T&T head coach An­gus Eve named a 23-man squad for the two up­com­ing Con­ca­caf Na­tions League match­es against Cu­ra­cao and El Sal­vador on Thurs­day (Sep­tem­ber 7) and Sun­day (Sep­tem­ber 10).

The squad has been in train­ing at the Man­ny Ramjohn Sta­di­um in Mara­bel­la since Mon­day (Sep­tem­ber 4) and will have its fi­nal ses­sion on Wednes­day (Sep­tem­ber 6) at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, Port-of-Spain.

Cu­ra­cao ar­rived in the coun­try on Mon­day night and will train on Tues­day evening and at the game venue on Wednes­day. T&T takes on Cu­ra­cao at 6 pm and El Sal­vador at 10 pm, three days lat­er.

There are first-time call-ups for De­fence Force goal­keep­er Christo­pher Biggette and Jabari St Hillaire while his club team­mate Brent Sam has al­so earned a call along with de­fend­er Justin Gar­cia and Club San­do for­ward Nathaniel James. Among the re­turn­ing mem­bers from the Gold Cup squad are Aubrey David, Ryan Telfer, Mal­colm Shaw, An­dre Ram­per­sad, Den­zil Smith, Ne­veal Hack­shaw, Kaile Au­vray, Ka­reem Moses and Shan­non Gomez.

There is al­so a re­call for De­fence Force for­ward Re­on Moore while Swedish-based mid­field­er Kris­t­ian Lee-Him who made his de­but in the 1-0 win over Guatemala in June’s friend­ly in Philadel­phia is al­so back in the mix. Por­tu­gal-based de­fend­er An­dre Ray­mond, AC Port of Spain mid­field­er Du­ane Muck­ette and US-based de­fend­er Jesse Williams have al­so earned re­calls.

Ruled out through in­jury are AEK Athens front­man Levi Gar­cia (quadri­cep tear), Re­al Gill (ham­string tear), Ty­rone Charles (menis­cus and femoral bone bruise), Nick­las Fren­derup (femoral bone bruise), Ajani For­tune (ham­string in­jury) and Josi­ah Trim­ming­ham (ab­duc­tor tear).

Tick­ets are on sale for Thurs­day’s en­counter at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um from 12 noon on match­day as well as at Fan Zone and Fan Club out­lets and on­line at www.sun­tixx.com. Tick­ets are priced at $50 (Un­cov­ered Sec­tion), $100 (Cov­ered Sec­tion) and kids 12 and un­der are free. Gates open at 4 pm.

There is al­so a Pre-Game and Post Match lime at 63 Lounge on the Av­enue with tick­et stub hold­ers set to en­joy ad­di­tion­al spe­cials while tick­ets for the Par­ty-In­clu­sive Sec­tion Vybes Sec­tion are al­so avail­able at Ter­mi­nal 4, Long Cir­cu­lar Mall.

Squad

Goal­keep­ers: Den­zil Smith, Jabari St Hillaire, Christo­pher Biggette

De­fend­ers: Aubrey David, Ross Rus­sell Jr, Jesse WIlliams, Ka­reem Moses, Justin Gar­cia, Shan­non Gomez, An­dre Ray­mond

Mid­field­ers: An­dre Ram­per­sad, Du­ane Muck­ette, Ne­veal Hack­show, Michel Poon-Angeron, Kevon God­dard, Kris­t­ian Lee-Him, Daniel Phillips

For­wards: Ryan Telfer, Kaile Au­vray, Nathaniel James, Re­on Moore, Mal­colm Shaw, Brent Sam