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Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Richard Hood has selected 14 teenagers in his 22-member squad to represent the country in the Queen’s Friendly Tournament next week in Curaçao.
The Women Soca Warriors will face Aruba on Wednesday 29 May and Sunday 2 June and tackle Curaçao on Thursday 30 May and Monday 3 June—for a total of four games in six days.
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The exhibition matches will mark the first taste of senior international action for more than a dozen players, as Hood—who is assisted by TTFA director of youth football and Women’s U-17 National Team head coach Rajesh Latchoo—packed his travelling party with fresh faces.
Fifteen-year-old attacking midfielder Orielle Martin made her senior debut last year in Trinidad and Tobago’s unsuccessful Concacaf W Gold Cup qualifying series.
However, this is a new territory for Mikaela Yearwood, Maya Figgener, Kaitlyn Darwent, Anastasia O’Brien, Kanika Rodriguez, Ariana Borneo, Hackeemar Goodridge, Rasheda Archer, Cherina Steele, Mariah Williams, Tayeann Wylie, Talia Martin, and Sonia Lamarre—most of whom were plucked from the ongoing Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) Girls Under-20 tournament.
Hood’s team also includes 29-year-old defender and Trinidad and Tobago women’s footballer of the year Victoria Swift and talented 24-year-old attacker Asha James.
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(Squad)
Goalkeepers: Mikaela Yearwood, Maya Figgener;
Defenders: Victoria Swift, Shaunalee Govia, Latifha Pascall, Kaitlyn Darwent, Anastasia O’Brien, Kanika Rodriguez, Ariana Borneo, Chrissy Mitchell, Hackeemar Goodridge;
Midfielders: Kedie Johnson, Orielle Martin, Rasheda Archer, Tori Paul, Cherina Steele, Mariah Williams, Tayeann Wylie;
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Forwards: Alexcia Ali, Talia Martin, Sonia Lamarre, Asha James.
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