Finland-based striker Shahdon Winchester has been called up to join the national men's senior team for next month's back-to-back friendly internationals away to Romania and Estonia.
Winchester has been named in the final 21-man squad which will arrive in Bucharest, Romania, on June 1, for the match that will be played at the National Arena on June 4th. T&T will then face Estonia in Tallinn on June 7.
The T&T coaching staff, led by co-head coaches Jamaal Shabazz and Hutson Charles, was forced to name a squad without the likes of Ipswich Town's Carlos Edwards and Racing Genk midfielder Khaleem Hyland, who have both been advised by their club medics to undergo rehab for niggling injuries. Belgium-based defender Sheldon Bateau is also unavailable.The squad, however, includes the likes of Middlesbrough defender Justin Hoyte who seems set to make his international debut for T&T. Hoyte confirmed to Shabazz on the weekend that he was eager to represent T&T and was looking forward to joining the squad in London prior to the journey to Bucharest. Notts County midfielder Andre Boucaud and Kazakhstan-based defender Radanfah Abu Bakr have also earned recalls for the first time since the early phase of their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign back in 2011.
The other overseas-based players in the squad include Port Vale's Chris Birchall, Vancouver Whitecaps defender Carlyle Mitchell, Thailand-based defender Seon Powers, Vietnam-based midfielder Hughtun Hector, Turkey-based forward Darryl Roberts, US-based midfielders Keon Daniel and Kevin Molino, Kazakhstan-based defender Robert Primus and Finland-based midfielder Ataullah Guerra.They will be joined by a strong line-up of home-based players such as Caledonia AIA forward Jamal Gay, goalkeepers Jan Michael Williams and Marvin Phillip, Defence Force's Kevon Carter, W Connection duo Daneil Cyrus and Joevin Jones, North East Stars forward Cornell Glen and Caledonia AIA midfielder Densill Theobald.
T&T 21-man squad
Jan Michael Williams (St Ann's Rangers)
Marvin Phillip (Central FC)
Seon Power (Chainat FC, Thailand)
Carlyle Mitchell (Vancouver Whitecaps, Canada)
Daneil Cyrus (W Connection)
Joevin Jones (W Connection)
Justin Hoyte (Middlesbrough)
Radanfah Abu Bakr (FC Vostok, Kazakhstan)
Robert Primus (FC Aktobe, Kazakhstan)
Andre Boucaud (Notts County)
Keon Daniel (Philadelphia Union)
Densill Theobald (Caledonia AIA)
Chris Birchall (Port Vale)
Kevin Molino (Orlando City)
Ataullah Guerra (RoPS, Finland)
Hughtun Hector (Song Lang Nghe, Vietnam)
Kevon Carter (Defence Force)
Cornell Glen (North East Stars)
Jamal Gay (Caledonia AIA)
Shahdon Winchester (FF Jaro, Finland)
Darryl Roberts (Samsunspor, Turkey)
