National Under 17 Head coach Andrew Edwards will depart the island today to watch the games in the Central American Football Union Qualifying Tournament for the 2017 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship.

The round robin competition will be played November 17-26, 2016 at the Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser in Pavas, San Jose, Costa Rica, between Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the host nation.

The top-three finishers earn berths to the CONCACAF event, which will be contested in Panama from April 21-May 7, 2017. In addition to the host, the other eight participating teams are Canada, Cuba, Curacao, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Suriname and the United States.

During the period of his stay, Edwards will be able to watch a maximum of 12 matches involving all teams in the tournament.

In Jamaica’s last participation in the 2015 CONCACAF Under-17 tournament, the Young Reggae Boyz were drawn in Group A which included both Honduras and Guatemala.

Coach Edwards will return in time to coach Jamaica’s team for the two international practice games against Canada National Under-17 on November 27 at Wembley Centre of Excellence, and on November 29 at Winchester Park. Both matches will be played at 3:00 pm.