Jamaica’s  national  senior  football  squad  departs  the  island  this  afternoon  for  port  of  Spain  where  they  will  take  on  Trinidad  and  Tobago  in  a  friendly  international  on  Thursday  at  the  Hasely  Crawford  stadium.

This  will  be  the  first  international  friendly  between  both  teams  in  four  years and  whilst  Trinidad  is  preparing  for  world  cup qualifiers  against  Honduras  and  Panama  next  month, coach  Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore  is  using  the  opportunity  to  build  a  core  of  local  players  .

The  players  travelling  this  afternoon  are  Amal knight ,Jamie Robinson, Ladale Richie, Javain Brown, Rosario Harriott, Alex Marshall, Kaheem Parris, Jermaine Johnson, Marvin Morgan, Vishinul Harris, Fabian Reid, Leonard Rankine, Shamar Nicholson, Shaven Paul, Michael Binns, Ewan Grandison, Ricardo Morris  and  Rondee Smith.

The  Michael Rickettes  led  delegation  include  coach Theodore Whitmore, assistant  coach  Jerome  Waite, goalkeeper  coach warren Barrett, physical trainer Lamar Morgan and  equipment manager  Norman Stone.

The reggae Boyz will continue their rebuilding process with a game against Canada in Canada on September 2.