Portmore United’s midfielder Andrew Vanzie is the only newcomer to the Reggae Boyz squad as preparation for their up coming international friendlies resumes today with another five-day camp.

Vanzie, 20, was part of the Under-21 CAC Games squad a few months aback and has earned his first senior call up by head coach Theodore Whitmore.

Vanzie, a former Garvey Maceo player, is highly rated by a member of the Portmore United staff, who thinks he is arguably one of the best in the island.

The 23-member squad is expected to report to the Players’ Residence at 102 Shortwood Road, Kingston 8 at 1:00 pm on today where they will be housed for the duration of the camp.

The squad is preparing for the international friendlies against Trinidad and Tobago on August 11 at the Hasley Crawford stadium with the return game set for October 10 at the National Stadium in Jamaica.

The Reggae Boyz will then turn their attention to the 49th ranked team in the FIFA/Coca Cola Rankings, Costa Rica on September 5, at Kingston’s National Stadium.

The team will play against a Portland Select Team at Lynch Park, Buff Bay, Portland on Saturday beginning at 7:00 pm. Entry cost is $300.

The local chapter of the Reggae Boyz has been playing a series of practice games against local parish teams and on Sunday they defeated a Trelawny aggregation 3-1.

Training squad: Kenardo Forbes (Waterhouse); Jermaine Taylor, Romeo Parkes and Randall Huie (St Georges SC); Adrian Reid, Ricardo Cousins, Andrew Vanzie and Mario Swaby (Portmore United); Oneil Fisher, Richard Edwards, Kavin Bryan and Dicoy Williams (Harbour View); Troy Smith, Dino Williams and Oliver Trail (Village United); Devon Hodges (Rivoli United); Peter Harrison, Navian Boyd and Keammar Daley (Tivoli Gardens); Orion Dennis (Catherine Hall FC); Devon Williams (Real Mona); Rafe Wolfe (Ferencvaros) and Dennis Taylor (Reno FC).