
Wizards striker Scott Sealy,
who is on the standby list.
 Veteran former captain
Anthony Rougier is the one
surprise in the squad, but
Dundee winger Collin Samuel
has been included following a
good showing in Trinidad and
Tobago's 2-0 victory over
Iceland in London last month.
 Beenhakker explained
that from looking at past
footage he realized there were
no players in his squad with
Rougier's characteristics and
felt the player had done


enough fitness-wise over the
last few months to be included
in the squad.
 Several players will join
Sealy on the standby list,
including Fulham's Anthony
Warner, Kiruana's Nigel Henry,


Swindon Town's Ricky Shakes,
Port Vale's Hector Sam and
Anton Pierre of Defence
Force.
 The 24-man squad will go
into camp for a May 10 friend-
ly international against Peru in
Port of Spain, after which the
squad will be whittled down to
23. T&T will undertake camps
in England, Austria and Czech
Republic before heading on to
Germany.
 The Soca Warriors kick
off their campaign against
Sweden on June 10 before
taking on England (June 15)
and Paraguay on June 20.

GOALKEEPERS Kelvin
Jack (Dundee), Shaka Hislop


(West Ham United), Clayton
Ince (Coventry City).

DEFENDERS Cyd Gray
(CL Financial San Juan
Jabloteh), Marvin Andrews
(Glasgow Rangers), Brent
Sancho (Gillingham), Ian Cox
(Gilligham), Atiba Clirlk, (W
Connection), Dennis Lawrence
(Wrexham), Avery John (New
England Revolution).

MIDFIELDERS Silvio
Spann (Unattached), Chris
Birchall (Port Vale), Aurtis
Whitley (CL Financial San
Juan Jabloteh), Anthony
Rougier (Petrotrin), Anthony
Wolfe (Jabloteh), Densil
Theobald (Falkirk).

FORWARDS Carlos
Edwards (Luton Town),
Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC),
Russell Latapy (Falkirk), Stern
John (Coventry), Kenwyne
Jones (Southampon), Collin
Samuel (Dundee United),
Jason Scotland (St Johnstone),
Cornell Glen (LA Galaxy).

STANDBY PLAYERS -
Anthony Warner (Fulham),
Nigel Henry (Kiruana FF),
Ricky Shakes (Swindon
Town), Hector Sam (Port
Vale), Scott Sealy (Kansas City
Wizards), Anton Pierre
(Defence Force), Brent Rahim
(CL Financial San Juan
Jabloteh).

TECHNICAL STAFF Head
coach Leo Beenhakker, assis-
tant coaches Wim Rijsbergen
and Anton Corneal, goalkeep-
ing coach Michael Maurice,
football manager Hans
Hagelstein, general manager
Bruce Aanensen and assistant
manager George Joseph.
0


Batting superstar Brian
 Lara has once again
 been chosen to captain
the West Indies, marking the
third time he will lead the
regional cricket team.
 "It's a great honor," Lara
told reporters after learning
about the appointment late
last month. "It's the third time
I'm taking the job and I feel I
have the necessary support.
(Former captain Shivnarine)
Chanderpaul did a wonderful
job under the circumstances.
He'll reap the benefits later in
life. He called me and he said
he'd support me and asked
that I give it some considera-
tion.
 "The fact that a lot of for-
mer players called me was
humbling. This was followed
up by phone calls from pres-
ent team-mates who thought I
should assume the mantle of
leadership at this juncture. I
called past and present players
for an objective view on the
matter. They unequivocally
thought the same as the others


who were trying to influence
me."
 West Indies Cricket
Board Chairman Ken Gordon
said Lara's appointment was
 "not for any
 fixed period
 of time."
 Lara first
 served as
 captain
 between
 1996-97 and
 1999-2000.
 He was again
Lara appointed in
 2002-03, but
 was replaced
by Chanderpaul in 2005.
 Lara led the Windies in 40
Test matches, winning 10 and
losing 23. His next assignment
is against Zimbabwe, which is
currently touring the West
Indies. But the big test will be
next year's World Cup one-day
competition which is being
played in the Caribbean.
0


 GORDON WILLIAMS

Caribbean athletes
 turned in high quality
 performances during
the 112th staging of the Penn
Relays at Franklin Field in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
late last month with Jamaicans
once again proving to be a
dominant force.
 In a setting described as
carnival-like over the three-
day weekend, and the bright
sunshine and colorful atmos-
phere generated mostly by the
huge number of Caribbean
supporters adding to the fes-
tive mood, top athletes from
schools and the professional
ranks alike once again
reminded the world that the
region remains a powerhouse
in track and field.
 World record holder
Asafa Powell of Jamaica
turned in an awesome display
in the Olympic Development
100 meters dash on the final
day. Though his time was a
relatively modest 10.10 sec-
onds, it was the easy manner
in which he blew away the rest
of the field that stunned the
crowd. Yet, according to
Powell, the race went accord-
ing to plan.
 "I did what I wanted to
do," he said afterwards. "I ran
30 meters and took it easy. I
shut it down about 65 meters
in."
 Other regional athletes
had to work much harder to
earn their success. Holmwood
Technical High School of
Jamaica girls' team made a
sweep of the three relays they
entered, capturing the
Championship of America
titles in the 4x100 (44.56),
4x400 (3:36.98) and 4x800
(9:04.35) meters, led by Sonita


Sutherland who ran on all
three winning teams. Three
others, Annastasia Le-Roy,
Bobbi-Gaye Wilkins and
Schillonie Calvert were mem-
bers of two of the three win-


Powell wowed the crowd.


ning relays. Sutherland said
the workload was difficult,
but that she had properly
prepared for the meet.
 "We were confident com-
ing here," said Sutherland,
who was named the high
school girls athlete of the
meet for relay events. "We
know we could win all three
relays because we had the
fastest times from (the
beginning of the) season."
 Also confident was
Camperdown High of
Jamaica, which scored
a double victory in the
Championship of America
4x100 (40.13) and 4x400
meters (3:11.46). Star sprinter
Remaldo Rose earned the
high school boys athlete for
the relays for his efforts in
both winning relays. Six of the
eight schools in the final of

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