 Alright, so we're continuing with football on the Sports Snacks Zone. Trinidad and Tobago and their soca warriors will host the Jamaica's reggae boys in two friendly matches. The first will be played at the Hazley Crawford Stadium on Friday, while the second will be on Sunday at the Larry Gones Stadium. But both teams are utilizing mostly local-based players. Let's take a look at the squads now. So for Trinidad and Tobago, we have Denzel Smith, Adrian Fonsette, Christopher Biggett as goalkeepers for the defenders, Alvin Jones, Jamal Jack, Robert Primus, Justin Garcia, Josiah Trimmingham, Chavones Hamilton, and Ross Russell Jr. What about in the midfield? Dwayne Moquette, John Paul Rocheford, Justin Sadu, Kele Overe, Kai Moose, Kevon Goddard, Liam Burns, Nathaniel Garcia, Mitchell Poon Angaron, Kai Gavi, Rondell Gibson, and Keheen Thomas. And the forwards, Nathaniel James, Michael Jem Gordon, Michael Chavez, and Justin Obiku. What about Jamaica now? In the midfield, they have Alex Marshall, Shamir Smith, Joshan Anglin, Romeo Cossery, and Jameon Shepard. The forwards are Kahim Dixon, Fabian Reed, Shniel Thomas, Jason Wright, Justin Dunne, Andrew Fletcher, and Steve Bante Campbell. What about the so-called Warriors' head coach, that's Angus Eve? He spoke on the importance of giving the local-based players opportunities, such as these. Looking at the league, you know, I said from the outset that when the league first started, we probably wouldn't see the fruits immediately. But I think it's time for us to look at the league and see what we can do. You know, I said from the outset that when the league first started, we probably wouldn't see the fruits immediately. And this second season, we started to see no players come until the four. And you know, young burns and these young, these players Gibson, who played for Eagles. So we looked at them, and we thought we even saw some senior players, like Primus, you know, he's playing really well for the police FC. So you know, Fonset, he's saving excellent also. The new players, we have some new players. Unfortunately, some of them got injured in the last couple of games in the pro league matches, and so they're not here right now. Likaku, I think he's gone to Army now from AC Port of Spain. He's been doing very, very well, but has a knee injury. David from Rangers, he was doing really well. We wanted him in. We had him in the camp. He has a knee injury. Isaiah Lee, who's been playing very well for Rangers. He's also injured and so can't be in the group now. So there's a number of players that we wanted to be here and can't be here because of injury and then the other ones that we have them here and fully hope that they participate and do well so that we could go for the best impossible. Yeah. Well, the sole foreign base, the rugby boy, goalkeeper, Jaden Hebert, who was picked at number 19 in the 2024 MLS Superdraft, says he's delighted to be named in this squad. Yeah, I was a static man. I mean, you know, a national team for any country is amazing to represent. My family back home couldn't be happier for me. So it's a great opportunity. I hope it continues in the future. All right. So our very own Brent Sancho is still with us. And Brent, of course, we're getting ready for this international friendly. Very important that two Caribbean football powerhouses are going to be up against each other. I'll start by asking you one about what Angus Eve had to say about, you know, the importance of including the local base to players. Let me start by saying that I don't think they're more friendly and a game between Trinidad and Jamaica goes hand in hand from even from my recollection. Oh, Brent, no. There is no such thing as friendly because of course of the rivalry and the history of the rivalry. I mean, I've played in games and CSC games where it was, as they said, everything was left on that pitch. And even when we go on and we went on to the quarterfinals, the same Jamaica team that we fought with, they were there cheering us on against Benisweila. But it shows you the type of rivalry that's about to be found when it comes to football. This is not good. Let me tell you. It is. Listen, it's about bragging rights. It's about everything that comes with the Caribbean king of the Caribbean, the best footballing team in the Caribbean. And so when you try to, of course, put together friendly and trying to make it versus Jamaica, it never really comes up because there's so much at stake. And that's the point I'm making. Of course, we talk about the fact that a lot of these kids have an opportunity to maybe get and force their way into the set the game against Canada and USA, respectively, because there is a situation where teams, as Angus rightfully mentioned, from the respective domestically having an opportunity to play. But again, as I said, there's so much at stake when I turn it out, and to be able to make a game comes about, that it brings it to life. And I'm very sure in both games on Friday and Sunday, that despite the fact that the world friendliest star next to it, the end result is going to be very important for both nations. Brent, did you listen, did you watch at the top of the show, Brent? I watched very well, and I stand by my statement. There is no such, for my history of playing, I know, listen, it's the same thing you could say in a preseason friendly between Manchester United and Man City, the USA, Japan, China, or anywhere else. They're still going, all Manchester United against Liverpool, they're still going to be a lot to play for, because again, the history that these teams have, similarly to Canada and Jamaica, have the similar sort of history when it comes to rivalry. I expect the game to be played at a frantic pace, and also with some sort of passion and cause behind it. Oh no, Brent, I was trying to make a case for myself, and I was explaining to them that both coaches have a really good relationship, and they're actually using these matches to of course benefit the teams moving forward. No, look, there is a lot of benefit for it, and you know, Lance asked me a question a couple of weeks back about, of course, the U-20s and why we're a little bit behind, because these sorts of games are lacking, that you don't see out of the window, out of the FIFA window friendlies, a lot of the countries don't play, and to be able to play a game like this outside of the FIFA window is critical for these countries, because the Trinidad versus Grinidad, Trinidad, Guyana, those sorts of games that played during the week outside the windows was very important for the development of young players, but you don't see it anymore, and I have to give credit to the Boat Association to put together this game, because how important is it? Because at the end of the day, a lot of these guys, and I believe Jamaica has 14 uncapped players, and within the squad Trinidad has a whole list as well of players that have not been capped at that level, so it gives them a chance to experience international football in a competitive environment, and that's exactly what this game brings. It really helps both sets of camps in their preparation towards, although a lot of the kids that are participating in this picture may not feature in the game later on in March for either country, the fact of the matter is they're getting international experience, which helps in their development. Well, since all the men on the team think that it's some big rivalries, I'll use this. The question is, who walks away with the win in this rivalry? Well, I think it's going to be a game for, you know, to look at there's different subplots in it. I think for Trinidad, Tobago, the likes of Aubrey and James, they're now playing their trade at Mount Pleasant, who are on the cusp of a national team set up and started in a couple of games during the nation's league. They would be wanting to, of course, impress their coach, so they would be on that trip. When you look at Josiah Trinidad, Trinidad who's now playing at Montego Bay and having a decent season there for Montego Bay, he would want to try to impress, because that's an area of the pitch where they try to be used a bit deficient defensively. So there are no subplots. And for Jamaica, of course, Young Heming, who we just highlighted, Young Man has been just recruited by Atlanta United. He would want to impress. We already know the spoils of riches that Jamaica has as it relates to their selection of the overseas players. He would try to one of five forces win, of course, the evergreen Fabian Reed. He would certainly want to try to impress. And of course, Kamal Foster, the goalkeeper, who I think is having an exceptional season, I think will also try to squeeze in. So there are a lot of subplots within there where players would be looking at this as an opportunity to impress their respective coaches and force their way into the final record. And I think that in itself is what's going to make, as well as, as I mentioned, the rivalry will make this game very, very competitive and very hard to call. Yeah, but admittedly, Brent, a small percentage of the players who will be seeing on the weekend would be likely to be in those Nations League and Copa America playing matches that TNT and the Jamaicans have on their table in the coming weeks. Yeah, and that's a factor. And again, it's always good. And I think for any nation to have a big pool of players that have been bloodied at the international level, as you know, Lance football is an unpredictable sport and players, as Angus mentioned, a couple of players already injured who would have been called into the sport, moving forward to March. You don't know what can happen between now and the selection of the sport to go to play against Canada. What could transpire? Same thing for Jamaica. What happens before they play the U.S.? If players are hurt and injured. And a good performance. I've seen players, and a very good example of this is a young man called Evans Wise that played with me in the 2006 World Cup. Didn't play one minute of World Cup qualifiers, leading up to the World Cup, but had a very impressive friendly game. I believe it was against Grenada here in Toronto-Bigo and forced himself into the final pool of players that went to Germany back in 2006. So at the end of the day, it's extremely important for these players to have a good showing. Yes, it may seem now that the huge percentage is not possibly in the reckoning, but with a good showing and of course, situations happening, they can find themselves on the plane heading towards these fixtures. Yeah, okay, we're going to leave it there. We will continue to monitor what happens over the weekend because as you mentioned, it's a very important fixture for both these teams as they get ready for Canada and the USA, respectively. Thanks, Brent. All right, guys, have a good one. Yeah, we'll be back with more on the sports night zone after this.