Source: www.trinidadexpress.com
Former Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Angus Eve has been given the lead responsibility of preparing the national Under-23 team for the Caribbean Football Union Olympic qualifiers, to be played in Dominica in July.
This was announced after the technical committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF), following an evaluation of the performance of the T&T Under-20 team at the CONCACAF U-20 final round of qualification in Guatemala, recommended that coach Zoran Vranes be relieved of his duties, which included his position as head coach of the Under-23 team.
According to TTFF technical adviser Keith Look Loy, reports from the head coach and manager of the Under-20 team were reviewed and the decision was followed through by the Federation.
Eve and Clint Marcelle, another ex-national player, have been serving as assistants, preparing the team at sessions, which have been held three times per week at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training pitch.
Thirty-eight-year-old Eve made 117 appearances for T&T, scoring 34 goals. After retiring as a player, he served as an assistant coach at San Juan Jabloteh and also held coaching responsibilities at Ma Pau FC.
Apart from playing for Defence Force, Jabloteh and Joe Public, he also played for English club Chester City in 1999/2000.
T&T's group in Dominica runs from July 20-24, when they come up against Dominica and the Netherlands Antilles.
Cuba will host Guyana and Aruba in Group C to begin the first round of Caribbean Olympic qualifying from June 23-27.
Suriname will host Group A with Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and the Cayman Islands August 3-7, while St. Kitts & Nevis will be the site for Group D with Haiti, Antigua & Barbuda and St. Lucia July 21-25.
The group winners will advance to a second group phase, from which two will qualify for the eight-team CONCACAF finals next year in the United States.