Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will face Grenada on June 17th at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and according to assistant coach of the national squad Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover, the team will be ready.
The Golden Jaguars is currently training in Jamaica for the Gold Cup Preliminary round and the final 23-member roster will be selected before the team departs for their second encampment in the United States Monday, a release from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) stated.
The team has been encamped at the Jamaica Football Federation Technical Centre in Kingston since May 26 and several players from North America are expected to join the team during the second preparatory phase.
“This training camp is geared to getting the players back up to match readiness and assessing what tactics work best in the transition of defence and offence,” said Dover.
“Many players would have ended their season, some are in season, and some are now starting a season, so we are working to get everyone up to one level. It has been going well so far, and I am confident we will be ready for the match on June 17,” Dover added.
If successful, the Golden Jaguars will play the winner of the Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago fixture for a place in the Gold Cup. Some 23 players will form the final squad for the Gold Cup Prelims.
Dover said that he was pleased with the efforts of the training squad.
“It is pleasing to see players give their best effort as they are conscious this is a chance to impress before we trim to our final squad.”
The Golden Jaguars qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims following a runner-up finish in group C of League B in the 2022/20223 edition of the Nations League. All Gold Cup preliminary matches are being held at the DRV PNK Stadium in Miami.
The GFF has not released the official provisional roster of players or management and technical staff personnel to date.
However, according to CONCACAF, Guyana’s Gold Cup Preliminary Roster comprises Marcus Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Emery Welshman, Terrence Vancooten, Anthony Smith, Marcus Simmons, Pernel Schultz, Quillan Roberts, Terrence Ondaan, Sese Norville, Colin Nelson, Joshua Naraine, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Deon Moore, Tre Medford, Kai McKenzie-Lyle, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Leo Lovell, Connor Kurran-Browne, Curtez Kellman, Jalen Jones, Akini James, Sheldon Holder, Callum Harriott, Reis Greenidge, Jonathan Grant, and Liam Gordon.
Interestingly, Akel Clarke, Jeremy Garrett, Stephon Duke-McKenna, Elliot Bonds, Samuel Cox, Kadel Daniels, Neil Danns, and Trayon Bobb, who are not mentioned on the provisional list, are in Jamaica with the programme.
Similarly, Nelson, Norville, and Schultz, who are listed on the provisional squad, are currently on local shores.
