GFF unveils squad for CONCACAF U-15 Championship

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has shortlisted their U-15 Boys squad which will feature in the CONCACAF U-15 Championship at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA from August 4th-11th.

The squad reads Goalkeeper Dwayne Bess and Shavid Hernandez; Defenders Zakeel Flatts, Kevin Mullins, Tyquan Brummell and Tyrice Lewis; Midfielders Samuel Garnett, Oswin Archer, Romel Medas, Brandon Solomon, Daniel Lowe, Devon Padmore, Rajan Ramdehol, Joshua Kesney, Antwone Vasconcellos and Sealon Sue; and Forwards Shoran James, Marcus Tudor, Colin Henriques and Ofancy Winter.

On the management side, Bryan Joseph will serve as the Head Coach, while Devnon Winter and Travis Bess will act as Assistant and Goalkeeping coaches respectively.

Similarly, Pablinho Cupido and Wilson Toledo will serve as the Physiotherapist and Physical Trainer respectively, with Sasha Gouveia serving as the Manager. The team is scheduled to depart on August 3rd. Guyana will feature in Group E with Nicaragua, Cayman Islands and The Bahamas.

They will open their campaign against Nicaragua on August 5th at 9:00am, before tackling the Bahamas on August 7th at 11:00am.

Their final group match will occur on August 8th from 9:00am against the Cayman Islands.

The 42-team tournament, which features guest entrants Portugal, Slovenia and Israel, is divided into three divisions based on the confederation’s U-17 2019 ranking.

Portugal and Slovenia will feature in Division 1 alongside the best 14 teams in the event. They will be divided into four groups of four (Groups A-D).

The top two from each group will progress to the quarterfinal round to contest for the overall title.

Guyana will feature in Division 2 (Groups E-H) which comprises 16 teams inclusive of Israel.  The top two from each pool advances to the quarterfinal to contest for the divisional title.

Meanwhile, Division 3 contains the lowest ranked 10 teams (Groups I-J). The winners of both groups will contest the divisional championship match.