PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands; Wednesday, May 28th 2014 – The Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) Men’s National Football Team travel to Aruba this morning. There, they take part in Group Two of the Preliminary Qualification Round of The 2014 Caribbean Cup, consisting of three games against Aruba, the British Virgin Islands and French Guiana. All games will be held at the Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium (Trinidad Stadium) in Oranjestad, Aruba.
The 2014 Caribbean Cup will be the 17th edition of the Caribbean Cup, an international football competition for national teams of member nations affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. Moreover, the Caribbean Cup is a qualifying tournament for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and it will be the TCI team’s first international tournament since the World Cup Qualifying games against The Bahamas in 2011 and also Craig Harrington’s first game as TCIFA’s Technical Director.
For the first time, the competition and its qualifying stages have been scheduled to take place during officially sanctioned FIFA international match periods. The change was made to assist the national Football Associations (FAs) selecting high profile Caribbean players whose clubs would be otherwise reluctant to lose the players service while on international duty. Previous editions of the competition have taken place on non-FIFA calendar dates. Should TCI win the group, the next stage, Group 4, will be in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 1st to 8th September 2014.
TCI’s Men’s National Soccer Team
The 20-men squad for the Turks & Caicos Men’s National Team include Raymondson Azemard, Luis Turbyfield, Marc Fenelus, Billy Forbes, Fred Dorvil, Gavin Glinton, Kely Louima, Wildens Delva, Chris Gardiner, Marcdonald Fenelus, James Rene, Peguy Derilien, Stevens Derilien, Paul Collis, Jack McKnight, Philip Shearer, Syed Hassan, Rodney Davilmar, Jerry Liluce and Alex Bryan.
A short press briefing will be held at the Providenciales International Airport 9AM, prior to the team’s departure for Aruba via InterCaribbean Airlines.
For more information on the TCIFA and the TCI’s Men’s National Soccer Team, kindly contact Sonia Bien-Aime, Secretary General on 941-5532 or email tcifa@tciway.tc.
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ABOUT Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association – The Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA) is a non-for-profit organization in the business of football development throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands. The TCIFA has been in operation since 1996, and a member of FIFA, since 1998.
