Carlos Edwards, the Sunderland midfielder, is among six foreign-based professionals called to training to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. But most of the Soca Warriors who played at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, including his club teammate Stern John, have been omitted.
Of the overseas pros, Wim Rijsbergen, Trinidad and Tobago's head coach, called Jason Scotland, who has scored 26 goals for Livingstone in Scotland this season; goalkeeper Clayton Ince, who has 19 clean sheets for League Two Walsall; Sparta Rotterdam striker Darryl Roberts; Edwards; Swansea defender Dennis Lawrence; and recently-signed Chicago Fire defender Osei Telesford.Omitted from TnT's World Cup squad are: Avery John, Cyd Gray, Aurtis Whitley, Brent Sancho, Collin Samuel, Anthony Wolfe, Cornell Glen, Kenwyne Jones, Kelvin Jack and Marvin Andrews.
Rijsbergen's training squad also include locally-based Densil Theobald, Silvio Spann and Kerwin Jemmott, along with goalkeepers Jan Michael Williams, Marvin Phillip and Daurance Williams.
TTFF president Oliver Camps admitted that the omission of the World Cup players was a direct result of court action they had threatened against the Federation in a dispute over World Cup profits. However, Camps said they were still open to negotiations.
"Anybody who takes their Federation to court is in violation of FIFA rules. Once that threat is in the making we cannot deal with them," said Camps, who added that some of the players from the World Cup team had dropped their legal action and were now negotiating the dispute with the TTFF.
