National Under-20 captain, Sheldon Bateau of San Juan Jabloteh and Under-23 and senior team defender Daneil Cyrus, currently on loan to Caledonia AIA from FC Santa Rosa have been invited by US Major League Soccer club, Kansas City Wizards to join their 2011 pre-season training, due to begin on January 24.
Both players impressed in trial matches during Kansas City's visit to T&T during the Christmas Holidays, which was organized by FC Santa Rosa. Bateau and Cyrus were members of the T&T Under-17 team which participated in the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in South Korea 2007 and the Fifa Under-20 World Championship in Egypt 2009.
Sporting's pre-season schedule includes:
Jan 24: Entrance physicals at Swope Park Training Facility
Jan 25-28: Training in Kansas City
Jan 31: Team departs for Phoenix
Feb 16: Team returns to Kansas City
Feb. 21: Team departs for Phoenix
March 14: Team returns to Kansas City
March 19: Season opener at Chivas USA